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5th Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week
6-10 June 2016 - Delft - The Netherlands
Building Capacities for Water Resilient Cities within the Asia Pacific region
PROGRAM
31 May 2016
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Organization and Coordination:
Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Mr. Michiel de Lijster -Senior Water Resources Specialist (Learning Week Focal Point and ADB
Mission Leader), E-mail: [email protected] ;Tel: +31 6 24090435; +63 9999 504 560
- Ms. Yasmin Siddiqi -Principal Water Resources Specialist
- Ms. Ellen Pascua -Water Fund Manager
- Ms. Fatima Bautista -Associate Operations Analyst, E-mail: [email protected]
UNESCO-IHE - Mr. Jan Luijendijk (+31 15-2151810; mob: + 31 6 53 57 65 98); E-mail: <[email protected]>
- Mr. Erik de Ruyter (+31 15 2151777); E-mail: <[email protected]>
- Mr. Ewout Heeringa (+31 15 2151834); E-mail: [email protected]
NWP - Mr. Ivo van der Linden (+31 70 304 37 12)
Partners - Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Ministry of I&M)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Inclusive Green Growth Department (Ministry of FA)
- Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP)
- Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) – (Ms. Sipora Suripatty will join part of the week)
Chinese Interpreters: Ms. Annie Ming and Ms. Sida Liu
Netherlands Experts: - Ms. Elaine Alwayn, Ministry of I&M - Mr. Martien Beek, Ministry of I&M, - Mr. Jan van Schoonhoven, Ministry I&M - Mr. Willem Mak, Ministry of I&M - Mr. Jaap van Thiel de Vries, Ecoshape - Ms. Karin Roelofs, Ministry of FA - Mr. Aart van der Horst, Ministry of FA - Prof. Dr. Fritz Holzwarth, Rector UNESCO-IHE - Prof. Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE - Prof. Rosh Ranasinghe, UNESCO-IHE - Prof. Guy Alaerts, UNESCO-IHE - Prof. Michael McClain, UNESCO-IHE - Mr. Marco Schouten, Vitens Evides International - Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, Rotterdam Municipality - Mr. Herman Havekes, Dutch Water Authorities - Mr. Marcel de Ruijter, Dutch Water Authorities - Mr. Maarten Hofstra, Min. I&M, UNESCO-IHE - Mr. Florian Boer, De Urbanisten - Mr. Gijs van den Boomen, KuiperCompagnons - Prof. Piet Dircke, Arcadis - Mr. Bert Smolders, Arcadis
- Ms. Floor Boerwinkel, Arcadis - Ms. Iris Bijlsma, Arcadis - Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, Rotterdam Municipality - Mr. Johan Verlinde, Rotterdam Municipality - Mr. Paul Bonné, Waternet Amsterdam - Mr. Lex Lelyveld, Waternet Amsterdam - Ms. Paulien Hartog, Waternet Amsterdam - Mr. Toine van Goethem, Amsterdam Municipality - Mr. Nanco Dolman, RHDHV - Mr. Christiaan Elings, Royal HaskoningDHV - Mr. Philip Ward, Free University, Amsterdam - Mr Bert Velthuis, Alderman City of Nijmegen - Mr. Cor Beekmans, Min. of I&M, Rijkswaterstaat - Mr Rick Kuggeleijn, Min. of I&M, Rijkswaterstaat - Mr. Mathieu Schouten, Nijmegen municipality - Mr. Maarten van Ginkel, Nijmegen municipality - Mr. Thijs Trompetter, Water Board Rivierenland - Mr. Eric Kuindertsma, Water Board Rivierenland - Mr. Rik van der Linden, Alderman City of Dordrecht - Mr. Berry Gersonius, Dordrecht Municipality - Ms. Ellen Kelder, Dordrecht Municipality
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INTRODUCTION
Spurred by agreement in Rio+20 on The Future We Want, government water leaders in Asia and the Netherlands are searching for innovative solutions to secure their countries’ water futures and green their economies. How to mainstream R&D to boost water productivity, conservation and reuse across sectors, reduce water footprints, clean up waterways, and create multifunctional and green infrastructure? How much space do rivers need? What makes communities more resilient, and water agencies more adaptive in the face of rapid changes? How can the corporate sector help governments manage for results? To answer these and more questions, the 5th Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week will bring leaders together in dialogues and knowledge sharing on "Building Capacities for Water Resilient Cities” within the Asia Pacific region. This learning week is organized under the water knowledge partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB), UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and The Netherlands Water Partnership, supported by the Netherlands Ministries of Infrastructure and Environment and Foreign Affairs through ADB’s Water Financing Partnership Facility. Participants from Bangladesh, Georgia, India, The People’s Republic of China, Sri Lanka, Tonga and Viet Nam will contribute project case studies and learn together in an intensive program how to leverage results from collaborative approaches in water improvement and investment projects for cities. The program will build on the successful experiences of the four previous learning weeks in which over 160 Asian water leaders compared experiences with colleagues in the Netherlands in making smart choices to increase water security in their countries. Participation in the learning week is targeted to project teams from Asia and the Pacific that seek to build new ways of cooperation into new or ongoing urban water projects. Participating project teams are expected to include two to three highly motivated members, from preferably different government organizations, the corporate or private sector and partner agencies. During this week, the selected teams will work and learn in partnership with dedicated host organizations and experts from the Netherlands and UNESCO-IHE. By working together intensively, they will address the challenges posed by the project team, develop innovative solutions, and share experience through knowledge exchange. We would like to thank all participating Dutch organizations for their input and hospitality during this week and wish our guests from Asia and the Pacific an exciting learning experience. Gil-Hong Kim Michiel de Lijster Jan Luijendijk Senior Director Senior Water Resources Specialist Coordinator ANWLW5 Sustainable Development and Learning Week Focal Point Senior Advisor Climate Change Department ADB Mission Leader Capacity Development Asian Development Bank Asian Development Bank HydroCapacity/ADB
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THE THEME OF THE LEARNING WEEK
Building Capacities for Water Resilient Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region “National governments may make agreements. But change has to take place locally, where more and more of us are living
our lives each day.” David Cadman, President 2006-2015, ICLEI –Local Governments for Sustainability
Challenges
Cities are undeniably the most successful organization of communities and economic activity as well as social
and cultural capital. However, cities also have a downside through environmental degradation, increased
vulnerability to natural hazards, economic disparity, traffic congestion and social instability. In the Asia-Pacific
region many of these problems are directly related to the lack of planning and control, and a short-term
development scope of the rapid expansion of urban areas.
