4th Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week

26-30 October 2015 - Delft - The Netherlands

Water-related Disasters and Climate Change Managing vulnerability and risks within the Asia Pacific region

PROGRAM

(Final Draft: 23 October 2015)

Organization and Coordination:

UNESCO-IHE - Mr. Jan Luijendijk (+31 15-2151810; mob: + 31 6 53 57 65 98); E-mail: <j.luijendijk@unesco-ihe.org>

- Ms. Rozemarijn ter Horst (+31 6 49 82 66 71); E-mail: <roosterhorst@gmail.com>

- Mr. Erik de Ruyter (+31 15 2151777); E-mail: <e.deruytervansteveninck@unesco-ihe.org>

- Mr. Ewout Heeringa (+31 15 2151834); E-mail: <e.heeringa@unesco-ihe.org>

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Mr. Michiel de Lijster -Senior Water Resources Specialist (Learning Week Focal Point and ADB

Mission Leader), E-mail: mdelijster@adb.org ;Tel: +31 6 24090435; +63 9999 504 560

- Ms. Yasmin Siddiqi -Principal Water Resources Specialist

- Ms. Ellen Pascua -Water Fund Manager

- Ms. Ela Fernando-Villamar -Operations Analyst

Partners - Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Ministry of I&M)

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Inclusive Green Growth Department (Ministry of FA)

- Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP)

Netherlands Team Coordinators and Experts: - Mr. Roald Lapperre, Ministry of I&M

- Mr. Martien Beek, Ministry of I&M

- Mr. Jos van Alphen, Ministry of I&M

- Mr. Koos Wieriks, Ministry I&M

- Mr. Boris Teunis, Ministry of I&M

- Mr. Hans Brouwer, Rijkswaterstaat, RvR

- Mr. Ralph Gaastra, Rijkswaterstaat, RvR

- Ms. Karin Roelofs, Ministry of FA

- Mr. Aart van der Horst, Ministry of FA

- Ms. Lies Janssen, NWP

- Ms. Greet Vink, Business Director, UNESCO-IHE

- Prof. Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE

- Prof. Rosh Ranasinghe, UNESCO-IHE

- Prof. Eelco van Beek, UNESCO-IHE/Deltares

- Prof Wim Bastiaanssen, UNESCO-IHE

- Prof. Arthur Mynett, UNESCO-IHE

- Prof. Michael McClain, UNESCO-IHE

- Dr. Uta Wehn de Montalvo, UNESCO-IHE

- Mr. William Veerbeek, UNESCO-IHE

- Mr. Assela Pathirana, UNESCO-IHE

- Dr. Michael Hammond, UNESCO-IHE

- Dr. Jan Willem Foppen, UNESCO-IHE

- Dr. Biswa Bhattacharya, UNESCO-IHE

- Prof. Matthijs Kok, CEO HKV and TU-Delft

- Dr. Nora van Cauwenbergh, UNESCO-IHE

- Dr. Arlex Sanchez Torres, UNESCO-IHE

- Dr. Ali Dastgheib, UNESCO-IHE

- Mr. Abdi Mehvar, UNESCO-IHE

- Dr. Ruben Jongejan RMC, TU Delft

- Mr. Jurjen Wagenmaker, CEO Floodtags

- Mr. Maarten Smits, CEO Deltares

- Ms. Lydia Cumiskey, Deltares

- Mr. DirkJan Walstra, Deltares

- Mr. Arjen Luijendijk, Deltares/TUDelft

- Ms. Renske Peters, Delta Alliance

- Mr. Ivo Demmers, Delta Alliance, Wageningen UR

- Mr. Jaap van Thiel de Vries, Ecoshape

- Mr. Peter Persoon, Maeslant Kering

- Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, Rotterdam Municipality

- Mr. Daan Spitzers, Evides Water Supply Company

- Dr. Frank van Steenbergen, MetaMeta

- Mr. M.A. Houtzager, Water Board Delfland

- Mr. Peter Hollanders, Water Board Delfland

- Mr Martijn Heinhuis, Water Board Delfland

- Ms. Monique van der Hart, Water Board Delfland

- Mr. Bart Teeuwen, Teeuwen Advice

- Mr. Marcel de Ruijter, Dutch Water Authorities

- Mr. Maurits Voogt, Director eLEAF

- Mr. Remco Dost, eLEAF

- Prof. Petra Hellegers, WUR, Wageningen

- Dr. Gerardo van Halsema, WUR, Wageningen

- Mr. Gijs Simons, Future Water

- Mr. Arthur Lutz, University of Utrecht/Future Water

INTRODUCTION

Spurred by agreement in Rio+20 on The Future We Want, government water leaders in Asia and the Netherlands are searching for innovative solutions to secure their countries’ water futures and green their economies. How to mainstream R&D to boost water productivity, conservation and reuse across sectors, reduce water footprints, clean up waterways, and create multifunctional and green infrastructure? How much space do rivers need? What makes communities more resilient, and water agencies more adaptive in the face of rapid changes? How can the corporate sector help governments manage for results? To answer these and more questions, the 4th Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week will bring leaders together in dialogues and knowledge sharing on "Water related Disasters and Climate Change, managing Vulnerability and Risks within the Asia Pacific region". This learning week is organized under the water knowledge partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, supported by the Netherlands Ministries of Infrastructure and Environment and Foreign Affairs through ADB’s Water Financing Partnership Facility. Participants from selected Asian countries will contribute project case studies from Asia and the Netherlands and learn together in an intensive program how to leverage results from collaborative approaches in water investment projects for cities and river basins. The program will build on the successful experiences of the three previous learning weeks in which over 100 Asian water leaders compared experiences with colleagues in the Netherlands in making smart choices to increase water security in their countries. Participation in the learning week is targeted to project teams from Asia that seek to build new ways of cooperation into new or ongoing urban and basin water projects. Participating project teams are expected to include four to five highly motivated members, from preferably different government organizations, the corporate or private sector and civil society or partner agency. During the week’s intensive program, the selected teams will work and learn in partnership with dedicated host organizations and experts from the Netherlands and UNESCO-IHE. The participating project teams will work together with dedicated 'mirror teams' from the Netherlands water sector mobilized by the UNESCO-IHE Organizing Team. By working together intensively, they will address the challenges posed by the project team, develop innovative solutions, and share experience through knowledge exchange. We would like to thank all participating Dutch organizations for their input and hospitality during this week and wish our guests from Asia an exciting learning experience. Gil-Hong Kim Jan Luijendijk Senior Director Coordinator 4th ANWLW Sustainable Development and Senior Advisor Climate Change Department Capacity Development Asian Development Bank

