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Latin American Solutions
Presented by Inter-American Development Bank
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Monday
16.11.2009
11.00 – 13.00
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Room 6
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1) Presenter: Magaly Espinosa
Institution: Superintendencia de Servicios Sanitarios (SISS)
Country: Chile
Topic: Sector Reforms in Chile
2) Presenter: Othon Zeballos
Institution: Empresa Metropolitana de Alcantarillado y Agua Potable de Quito (EMAAP-Q)
Country: Ecuador
Topic: Laderas de Pichincha Project
3) Presenter: Fernando Leite
Institution: Companhia de Saneamento Ambiental do Distrito Federal (CAESB)
Country: Brazil
Topic: Sanitation improvements in Brasilia
4) Presenter: Jorge Alsina
Institution: División de Saneamiento de la Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo
Country: Uruguay
Topic: Montevideo Bay Sanitation Project
5) Presenter: Homero Barbosa Neto
Institution: Prefeitura de Londrina
Country: Brazil
Topic: Solid waste management and informal waste pickers
6) Presenter: Jorge Padilla Olvera
Institution: Sistema Integral para el Manejo Ecológico y Procesamiento de Desechos (SIMEPRODE)
Country: Mexico
Topic: Solid Waste Management in Monterrey
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Book presentation
Urban Water Security: Managing Risks
Editors: Blanca Jimenez Cisneros; Joan B. Rose - UNESCO-IHP
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Monday
16.11.2009
18.00 – 18.30
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Exhibition Hall Resource Booth
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Understanding the impacts of urbanization on the urban water cycle and managing the associated health risks demand adequate strategies and measures. Health risks associated with urban water systems and services include the microbiological and chemical contamination of urban waters and outbreak of water-borne diseases, mainly due to poor water and sanitation in urban areas, and the discharge as well as the disposal of inadequately treated, or untreated, industrial and domestic wastewater. Climate change only exacerbates these problems, as alternative scenarios need to be taken into consideration in urban water risk management.
Urban Water Security: Managing Risks - the result of a project by UNESCOs International Hydrological Programme on the topic - addresses issues associated with urban water risks. The first section of the volume describes risks associated with urban water systems and services. The volume then discusses the concept of risk management for urban water systems and explores different approaches to managing and controlling urban water risks. A concluding section presents case studies on managing urban water risks.
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Book Launch
"Making Enterprise Work"
William Mahairwe (Uganda)
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Tuesday
17.11.2009
13.00 – 13.30
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Resource Booth Exhibition Hall
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Public enterprises remain the most dominant medium of service provision in both developing and developed countries. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the outcry about poor performance of public enterprises was overwhelming.
In Making Public Enterprises Work: from Despair to Promise, Dr. William Muhairwe, the Managing Director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation of Uganda, discusses the approaches used to turnaround an under-performing state enterprise into a remarkable success story.
Combined with facts, simplicity and fun, this book presents a unique account of methods used for constructive engagement and dialogue with donors, government officials, workers, suppliers and, indeed, the public/customers. It is interspersed with tested lessons that any enterprise can benchmark to address its service delivery challenges. It is a great handbook for those involved in re-engineering their businesses.
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Book presentation
Every Drop Counts
UNEP
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Tuesday 17.11.2009
18.00 – 18.30
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Exhibition Hall Resource Booth
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The focus of this publication is efficient water use in urban and domestic environments and decision-making about sustainable development of human settlements. The book is written as a Sourcebook, highlighting essential questions that will have different answers in different situations. By looking at water use efficiency within the context of sustainable water use, the emphasis is on the means for maximizing and optimising between safe and sufficient supply and demand of water, and on articulating a key role for Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs).
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IWA/UNESCO-IHE Water Supply and Sanitation Fellowships: Announcement
IWA and UNESCO-IHE
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Tuesday 17.11.2009
18.30
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Reception
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On the occasion of the first IWA Development Congress, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education will donate two full 18-month fellowships to allow developing country water professionals to participate in the 2010-2012 edition of UNESCO-IHEs international MSc programme in Municipal Water and Infrastructure. Details on the eligibility and application procedure for these fellowships will be announced at the time of the Mexico congress. UNESCO-IHEs gesture is the first step towards establishing an IWA/UNESCO-IHE Water Supply and Sanitation Fellowship Fund. By making donations to this fund, IWA members and other interested organisations will be able to contribute to water supply and sanitation capacity building in developing countries, by facilitating more individuals to study at UNESCO-IHE.
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Book presentation
Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid And Semi-arid Regions
Edited by Larry W. Mays - Urban Water series - UNESCO-IHP
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Wednesday
18.11.2009
13.30 – 14.00
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Resource Booth Exhibition Hall
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Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is a new approach to managing the entire urban water cycle in an integrated way, a key to achieving the sustainability of urban water resources and services. The IUWM incorporates: the systematic consideration of the various dimensions of water, including surface and groundwater resources, quality and quantity issues; the fact that water is a system and component which interacts with other systems; and the interrelationships between water and social and economic development.
Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid and Semi-Arid Regions the outcome of UNESCOs International Hydrological Programme project on the topic examines the integrated management of water resources in urban settings, focusing on issues specific to arid and semi-arid regions. The urban water management system is considered here as two integrated processes: water supply management and water excess management. The first six chapters provide an overview of the various aspects of IUWM in arid and semi-arid regions, with emphasis on water supply technologies, such as artificial recharge, water transfers, desalination, and rainwater harvesting. Water excess management is examined in the context of both stormwater management and floodplain management. Case studies from developed and developing countries are presented in order to emphasize the various needs and challenges of water management in urban environments in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide. These case studies include: Mexico City, Mexico; Tucson, Arizona; Awash River Basin, Ethiopia; China; and Cairo, Egypt.
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Book presentation
UN World Water Development Report (WWDR) 3: Water in a Changing World (2009)
UNWATER
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Wednesday 18.11.2009
14.00 14.30
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Resource Booth Exhibition Hall
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Despite the vital importance of water to all aspects of human life, the sector has been plagued by a chronic lack of political support, poor governance and underinvestment. As a result, hundreds of millions of people around the world remain trapped in poverty and ill health and exposed to the risks of water-related disasters, environmental degradation and even political instability and conflict. Population growth, increasing consumption and climate change are among the factors that threaten to exacerbate these problems, with grave implications for human security and development.
The WWDR 3 provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of the worlds freshwater resources. It also, for the first time, shows how changes in water demand and supply are affected by and affect other global dynamics. The challenges, though substantial, are not insurmountable. This Report does not attempt to provide a full set of answers. But it identifies the key issues that must be faced and described some of the ways decision makers have dealt with these challenges, providing options for consideration across levels of government and sectors. This presentation addresses the findings and messages of the WWDR 3, and provides an opportunity to learn about and comment on preparations for the fourth WWDR, to be launched in 2012.
The WWDR 3 was launched in March 2009 at the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. It is developed through the collaboration of 26 UN agencies that make up UN-Water, and is produced by the UN World Water Assessment Programme.
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