The United Nations (2004) estimates that practically all the population growth in Asia will happen in cities,
resulting in 55% of Asians or 2.7 billion people living in urban areas by 2030. The International Water Ambition of
the Netherlands (2016) estimates that in 2050, 7 out of 10 people in the world will live in cities, and 75% of these
in urban deltas. UN Habitat (2007) estimates that in the developing world only 5% of urban development is
actually planned. Resources and amenities can barely cope with the increased demand driven by an
unprecedented rural-urban migration.
Since many of the world cities are located in river and coastal regions, the concentration of assets and people
makes them especially vulnerable to storm surges and river floods. Rapid urbanization has a significant effect on
microclimate, water cycle and subsidence of which the consequences of increased urban flooding are among the
most prominent. Underinvestment and lack of maintenance in the urban drainage structures as well as lack of
planning amplifies this problem. This especially holds for slum areas where salt water intrusion, inadequate
water supply, poor sanitation facilities, including lack of grey water disposal, and ineffective solid waste
management results in significant health impacts and drainage blockage as well as a further amplification of the
flood risk and extent and limit the inundation depth. Over the past decades, the impact of flooding on cities has
been considerable and is expected to intensify in the future.
Also climate change will have its direct impacts on cities. On the one hand cities will be confronted with shocks
and sudden impacts such as storms, typhoons, and heat waves, while on the other hand longer term sea level
rise, average temperature increase, and long-term changes in rainfall patterns with also longer dry spells will
gradually increase stressors or impacts in these areas. ADB reports estimate that the Asia-Pacific region accounts
for half of the world’s estimated economic cost of disasters over the past 20 years – roughly US$53.8 billion
annually. In the Pacific the total climate change cost may reach 12.7% of annual GDP by 2100. It is estimated that
by 2100 -under a business as usual scenario- losses in South Asia will be 9% of GDP. During the next 15 years
US$6 trillion per year has to be invested in urban, land use and energy systems under a business-as-usual
scenario.
While the bigger cities, including megacities and national capitals,
usually possess the critical mass of resources to attract the attention of
national policy, international dialogue, media as well as investors, the
importance of medium and small sized cities (with a population < 2
million inhabitants) in the global urban scene is often understated. The
reality, however, is that more than 70% of the urban population lives in
cities/towns with less than 2 million inhabitants. The challenge is to
promote/facilitate a “learning from each other” process among cities.
Figure: More than 70% of urban population
lives in cities smaller than 2 million inhabitants.
(Data from: http://www.citypopulation.de)
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While many larger Asian cities have developed their own programs and implementation strategies to become
more resilient and greener, small and medium sized cities are lagging behind in this process.
During the next fifteen years, nearly 40 percent of the global economic growth is predicted to come from
medium sized cities in growing economies. This anticipated growth poses many opportunities and challenges.
Rapid Economic Growth of these cities is putting severe strains on the environment. Furthermore, the service
sectors of small/medium sized cities often do not have the skills or financial capacity to attempt to address all
those challenges. Learning from the experience of other cities that have undergone/ are undergoing similar
transformations and teaming together with similar partner cities can greatly help this endeavour.
During the learning week the focus will be on these medium and small sized cities, while where relevant lessons
learned from mega cities will be included.
Urban Resilience
Urban resilience is often described as the capacity of cities to function, so that the people living and working in
cities—particularly the poor and vulnerable—survive and thrive no matter what stresses or shocks they
encounter.
A 2014 ADB publication on “URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE, A Synopsis” describes what resilience means
related to climate change. It distinguishes three levels of resilience in cities:
1. the systems’ level of the city that survives shocks and stresses;
2. the people and organizations level that is able to accommodate these stresses into their day-to-day
decisions; and
3. the city’s institutional structures level that continues to support the capacity of people and
organizations to fulfil their aims.
It states that there is no single action that will make a city resilient to climate change. Resilience is instead
achieved through a number of actions, building upon each other over time. These actions would be enhanced
and progressed as peoples and institutions learn from past experiences and apply it to future decisions.
Capacities to build resilience
Experiences from recent projects have learned that the process of leapfrogging into a resilient future requires
three distinct capacities (see Figure):
Figure: Capacities to leapfrog into an Urban Climate Change Resilience future
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These capacities in turn support the observable qualities of resilient cities through its stakeholders and urban systems, like robustness, redundancy, reflectiveness, resourcefulness, integration and inclusiveness, which capture resilience and are increasingly being used to make urban resilience more tangible. Especially small and medium size cities do not have these capacities at a level required to support these resilience qualities and lack the means to further cultivate them. City capacity building through knowledge management, networking and monitoring will be required to effectively upgrade these three capacities in a coherent and well-balanced way.
In this respect this Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week will largely
contribute to building up these capacities and in achieving a better knowledge and insight into the
characteristics of water resilient cities and the procedures and principles how to reach this resilience.