THE THEME OF THE LEARNING WEEK

Water Related Disasters and Climate Change: Managing vulnerability and risks within the Asia-Pacific region

‘Modern society has distinct advantages over those civilizations of the past that suffered or even collapsed for reasons linked to water. We have great knowledge, and the capacity to disperse that knowledge to the remotest places on earth. We are also beneficiaries of scientific leaps that have improved weather forecasting, agricultural practices, natural resources management, disaster prevention, preparedness and management . . . But only a rational and informed political, social and cultural response –and public participation in all stages of the disaster management cycle– can reduce disaster vulnerability, and ensure that hazards do not turn into unmanageable disasters. (Kofi Annan, Message on World Water Day 2004) Disaster trend analysis shows that water-related disasters are increasing every year, causing enormous damage to life and property, some of which could have been prevented through appropriate development choices. Disasters triggered by hydro-meteorological and geological events outnumber all other disasters combined. The World Economic Forum’s 2015 Global Risks report concluded that water related risks rank highest on impact and highly on likelihood

1. Some notable recent examples are Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (New Orleans),

Cyclone Sidr in 2007 (Bangladesh), Cyclone Nargis in 2008 (Myanmar), heavy monsoon Pakistan in 2010, Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 (Philippines), Cyclone Komen 2015 (Myanmar). Alarmingly, between 1980 and 2006, more than 71% of natural disaster fatalities occurred in Asia, of which more than 83% were flood-related

2.

The socio-economic impact of such disasters is huge. In the period 2005-2014 alone, water related disasters

3 in

Asia caused $326 billion worth of direct physical losses, while almost 219,000 lives were lost and 1.3 billion people affected by disasters

4. Over the past four decades, direct physical losses as a consequence of natural

hazards have increased more rapidly than economic growth in Asia and the Pacific. Historically, water-related disasters have been treated as one-off events, triggering responses in their aftermath as reactive crisis management. Compared to these ad hoc "relief and response" actions, much less attention has been paid to the more effective governance and management of "prevention and risk reduction". In recent years, a strong preference and demand for an integrated and adaptive approach has emerged based on the recognition that risks, if not properly addressed in advance, may lead to disasters. This requires a reframing of the paradigm of disaster risk management: from its traditional focus on managing the impacts of disasters using stand-alone and ad hoc interventions to a broader focus on vulnerability reduction, risk reduction, prevention, and preparedness. In short: from a reactive to a pro-active or preventive approach. Preventive action against disasters by necessity requires a long-term development perspective and needs to be embedded in an integrated process that incorporates water resources management and climate (change) adaptation. It is highly advisable to mainstream this concept into national policy and planning processes. There is growing international recognition of the dynamic nature of disaster risk, reflecting constantly changing exposure and vulnerability as well as changing climate related hazard and frequency. Therefore, water related disaster risk management should be a programmed and flexible process of continuously improving institutional and management practices and processes in which: - short term actions are linked to long term goals, - flexibility is valued and incorporated, - multiple strategies are considered in a rational manner, and, - different investment agendas are inter-linked (including the private sector). Although climate change is not the only reason for the drastic increase of water-related disasters, it is anticipated that climate change driven variations in environmental forcing (e.g. sea level rise, storms, storm

1 WEF Global Risk Report 2015: Impact: 1. Water crises & Likelihood: 2. Extreme weather events, 6. Natural catastrophes, 8.

Water crises.

2 UNESCO 2009: Global Trends in Water-Related Disasters: an insight for policymakers

3 Defined as river floods, droughts, extreme winds, storm waves and storm surge

4 Figures mentioned in ADB presentation on Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and

Resilience, January 2015

surge) will exacerbate risks particularly in the already highly vulnerable Asia-Pacific region, hindering sustainable development, poverty reduction, and other important UN goals/targets in the region. Exposure and vulnerability are also increasing. ADB has provided significant assistance to its developing member countries for both disaster risk reduction and for post disaster response. Between January 2005 and December 2014 it approved some $20 billion — equivalent to 17% of total sovereign loans, grants, and technical assistance approvals — for a total of 561 Disaster Risk Management/DRM and DRM-related approvals (380 projects). Of this, almost 25% was for early recovery and reconstruction, 3% for stand-alone DRR, 73% for projects with embedded DRR elements

5, while

about $10 million was allocated for ex ante disaster risk financing. ADB recognizes the importance of establishing adequate financing arrangements both to sustain risk reduction investments and to cover the disaster relief, early recovery and reconstruction costs associated with the residual risk. In 2014, ADB launched a new operational plan focusing specifically on DRM realizing that investment in resilience pays off and that strong preparedness and early warning systems are essential in saving lives and economic values. ADB also recognizes the importance of scientific and technological knowledge and know how, as well as public awareness and good governance including financing principles in enhancing disaster resilience and is supporting the development of capacity at national and local levels. Like many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Netherlands is extremely vulnerable to impacts of climate change. This is because of its unique location in the delta of larger rivers with over 26 % of its land lying below mean sea level, 60 % directly threatened by flooding and a total coastline of over 1250 km (including Wadden Sea islands). For centuries the Dutch have been adapting themselves to cope with water-related threats: initially as response actions, but later on more and more as prevention measures. Clear examples of that is the Delta Plan for the south-western estuaries after the storm surge disaster in 1953, as is the "Room for the River" program after the near river flood disasters in 1993 and 1995. At present, the central government, regional water boards, provinces and municipalities in the Netherlands are collaboratively developing a new Delta Plan on Water Risk Management. Its primary goal is to protect the Netherlands against floods and ensure the availability of fresh water, for present and future generations. The new Delta Programme has developed a new, adaptive and flexible management strategy that takes into account uncertainties and dependencies in decision-making on Delta Management to reduce the risk of overspending or underinvestment (optimised risk management). Within the framework of their partnership ADB, the Government of The Netherlands and UNESCO-IHE have been organizing annually a water learning week since 2012. The aim is to stimulate dialogues and knowledge sharing between experts and policy makers from the Asia-Pacific region and The Netherlands. The 4th Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week will be held 26-30 October 2015 in The Netherlands and aims to share knowledge and experience on the above topical area. The water learning week comprises an intensive program focusing on how to leverage results from collaborative approaches in water investment projects for countries, cities, river basins and deltas. Although the vulnerability for water-related hazards of most countries in Asia and The Pacific is on average quite high the objective of the 4th Water Learning week is to focus on a mix of the most vulnerable countries and on countries with a low coping capacity as well as more successful countries. These are developing member countries in East Asia, South and Southeast Asia and in The Pacific.

