In this issue.....

The Newsletter #10 published in March 2000 focuses on the Fifth International Seminar held at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Seminar gave a wonderful opportunity to understand the process of launching a major reform in the irrigation sector in India. The reforms in Andhra Pradesh break new ground in India. the seminar was jointly sponsored by the Indian Network on Participatory Irrigation Managment, Global INPIM, The Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh and the World Bank. The theme of the seminar was on monitoring and evaluation for participatory irrigation management. The Seminar was preceeded by a Researchers Conference from December 11-14, 1999. The Conference focussed on " The long road to commitment: A socio-politcal perspective on irrigation managment reform".

Highlights:

• Fifth International Seminar on PIM, Hyderabad India.  Read more...
• Third Annual Training Course on Capacity Building for PIM September 20-29, 2000 Bari, Italy.  Read more...
• Succesful Networking. by Paul Starkey.  Read more...
• Second National Seminar on PIM in Morocco by Mohammed El Alaoui and Nawal El Haouari.  Read more...
• (french) Highlights of the Researchers Conference " The long road to commitment: A socio-politcal perspective on irrigation managment reform".  Read more...
• INPIM at the Second World Water Forum, The Hague.  Read more...
• International E-Mail Conference on Irrigation Management Transfer.  Read more...

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