Guiding principles of Urban Resilience
The above-mentioned ADB publication provides a number of core guiding principles in support of achieving
urban resilience to be integrated into any effort to advance action, i.e., a process that should be iterative,
inclusive, and integrated. These guiding principles of urban resilience are:
Combining hard and soft measures. Capacities, networks, and behaviour (of individuals, communities,
and institutions) are as critical as physical systems during disruption. Soft measures include new
regulations, technology and information systems, and social networks.
Engaging diverse perspectives through multi-stakeholder processes.
The engagement of stakeholders at all levels and departments and from all sectors, public and private
(government, business, civil society, and academia), is key for success.
Enlist different geographic and governance scales: Beyond city boundaries.
It is important to understand how systems (economic, physical, ecological, political mechanisms) within
and beyond the city affect how it functions. There is also a need to understand how to best enlist
stakeholders at different scales.
Addressing today’s problems while embedding a long-term vision: The future is now. Planning
processes should begin by addressing the current needs. Building on existing issues and analyses is one
way to bring future scenarios into current decision making.
Tapping into local expertise.
Engaging local technical experts (e.g., researchers and academics) enables dialogues to be held on a
sustained basis. For example, external experts may be paired with local technical institutions to build
long-term adaptive planning capacity.
Building leadership and local action.
Efforts to build resilience can be accelerated and sustained through strong leadership, driving
commitment, and accountability with active community engagement to build awareness.
Focusing on vulnerable communities: Whose resilience?
The real test for a meaningful urban resilience approach is its relevance to the interests of poor or
vulnerable households. It is important to constantly ask ‘resilience for whom?’ to establish their value
and to ensure that equity concerns are kept at the heart of the agenda.
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The City Climate Resilience (CCR)Approach (From: ADB Literature, guidebook-climate-change-
resilience.pdf)
The CCR approach is used to develop the climate change
resilience of city’s urban water infrastructure and is
composed of the following steps:
Step 1: Identify and characterize potential climate change
impacts.
Step 2: Assess infrastructure vulnerability.
Step 3: Develop a city climate resilience strategy
Figure: The Climate Change Resilience Approach (Source ADB)
Working together
Worldwide more and more governments – in collaboration with their societal partners from business, academic
community and NGO’s have the ambition and take steps towards more resilient urban water management,
matching long term planning with short term investments. The comprehensive approach of combining water
management and urban planning is essential for this ambition, aligned with inclusive processes of collaboration
and innovation. Collaboration across counties, regions of expertise and stakeholder groups is necessary to
effectively address global risks, provide strategic guidance and advice on the methodology of comprehensive
water management and climate resilience into urban planning. There is a clear demand for comprehensive
urban strategies that integrate water management and climate resilience into cities’ comprehensive urban
planning. Inclusive processes for development and implementation must include all stakeholders from the start
to ensure capacity building, local buy in and awareness as well as investment opportunities across all sectors.
Partnerships based on strong global networks and ‘blue growth’ are key for unlocking the potential of water
assets in cities across the globe, and thus greatly contribute to real resilience. Comprehensive water and urban
strategies are key for cities to become resilient, turning challenges into opportunities.
With the rapid changes occurring in cities nowadays it is important to develop new knowledge and to accelerate
learning processes. Accelerate learning goes beyond active learning (or ‘learning by doing’) as it also involves
‘learning from each other’ or City to City (C2C) learning. Many initiatives have been taken to stimulate
cooperation among cities through developing networks and collaborative learning platforms, like the Resilient
Cities Acceleration Initiative (RCAI, 2015) with the objective to accelerate the design and implementation of
integrated strategies that strengthen the resilience of urban systems. The ambition of the RCAI is, among others,
to double the number of cities and partners committed to building resilience by the end of 2015, to assist 500
local governments to develop resilience action plans by 2020, and to manage an online ‘marketplace’ and
support platform to develop the required capacity and to enhance the resilience of communities and
community-based institutions in all city and urban- related initiatives and programmes.