5 Embedded projects are defined as projects that take account of disaster risk and incorporate actions to address it but do

not identify DRM as a primary project objective.

DMC PARTICIPANTS

Name Function Organisation/Project Country

ARMENIA

1 Mr. Gagik Khachatryan Advisor to the President of the Republic of Armenia and Former Deputy Chairman the State Committee for Water Economy

Republic of Armenia

BANGLADESH-1

2 Mr. Aminul Haque Project Director of Flood and Riverbank Risk Management

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)

Bangladesh

3 Mr. Shohrab Hossain Project Manager Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program

Bangladesh

BANGLADESH-2

4 Mr. A.K.M. Rezaul Islam Project Manager Strengthening urban climate change resilience in Bangladesh -III

Bangladesh

5 Mr. Md. Shafiqul Hassan Project Manager Strengthening urban climate change resilience in Bangladesh -III

Bangladesh

6 Mr. Abdul Wahab Khalifa

Mayor Galachipa Municipality, Patuakhali

Bangladesh

INDIA

7 Mr. Shri Parmod Kumar Director (UD) Ministry of Urban

Development

India

8 Mr. Md. Ghulam Ali

Ansari

Project Director Kolkata Environmental

Improvement Investment

India

9 Mr. Bibhas Maiti Director General (Water

Supply)

Kolkata Municipal

Corporation

India

INDONESIA-1

10 Mr. Abdul Malik Sadat Directorate of Water Resources and Irrigation

National Development Planning Agency /BAPPENAS

Indonesia

11 Mr Dony Hermawan Commitment Maker Office of River and Coastal

Balai Wilayah Sungai Maluku, Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Indonesia

12 Mr. Abdul Hanan Achmad

Head Balai Besar Wilayah Sungai Cidanau-Ciujung-Cidurian

Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Indonesia

13 Mr. Birendrajana Head of Planning Unit Directorate of River and Coastal, Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Indonesia

Name Function Organisation/Project Country

INDONESIA-2

14 Mrs. Dr. Farida Agustina Muchsin

Lecturer University of Halu Oleo Kendari/ Bappeda Kendari

Indonesia

15 Mr. Askar Mahmud Head Bappeda Kendari Indonesia

16 Mr. Alamsyah Lotunany City Secretary Kota Kendari Indonesia

17 Mr. Julian Syah Project manager ADB Green Cities Technical Assistance.

Indonesia

18 Mrs. Riyanti Djalante Visiting Researcher The United Nation University Institute of Environment and Human Security

PAKISTAN

19 Mr. Amjad Saeed Project Director Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program

Pakistan

20 Mr. Ijaz-ul-Hassan Kashif Deputy Project Director Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program

Pakistan

21 Mr. Shahid Salim Director Technical Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program

Pakistan

22 Mr. Habib Ullah Bodla Strategic Planner of water resource and disaster risk projects

Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program

Pakistan

SRI LANKA

23 Mrs Eng. I. M. Wickramanayake

Chief Engineer Coast Conservation Department

Sri Lanka

24 Mr. Eng. R.A.S. Ranawaka

Senior Engineer Coast Conservation Department

Sri Lanka

25 Mr. M.I.M. Jasoor Planning Assistant Coast Conservation Department

Sri Lanka

26 Mr. A. Kogulatheepan Planning Assistant Coast Conservation Department

Sri Lanka

VIET NAM

27 Mr. Vu Ngoc Chau task team leader Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought Affected Provinces (WEIDAP)

Viet Nam

28 Ms. Dang Thi Kim Nhung Head of Central and Southern Central Highland Regions Division

Institute of Water Resources Planning

Viet Nam

29 Mr. Tran Van Tuan Head of Irrigation Department Ninh Thuan Province - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD)

Viet Nam

30 Mr. Pham Huu Hao Deputy Director of Dak Nong Province

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD)

Viet Nam

31 Mr. Pham Quang Tien Consultant Asian Development Bank Viet Nam

32 Ms. Giang My Huong Consultant Asian Development Bank Viet Nam

ADB STAFF Name Function Organisation

33 Mr. Akhtar Ali Principal Water Resources Specialist

Central and West Asia Department

34 Ms. Elena de Castro Project Officer Central and West Asia Department

35 Mr. Cesar Emilio Llorens Alvarez

Urban Development Specialist Central and West Asia Department

36 Ms. Maria Rosario Romasanta

Senior Project Officer Central and West Asia Department

37 Ms. Natsuko Totsuka Senior Water Resources Specialist

South Asia Department

38 Mr. Zahir Ahmad Senior Water Resources Officer South Asia Department - Bangladesh Resident Mission

39 Mr. K.M. Palitha Bandara

Senior Project Officer (Environment)

South Asia Department - Sri Lanka Resident Mission

40 Mr. Ron Slangen Urban Development Specialist South Asia Department

41 Mr. Edgardo Moises II Project Analyst South Asia Department

42 Ms. Maricar Barrogo Associate Project Analyst South Asia Department

43 Mrs Elma Morsheda

Senior Project Officer (Urban Infrastructure)

