River Basin Study Visit in Spain: May 2010 Venue: Paseo de la Castellana 162, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain - 2nd floor, room B -

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1 River Basin Study Visit in Spain: May 2010 Venue: Paseo de la Castellana 162, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain - 2nd floor, room B - TENTATIVE PROGRAM (13 th May) THEME FOR THE STUDY VISIT: Improving Water Security in a World of Changing Conditions How can river basin managers in Spain and Asia improve water security for the future through better Integrated Water Resource Management and Water Governance Purpose: Exchange of information, knowledge and experience between river basin management professionals in Asia and Spain on critical challenges in improving water security in their basins for the future, with a focus on improving water governance through institutional, legal and financial arrangements and supporting technologies. Monday 24 May 09:00 09:30 Participants Registration 09:30 10:30 Opening Ms. María Jesús Fernández, Director General for International financing, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain Ms. Marta Morén General Manager of Water, Ministry of Environment Mr. Jose Luis González Vallvé, President of Tecniberia Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Professional, ADB and Vice- Secretary General, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) 10:30 11:30 WORKING SESSION I: Water Politics in River Basin Management- What are the issues and drivers of change? The Spanish case: institutional, legal and financial arrangements - Mr. Jesús Yagüe, Deputy Director General of the hydraulic public domain, Ministry of Environment "Water Governance Challenges in Asia's River Basins" - Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, ADB 11:30 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 13:30 WORKING SESSION I- continued River Basin Management in Spain - Mr. Tomás A. Sancho, Vice-president of the World Council Civil Engineering and member of Tecniberia "Water Security Challenges in Asia's River Basins" - Ms. Eva Abal (tbd), International WaterCentre (IWC), Australia - Mr. Xiaoliu Yang, Peking University, PR China - Mr. Dennis Ellingson, Vietnam Resident Mission (VRM), ADB 1

2 Followed by panel discussion with previous morning speakers and plenary discussion. Moderator: Mr. Tomás A. Sancho 13:30 14:30 Business cocktail lunch 14:30 15:45 WORKING SESSION II: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)- What solutions is it providing for Water Security? IWRM Solutions in River Basins - The case of Spain - Mr. Juan Ortas, Director of the Environmental and Water Division and member of Tecniberia. IWRM Solutions in River Basins Experience from Asian River Basins. - Mr. Vadim Ilych Sokolov, Interstate Coordination Water Commission (ICWC) and Global Water Partnership Central Asia and Caucasus, Uzbekistan - Mr. Tjoek Walujo Subijanto, Jasa Tirta I Public Corporation (PJT I), Indonesia 15:45 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 17:00 WORKING SESSION II -continued - Ms. Sun Feng, Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC), PR China - Mr. Elakanda Don Clement Sudharma, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL), Sri Lanka - Mr. Le Huu Thuan, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), Viet Nam - Ms. Nguyen Thuy Hang, Red-Thai Binh RBO, Viet Nam - Mr. Yaozhou Zhou, East Asia Department (EARD), ADB - (tbd), India Moderator: Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens Tuesday 25 May Bus transfer from Hotel to Atocha Train Station Train to Zaragoza 10:00 18:00 BASIN VISIT I: Water Governance in the Ebro River Basin Ebro river basin commission (Zaragoza) Main themes: First river basin commission in Spain (1926) Participation of the water users in the management (municipalities, Irrigators Communities, hydroelectric, etc) Confederation bodies: the users assemblies, water withdrawal commission, exploitation boards, water council and governing board. Business Lunch offered by EPTISA 2

3 Wednesday 26 May 09:00 Bus transfer from Hotel to Tajo River Basin (Av. Portugal, 81) 09:30 10:30 BASIN VISIT II: Water Governance in the Tajo River Basin Tajo river basin commission (Madrid) Main themes: Automatic hydrological information system (SAIH) and the integrated water quality management and waste control system (SAICA) 10:30 11:30 Bust transfer from Tajo River Basin to Ministry of Economy 11:00 12:00 WORKING SESSION III: Good Governance for River Basin Management- How to Get the Institutional Legal and Financial Arrangements right? Presentation of particular cases in Spain and Asia. Experimental commission for the implementation of the UE Water Directive: pilot river basin - Ms. Cristina Danés, Deputy director general of planning and sustainable water use, Ministry of Environment Cross-border Rivers: Portugal and Spain - Mr. Jose Angel Rodriguez Cabellos, Director of the hydrologic planning Office of the Guadiana river basin Commission. - Mr. Víctor M. Arqued Esquía, Director of the hydrologic planning Office of the Duero river basin Commission 12:00 12:30 Coffee Break 12:30 13:45 WORKING SESSION III: (continued) Cases from Asian river basins - Mr. Rustam Abdukayumov, Uzbekistan Resident Mission (URM), ADB - Ms. Dolora Nepomuceno, Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), Philippines - Mr. Arnaud Cauchois, South Asia Department (SANS), ADB - Mr. Isnugroho, Center for River Basin Organizations and Management (CRBOM), Indonesia Moderator: Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens 13:45 15:00 Business Lunch 15:00 17:00 WORKING SESSION III (continued): Institutional and Governmental Stakeholders Ms. Consuelo Varela Ortega, Departament of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Technical University of Madrid (tbc) Mr. Roque Gistau, President Spanish association of water supply and sanitation (AEAS) Ms. Verónica Montero Robles, General Manager of Water, Castilla La Mancha regional Government, Toledo (tbc) 3