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DMC PARTICIPANTS
Name Function Organisation/Project Country
Bangladesh 1 Mr Md. Hamidul Hoque Deputy Project Director City
Region Development Project Local Government Engineering Department
Bangladesh
Georgia
2 Mr Ilia Darchiashvili First Deputy Minister Ministry of Regional Development & Infrastruct.
Georgia
3 Mr Giorgi Koberidze Deputy Director United Water Supply Company of Georgia
Georgia
4 Mr Grigol Mandaria Chairman Georgia National Energy & Water Supply Regulatory Com
Georgia
India 5 Mr O.P. Shrivastava Deputy Secretary Madhya Pradesh Urban
Environment and Development Department
India
6 Mr Prabhakant Katare Engineer-in-Chief Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Ltd.
India
PRC (Xinjiang Akesu) 7 Mr YANG Ping Director Akesu Municipal Government PRC
8 Mr ZHANG Shaoai Director Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Regional Government
PRC
9 Ms XIA Shuhui Deputy Director Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Regional Government
PRC
Sri Lanka 10 Mr H T Kamal
Pathmasiri Secretary Ministry of Provincial Council
and Local Government Sri Lanka
11 Ms Kumudinie Samarasinghe
Project Director Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project
Sri Lanka
12 Ms U L Preethika Engineer Drainage District 4 Office, Colombo Municipal Council
Sri Lanka
Tonga 13 Mr Viliami Tupou Senior Urban Planner National Spatial Planning
Authority Office Tonga
14 Mr Quddus Fielea Manager Engineer Tonga Water Board Tonga
Vietnam 15 Mr Truong D. V. Phuc Director General Vinh Long Provincial Dept. of
Planning and Investment Viet Nam
16 Mr Tran Hai Deputy Director Vinh Phuc Provincial Dept. of Planning and Investment
Viet Nam
17 Mr Nguyen H. Phuong Expert Ministry of Planning and Investment
Viet Nam
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ADB STAFF Name Function Department HQ/Resident Mission
18 Ms Alexandra Conroy Young Professional PARD/PAUS
19 Mr Mingyuan Fan Senior Urban Development Specialist SARD/SAUW
20 Mr Javed Hossain Project Analyst SARD/BANGLADESH RM
21 Mr N. Donald Sinclair Associate Project Officer SARD/SRI LANKA RM
22 Ms Kristina Katich Urban Development Specialist EARD/EASS
23 Mr Baochang Zheng Senior Project Officer (Water Supply
and Sanitation)
EARD/PRC RM
24 Mr Sanjay Divakar Joshi Senior Urban Development Specialist CWRD/CWUW
25 Ms Michelle Tan Operations Analyst CWRD/CWUW
26 Ms Claire A.F. Odsinada Associate Project Analyst SARD/SAUW
27 Mr Ashok Srivastava Senior Project Officer (Urban) SARD/INDIA RM
28 Mr Nguyen My Binh Senior Portfolio Management Officer SERD/VIET NAM RM
29 Ms Fatima Bautista Associate Operations Analyst SDCC/SDAS
30 Mr Michiel de Lijster Senior Water Resources Specialist/
ADB Mission Leader
SDCC/SDAS
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GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM
DRAFT PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 5th ANWLW (6-10 June 2016) DAY THEME SUB-TOPICS Location
Sunday June 5
Introduction to Learning Week
Introductory program with welcome drinks and dinner
Delft Grand Café Verderop
Day 1 Monday June 6
Understanding urban water resilience
Challenges for cities to become water resilient
ADB Programs and projects in the Asia-Pacific region to increase resilience of cities
Effects of Climate change on the future water resilience of cities
Dutch water resilient policies and programs
Delft
UNESCO-IHE
The Hague Ministry I&M
Day 2 Tuesday June 7
Global and local initiatives for increasing capacities of water resilience of cities
Resilient Cities Acceleration Initiative (RCAI)
Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index
100 Resilient Cities network
Rotterdam Centre for Resilient Delta Cities (RDC)
Rotterdam Resilience Program
Rotterdam
Arcadis
Kuiper
Compagnons
De Urbanisten
Rotterdam Municipality
Day 3 Wednesday June 8
Regional cooperation for better water management strategies and practices
Amsterdam, City of Water: A Vision for Water,
Safety and Rain proofing
The Water Proof City of Amsterdam
One unique water cycle Company for the regional Public Water Authority and the City of Amsterdam
Three perspectives on ‘Amsterdam living with water’
Amsterdam
Waternet
Municipality of Amsterdam
RHDHV
VU Amsterdam University
Day 4 Thursday June 8
Examples of increasing resilience through spatial planning and adaptation
The “Room for the River” Program
The City of Nijmegen’s response to the national plan in designing and implementing flood alleviations works
Nijmegen partner in the EU-funded 'Flood Resilient City' project
Dordrecht partner in City2city learning
Making Cities Resilient
Historic Windmills
Nijmegen
Room for the River
Water Board Municipality of
Nijmegen
Dordrecht Municipality of
Dordrecht
Kinderdijk
Day 5 Friday June 10
Tools in support of creating resilient cities Building partnerships for a Water Resilient Future
Team Meetings with Dutch Water Sector
Experts on specific requested Team topics of interest
Preparing for team presentations
List of lessons learned
Take-home action plans
Interactions with Dutch experts
Delft
Meetings with the
Dutch water Sector
UNESCO-IHE
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Hotel Information
Hampshire Hotel - Delft Centre ★★★★
Address: Koepoortplaats 3 - 2612 RR - Delft, Nederland
Phone: +31 (0)15 212 2125
Detailed Program
Sunday 5 June:
16.45 Walk to Grand Café VERDEROP, Westvest 9 (building next to UNESCO-IHE premises)
17.00 Walking in and welcome drinks
17.30 Votes of welcome, overview of the program and practical information by the organizing focal
persons, Michiel de Lijster, Ivo van der Linden and Jan Luijendijk
Movie on Water in The Netherlands
18.00 Round of introductions by each participant
18.30 Buffet dinner
19.30 Boat Tour through the Delft canals
20.15 Walk back to the Hampshire hotel
Hampshire Hotel
Delft Railway
Station
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Monday 6 June
Morning
Plenary Sessions
Hosting Organization: UNESCO-IHE Delft, Topics: Introduction to the program and the theme of the learning week: Water Resilient Cities Venue: Westvest 7, Delft, Room A1a, Auditorium 08:00 Walk to UNESCO-IHE (15 minutes) 08:20 Registration at UNESCO-IHE The UNESCO-IHE cashier will be available in the Socio Room for allowance payment 08.45 Welcome by Mr. Johan A. van Dijk, Business Director of UNESCO-IHE 08.55 “Learning Week objectives and program” by Mr. Jan Luijendijk 09.05 “ADB and Water Resilient Cities” by Mr. Michiel de Lijster 09.30 "Towards Water Resilient Cities”, by Prof. Dr. Chris Zevenbergen 10.00 "Climate Change and its effects on Coastal Cities" by Prof. Dr. Rosh Ranasinghe