South Asia Department - Bangladesh Resident Mission

44 Mr. Sanath Ranawana Senior Natural Resources Economist

Southeast Asia Department - Viet Nam Resident Mission

45 Mr. Oscar Amiel Badiola Project Analyst Southeast Asia Department

46 Ms. Syarifah Aman-Wooster

Principal Social Development Specialist

Southeast Asia Department

47 Mr. Tadeo Culla Associate Social Development Officer

Southeast Asia Department

48 Mr. Michiel de Lijster Senior Water Resources Specialist

Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department

49 Ms. Carmela Fernando-Villamar

Operations Analyst Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM

Sunday 25 October

Late Afternoon Welcome drinks and dinner in Grand Café Verderop (Building next to UNESCO-IHE)

Monday 26 October

Morning: Afternoon:

Plenary Sessions with introductory presentations on the theme of the week, disaster risk reduction, Plenary Session with short presentations on theme related topics, experiences and tools; Project Team presentations Boat trip through the canals of Delft

Tuesday 27 October

Morning: Afternoon:

Visit to Deltares Visit to the Hague, Mercure Hotel; Programme hosted by Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Wednesday 28 October

Morning: Afternoon:

Field visits to: -"Maeslant" Storm Surge Barrier -Rotterdam Municipality -"Room for the River" Project in the Noordwaard/Biesbosch -Visit to Kinderdijk (with 19 historic windmills)

Thursday 29 October

Morning: Afternoon:

Team Sessions Team Sessions

Friday 30 October

Morning: Afternoon:

Field visit to: Water Board of Delfland Reflection & preparation of the final presentations Plenary Session on "Lessons learned and Knowledge Sharing" Panel discussion Facilitated interaction with representatives of the Dutch Water Sector Farewell Dinner

Detailed Program

Sunday 25 October:

16.45 Walk to Grand Café VERDEROP (building next to UNESCO-IHE)

17.00 Welcome drinks

18.00 Votes of welcome and practical information by the organizing focal persons, Michiel de

Lijster and Jan Luijendijk

18.30 Buffet dinner

20.00 Walk back to the hotels

Monday 26 October

Morning

Plenary Sessions

Hosting Organization: UNESCO-IHE Delft, Room B1, small Auditorium Topics: Introduction to disaster risk reduction, experiences and tools 08:00 Walk to UNESCO-IHE (15 minutes)

08:30 Registration at UNESCO-IHE 09.00 Welcome by Drs. Greet Vink, Business Director UNESCO-IHE 09.10 Learning Week objectives and program by Jan Luijendijk 09.20 "The broader DRR framework" by Ms. Lydia Cumiskey, Disaster Risk Management Advisor and Researcher at Deltares. 09.50 ADB and Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction by Michiel de Lijster, Senior Water Resources Specialist at the ADB 10.10 "Resilience to Water-related Disasters in Asia-Pacific region, the 5th Key Dimension in the Asia Water Development Outlook" by Prof. Eelco van Beek 10.30 COFFEE/TEA BREAK 11.00 "The Netherlands and Water" from an historic perspective by Jan Luijendijk

11.30 "Climate Change, Coasts, and Coastal Risk" by Prof. Dr. Rosh Ranasinghe 12.00 "Flood Risk in an uncertain world", an analysis of extreme weather, risk profile, impact of risk reduction measures, flood risk app by Prof. Dr. Matthijs Kok (CEO HKV/TUDelft) 12.30 LUNCH BREAK (as from 13.00 h our cashier will be available in the Socio Room for allowance payment + submitting receipts of visa and travel expenses)

Monday 26 October Afternoon

Plenary Sessions

Boat Tour

13.45 "Towards Disaster Resilient Cities Presentation" by Prof. Dr. Chris Zevenbergen

14.10 The development of ICT-enabled citizen observatories through the European WeSenseIt project by Dr. Uta Wehn de Montalvo, UNESCO-IHE 14.25 "Making wise use of citizen observations with Floodtags" by Mr. Jurjen Wagemaker 14.50 "An Educational Perspective of Flood Risk Management" by Dr. Biswa Bhattacharya

15.05 COFFEE/TEA BREAK 15.30 10 minutes presentations by the 9 Project Team delegations

Armenia

Bangladesh-1

Bangladesh-2

India

Indonesia-1

Indonesia-2

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Vietnam 17.00 Wrap-up and closing of the day program 17.30 Boat trip through the Delft canals with drinks/snacks coordinated by Ewout Heeringa

18.30 Return to hotel

Tuesday 27 October

Morning

Hosting Organization: Deltares, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Topics: Modelling Techniques, ID-LAB, Physical models, Dutch response to Climate Change

08.00 Departure by bus from UNESCO-IHE to Deltares (Driver: Jan Sahli, 06- 533 809 32) 09.00 Welcome by the Managing Director of Deltares, Mr. Maarten Smits 09.15 Introduction Deltares / Deltares in the region by Mr. Maarten Smits and Ms. Lydia Cumiskey, Disaster Risk Management Advisor and Researcher 09.30 New framework for Plan studies by Prof. Eelco van Beek 10.00 New modelling techniques for DRR (3Di, storm surges, …) + experiences with Netherlands DRR programme by Ms.Lydia Cumiskey

Split up in 2 Groups of about 25 participants

10.30 Group 1 Visit to the ID-Lab (global modelling, cascade effects for critical infrastructures);

Group 2 Visit to Physical Scale models and Geo-lab

11.30 Group change

12.30 BUFFET LUNCH 13.30 Transfer by bus to Mercure Hotel, Spui 180, The Hague

Tuesday

27 October Afternoon

Hosting Organization:Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Topics: Dutch response to Climate Change Coordinator: Ir. Martien Beek, Deputy Program Manager for International Water Affairs 14:00 Welcome by Roald Lapperre, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, deputy Director General DGRW 14:10 Short Movie 14:15 The Dutch response to Climate Change, Presentation by Jos van Alphen, Strategic advisor to the Delta Commissioner + discussion 14:50 Building with Nature, Presentation by Mr. Jaap van Thiel de Vries, Ecoshape + discussion 15:25 Break 15:45 "Collecting data, monitoring and forecasting systems", presentation by Mr. Boris Teunis, Water Management Center (Lelystad) + discussion 16:20 "Connecting delta’s, a global knowledge network", by Renske Peters and Ivo Demmers, Delta Alliance + discussion 16:55 Closing words by Michiel de Lijster 17:00 Drinks 17.45 Departure for hotels in Delft

