International Waters learning Exchange & Resource Network

Agenda

14 Sep 2017

Date: Friday 14 June, 2013

Meeting Room: Conference Room 3

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

0900-0930     Workshop Registration

0930-0950     Welcome Addresses/Meeting Plan

0950-1010     Tour le Table/Expectations

1010-1025     GEF IW Update

SESSION I. GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES & POLICIES TO SUSTAIN INTERVENTIONS

Objectives:

  • This session will define the specifics of good practice in both governance structures policies and legal frameworks, based on past experience in the GEF IW project portfolio, that generally serve to sustain project outcomes

1025-1045 Good Practices with Inter-Ministerial Committees: The Case of IWCAM - Chris Corbin, UNEP Caribbean Environmental Programme [Presentation]

1045-1115 Coffee Break

1135-1150 Good Practices with Legal Frameworks: The Amazon River Case - Maria Apostalova, Amazon River Project [Presentation]

1150-1210 Good Practices with Regional Management Bodies: Case of the Sixaola Commission - Alfonso Sanabria, Sixaola River Basin Project [Presentation]

1210-1300 Facilitated Discussion/Small Working Groups

  1. Inter-ministerial Committees
  2. Legal Frameworks – Regional, National Levels
  3. Transboundary Management Institutions

1300-1400 Lunch

SESSION II. MAKING GEF PROJECTS MORE EFFECTIVE IN CHANGING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES

Objectives:

  • Define the role of GEF projects as change agents, or catalyst for changes in policy
  • Highlight specific cases where GEF project played a catalytic role in terms of policy change (global examples as well as regional examples), or played a role in consolidating the legal basis or institutions, or even building individual capacity
  • Generate list of management actions for making GEF IW project interventions more sustainable after project closure

Session Facilitator: Mish Hamid, IW:LEARN

1430-1450  Presentation of Global Marine Case: Benguela Current Commission and Convention - Nico Willemse, Benguela Current LME Project [Presentation]

1450-1510 Presentation of a Freshwater Case: La Plata River Basin - Silvia Raffaeli, La Plata River Basin Project [Presentation]

1510-1530 Governance in the Caribbean - Robin Mahon, Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme

1530-1600 Break

1600-1700 Small Group Work on Specific Actions

1700-1730 Presentation of Small-group work on Specific Actions