10.30 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
10.45 "The Netherlands and Water" from a historic perspective by Mr. Jan Luijendijk 11.15 10 minutes presentations by the 7 Project Team delegations
Bangladesh
Georgia
India
PRC
Sri Lanka
Tonga
Viet Nam 12.30 LUNCH BREAK at the UNESCO-IHE restaurant (Lunch ticket will be provided); Participants are free to collect their own favorite meal
13.30 Departure for The Hague
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Monday 6 June
Afternoon
Plenary Sessions
Hosting Organization: Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Topics: Dutch response to Climate Change, Water Governance and Appropriate Finance Coordinator: Ir. Martien Beek, Deputy Program Manager for International Water Affairs Venue: Madurodam, George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ Den Haag
14:00 Welcome by Ms. Elaine Alwayn, Ministry of Infrastructure and The Environment, Director Water and Soil, DG Spatial Planning 14:10 Short Movie 14:15 “The Dutch response to Climate Change”, presentation by Mr. Martien Beek, Strategic advisor to the Delta Commissioner and deputy program manager, Int. Water Affairs 14:35 Discussion 14:50 “Water Governance, building blocks for a sustainable approach”, presentations by Mr. Maarten Hofstra and Mr. Herman Havekes on behalf of the Unie van Waterschappen (Dutch Water Authorities) 15:10 Discussion 15:25 Break 15:45 “Appropriate finance, financial solutions”, presentation by Mr. Jan van Schoonhoven (Ministry I&M/Rijkswaterstaat) 16:05 Discussion 16:20 “Building with Nature”, Presentation by Mr. Jaap van Thiel de Vries, Ecoshape 16:40 Discussion 16:55 Closure by Mr. Michiel de Lijster 17:00 Drinks 17:45 Optional: - short visit to Madurodam, a miniature park tourist attraction that gives home to a large
number of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks and historical cities
- round tour through The Hague, Peace Palace and Scheveningen Boulevard 18.30 Return to Hampshire Hotel
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Tuesday 7 June
Morning
Plenary sessions
Workshop
Parallel Groups
Host organization: Arcadis Rotterdam Topics: Presentations and interactive workshop ‘Safe and attractive waterproof cities’ Coordinators: Prof. Piet Dircke, Mr. Bert Smolders, Mrs. Floor Boerwinkel and Mrs. Iris Bijlsma, Venue: SS Rotterdam, 3e Katendrechtsehoofd 25, 3072 AM Rotterdam, tel: +31 10 297 30 90 08.00 Departure from Hampshire Hotel for Rotterdam
08.45 Arrival at the SS Rotterdam
09:00 Welcome and presentation on “Safe and attractive waterproof cities” by Prof. Piet
Dircke, Global Leader Water Management
- General presentation Arcadis including main city projects
- Presentation of the sustainable city water index
- Presentation on concepts for a sustainable city
09.45 Interactive workshop moderated by Ms. Floor Boerwinkel and Ms. Iris Bijlsma
- Presentation: Case model city “Arcadia”
Division of the group into three smaller groups
10.00 Round 1:
- Physical solutions
- Plenary presentations of main conclusions
10.40 Coffee/tea break
10.55 Round 2:
- Stakeholder identification, stakeholder involvement and value creation
- Plenary presentations of main conclusions
11.35 Round 3:
- Capacity building
- Plenary presentations of main conclusions
12.15 Feedback from participants
12.30 Lunch
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Tuesday 7 June
Afternoon
Plenary sessions
Host organizations: Rotterdam Municipality, De Urbanisten, KuiperCompagnons Topics: Resilient Delta Cities Venue: SS Rotterdam 14.00 “Water Sensitive Urbanism” presentation by Mr. Florian Boer of De Urbanisten 14.30 Q&A 14.45 Rotterdam Adaptation Strategy: “Rotterdam Resilient Delta City”, presentation by Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, Chief Resilience Officer/Manager Rotterdam Climate Proof 15.15 Q&A 15.30 Coffee/tea break 16.00 “Living on the edge; Learning to balance; Resilient Delta Metropolis Development in a
rapidly changing world”, presentation by Mr. Gijs van den Boomen, KuiperCompagnons
16.30 Discussion 17.00 Tour through the Center of Rotterdam with guidance and explanation by Mr. Johan Verlinde, Asset Manager Water & Sewerage Systems, Rotterdam Municipality 18.30 Dinner at the Euromast in Rotterdam
21.00 Return to Delft
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Wednesday 8 June
(Morning)
Field visits
Hosting Organizations: Waternet Amsterdam, with contributions of Royal Haskoning DHV and VU University of Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) Topics: Integrated water management, governance, urban resilience, drinking water, sanitation Venue: Waternet headquarters , location Spaklerweg 45, Amsterdam 08.15 Departure for Amsterdam from Hampshire Hotel 09.15 Arrival at Waternet headquarters , location Spaklerweg 45, Amsterdam Reception with coffee/tea PART ONE: WATER CYCLUS ORGANISATION 09.45 “Water cyclus organisation” by Mr. Paul Bonné, Waternet Amsterdam 10.30 “From Waste to Energy” by Mr. Lex Lelyveld (Waternet Amsterdam) 11.15 “Water Resilient city Amsterdam” by Ms. Paulien Hartog (Waternet Amsterdam) 12.15 Lunch at Waternet
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Wednesday 8 June
(Afternoon)
PART TWO: AMSTERDAM RESILIENT CITY + BOATTOUR/ CANAL CRUISE 13.00 “Urban (historical) perspective on the city of Amsterdam”, presentation by Mr. Toine van Goethem, City of Amsterdam. History of city fighting the water and coping with water related challenges, towards a modern urban perspective: how the city changed its attitude from fighting the water to embracing the water and the benefits for urban (waterfront) development
13.20 “A new perspective on water resilience”, presentation by Mr. Nanco Dolman of RoyalHaskoningDHV How the city deals with water related challenges at present in a water sensitive city. 13.40 “Water resilience/ water risk in other cities and regions”, presentation by Mr. Philip Ward (VU University of Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)) Understand where and how water risks and opportunities are emerging worldwide by using the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, with focus on regions of the ADB delegations. 14.00 Q&A 14.15 Boarding for Boat tour/ Canal Cruise on historic yacht ‘Hildebrand’. @ Jetty of Waternet, Korte Ouderkerkerdijk 7 14.30 Boat tour A dynamic tour with perspective on ‘Amsterdam, a city living with water’, supported by experts