Wednesday 28 October (Morning)

Field visits

Storm Surge Barrier

"Maeslant Kering"

Rotterdam Municipality

Hosting Organizations: Rotterdam Municipality and Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment Topics: Field visit to Storm Surge Barrier, Water Proof City Rotterdam, Room for the River project Noordwaard and Kinderdijk 07.45 Departure by bus from UNESCO-IHE to "Maeslant Kering" in Hoek van Holland (Driver: Dick Ruessink 06- 523 76 231). 08.30 Arrival at the Storm Surge Barrier 08.45 Movie on the Construction of the Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier 09.00 Questions & Answers 09.15 Guided tour through the Information center by Mr. Peter Persoon and visit to the barrier site 10.15 Departure by bus to Rotterdam 11.00 Arrival in Rotterdam, (location still to be confirmed)

11.15 Presentation on the Rotterdam Adaptation Strategy: “Climate Adaptation: "The Rotterdam Approach” by Arnoud Molenaar 11.45 Discussion

12.00 Tour through the Center of Rotterdam with explanation by Arnoud Molenaar

13.00 Departure by bus to the Noordwaard (Room for the River Project) Lunchboxes in the bus

Wednesday 28 October (Afternoon)

Room for the River project

Kinderdijk

13.45 Arrival at Restaurant De Waterman 14.00 Welcome by Mr. Hans Brouwer 14.10 A series of short movies on the Room for the River Project 14.30 Presentation on the RvR project by Hans Brouwer + discussion 15.15 Coffee/Tea break 15.30 Presentation on the Noordwaard project by Mr. Ralph Gaastra 16.00 Presentation on the role of the Biesbosch reservoirs in securing the drinking water supply by Mr. Daan Spitzers, Evides, Water Supply Company 16.30 Bus tour through the Noordwaard polder and visit to Petrusplaat reservoir; 17.15 Departure for Kinderdijk

18.00 Visit to the historic windmills of Kinderdijk

19.00 Return to Delft

Kinderdijk is a village about 15 km east of Rotterdam. To

drain the Alblasserwaard polder, a system of 19 windmills

was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest

concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The

windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch

tourist sites. They have been a UNESCOWorld Heritage

Site since 1997.

Thursday 29 October

Team Sessions

Dedicated parallel Team Programs focused on specific needs of each delegation and their learning objectives

ARMENIA

Water Supply & Sanitation Sector Project Hosted by: UNESCO-IHE

Mirror team leader: Dr. Jan-Willem Foppen

Team members:

Location: Restaurant UNESCO-IHE

Program:

09.00 - 11.00 Interactive session

BANGLADESH-1

Bangladesh Flood and Erosion Risk Management Project

Hosted by: Deltares/ UNESCO-IHE

Mirror team leader: Prof. Arthur Mynett

Team members:

- Dr Alessandra Crosato (river morphodynamics)

- Mr Ferdous Rucknul (PhD candidate on socio-hydrology in river basins)

- Prof Eelco v Beek (River Basin Development / GWP TEC)

- Dr Michelle Kooy (socio-hydrology expert)

- Dr William Oliemans (Building with Nature / Delta Planning)

- Prof Arthur Mynett (Building with Nature / Disaster Risk Reduction)

Location: UNESCO-IHE, Nile River Room

Program:

0900-1030 Building with Nature

- technical measures for long-term river bank stabilisation

1030-1100 C o f f e e/tea

1100-1230 Building with Nature

- socio-hydrological factors in long-term river bank stabilisation

1230-1330 l u n c h

1330-1500 Disaster Risk Reduction

- community awareness / community involvement

1500-1530 Coffee/t e a

1530-1630 Wrap Up

BANGLADESH-2

Strengthening urban climate change resilience in Bangladesh

Hosted by: UNESCO-IHE

Mirror team leader: Prof. Chris Zevenbergen

Team members: Dr. William Veerbeek, Dr. Assela Pathirana, Dr Biswa Bhattacharya

Location: Rotterdam RDM Campus

Program:

8:15 Departure by train from Delft CS to RDM Campus Rotterdam

9:15 Arrival by water taxi at RDM Campus Rotterdam and short tour through RDM Campus

9:30 Plenary session with 3 short introductions:

- climate-resilient integrated urban planning and implementation

- participatory (multi-stakeholders incl. private sector) decision making

- city-to-city learning

11:00 Plenary discussion: reflection on the short introductions

12:00 Instructions parallel sessions

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 Dedicated parallel working sessions:

- Bangladesh 2 (hosted by William Veerbeek)

15:30 TEA BREAK

16:00 Plenary session

17:30 Departure by water taxi to Rotterdam

18:00 Joint diner in Rotterdam

20:30 Arrival by train at Delft CS

India

Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Program (KEIIP)

Hosted by: UNESCO-IHE

Mirror team leader: Prof. Chris Zevenbergen

Team members: Dr. William Veerbeek, Dr. Assela Pathirana, Dr Biswa Bhattacharya

Location: Rotterdam, RDM Campus

Program:

8:15 Departure by train from Delft CS to RDM Campus Rotterdam

9:15 Arrival by watertaxi at RDM Campus Rotterdam and short tour through RDM Campus

9:30 Plenary session with 3 short introductions:

- climate-resilient integrated urban planning and implementation

- participatory (multi-stakeholders incl. private sector) decision making

- city-to-city learning

11:00 Plenary discussion: reflection on the short introductions

12:00 Instructions parallel sessions

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 Dedicated parallel working sessions:

- India (hosted by Dr. Biswa Bhattacharya)

