E-Newsletter #48

INPIM E-NEWSLETTER Issue 48; December 1, 2005 http://www.inpim.org Welcome to the INPIM E-Newsletter #48 INPIM NEWS AND EVENTS 1. INPIM Executive Director position update. 2. 4th Asian Regional Conference and the 10th INPIM International Seminar – Deadline for Abstracts February 15, 2006. NEW PUBLICATIONS 3. Training Materials: Capacity Building for Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net Web site); 4. Experiences and Opportunities for Promoting Small-Scale/Micro Irrigation and Rainwater Harvesting for Food Security in Ethiopia (IWMI; S.B. Awulachew, D.J. Merrey, A.B. Kamara et. al); 5. The Use of Sustainable Irrigation for Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania (REPOA; Shadrack Mwakalila & Christine Noe). EVENTS 6. IMMEDIATE EVENT: First African Irrigation Show (SAFID) (6-10 December; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso); 7. The First International conference on Water Resources in the 21st Century (26 - 28 December, 2005) 8. 5th Pan American Regional Conference (Mexico; January tentative) 9. Integrated Transboundary Water Resource Management Course (South Africa Mar. 6-17, 2006; Sweden May 29-Jun 2, 2006). 10. 4th World Water Forum (Mexico City; March 16-22, 2006) 11. 4th Asian Regional Conference & 10th INPIM International Seminar (Tehran; 2-5 May 2007) DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS FEBRUARY 15, 2006. INPIM NEWS AND EVENTS 1. INPIM Executive Director position - update. The deadline for submissions for the Executive Director position has passed. We would like to thank everyone who has submitted their credentials. We will update you on the situation more fully in our next issue, due to be released January 1 or so. Until that time, thank you for being a reader of our e-newsletter during 2005. 2. 4th Asian Regional Conference and 10th INPIM International Seminar. ICID, INPIM, World Bank, IWMI and the Iranian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IRNCID) will host the 4th Asian Regional Conference & the 10th INPIM International Seminar in Tehran, Iran from 2-5 May, 2007. The subthemes are: a. Review of Participatory Measures in Irrigation i. Implemented and proposed processes (frameworks, methods and indices); ii. Success stories on implemented projects. b. Required Grounds and Facilities for PIM Formation i. Organizational reforms ii. Cultural, social and political grounds; iii. Legal frameworks and norms. c. Support System for PIM Sustainability i. Policies and Strategies; ii. Capacity Building, training and extension; iii. Monitoring and evaluation Please visit the conference website at http://www.pim2007.org for detailed information about abstract submission. Deadline for abstracts is February 15, 2006. NEW PUBLICATIONS 3. Training Materials: Capacity Building for Integrated Water Resources Management. Cap-Net is an international network for capacity building in IWRM. It is made up of a partnership of autonomous international, regional and national institutions and networks committed to capacity building in the water sector. The Cap-Net web site has made available a list of training materials classified by water resources management subject areas. These materials are freely available but they request that you please give full acknowledgement to authors and institutions that willingly share their expertise. The list is available through the Cap-Net website (http://www.cap-net.org). 4. Experiences and Opportunities for Promoting Small-Scale/Micro Irrigation and Rainwater Harvesting for Food Security in Ethiopia (IWMI; S.B. Awulachew, D.J. Merrey, A.B. Kamara et. al). Covering a land area of 1.13 million square km, Ethiopia is one of the largest countries in Africa. Large-scale irrigation schemes and related technologies are relatively well known and the government already has plans to actively promote these systems. Some types of small-scale irrigation technologies, especially micro irrigation, are still relatively new in Ethiopia. Yet they have the potential to enable supplementary irrigation for millions of people and to achieve household food security through home garden micro irrigation, and modest wealth for emerging commercial farmers. The report may be downloaded from the IWMI website at: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/working/WOR98.pdf 5. The Use of Sustainable Irrigation for Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania (Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA); Shadrack Mwakalila and Christine Noe). REPOA undertakes and facilitates research, conducts and coordinates training, and promotes dialogue and development of policy for pro-poor growth and poverty reduction. This study examines the sustainability of smallholder irrigated agriculture as a means for improving social and economic benefits in the Mbarali District, south-west Tanzania. EVENTS 6. IMMEDIATE EVENT: First African Irrigation Show (SAFID) (6-10 December; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso). Conceived as a framework for meeting and training of the African professionals of irrigation and drainage (technicians and irrigator producers), the exhibition will include the following activities: a) exhibition of equipment (pumping, irrigation, agricultural equipment, etc) and demonstration of operation; b) scientific workshops and sessions; c) session of certification; d) site visits of irrigated schemes. Please visit the website at http://www.eieretsher.org/arid/safid/Index1.htm 7. The first International conference on Water Resources in the 21st Century (Alexandria, Egypt; 26-28 December; 2005) will present the more recent technological and scientific developments associated with the management of surface and sub-surface water resources. The conference is organized by an international organizing committee chaired by Prof. Dr. Carlos Brebbia, Wessex, UK . CONFERENCE TOPICS include: Water supply and demands, River basin management, Drought, flood hazards and disasters, Scarcity, security and sufficiency, Ecology and ecosystem assessment, Socio-economy and sustainability, Reuse of drainage and waste water, Decision support systems and risk assessments, Environmental and isotope hydrology, Water quality control and management, IT, GIS and remote sensing applications, Waste water treatment and management, Regional water resources management and planning. Papers are revised by an international scientific advisory committee chaired by Prof. Dr. Richard H. French, DRI Nevada , USA . Accepted abstracts will be listed on our website sequentially according to date of acceptance. For more details about the conference, kindly refer to our office online in EWRA website , www.ewra.com or mail to ewra2005@ewra.com. 8. 5th Pan American Regional Conference, (January 2006, Mexico tentative). Contact Dr. Luis Rendón Pimentel, President, Mexican National Committee of Internatinal Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (MXCID), Gerente de Distritos y Unidades de Riego, Comision Nacional del Agua, Insurgentes Sur 1960, 6o Piso, Colonia Florida, Delegación Alvaro Obregón, C.P. 01050, México D.F. Tel : +52 56 632208, +52 53 222407; Fax : +52 53 222409; E-mail : gsaavedra@sgo.can.gob.mx 9. Integrated Transboundary Water Resource Management Course (South Africa Mar. 6-17, 2006; Sweden May 29-June 2, 2006). The programme consists of 3 weeks scheduled training divided into two parts, a 2 week module in South Africa in March and a 1 week module in Sweden in May. In addition to the scheduled training participants will undertake an individual assignment starting 9 weeks before the programme starts and ending 3 months after the conclusion of the training programme, with an intermittent phase of 9 weeks. Invited countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Target group:The participants targeted should be decision makers, planners, specialists or managers representing 5 types of organisations: Relevant Ministries and Government departments involved in transboundary water resource management processes, International water commissions and regional cooperation bodies engaged in aspects of transboundary water resources management, Research organisations dealing with international water management, Non-Governmental Organisations, engaged in aspects of transboundary water resources management , Consultancy firms offering services for and involved in transboundary water resources management. Visit http://www.siwi.org/courses/coursesprojects_transboundary.html for detailed information. 10. The Fourth World Water Forum (Mexico City; Mar. 16-22, 2006). Could thus be a keystone in launching the Decade of Water for Life. It will be a very propitious occasion to assess the progress made towards the goals that have been set and to work out concrete proposals for accelerating the achievement of those goals. The central theme of the Forum will be “Local Actions for a Global Challenge,” because since the Second World Water Forum, the international community accepted the global challenge of providing all people with access to enough safe water to meet their basic needs, including food. The Forum will allow for encounters among many local actors, international organizations, experts, ministers, legislators, and financial institutions for the purpose of finding cooperation and coordination mechanisms enabling institutional networks to better attend to all the challenges related to water. Deadlines are as follows: October 31, 2005: Deadline for applications for the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize; November 15, 2005: Selection of topic-sessions; November 15, 2005: Deadline for registration of Local Actions; December 31, 2005: Early bird registration deadline; and March 3, 2006 11. 4th Asian Regional Conference & 10th INPIM International Seminar (Tehran; 2-5 May 2007). ICID, INPIM, the World Bank, IWMI and the Iranian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IRNCID) will host the event. Please view item #2 above. As time goes by, we will alert you to deadlines prior to the Conference and Seminar. Please note that the DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS FEBRUARY 15, 2006. We invite all qualified to send papers. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS: Visit our website and follow the instructions, or else send an email to enews-subscribe@inpim.org. 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