16.15 Drop-off at jetty Prins Hendrikkade near shopping area and Central Railway Station
16.30 Participants are free to join the bus back to Delft or to stay and visit the centre of Amsterdam on their own and return to Delft by train. Trains from Amsterdam-Central station will leave every 15 minutes for Delft and will take a bit less than 1 hour. Price of the train ticket is € 13
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Thursday 9 June
Morning
Visit to the city of Nijmegen Hosts: Municipality of Nijmegen, Room for the River program, Water Board Rivierenland
Coördinators: Mr. Cor Beekmans, Program Manager, account and knowledge management, and Mr Rick Kuggeleijn, Ministry of I&M/Rijkswaterstaat/Room for the River program) Venue: Café Waalzicht, Oosterhoutsedijk 21, 6663 KS Lent/Nijmegen, T: 024-3234506; 07.45 Departure from Hampshire hotel for Nijmegen 09:15 Reception and welcome at Waalzicht 09:30 Words of welcome by Mr. Bert Velthuis, alderman of the city of Nijmegen responsible for “quality of living and culture” in Nijmegen 09:45 “Water management in Nijmegen Noord”, presentation by Mr. Maarten van Ginkel, advisor water management municipality of Nijmegen; Principles of an autonomous Water System, re-use of rainwater, dealing with climate change in practice, relation with the RvR program, lessons learned for new projects. 10:05 Introduction on the “Room for the River (RvR) program” by Mr. Rick Kuggeleijn 10:25 Questions and answers 10:45 Coffee/tea 11.00 “Partnering the river”, by Mr. Mathieu Schouten, urban landscape architect of the Nijmegen municipality 11:20 “Role of the Water Board in relation to the RvR project at Nijmegen”, presentation by Mr. Thijs Trompetter, senior project manager at the Regional Water Authority of Rivierenland 11:35 Questions and answers 11:45 Field visit to Nijmegen Noord (water management and dike reconstruction) 12.30 Picknick lunch at location Waalzicht 13:00 Departure for Dordrecht
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Afternoon
Visit to the City of Dordrecht ( Topic: Increasing resilience through spatial planning and adaptation in the city of Dordrecht Venue: Stadskantoor Dordrecht, Spuiboulevard 300 14.00 Arrival at the municipality of Dordrecht, Room 1 14.15 Presentation on: “Role and tasks of the Dutch Regional Water Authorities” by Mr. Eric Kuindertsma, Regional Water Authority of Rivierenland 14.45 Questions and answers 15.00 Welcome and Introduction by Mr. Rik van der Linden, Alderman of the City of Dordrecht 15.15 “Dordrecht as Living Lab” by Ms. Ellen Kelder, Task Manager Water of the municipality of Dordrecht 15.30 “Resilient Flood Risk Strategy” by Dr. Berry Gersonius (Knowledge Advisor, Dordrecht) 15.45 Interactive session with participants on: “City-to-City Learning” 16.30 Urban Flood Management Walking Tour, guided by Dr. Berry Gersonius 17.30 Leaving Dordrecht for Kinderdijk by bus from The Merwekade 18.00 Visit to the historic windmills of Kinderdijk
19.00 Return to Delft
High water in un-embanked areas of Dordrecht
For years Dordrecht is an international frontrunner in developing knowledge to increase its safety to flooding. The city
shares knowledge with other delta cities, public parties and knowledge institutes and together they conduct research
and implement projects. The city has the ambition to be a ‘living lab’ for innovations in flood risk management and
climate adaptation. A living lab is a collaborative space established in partnership between public parties and knowledge
institutes, and focusing on structural and behavioural change. These labs are also a modality to facilitate co-design and
co-development of research.
The city of Dordrecht is a pilot study of the Dutch Delta Programme on resilient flood risk governance, with a specific
focus on ‘smart combinations’ of measures. The concept of a smart combination has been introduced in the Delta
Decision on Flood Risk Management to provide for the possibility, in specific cases, to replace flood protection measures
with measures involving prevention and preparedness (see Figure). Prevention is realised through spatial planning and
adaptation of buildings, while preparedness is improved by developing emergency plans.
The regional authorities (of the Island) and central government have jointly commissioned the pilot study to gain
practical experience with the application of smart combinations. This pilot study also examined how these measures
could be safeguarded, both legally and administratively speaking.
Kinderdijk is a village about 15 km east of Rotterdam. To
drain the Alblasserwaard polder, a system of 19 windmills
was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest
concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The
windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch
tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage
Site since 1997.
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Friday 10 June
(Morning)
Hosting Organization: UNESCO-IHE + representatives of the Dutch Water Sector Topics: All key topics of interest mentioned by each delegation Coordinators: Mr. Ivo van der Linden and Mr. Jan Luijendijk Venue: UNESCO-IHE, Westvest 7, Delft;
Room A1a for plenary session, various selected
rooms for parallel sessions
08.30 Walk from Hampshire to UNESCO-IHE building 09.00 General introduction for both participants and invited experts to the morning session by coordinators in room A1a 09.15 Each delegation meets with 2-3 experts from the Dutch water sector in separated places in the UNESCO-IHE premises. (see annex of the program)
Delegations present their own key project(s) and discuss with selected Dutch experts their specific knowledge questions and challenges
Take a coffee/tea break after 1-1.5 hour
Continue the discussions
Summarize key issues being discussed, conclusions and recommendations for follow-up joined activities
Delegations formulate relevant issues to be included in their feedback reports that will be presented in the afternoon sessions.
