Spate Irrigation Network

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What is a Network?

• A place to start new initiatives• A place to search for information• A place to find similar situations• A place to ask for help• Other suggestions

A place to share information..

The Spate Irrigation Network

• The Spate Irrigation Network would exchange experiences and good practices, help upgrade training, identify priority fields for improvement and research and development.

Objectives of SIN

• Familiarize policy makers, implementing agencies (NGO’s/ government departments), research agencies and funding agencies with development scope, experiences and practical approaches to spate irrigation development and support

• Document good practices and initiate practical research in spate irrigation

• Disseminate experiences between countries

Activities of SIN

• Preparation and dissemination of guidelines • Preparation of training material for use in professional

curricula – including training of trainers • Advocacy visits • Liaison with research organization and land/water

networks • Organize seminar sessions • Participate in preparation and reviews of spate

irrigation programs • Maintain website

Structure of SIN

• Nodal network in countries to start with Yemen , Pakistan and Eritrea

• Small part-time secretariat to steer (prepare annual workplan) and maintain website and support knowledge exchange and liaise with other organizations

• Two-yearly side-meeting to discuss themes (in particular spate irrigation in context of water resource management/ food security/ poverty alleviation) and activities/ governance of network

• Members and organization subscribe

Why should you contribute?

• To gain information on certain topics• To share your own vision • To improve (practical) knowledge on Spate Irrigation• Stay informed on new topics inside Spate Irrigation

What to contribute

For example

• Organizing events (training, research, information sharing)

• Documents (training material, videos, articles)• Own experiences• News• PLAY A ROLE IN THE NETWORK

How can you contribute

• On the website: spate-irrigation.org you can join the listserver (see below)

• A registration form appears where you can leave your email address and create a password

Further more..

• You can also leave your email address on the paper. We will add you to the Spate Irrigation Network