Agenda 6.6- Knowledge Sharing and Exchange

11th Meeting of the AWGWRM Singapore , 2– 4 July 2011

Exec. Dir. Vicente S. Paragas NWRB, Philippines

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Objective : Creation of an established ASEAN means of sharing experiences, initially in the field of water supply, demand and allocation management, and development of an accessible ASEAN resource document centre on good practices and policies.

Lead Country: Philippines

Project Title: Information Sharing and Exchange on Good Policies and Practices

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• The ASEAN Member States agreed to use the existing mechanism, such as the KnowledgeHubs (www.apwf-knowledgehubs.net), a network of the Asia Pacific Knowledge Forum (APWF) which was launched during the 2008 Singapore International Water Week

• During the 10th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Water Resources Management (AWGWRM) held on 5-6 July 2010, the Philippines presented the different APWF Knowledge Hubs. The Philippines was requested to share a summary of available information to the AMS.

Background:Background:

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• The Philippines submitted the summary of information on the APWF Knowledge Hubs to the ASEAN Secretariat for dissemination to the ASEAN Member States.

• It is noted that APWF's KnowledgeHubs facilitates regional knowledge networking among the hubs and their clients and partners. All water organizations in the region are encouraged to join the hubs' knowledge networks

• Organizations can become hubs through a peer-review process that considers the relevance of their proposed topic, expertise, leadership and capacity in their knowledge domain.

Updates:

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Available Knowledge Hubs

Decision Support Systems for River Basin Management (Hydroinformatics) Center for Hydroinformatics in River Basins (CHIRB), People’s Republic of Chinahttp://www.yellowriver.gov.cn/eng

Disaster Risk Reduction and Flood Management: International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Japanhttp://www.icharm.pwri.go.jp/

Erosion and Sedimentation in River Basins International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES), People’s Republic of Chinahttp://www.irtces.org/

Groundwater Management Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japanhttp://www.iges.or.jp

Healthy Rivers and Aquatic Ecosystems International WaterCentre (IWC), Australiahttp://www.watercentre.org/

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Available Knowledge Hubs

Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia Central Asia IWRM Resource Center, Uzbekistanhttp://www.icwc-aral.uz/

Integrated Water Resources Management in the Pacific Pacific IWRM Resource Centre, Fiji Islandshttp://www.pacificwater.org/

Irrigation Service Reform International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lankahttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/

River Basin Organizations and Management Center for River Basin Organizations and Management (CRBOM), Indonesiahttp://www.crbom.org/

Sanitation Japan Sanitation Consortiumhttp://www.jsanic.org/index.html

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Available Knowledge Hubs

Transboundary Water Resources Management Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), Lao People's Democratic Republichtttp://www.mrcmekong.org

Urban Water ManagementPUB WaterHub, Singaporehttp://www.pub.gov.sg

Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Malaysiahttp://www.wkhcca.my/

Water and Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Indiahttp://www.teriin.org/

Water Governance Institute of Water Policy (IWP) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), Singaporehttp://www.spp.nus.edu.sg/

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Water Quality Management in River Basins Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-Water), Republic of Koreahttp://english.kwater.or.kr

Available Knowledge Hubs

Water Resources Management in Mountainous Areas International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepalhttp://www.icimod.org

Recommendations: • ASEAN Member States (AMS) are encouraged to join

and maximize use of available APWF knowledge hubs.• AMS to share respective IWRM programs and projects

including lessons learned and good practices

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Establishment of a Consortium on Urban Subsurface Environment Management in Asia.

• This proposal is an offshoot on the Research project of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) of Japan that assess the human impacts on urban subsurface( groundwater) environment in 7 metropolitan areas in Asia such as: Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila. Osaka, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo.

• For Metro Manila, Philippines inadequacy of data was a major concern making analysis difficult and groundwater modelling not possible.

• To form a Consortium in the Philippines initially for Metro Manila composed of multi-sectoral groups to facilitate cooperation, collaboration and effective communication.

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