60WC Board of Governors Meeting

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1 60WC Board of Governors Meeting 25 November 2016

2 o Encompasses all water management systems and Institutions o Intangible social heritages that serve mankind as well as natural environment systems for their outstanding value o All regions and o All sectors. Managing water for drinking, agriculture, industries, electricity generation, navigation, preserving ecosystems and fisheries; dealing with flood management; measures of defence from storm surge; and institutions controlling waste water from drainage and sanitation will be eligible

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4 IC FOR WSH PROGRAM Composition President, ICID, Chair of IC Representative of FAO (Dr Yoshihide Endo, GIAHS Coordinator) Representative of ICOMOS (Mr. Henk van Schaick) Member of BoG of WWC Mr. Dale Jacobson Member of BoG of WWC Mr. Jin Hai Member of BoG of WWC Prof. Dr. Dogan Altinbilek Member of BoG of WWC Dr. A. Szöllösi-Nagy Secretary General, ICID, Member Secretary Mandate Coordinate the Program

5 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WSH PROGRAM (TAC) Dr. Mark Smith, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Mr. Emmanuel Grenier, ICOLD Dr. Maurits W. Ertsen, President, IWHA Mr. Callum Clench, Executive Director, IWRA Dr. Hong Li, Manager, International Water Association (IWA) Mr. Ali Reza Salamat, Deputy Director, UNESCO Regional Centre on Urban Water Management-Tehran, Iran Cont

6 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WSH PROGRAM (TAC) Dr Laszlo Hayde, Professor, UNESCO-IHE, Netherland Dr Pierre-Alain Roche, President, ASTEE, France Dr. Kazumi Yamaoka, Commissioner, JNCID, MAFF, Japan Dr. Kuang Shangfu, President, IWHR, China Ir. Hj. Keizrul bin Abdullah, Chairperson, NARBO, Malayasia Mr Zhang Zhirong, the China Water Museum Mr. Kevin Chretien, Project Officer, World Water Council (WWC) Mr. Avinash Chand Tyagi, Secretary General, ICID - Secretary

7 A WSH should fulfil all the primary criteria and at least one of the secondary criteria. The system should have served for over generations but at least a hundred years, The system should have been created by bringing together local community s wisdom; coordinating community s efforts; and developing customs, rules and practices, The system should have involved various stakeholders, and The system should have contributed to the socio-economic development in the region of its operation.

8 The System recognized as a WSH should fulfil all the primary criteria and at least one of the following secondary criteria. The system has an outstanding historical background, or It has been indispensable for evolving cultural values, generating socio-economic activities and sustaining bio-diversity, or It has effectively overcome at least one of the adverse natural hazards such as droughts, flooding, or social conditions such as water quality degradation, waterborne diseases or conflicts, or It has an outstanding universal value being common to humanity.

9 A system is recognized as World Water System Heritage for inscription in the Register of WSH Presented a Plaque citing its salient features. The WSH Secretariat would maintain and publish the Register of WSH on the web pages of WWC and WSH Secretariat. WSH Secretariat facilitate technical guidance to the institution through a team of experts for drawing lessons from the crystals of wisdom. Hold special sessions at World Water Forums.

10 Call for Nominations Nomination process under WSH Program is open ended National Committee/Committee of ICID, ICOLD, UNESCO-IHP or Members of WWC and other stakeholders in Water Sector are eligible Submit the nominations in the prescribed format. Requires a letter of support from the relevant authority (ies). Jury Jury is constituted by IC for WSH from the members of TAC for WSH. Jury submits its recommendation to IC for approval.

11 The total cost between ~ 25,000 USD to 40,000 USD per year. Processing the applications by the WSH Centre; Developing material for dissemination of WSH; Publications based on the lessons learnt; Providing support to TAC to the WSH; and Holding consultation meetings; and ICID will be meeting the expenditure of WSH secretariat ~10,000 USD. WWC is providing a support of 12,000 USD per year. Additional resources will have to be raised through extrabudgetary efforts.

12 Nominations invited from entities of ICID and various WWC members such as UNESCO, WWC, ICOLD, IWRA. etc. Jury for Evaluation of Nominations have been set up with the approval of IC for WSH, with the following composition: 1. Dr. ir. Maurits W. Ertsen, President, IWHA - Chair 2. Mr. Emmanuel Grenier, ICOLD - Member 3. Dr. Alexander Otte, UNESCO (Withdrawn) - Member 4. Dr. Kazumi Yamaoka, Commissioner, JNCID - Member 5. Dr. Kuang Shangfu, President, IWHR - Member 6. Prof. Semsar Yazdi (Co-opted Specialist) - Member TORs To scrutinize the nominations for having fulfilled the criteria as laid down in the WSH Scheme; To recommend the eligible systems to WSH International Committee for its approval and their inclusion in the register of WSH; and Seek further information, if required, for drawing appropriate lessons.

13 Eight Nominations received have been verified and sent for evaluation by Jury. A Partnered Management and Restoration System of the Genbegawa Irrigation Canal, Japan Osaki Land Improvement District, Japan Sekikawa Suikei Land Improvement District, Japan Teradani-yousui Irrigation Canal, Japan Subak Irrigation System, Indonesia Irri-drainage Network System on Northern Delta of Zhuoshui River, Chinese Taipei Taoyuan Tableland Bei-chun System, Chinese Taipei Sheikh Bahaei Water Allocation Scroll , Iran

14 Thank you