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Institute of Water Policy Research Workshop:
‘Water Governance: An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures’
24-25 October 2011
Kent Ridge Guild House, National University of Singapore
This workshop is part of an ongoing research project being undertaken by a core research team consisting of Dr. Asanga Gunawansa and Ms. Lovleen Bhullar. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for eminent international and local scholars to reach consensus on feasible water governance and infrastructure development models that can be implemented in different countries/regions/cities to create win-win situations for all stakeholders. For more information, please click here.
South East Asian Ministers Meet on Water Security
Twelve ministerial representatives attended the Southeast Asia (SEA) Water Ministers Forum held on 4 July 2011 during the Singapore International Water Week. The Forum was organized by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources and PUB Singapore. Chaired by Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, and moderated by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ministers discussed issues ranging from water scarcity and climate change to the need for improved service delivery and infrastructure. Participating countries included Angola, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Tuvalu. Professor Seetharam KE, Director of the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, presented the elements of good practices on water governance based on a joint research publication with Asian Development Bank, Every Drop Counts: Good Practices in Eight Asian Cities. An overview of the presentation can be seen here.
IWP Speaker Series: Talk by Professor Peter Rogers, Mr Okiura Fumihiko, Dr Chiplunkar, and Dr Harshadeep
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On April 11, 2011, IWP continued its Speaker Series, this time featuring a medley of international development experts who discussed their experiences with water projects and policy in Asia. Distinguished Harvard Professor Peter Rogers spoke about his research work in water policy, and was joined by experts from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japanese International Development Agency (JICA). Read more about it here.
February 2011
IWP Workshop: ‘Water Governance: An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures’, 21-22 February 2011, Kent Ridge Guild House, National University of Singapore
This workshop is part of an ongoing IWP research project being undertaken by a core research team consisting of Dr. Asanga Gunawansa, Lovleen Bhullar and Priyanka Anand. The workshop program is available here. Please visit this page after the workshop for further information about outcomes and research updates.
IWP IAP Chairman to Speak on Singapore’s Water Management in February 2011
PUB Chairman, Mr. Tan Gee Paw, who is also the Chairman of the Institute of Water Policy’s International Advisory Panel (IAP), will give a talk about Singapore’s success story in water management on 28 February 2011, at the URA Function Hall, URA Centre, from 4:30pm-6:00pm. The talk will be organized by the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), a think-tank on high-density, urban solutions.
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