1. GWP NETWORK MEETING
Report from the Technical Committee
Dr Mohamed AIT KADI
Chair
Stockholm, September 1st, 2013

2. TEC’sRoadMap2010-2013 1. Creating useful knowledge
 An ambitious publication portfolio
{6BP+5PP+3TFP+4PB+4SR+1KN}
 GWP/Dundee KC Scholarship Programme
 Assembling 2 COP DSS (WWF6) & WSI (GWP-EC)
2. A new engagement with the Regions & KP
 Making “deep dives” in the Regions – 6 Regional Workshops – MED + SAS+
SA/EA+CA+CEE+ SEA
 Making the Knowledge Chain work
PP + TFP
3. Influencing the international debate
 Participating in major regional/international events: WWF6, RIO+20, WTO,
SWWW, Water&Energy Summits, HLCWC….
 Engaging with Partners: UN WATER, SIWI, DHI, WWC…

3. Highlights from 2012…

4. TEC Publications 2011 2012 2013
Publications Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
IWRM &Social Equity BP PB
Water Securiy / indicators PP BP?
PEC?
The Economics of Water Security BP PB
Transboundary Cooperation HB BP PB
IUWM PP BP PB
Synthesis Report of SAS Workshop SR
Proceedings of SA/ES Workshop SR
Exploring the role of water security in
regional economic development
KN
Water Demand Management - The
Mediterranean Experience
TFP
Groundwater Management
GWM – Agriculture
GWM- Urban
E/HJ
PP
PP
BP?
Water & Food Security TFP
Water in the Green Economy PP
Modeling/DSS TFP
CEE - Regional Workshop IDM SR
CA - Regional Workshop
Water & Food Security
SR
SEA Regional Wrkshop SR?

5. Integrated Urban
Water Management
 UWM is now on the verge of a revolution in
response to rapidly escalating urban demands for
water as well as the need to make urban water
systems more resilient to climate change;
 it is imperative to rethink conventional concepts –
to shift from an approach that attempts to manage
different aspects of urban water cycle in isolation
to an integrated approach supported by all
stakeholders;
 IUWM, nested within the broader framework of
IWRM, can contribute to water security in a basin
or catchment by aligning the urban water sector
with rural water supply, agriculture, industry,
energy and the environment.

6. Increasing Water Security –
A Development Imperative

7. Water in the
Green Economy
 Effective water management
is a central plank in achieving
a green economy;
 Water security and green
growth are synergistic;
 IWRM can facilitate and lead
the process of ‘greening’ the
world’s economies.

8. Water Demand Management:
The Mediterranean Experience
 WDM calls for the creation of an enabling
environment based on an adequate set of
mutually supportive policies and a
comprehensive legal framework with a
coherent set of incentives and regulatory
controls to support these policies;
 WDM requires recognition of the economic
value of water in different uses;
 WDM strategy should be accompanied by a
financing strategy to cover the investment
requirements for reducing water losses in
the production-supply-utilization systems
and controlling user wastage.

9. The Role of Decision Support Systems
& Models in Integrated River Basin
Management
 Achieving water security means resolving
trade-offs to maintain a proper balance
between meeting various sectors’ needs and
taking account of present and future overall
social, economic and environmental goals;
 Using analytical modelling tools in IWRM may
be important for finding best-use solutions,
achieving sustainable and equitable water
security for multiple purposes, and managing
and mitigating unforeseen disasters.

10. Influencing the International Debate