Thursday 27th September

INTRODUCTIONS

0830-0900         Workshop Registration

0900-0930         Welcome Addresses

• Chris Severin (GEF Secretariat)
• Mish Hamid (GEF IW:LEARN)
• Stefano Barchiesi (IUCN)

0930-0945         Tour le Table/Expectations

GEF IW:LEARN

0945-1030         IW:LEARN 3 and its Tools/Services

Mish Hamid (GEF IW:LEARN) [Presentation]

This session will examine some of the recent activities and tools that have been developed by IW:LEARN as well as activities that will be developed in the near future.  These include the Visualization tool and Geonode, the TDA/SAP and Project Management Manuals, the Public Private Partnership Guide, and the Portfolio Results Archive.

1030-1100         Coffee BreakREGIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES

Session Facilitator: Mish Hamid, GEF IW:LEARN

1100-1230         Achievements & Challenges in Achieving Asian IW Project Objectives (Freshwater)

Individual Project Presentations focusing on Best Practices and Challenges

• Marc Wilson and Christopher Paterson (Pacific IWRM) [Presentation]
• Xiaolan Zhang (Hai River Basin) [Presentation]
• Gang Qin (Shanghai Agricultural) [Presentation]
• Ramon Aguilar (Manila Sewerage) [Presentation]
• Sergey Kudelya (Lake Baikal) [Presentation]

1230-1330 Lunch and Networking Time

GEF IW PROJECT MANAGEMENT MANUAL & TDA-SAP REVISION

1330-1430         GEF IW Project Management Manual and TDA-SAP Revision

Peter Whalley (Senior Consultant)

1430-1500         Coffee Break

REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES (Continued)

Session Facilitator: Patrick Weiler, GEF IW:LEARN

1500-1600         Achievements & Challenges in Achieving Asian IW Project Objectives

(continued) – Focus on Projects with emphasis on climate change adaptability

• Rudolf Hermes (Bay of Bengal LME) [Presentation]
• Annabel Cabanban (Coral Triangle Initiative – Sulu-Celebes LME)
• Adi Pramudya (CTI Timor and Arafura Seas LME) [Presentation]
• Yinfeng Guo (East Asian Seas Sustainable Partnerships) [Presentation]

ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE WITHIN THE ASIAN INTERNATIONAL WATERS PORTFOLIO

Session Facilitator: Jerker Tamelander, United Nations Environment Programme

1600-1730         Climate Change and the Asian IW Portfolio [Presentation]

General discussion on mainstreaming the impacts of climatic change and variability in general, and in GEF IW projects

1830-2100         Dinner Reception

Friday 28^th September

PORTFOLIO REPORTING AND THE GEF IW TRACKING TOOL

0900-1030         Understanding the Tracking Tool

Chris Severin (Global Environment Facility)

1030-1100         Coffee Break

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERING

1100-1230         Public Private Partnerships and GEF IW

Nisakorn Wiwekwin, Chonburi ICM (PEMSEA) [Presentation]

Overview presentation on private sector engagement, via an example from 
PEMSEA. Interventions from GEF Projects regarding other project experiences.

Presentation of the GEF IW Public Private Partnerships Guidebook.

1230-1330         Lunch and Networking Time

1330-1430         GEF Communities of Practice [Presentation]

Stefano Barchiesi (IUCN)

THE ROAD AHEAD

1430-1530         Planning the Way Ahead

Mish Hamid

• Possible Twinning Exchanges and further arrangements
• Priorities for next two workshops
• Reporting process

1530-1600         Any Other Business

1600 Closing and Thanks