15:30 TEA BREAK

16:00 Plenary session

17:30 Departure by water taxi to Rotterdam

18:00 Joint diner in Rotterdam

20:30 Arrival by train at Delft CS

INDONESIA-1

Flood Management in Selected River Basins Sector Project

Hosted by: UNESCO-IHE

Mirror team leader: Dr. Michael Hammond

Team members: Dr. Arlex Sanchez, Dr. Ioana Popescu, Dr. Andreja Jonoski, Dr. Nora van Cauwenbergh

Location: UNESCO-IHE

Program:

09:00 - 10:00 Introduction - Meet the delegations and present the aims of the day

10:00 - 10:30 State of the art in flood risk management - holistic thinking (Arlex Sanchez Torres)

10:30 - 11:00 State of the art in flood risk assessment - modelling hazards and risks (Hammond)

11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 - 12:00 Presentation of research examples at IHE

·Agent based modelling for evacuation (Neilier Medina)

· Agent based modelling to understand institutions (Yared Adebe)

12:00 - 12:30 Roundtable discussion

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 Delegation to present their work and needs

15:00 - 15:45 Developments in Hydroinformatics at IHE

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 16:15 The role of institutions in flood risk management (Nora van Cauwenbergh)

16:15 - 17:00 Wrap up and identification of future collaboration potential

19:00 - ? Dinner

INDONESIA-2

Green Cities in Indonesia

Hosted by: UNESCO-IHE

Mirror team leader: Prof. Chris Zevenbergen

Team members: Dr. William Veerbeek, Dr. Assela Pathirana, Dr Biswa Bhattacharya

Location: Rotterdam, RDM Campus

Program:

8:15 Departure by train from Delft CS to RDM Campus Rotterdam

9:15 Arrival by water taxi at RDM Campus Rotterdam and short tour through RDM Campus

9:30 Plenary session with 3 short introductions:

- climate-resilient integrated urban planning and implementation

- participatory (multi-stakeholders incl. private sector) decision making

- city-to-city learning

11:00 Plenary discussion: reflection on the short introductions

12:00 Instructions parallel sessions

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 Dedicated parallel working sessions:

- Indonesia 2 (hosted by Dr. Assela Pathirana)

15:30 TEA BREAK

16:00 Plenary session

17:30 Departure by water taxi to Rotterdam

18:00 Joint diner in Rotterdam

20:30 Arrival by train at Delft CS

PAKISTAN

Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program

Hosted by: MetaMeta

Mirror team leader: Mr. Frank van Steenbergen/ Prof. Wim Bastiaanssen

Team members: Arthur Lutz, University of Utrecht and FutureWater; Dietrich Bartelt, DB Sediments

Location: MetaMeta office, Postelstraat 2, 5211 EA 's-Hertogenbosch

Tel: 073 6238206, or: 06-44995010

Guide: Ms. Marlies Barendrecht

Program:

Departure from UNESCO-IHE at 08.15; Travel by train

10.30 Arrival in 's-Hertogenbosch

11.00 Welcome and presentation on "water management challenges in Pakistan" by Frank v Steenbergen

11.45 "Climate Change impacts on future water resources in the Upper Indus basin" by Arthur Lutz

12.30 Presentation on "eco-friendly dredging" by Dietrich Bartelt, DB Sediments, Germany

13.15 Walk through the historic Center

14.00 Lunch

SRI LANKA

Disaster Risk Reduction at river outlets in Sri Lanka

Hosted by: UNESCO-IHE

Mirror team leader: Prof. Roshanka Ranasinghe

Team members: Dr Ali Dastgheib, Mr. Abdi Mehvar, Dr. Ruben Jongejan (Jongejan RMC, TU Delft),

Mr. Arjen Luijendijk (Deltares, TU Delft) and Mr. DirkJan Walstra (Deltares) Location: UNESCO-IHE and Rotterdam

Program:

09:00 - 09:45 Presentation on the Sand Engine Mega nourishment (Arjen Luijendik)

09:45 - 12:15 Excursion to the Sand Engine (Arjen Luijendijk) Transport by bus from Kölher, Yperstraat 12, 2611 SH Delft

12:15 - 13: 30 Lunch break

13:30 - 15:30 Kick off meeting for Sri Lanka East coast coastal risk project CRisP (Attendees: ADB/SL and

NL CRisP project teams)

15:30 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee break

16:00 - 17:00 Discussion on determining Sri Lanka east coast river entrances that are vulnerable to

climate change (Attendees: ADB/SL delegation, Dirk Jan Walstra and Roshanka

Ranasinghe)

19:00 - Dinner for Sri Lanka delegation and NL team members at India Garden Restuarant, Markt,

Delft.

VIETNAM

Living with climate change

Hosted by: eLEAF, a Netherlands-based high-tech company that supplies reliable, quantitative data on

water and vegetation on any land surface to support sustainable water use, increase food production,

and protect environmental.

Mirror team leader: Maurits Voogt (Director eLEAF)

Team members: -Maurits Voogt (eLEAF), Gijs Simons (FutureWater); Petra Hellegers en Gerardo van

Halsema (WUR);

Location: Wageningen

Guides: Mr. Damien Allen and Mr. Tim Hessels

Program:

Departure from UNESCO-IHE: 08.00 h; travel by train

10.30 Arrival in Wageningen/WUR Campus, LUMEN Building, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, Wageningen

Welcome by Prof. Dr. Petra Hellegers, Professor of Water Resources Management

- Presentation on "Options to increase productivity of rice" (WUR/Petra Hellegers)

- Presentation on "Economical water productivity" (WUR/Gerardo van Halsema)

Lunch At the WUR Campus

14.00 Welcome by Mr. Maurits Voogt, Managing Director of eLEAF

- Presentation on "Irrigation scheduling from remote sensing" - Maurits Voogt/Remco Dost (eLEAF)

- Presentation on "Modelling of irrigation water resources availability" - Gijs Simons (FutureWater)

16.00 Departure for Delft by bus and train

Friday 30 October (Morning)

Water Board of Delfland

Hosting Organizations: Water Board of Delfland Topics: Role of the Water Boards in The Netherlands

