By Amanda Harding. As part of a CPWF September 2011 workshop in Thailand regarding global drivers. Introduction to the CPWF Forum in South Africa (Nov 2011) and its link to Global Drivers: Topic Working Group.

1. International Forum on
Water and Food 3
The Forum and Global Drivers TWG

2. Specific themes for the Forum
To bring together a wide range of research, development,
policy and other actors to interact and share their knowledge,
experiences, ideas, needs and goals within the context of the
water and food agenda.
To discuss and derive lessons from the activities of Phase 2 so
far
To understand and capture the relevance of a Program like
the CPWF with its research for development mode of working
to addressing the water and food challenges around the
world today

3. Key Forum Guiding Questions
Beyond the more internal questions and the
opportunities the Forum offers by bringing the CPWF
Community together the Forum asks the “big
questions”
Is R4D relevant to addressing the “water and food
crisis”? What does this look like at the global level –
for Africa – for the Basins?
What is our (CPWF) research saying that makes a
difference? What do we have offer?

4. How will the Forum operate
Maximum interaction and sharing amongst participants according to
particular themes and formats. In addition to key note speakers,
informative panel session and inspiring youth presentations, the Forum
will also include:
Opening day key notes and debate
Basin stories presented during day opening sessions
12 topic and basin based sessions (3 slots of 4
parallel sessions) of two hours
Two 3 hour Share Fairs allowing for picnics,
roundtables, booths and other forms of
demonstrations on participant suggested topics
Capitalizing session

5. Forum programme
http://www.waterandfood.org/ifwf3/?q=Forum_age
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6. Key highlights and information from
sessions
What's new
and innovative
from your
session?
What are What are the
Sessions/
the lessons messages for
Stories/ specified
emerging
Share Fair target groups?
for R4D?
What is your
message for
Africa?

7. Capitalizing Session
One focus question:
What are the messages that we should be placing at
the global table - linking the local to global, global to
local - for the decision makers, researchers and
development practitioners?

8. Forum Outputs
Proceedings (based on 136 2-pagers)
Forum summary report (Forum Writing Team)
Briefing papers – session led
Media (journalistsfromeach of the basins)
Social media based information

9. The Global Drivers Session
Inputs – 2-pagers
The White Paper
This GD meeting
More?
Aims of GD session
Session lead (Simon)
Process design (facilitator, chair, social reporter)
Links to other sessions (topics, basins, sharefair)