11.45 All delegations and experts reunite in room A1a for a brief summary of the morning sessions 12.00 Delegations prepare their final presentations for the afternoon session 13.00 Lunch at the UNESCO-IHE restaurant (Lunch ticket will be provided); participants and invited experts are free to select and collect their own favorite meal
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Friday 10 June
(Afternoon)
Plenary Session
Hosting Organizations: UNESCO-IHE Topics: Lessons Learned and take-home action plans by the delegations; building Partnerships UNESCO-IHE: Room: Main Auditorium A1a, Representatives of the Netherlands water sector have been invited to join these afternoon sessions;
14.00 “Summary of the learning week” by Jan Luijendijk/Michiel de Lijster
14.10 Four 10-minutes Presentations of Key Lessons Learned and recommendations for take-home action plans and follow-up activities by Project Team Leaders of:
Bangladesh
Georgia
India
PRC
15.00 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
15.30 Three 10-minutes Presentations of Key Lessons Learned and recommendations for take-home action plans and follow-up activities by Project Team Leaders of:
Sri Lanka
Tonga
Viet Nam
16.10 Facilitated Panel discussion on the recommendations for follow-up actions by the Project Teams with:
Ms. Karin Roelofs, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. Willem Mak, Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Mr. Marco Schouten, Vitens Evides International
Prof. Guy Alaerts, UNESCO-IHE
Prof. Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE Facilitator: Prof. Michael McClain
17:00 Interactive Session with participants and representatives of the Netherlands water sector on team presentations and proposals for building partnerships
17:30 Reception and networking/drinks
18.00 Walking talking Farewell dinner/buffet
19.30 Closing of the Water Learning Week
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ANNEX
CHALLENGES, LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND THEMES OF INTEREST OF
PARTICIPATING DELEGATIONS OF
Tonga
India
Viet Nam
Georgia
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
People’s Republic of China
AND
SELECTED DUTCH PARTNER EXPERTS FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING SESSION
Mr. Jan Willem Overbeek, independent consultant Mr. William Oliemans, Deltares
Mr. Eric Huijskens, LievenseCSO Mr. Michel Verlaan, Dutch Water Partners
Mr. Roelf Bollen, LievenseCSO Mr. Ingeborg Krukkert, IRC Wash
Mr. Koos Wieriks, Ministry of I&M (pending) Ms. Joke Lepoole, Max Foundation
Mr. Kees Bons, Deltares Mr. Ben Lamoree, NWP
Ms. Ingeborg Krukkert, IRC Wash Mr. Nico Boonstra (Ballast-Nedam)
Mr. Valentin Post, Waste Mr. Rudolf Muitjens (RHDHV, pending)
Mr. Enrico Moens, Sweco Nederland Mr. Martin van der Schans (KWR Water, pending)
Ms. Marjan Kreijns, Delft University Prof. Rosh Ranasinghe (UNESCO-IHE)
Mr. Assela Pathirana, UNESCO-IHE (pending) Ms. Tineke Hooijmans (UNESCO-IHE)
Mr. Bert Satijn, Independent consultant Mr. Marc Niesten (Kuiper Compagnons)
Prof. Sybe Schaap, House of Representatives Ms. Winnie Hung (Royal Eijkelkamp)
Mr. Wim Verheugt, Euroconsult Mott Macdonald Mr. Floris Boogaard (Tauw)
Mr. Wouter Slotema, RHDHV (pending)
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Challenges Objectives Themes Dutch partner
experts
Tonga Delegation
Tonga Planning and Urban Management Agency (PUMA) Tonga Water Board (TWB)
Communities not complying with urban planning requirements;
Enacting of the National Spatial Planning and Management Bill;
Sustaining community commitment to tariff increases for water and solid waste services
Gain insight into international best
practices for urban and water
project design implementation, and
to tailor lessons learned to the
context of Tonga, to be applied to
current and pipeline urban
development projects. Also to be
made aware of potential
opportunities for collaboration with
international agencies in urban
development projects.
Climate resilience/
urban drainage,
(water resources for)
water supply/
salination,
institutional
arrangements
Jan Willem Overbeek
(independent
consultant)
Eric Huijskens
(LievenseCSO)
Roelf Bollen
(Lievense CSO)
Koos Wieriks
(pending) Ministry of
I&M(pending)
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Challenges Objectives Themes Dutch partner
experts
India Delegation
Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited
Competition from water demand for increasing irrigation economy which directly affects the livelihoods of the dependent population
Pollution of water resources from the discharge untreated wastewater generated by the towns and cities as well as trace metals discharged from agriculture run-off
Short period of rain (about 40days in a year) and continuous and variable seasonable demand for drinking water
Political economy in un-willingness to charge economic tariffs or user fees for both for drinking water and irrigation water services
Rationing planning for dry seasons and during the times of adverse climate conditions and to ensure protection of assets during the emergency water supply contingencies
Network and twinning possibilities with small town water utilities
Knowledge sharing and learning on innovations to pilot test in MPUSIP
Mainstream possibilities for planning and ensuring climate resilience towns with focus on water resilience
Water supply/ non-
revenue water,
wastewater/
sanitation services/
storm water
treatment, water
resources
(groundwater) for
water supply/ water
scarcity/ water
storage
Kees Bons (Deltares)
Ingeborg Krukkert
(IRC Wash)
Valentin Post
(Waste)
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Challenges Objectives Themes Dutch partner
experts
Vietnam Delegation
Vinh Long Province, Dep. Planning and Investment;
Ministry of Planning and Investment
The rigid urban planning system of Master Planning with disconnect between Spatial Planning / Land Use, City Master Plan and Socioeconomic Development Plan.