08:30 Departure for visit to Water Board Delfland

09.00 Welcome by the Loco-Dijkgraaf Mr. M. A. Houtzager

09.15 Movie on Delfland

09.30 Explanation of the role, tasks, governance and financing system of the Water Board of Delfland by Mr. Peter Hollanders, Senior Advisor, + discussion

10.15 Delfland Water Proof: 3Di, a new model instrument for water management by Mr. Martijn Heinhuis, hydrologist and 3Di specialist + discussion

10.45 "Climate change adaptation and liability of water managers. A serious problem?", presentation by Mr. Bart Teeuwen 11.15 "Building partnerships with regional water authorities", presentation by Mr. Marcel de Ruijter of the Dutch Water Authorities 12.00 Returning to UNESCO-IHE

12.15 LUNCH BREAK at UNESCO-IHE (As from 12.45 our cashier will be available in the Socio Room to reimburse your visa and travel expenses) Country Teams prepare for afternoon presentations

Friday

30 October (Afternoon)

Plenary Session

Hosting Organizations: UNESCO-IHE Topics: Lessons Learned and take-home action plans by the delegations; building Partnerships UNESCO-IHE: Room: Main Auditorium A1A, Representatives of the Netherlands water sector have been invited to join these afternoon sessions;

13.30 Vulnerability of Agricultural Production in Asia to Water Resources by Prof. Wim Bastiaanssen

14.00 Short summary of the activities during the learning week by Jan Luijendijk /Michiel de Lijster

14.10 Five 10-minutes Presentations of Key Lessons Learned and recommendations for take-home action plans and follow-up activities by Project Team Leaders of:

Armenia

Bangladesh-1

Indonesia-1

Pakistan

Viet Nam

15.00 COFFEE/TEA BREAK

15.30 Four 10-minutes Presentations of Key Lessons Learned and recommendations for take-home action plans and follow-up activities by Project Team Leaders of:

Bangladesh-2

India

Indonesia-2

Sri Lanka

16.10 Facilitated Panel discussion on the recommendations for follow-up actions by the Project Teams with:

Karin Roelofs, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Martien Beek, Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment

Lydia Cumiskey, Deltares

Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE Facilitator: Prof. Michael McClain

17:00 Interactive Session with participants and representatives of the Netherlands water sector on team presentations and proposals for building partnerships

17:30 Reception and networking/drinks

18.00 Walking talking Farewell dinner/buffet

19.30 Closing of the Water Learning Week

LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF DELEGATIONS

Challenges and Learning objectives Netherlands Country Team Coordinator and members

Arm

enia

Water Su

pp

ly & San

itation

Secto

r Pro

ject

Challenges:

Trans-Basin water supply,

Highly mountainous region, uncertainty on the size of the aquifers, and complex orography,

Learning Objectives:

To apply lessons learned from the learning week to better address the above challenges

Requested from Dutch expert team:

Hydrogeological expert,

Water supply Engineer

Contact through UNESCO-IHE the European Space Agency (ESA) to use ESA data for emergency situations

The Mirror team is led by: Dr. Jan-Willem Foppen

Ban

gladesh

-1

Ban

gladesh

Floo

d an

d Ero

sion

Risk

Man

agem

en

t Pro

ject

Challenges:

To reduce flood and riverbank erosion risks.

To develop comprehensive and strategic water-related disaster management plans

Structural measures, construction of riverbank protection structures and flood embankments;

Non-structural measures, such as community-based flood management;

Institutional capacity strengthening for strategic and sustainable flood and erosion risk management (long-term river stabilisation plan)

Learning Objectives:

To apply lessons learned from the learning week to better address the above challenges

Requested from Dutch expert team: The Mirror team is led by: Prof. Arthur Mynett

Ban

gladesh

-2

Strength

enin

g urb

an clim

ate ch

ange

resilien

ce in

Ban

glade

sh

Challenges:

Strengthening the resilience of municipalities to the impacts of water-related disasters and CC

Developing integrated urban development plans in selected BAN municipalities incorporating urban CC resilience principles

More effective governance and management of prevention and mitigation of water-related disaster and climate change including integrated and adaptive approaches moving towards a pro-active and preventive approach

Learning Objectives:

Learn Dutch and international best practices for increasing resilience to water-related disaster especially for cities through climate-resilient integrated urban planning and implementation of engineering and non-engineering measures.

Identify approaches and mechanisms to address water-related disasters through collaboration of various stakeholders including roles of civil society organizations.

The team is able to apply the acquired skills and experiences to on-going and future projects.

Requested from Dutch expert team: The Dutch expert team should include representatives from central, regional and local government including regulatory agencies, as well as private sector, infrastructure operators and community groups The Mirror team is led by: Prof. Chris Zevenbergen

Ind

ia K

olkata En

viron

me

ntal Im

pro

vem

en

t Investm

ent P

rogram

(KEIIP

)

Challenges (KEIIP):

Increasing resilience and climate change adaptability of Kolkata Metropolitan Area

Conservation of wetlands and other natural water bodies;

Rain water harvesting;

Strengthening and regular maintenance of sewer network;

Restricting encroachment by settlements on canal banks;

Control of growth of aquatic vegetation which decreases the carrying capacity of canals;

Proper maintenance of the old pumps, increase the hydraulic capacity of sewerage system and discharge canal system by de-silting;

Use of state of the art technologies for integrated data management, information gathering, sharing, dissemination;

Use of modern technology: satellite remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS);

Learning Objectives (KEIIP):

To learn the coping capacity and the adaptation methods to face water-related disasters;

To learn more about the impact of climate changes;

To learn about the ways to conserve wetlands, canals, and natural water bodies to counter the challenges of water related disasters.

Requested from Dutch expert team: Dutch experts who can train on the “Adaptation Deficit” that Kolkata faces at present to cope with such events of water-related disasters. The Mirror team is led by: Prof. Chris Zevenbergen

Ind

on

esia-1

Floo

d M

anage

me

nt in

Sele

cted

River B

asins Se

ctor P

roje

ct

Challenges:

To reduce economic and social losses from flood events in selected river basins.

