Colloquium Schedule

The colloquium schedule is given below as a ready reckoner. The respective documentation can be downloaded by following the links.


25.9.2008

09.00 a.m. – 09.30 a.m. Registration of Delegates

9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. Starting the Colloquium
Prof. VR Muraleedharan, HOD, HSS, IIT Madras — Opening Remarks
Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on the Global South — Why this Colloquium
Dr. V Suresh, Centre for Law, Policy and Human Rights Studies — Explanation of the Schedule, Expectation Check and Clarifications

10.45 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. Establishing the Koodam

Plenary – Country-wise Presentations on status and challenges before the water sector
Participation from 14 Asian countries; Canada, Mexico and Turkey.

Each country report focussed on:
  • status and type of management of water in each country (public/private/co-operative/mixed);
  • existence of legal rights and protection;
  • economics of water delivery systems (investment funding, pricing of water, tariff systems, national/regions policies governing these issues);
  • approach to water commons;
  • nature of water conflicts; and
  • examples of alternatives.
In particular, statistics related to access to water was provided (people served, people not served, quality, water for food, environmental aspects). Participants also included a short history of the water sector in their country with special reference to political economy, such as changes brought in by governments with differing ideologies, IFIs and Multilateral agencies.

Southeast and East Asia: Hong Kong/China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines and South Korea (10:45am-12:15pm).
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South Asia and the Middle East: Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Palestine (12.15pm-01:00pm; and 2:00pm-3:15pm).
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Latin America and Europe: Canada/North America, Mexico/Latin America, Turkey/Europe (3:15-4:15pm).

04.30p.m. – 06.00 p.m. Commonalities & Conflicts – Challenges & Changes – Buzz Groups

06.00 p.m. – 07.00 p.m. Coming Together – Report Back, Open Forum and Summary of Day 1

Plenary – Placing the Presentations in Perspective:
General picture in Asian region vis-à-vis other countries.

07.00 p.m. – 08.00 p.m. Thematic reading of mythological text by Theatre Nisha


26.9.2008

09.00 a.m. – 09.30 a.m. Mood Meters – Start ups! Reflections of first day

09.30 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. Shifts in Five Dimensions of Water. Plenary session – Introducing the structure of Discussions

10.00 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. Where do we go next? Parallel Sessions focusing on shifts in law, policy and practice in the following thematic areas:
  • Water and the Global Commons – Status & Challenges. Presentation.
  • Public Management – Nature, Challenges, Conflicts, including issue / experience of Water Regulatory Authorities. Presentation
  • Economics of Water – nature of funding, issues related to investment, tariffs and costs. Presentation.
  • Delivery systems – systemic issues affecting water delivery, satisfaction in delivery, issues of change etc.
  • Alternatives & PUPs – nature of alternatives tried out in improving Water systems, delivery etc. Presentation.
02.00 p.m. – 04.00 p.m. Plenary presentations of 5 theme discussions.

04.00 p.m. – 05.00 p.m. Convergence of Concerns – Establishing Shifts to reclaim water as part of the global commons – Public management and alternatives – Reflections by panellists lead discussion

05.30 p.m. – 08.00 p.m. WATER DIALOGUE: Policy makers, Water Operators, Engineers Associations and Trade Unions, Corporate Bodies and Citizens Groups.


27.09.2008

The participants discussed strategies, ways of working together, and follow up activities.

09.00 a.m. – 09.30 a.m. Mood Meters – What does the Koodam say? Reflections on feed back of previous 2 days’ sessions.

09.30 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. Plenary – Strategising Shifts – Templates for Action

09.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. Strategising Shifts in Law & Policy. Discussion kicked off by Policy Makers, Water Operators, and Civil Society Representatives

10.30 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. Templates for Action – Finding Friends, Preparing Partnerships! What manner of action at Local, Regional and Global levels of action?

11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Asian Approach to the WWF, 2009 – What next?
Learning from WWF, 2006 – Red Vida and the Alternate WWF – Claudia (Mexico)
Preparation for the WWF, 2009 – Anil Naidoo (Canada) and Fuat Ercan (Turkey)

02.00 p.m. – 03.30 p.m. Creating Consensus – Strategising Synergies, Finalizing templates for action in the Asian Region

03.30 p.m. – 05.00 p.m. Closing Session: Reclaiming Public Water, Focus on Global South and the Chennai Host Group: Dept. of HSS, IIT Madras, Water Engineers, Centre for Law, Policy & HR Studies