The knowledge gained at the
Learning Week can then be localized
and customized to be incorporated
into the Green Cities Program
Design. The proposed participants
are a mix of cities leaders in charge
of project preparation and
implementation through their
respective PMUs and a
representative from the central
government directly in charge of the
urban and water sector to be more
sensitive and aware of policies
options for building resilience to
climate change both in urban and
water and sanitation.
Urban Planning,
Green urban
infrastructure,
drainage, flood
protection
Enrico Moens, Sweco
Nederland
Marjan Kreijns, Delft
University
Assela Pathirana
UNESCO-IHE
(pending)
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Challenges Objectives Themes Dutch partner
experts
Georgia Delegation
Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure;
United Water Supply Company of Georgia;
Georgia National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission
to ensure sustainability and environmental protection. For this purpose, developing capacity of the executing and implementing agency is of great importance, and the MFF addresses this issue with proposed systematic capacity building initiatives as under:
Sustainable Operations
Environmental Protection
Institutional and financial sustainability
Enabling legal and regulatory framework
Knowledge acquired at the Learning
Week can be applied to the
implementation of the on-going 6
tranches of the MFF, including
capacity development component.
ADB is assisting GoG in development
of infrastructure in integrated and
sustainable manner under future
cities development program. The
GoG members will be able to
appreciate the water resilient cities
in the Netherlands and will adopt
certain innovative techniques on
water conservation in the future
programing. The team composition
of a senior decision maker from the
Ministry, water utility, and a
regulator is ideal from this
perspective.
Water supply,
sanitation,
operations and
maintenance,
utilities
Bert Satijn
(Independent
consultant)
Sybe Schaap (House
of Representatives)
Wim Verheugt
(Euroconsult Mott
Macdonald)
Wouter Slotema
(RHDHV, pending)
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Challenges Objectives Themes Dutch partner
experts
Bangladesh Delegation
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED);
Local Government Division;
To gain knowledge/information on how to work out optimal blending of infrastructure and climate change needs;
To get abreast of international best practices of water resources management, especially best practices relating to prudent climate change adaptation and mitigation;
To learn how different countries are striving to cope with the threats and impact of climate change and how the lessons learnt from such countries could relate to the context of Bangladesh;
To be more informed about ways and means to build and develop resilient cities.
Urban planning,
management en
strategy, water
supply, sanitation
William Oliemans
(Deltares)
Michel Verlaan
(Dutch Water
Partners)
Ingeborg Krukkert
(IRC Wash)
Joke Lepoole (Max
Foundation)
Ben Lamoree (NWP)
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Challenges Objectives Themes Dutch partner
experts
Sri Lanka Delegation
Colombo Waste Water Management Project, Colombo Municipal Council
limited capacity to implement multilateral environment agreements (MEAs) given current fragmentation across ministries and agencies,
need to update and harmonize policies, regulatory and institutional frameworks in view of threats,
gaps and weaknesses in skills and technical capacity, data/information management, secure equipment and financial resources needed for implementation,
weak enforcement of law in relevant sectors,
need for integrated land and water management framework to halt degradation of natural resources, reduce the ‘ecological footprint’, and to support ecosystem-based approaches to climate resilient urban planning and development,
threats to human and ecosystems health from outdated infrastructure and escalating pollution from point and non-point sources, combined with sedimentation in river basins, waterways, wetlands and coastal areas in Greater Colombo and adjacent areas,
limited awareness of policy makers, businesses, service providers and civil society of the long term consequences of unsustainable use of natural resources, and of how various tools and methods can be applied to assess trade-offs and options in the context of economic growth.
to apply the newly acquired skills
and experience in the current GEF
funded project and to further
develop their skills through
continued sharing of experience
among the participants.
Waste water
management, inlc.
Social and
environmental
aspects, water
resources
management (inst.
Capacity building)
Nico Boonstra
(Ballast-Nedam)
Rudolf Muitjens
(RHDHV, pending)
Martin van der
Schans (KWR Water,
pending)
Rosh Ranasinghe
(UNESCO-IHE)
Tineke Hooijmans
(UNESCO-IHE)
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Challenges Objectives Themes Dutch partner
experts
People’s Republic of China Delegation
Akesu Municipal Government (AMG);
Akesu Municipal Water Resources Bureau;
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Government Planning and Finance Department
Due to the nature of centralized planning in the PRC, many national
policies and initiatives are established while awareness-raising and
capacity building at the local level is inadequately supported.
In addition, globally, the nature of many climate change impacts focus
on capacity building for water-related disasters in coastal or riverine
areas, with less emphasis placed on adapting to potential water
scarcity issues which will also result from climate change. Water stress
and drought tend to develop slowly, grabbing few headlines, allowing
many governments and development agencies to focus on more
visible water-related risks and preventing active planning for water
resilient cities in water-scarce areas.
Learn international best practices for increasing urban resilience to water-scarcity, especially through climate-resilient integrated urban planning and implementation of engineering and non-engineering measures.
Identify approaches and mechanisms to address water-scarcity through collaboration of various stakeholders including roles of civil society organizations.
The team is enabled to apply the newly acquired skills and experiences to their on-going and future projects.
Urban planning/
management,
Envrionment and
wetlands, water
scarcity, water
supply
Marc Niesten (Kuiper
Compagnons)
Winnie Hung (Royal
Eijkelkamp)
Floris Boogaard
(Tauw)