There is a need for integrating structure and non-structural measures to address the flood challenge holistically and for promoting flood sensitive spatial planning based on sound engineering knowledge and understanding of the socio-economic changes.

To shift the paradigm from project-oriented flood control centered around structural measures, to process-oriented integrated flood risk management (FRM) that provides a well-balanced mix of non-structural interventions, institutional and capacity building, and structural works to mitigate the negative impacts of floods.

Learning Objectives:

Advance flood hazard mapping techniques

Different possible development scenarios and flood risk management

Flood risk management lessons learned and best practices

Flood risk assessment, mapping and uses in regional/spatial planning

Requested from Dutch expert team:

Dutch expert team should include:

Flood modeller

Flood risk management specialist

Spatial planner/regional development specialist

Climate change adaption specialist

Institutional development specialist The Mirror team is led by: Dr. Michael Hammond

Ind

on

esia-2 G

reen

Cities in

Ind

on

esia

Challenges:

Developing green city action plans and pilot test innovative financing urban development in four cities in Indonesia: Batam, Malang, Medan and Kendari.

Implementing two pilot projects in Batam and Kendari and to upscale experiences to other cities in the context of a national urban green cities strategic plan.

Formulation of priority and pilot projects that encompass principles of integrated economic growth and environmental sustainability with increased climate change resilience.

Learning Objectives:

To provide the theoretical background and practical examples demonstrating the benefits and mechanisms of an integrated urban, climate resilient planning approach.

The city teams are expected to apply the newly acquired skills and experiences in the further development of the pilot project to be submitted to ADB for financing.

Requested from Dutch expert team:

The stakeholder session held in Kendari revealed that the 'Room for the River’ concept and approach concept is considered as a preferred strategy

The request is to provide theory and practical information on integrated, climate resilient urban planning and assistance with developing the pilot project for Kendari

Need for a multi-stakeholder based participatory approach in developing priority and pilot projects, in anticipation of the completion of the green cities action plan.

Practical information on successfully implemented climate resilience measures in the Netherlands (structural and non-structural) The Mirror team is led by: Prof. Chris Zevenbergen

Pakistan

P

un

jab Irrigated

Agricu

lture

Inve

stme

nt

Pro

gram

Challenges:

Improved agricultural production and reduced damage due to flood and drought

Scale of operation is the biggest challenge.

Low capacity of Punjab Irrigation Department and communities in irrigation water supply, flood and drought management, drainage, groundwater, and water quality management.

Lack of water storage, weak infrastructure and lack of appropriate groundwater management.

Learning Objectives:

Compared to relief and response much less attention has been paid to risk reduction, adaptation and preemptive measures.

To learn from experience in the Netherlands with respect to drainage and flood issues.

Requested from Dutch expert team: The Mirror team is led by: Dr. Frank van Steenbergen + University of Utrecht?

Sri Lanka

Disaste

r Risk R

edu

ction

at river o

utle

ts in

Sri Lanka

Challenges:

Identifying east coast river outlets that are highly vulnerable to climate change

To find sustainable solutions to minimize risks in order to safeguard communities and livelihoods.

Designing of engineering solutions for major river outlets – procurement of consultants

Conflicting interests of agricultural & fishery community – addressed through dialog

Control further encroachment of flood plains and river banks – awareness, preparation of risk maps and zoning plans

How to involve all stakeholders

Learning Objectives:

Expose the team to similar problems and different solutions to be adapted and applied in Sri Lanka.

Expose the team to modern DRR techniques

Requested from Dutch expert team:

At present the Coast Conservation Department (CCD) of Sri Lanka is working with U-IHE and would like to develop productive links with Dutch Consulting groups for coastal structure designs, Dutch dredging companies for maintaining lagoons and inland water bodies, and Deltares for state of the art numerical modelling.

The Mirror team is led by: Prof. Rosh Ranasinghe

Vie

t Nam

Livin

g with

climate

chan

ge/W

ater Efficiency

Imp

rove

me

nt in

Dro

ugh

t Affected

Pro

vince

s

(WEID

AP

)

Challenges:

Improve the water efficiency for drought resilient in the drought affected provinces

To improve water efficiency through rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems for improved efficiency and sustainability of operations and to meet growing multi-purpose uses of water;

Support reconstruction of on-farm infrastructure to support productive models based on large sample fields;

Develop effective, climate-smart agricultural production models;

Strengthen water user organizations.

To promote the application of advanced water saving technology: water delivery and on-farm irrigation

Learning Objectives:

To gain advanced knowledge and information about techniques and policy to cope with water scarcity under the climate variation applicable in Vietnam.

Requested from Dutch expert team: Composition of the Dutch expert team:

-drought resilient/irrigation specialist who

provides advice on water saving technology

identify and selection

-development of business plan for irrigation

services.

-An agricultural economist with experience on

improvement of crop value chain

The Mirror team is led by: Prof. Wim Bastiaanssen and Dr. Maurits Voogt

ADB staff participants and their project affiliations

Department International Staff National Staff Resident Mission

CWRD

CWER – PAK: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Project

Akhtar Ali Elena de Castro -

CWUW – ARM: Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project

Cesar Llorens Maria Rosario Romasanta -

SARD

SAER – BAN: Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Project

Natsuko Totsuka - Zahir Uddin Ahmad

SAER- SRI: Risk Informed Sustainable Management of River Outlets along the East Coast of Sri Lanka

- - Palitha Bandara

SAUW- BAN: Integrated Urban Resilience

- Edgardo Moises Elma Morsheda

SAUW-IND: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Project/Northeast Region Capacity Development

Ron Slangen Maricar Barrogo -

SERD

SEER- INO: Flood Management in Selected River Basins

Syarifah Aman-Wooster - -

SEER-VIE: Water Improvement in Drought Affected Areas

Sanath Ranawana Oscar Badiola -

SEUW-INO: Green Cities: A Sustainable Urban Future

- Tadeo Culla -

SDCC

SDAS - Focal Point/Mission Leader

Michiel de Lijster Carmela Villamar -

Total ADB Staff 7 7 3