4 Mr. Andrés del Campo, President National Federation of Spanish Irrigators Communities (FENACORE) Mr. Sugiyanto, Directorate General of Water Resources (DGWR), Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia (tbd), India Ms. Sisavanh Phanouvong, Lao Resident Mission (LRM), ADB Thursday 27 May Moderator: Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens 09:30 10:00 PRESENTATION Spanish bilateral financial support to water projects in Asia Ms. Mª Paz Ramos Deputy Director General of Trade Policy with Europe, Asia and Oceania, Spanish Ministry of Trade and Industry 10:00 11:30 WORKING SESSION IV: Technological Solutions to support River Basin Management 15-minute Interventions of various private sector firms Interventions will focus on solutions related to WATER USE: Water Planning, Hydrologic Information automatic system (SAIH), Water transfer and others 11:30 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 13:30 WORKING SESSION IV (Continued): Technological Solutions to support River Basin Management 15-minute Interventions of various private sector firms Interventions will focus on solutions related to WATER QUALITY: Water Quality information automatic system (SAICA); Floods and Droughts - Emergency Droughts Plans and SNCZI (Cartographic National System of Flood Zones), River restoration and others. 13:30 13:45 CEDDET Foundation 14:00 15:00 Business Lunch 15:15 Bus transfer from Ministry to CEDEX 16:00 18:00 TECHNICAL VISIT III: Centre for Hydrographic Studies of CEDEX (Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas), Mr. Juan Manuel Ruiz, Director. 4

5 Friday 28 May (Final program to be confirmed) 09:30 10:30 BUSINESS BREAKFAST Informal bilateral meetings between the Asian-ADB visitors and Spanish water sector firms and organizations 10:30 11:00 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION Ms. María Jesús Fernández, Director General for International financing, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Professional, ADB and Vice- Secretary General, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) Wrap-up and mapping of opportunities for Water Knowledge Partnerships between Spain and Asia ADB for River Basin Management Date: de mayo 2010 Place: Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain 2nd floor, room B. Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid Organization: General Direction for International financing Contact: Inmaculada Martínez Phone number: or TECNIBERIA Contact: Montserrat Sáenz de Ugarte Phone number: Registration: TECNIBERIA 5

6 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ASIA (tentative) Name Organization/Country Designation 1. Mr. Vadim Ilych Sokolov Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC-ICWC), Uzubekistan Deputy Director 2. Mr. Xiaoliu Yang Peking University, PR China Professor 3. Ms. Sun Feng Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC), PR China 4. Mr. Tjoek Walujo Subijanto Jasa Tirta I Public Corporation (PJT I), Indonesia Director of International Cooperation Division, Dept. of International Cooperation, Science and Technology President Director 5. Mr. Syamsul Bachri Jasa Tirta I Public Corporation (PJT I), Indonesia Board of Director 6. Mr. Elakanda Don Clement Sudharma 7. Ms. Dolora Nepomuceno 8. Ms. Nguyen Thuy Hang 9. Mr. Isnugroho 10. Mr. Tadashige Kawasaki 11. Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL), Sri Lanka Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), Philippines Red-Thai Binh RBO, Viet Nam Center for River Basin Organization and Management (CRBOM), Indonesia ADB Institute (ADBI) Regional and Sustainable Development Department (RSDD), ADB 12. Mr. Yaozhou Zhou East Asia Department (EARD), ADB 13. Mr. Arnaud Cauchois 14. Mr. Rustam Abdukayumov 15. Mr. Dennis Ellingson 16. Ms. Sisavanh Phanouvong South Asia Department (SANS), ADB Uzbekistan Resident Mission (URM), ADB Vietnam Resident Mission (VRM), ADB Lao Resident Mission (LRM), ADB Project Director, Dam Safety & Water Resources Planning Project Sri Lanka Assistant General Manager Staff member of the Institute of Water Resources Planning and the Red-Thai Binh RBO Executive Director NARBO Associate Lead Professional (Water Resources Management) Water Resources Management Specialist Senior Water Resources Management Specialist Senior Project Implementation Officer Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist Senior Project Implementation Officer 17. Mr. Dennis Von Custodio Regional and Sustainable Development Department (RSDD), ADB IWRM Specialist and RETA 6470 Coordinator (Consultant), RSDD, ADB 18. Ms. Esti Tjandrarini Accompanying Spouse of Mr. Tjoek Walujo Subijanto Mr. Sugiyanto Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia Director, Water Resources Management, Directorate General of Water Resources (DGWR) 20. Mr. Le Huu Thuan Ministry of Natural Rerources and Environment (MoNRE), Viet Nam Deputy Director General of DWRM 6