5th Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week6-10 June 2016 - Delft - The Netherlands

Building Capacities for Water Resilient Citieswithin the Asia Pacific region

PROGRAM

( Draft: 25 May 2016)

Organization and Coordination:

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. Fatima Bautista -Associate Operations Analyst, E-mail: fmbautista@adb.org

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

NWP-Mr. Ivo van der Linden (+31 70 304 37 120)

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 Experts:- Ms. Elaine Alwayn, Ministry of I&M- Mr. Martien Beek, Ministry of I&M, - Mr. Jan van Schoonhoven, Ministry I&M- Mr. Willem Mak, Ministry of I&M- Mr. Jaap van Thiel de Vries, Ecoshape- Ms. Karin Roelofs, Ministry of FA- Mr. Aart van der Horst, Ministry of FA- Prof. Dr. Fritz Holzwarth, Rector UNESCO-IHE- Prof. Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE- Prof. Rosh Ranasinghe, UNESCO-IHE- Prof. Michael McClain, UNESCO-IHE- Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, Rotterdam Municipality- Mr. Bart Teeuwen, Teeuwen Advice- Mr. Herman Havekes, Dutch Water Authorities- Mr. Marcel de Ruijter, Dutch Water Authorities- Mr. Maarten Hofstra, Min. I&M, UNESCO-IHE- Mr. Florian Boer of De Urbanisten- Mr. Dirk van Peijpe of De Urbanisten - Mr. Gijs van den Boomen of KuiperCompagnons- Prof. Piet Dircke, Arcadis- Mr. Bert Smolders, Arcadis

- Ms. Floor Boerwinkel, Arcadis - Ms. Iris Bijlsma, Arcadis- Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, municipality Rotterdam- Mr. Paul Bonné, Waternet Amsterdam- Mr. Lex Lelyveld, Waternet Amsterdam- Ms. Paulien den Hartog, - Mr. Toine van Goethem, Urban planner, Amsterdam - Mr. Nanco Dolman, Urban water expert, RHDHV- Mr. Christiaan Elings, Royal HaskoningDHV- Mr. Philip Ward, Free University, Amsterdam- Mr. Cor Beekmans, Min. of I&M, Rijkswaterstaat- Mr. Jos Sprangers, Municipality of Nijmegen- Mr. Mathieu Schouten, Nijmegen municipality- Mr. Domien Driessen, Nijmegen municipality- Mr. Thijs Trompetter, Water Board Rivierenland- Mr. Eric Kuindertsma, Water Board Rivierenland- Mr. Berry Gersonius, Dordrecht municipality- Ms. Ellen Kelder, Dordrecht municipality

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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 5th Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week will bring leaders together in dialogues and knowledge sharing on "Building Capacities for Water Resilient Cities” 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 Bangladesh, Georgia, India, The People’s Republic of China, Sri Lanka, Tonga and Viet Nam will contribute project case studies and learn together in an intensive program how to leverage results from collaborative approaches in water improvement and investment projects for cities.

The program will build on the successful experiences of the four previous learning weeks in which over 160 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 and the Pacific that seek to build new ways of cooperation into new or ongoing urban water projects. Participating project teams are expected to include two to three highly motivated members, from preferably different government organizations, the corporate or private sector and 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. 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 and The Pacific an exciting learning experience.

Gil-Hong Kim Michiel de Lijster Jan LuijendijkSenior Director Senior Water Resources Specialist Coordinator

ANWLW5Sustainable Development and Learning Week Focal Point Senior AdvisorClimate Change Department ADB Mission Leader Capacity DevelopmentAsian Development Bank Asian Development Bank HydroCapacity/ADB

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THE THEME OF THE LEARNING WEEK

Building Capacities for Water Resilient Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region “National governments may make agreements. But change has to take place locally, where more and more of us are living our lives each day.” David Cadman, President 2006-2015, ICLEI –Local Governments for Sustainability

ChallengesCities are undeniably the most successful organization of communities and economic activity as well as social and cultural capital. However, cities also have a downside through environmental degradation, increased vulnerability to natural hazards, economic disparity, traffic congestion and social instability. In the Asia-Pacific region many of these problems are directly related to the lack of planning and control, and a short-term development scope of the rapid expansion of urban areas. The United Nations (2004) estimates that practically all the population growth in Asia will happen in cities, resulting in 55% of Asians or 2.7 billion people living in urban areas by 2030. The International Water Ambition of the Netherlands (2016) estimates that in 2050, 7 out of 10 people in the world will live in cities, and 75% of these in urban deltas. UN Habitat (2007) estimates that in the developing world only 5% of urban development is actually planned. Resources and amenities can barely cope with the increased demand driven by an unprecedented rural-urban migration.

