(1) Irrigation System Management Transfer and Water User Organization course is scheduled for Aug. 25-Oct. and will include field visits sites in Utah; Nevada, and California. Registration fee is $4,500.

(2) Operation, Maintenance & Management of Irrigator Delivery Systems and the Transfer of Management to Users course is scheduled for . Oct. 13-Nov. 23 will include field visits in Utah; Arizona, and California. Registration fee is $4,500.

For more information contact INPIM.

IAP3 Annual Meeting Announcement

The International Association of Public Participation Practitioners (IAP3) is hosting its fifth annual international conference from 24-28 August, 1996 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. The conference will provide practitioners, communicators, the public and others interested in community participation with the tools, techniques and insight into how to involve the public. The conference entitled ìExpanding Participation: A World of Opportunityî features a variety of local and national expert presenters, community field trips and opportunity for networking and information sharing.

Attendees will be exposed to innovative methods for public involvement such as Town Suppers, Study Circle and Search Conferences etc. Off-site field trips are scheduled to give participants hands-on exposure to public involvement programs. Skills building opportunities will include a ìtechnology help clinic to allow attendees to surf the internet and learn about new technologies used in public involvement. Keynote speakers include Hattie Hill-Storks, CEO of the International Productivity Institute and John Parr, Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues. For more information and registration, call IAP3 Headquarters at 1-800-644-4273.

INPIM Fellowship Program

Since one of the purposes of INPIM is to encourage the interaction of PIM experts, a program has been set up to sponsor participation in seminars and conferences relevant to PIM. Under this program, two resource persons, Mr. Mushtaq Gill (Pakistan) and Dr. H. Gany (Indonesia) attended a four day seminar in Egypt in March 1996. Their participation in the Egyptian seminar was made possible through financial support from the Egyptian government. Under the INPIM Fellowship program, the host country agrees to meet local costs, and the Fellow agrees to provide his/her time at no cost. The role of INPIM is to identify suitable experts and then to help arrange funding through a donor agency to cover the air tickets.

PIM Seminar in Japan

The third International seminar on PIM will be held in Japan, probably in May 1997. The seminar will be co-sponsored by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank and Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAAF). The seminar will feature Japan's experience in PIM through the institution of Land Improvement Districts. Details of the seminar will be given in the next issue of this newsletter.

International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)

INPIM will be respresented at the 16th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage to be held in Cairo, Egypt from September 18-22, 1996. The information booth for EDI's training activities on participatory irrigation management will also include material on INPIM and there will be a concerted effort to sign up new members from the ICID community. INPIM members who will be attending the ICID meetings, and who would be willing to "participate" in staffing the information booth, are encouraged to contact the INPIM Coordinator.

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