22 March 2011, Delft • UNESCO workshop on Water and Governance at different levels. Agenda 21 of the United Nations comprises, inter alia, the Dublin Principles. These principles are based on different conceptions of how decisions should be made. On 22 March, World Water Day, we will look at conceptions and implementation of water governance at different governance levels.
Update: presentations now available!
Opening, by Geert Teisman
Global Water Governance (GWG) and Prospects, by Joyeeta Gupta
Governance of Large Infrastructures, by Jill Slinger and Leon Hermans
Water in Central Asia, by Joop de Schutter
Adaptive Capacity of Dutch Institutions on governance, by Bert Satijn
Water governance: creating quality with complexity, by Willem Ligtvoet
Location: Delfland Water Board, Phoenixstraat 32, Delft
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Preliminary Programme
13.00 hrs Opening |
Mr Michiel van Haersma Buma (chairman, Delfland water board), host, and Mr Geert Teisman (co-director, NederLandBovenWater; professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam), chair
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Global water governance and prospects |
Ms Joyeeta Gupta, professor, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Respondent: Mr András Szöllösi-Nagy, rector at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education |
Water and governance of systems |
Mr Theo Toonen, dean, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology Respondent: Mr Vincent van den Bergen, Directorate for International Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
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Governance of large infrastructures |
Ms Jill Slinger, assistant professor, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Respondent: Mr Piet Dircke, global director water management of Arcadis |
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Tea break, book launch: «Water in Central Asia: Past, Present, Future», by Mr Victor Dukhovny and Mr Joop de Schutter, vice-director, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
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Adaptive capacity of Dutch institutions |
Mr Bert Satijn, managing director, research programme «Living with Water» Respondent: Mr Willem Ligtvoet, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency |
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Prominent respondents have been invited to trigger the debate |
Round table |
Mr Huub Savenije, chair, the Netherlands National Committee IHP-HWRP, Mr Bas ter Haar, ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to UNESCO, Mr Jeroen Warner, senior researcher Water governance and International relations at Wageningen University and Twente University, Mr Marcel Stive, chair Coastal Engineering at Delft University of Technology, Mr Maarten Hofstra, Senior Advisor Policy Analysis and Water Governance at Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst and UNESCO-IHE Insititute for Water Education |
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Announcement of the start of the Water Governance Centre |
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Drinks, offered by the Water Governance Centre |

» Registration (free admission)
Organizers: – Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO – the Netherlands National Committee IHP-HWRP – UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education – Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate (CPWC)
Hosting organization: Delfland water board
Drinks offered by: Water Governance Centre
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