Since many of the world cities are located in river and coastal regions, the concentration of assets and people makes them especially vulnerable to storm surges and river floods. Rapid urbanization has a significant effect on microclimate, water cycle and subsidence of which the consequences of increased urban flooding are among the most prominent. Underinvestment and lack of maintenance in the urban drainage structures as well as lack of planning amplifies this problem. This especially holds for slum areas where salt water intrusion, inadequate water supply, poor sanitation facilities, including lack of grey water disposal, and ineffective solid waste management results in significant health impacts and drainage blockage as well as a further amplification of the flood risk and extent and limit the inundation depth. Over the past decades, the impact of flooding on cities has been considerable and is expected to intensify in the future.

Also climate change will have its direct impacts on cities. On the one hand cities will be confronted with shocks and sudden impacts such as storms, typhoons, and heat waves, while on the other hand longer term sea level rise, average temperature increase, and long-term changes in rainfall patterns with also longer dry spells will gradually increase stressors or impacts in these areas. ADB reports estimate that the Asia-Pacific region accounts for half of the world’s estimated economic cost of disasters over the past 20 years – roughly US$53.8 billion annually. In the Pacific the total climate change cost may reach 12.7% of annual GDP by 2100. It is estimated that by 2100 -under a business as usual scenario- losses in South Asia will be 9% of GDP. During the next 15 years US$6 trillion per year has to be invested in urban, land use and energy systems under a business-as-usual scenario.

While the bigger cities, including megacities and national capitals, usually possess the critical mass of resources to attract the attention of national policy, international dialogue, media as well as investors, the importance of medium and small sized cities (with a population < 2 million inhabitants) in the global urban scene is often understated. The reality, however, is that more than 70% of the urban population lives in cities/towns with less than 2 million inhabitants. The challenge is to promote/facilitate a “learning from each other” process among cities.

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Figure: More than 70% of urban population lives in cities smaller than 2 million inhabitants. (Data from: http://www.citypopulation.de)

While many larger Asian cities have developed their own programs and implementation strategies to become more resilient and greener, small and medium sized cities are lagging behind in this process. During the next fifteen years, nearly 40 percent of the global economic growth is predicted to come from medium sized cities in growing economies. This anticipated growth poses many opportunities and challenges. Rapid Economic Growth of these cities is putting severe strains on the environment. Furthermore, the service sectors of small/medium sized cities often do not have the skills or financial capacity to attempt to address all those challenges. Learning from the experience of other cities that have undergone/ are undergoing similar transformations and teaming together with similar partner cities can greatly help this endeavour.

During the learning week the focus will be on these medium and small sized cities, while where relevant lessons learned from mega cities will be included.

Urban ResilienceUrban resilience is often described as the capacity of cities to function, so that the people living and working in cities—particularly the poor and vulnerable—survive and thrive no matter what stresses or shocks they encounter.

A 2014 ADB publication on “URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE, A Synopsis” describes what resilience means related to climate change. It distinguishes three levels of resilience in cities:

1. the systems’ level of the city that survives shocks and stresses; 2. the people and organizations level that is able to accommodate these stresses into their day-to-day

decisions; and 3. the city’s institutional structures level that continues to support the capacity of people and

organizations to fulfil their aims.It states that there is no single action that will make a city resilient to climate change. Resilience is instead achieved through a number of actions, building upon each other over time. These actions would be enhanced and progressed as peoples and institutions learn from past experiences and apply it to future decisions.

Capacities to build resilienceExperiences from recent projects have learned that the process of leapfrogging into a resilient future requires three distinct capacities (see Figure):

Figure: Capacities to leapfrog into an Urban Climate Change Resilience future

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These capacities in turn support the observable qualities of resilient cities through its stakeholders and urban systems, like robustness, redundancy, reflectiveness, resourcefulness, integration and inclusiveness, which capture resilience and are increasingly being used to make urban resilience more tangible. Especially small and medium size cities do not have these capacities at a level required to support these resilience qualities and lack the means to further cultivate them. City capacity building through knowledge management, networking and monitoring will be required to effectively upgrade these three capacities in a coherent and well-balanced way.

In this respect this Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week will largely contribute to building up these capacities and in achieving a better knowledge and insight into the characteristics of water resilient cities and the procedures and principles how to reach this resilience.

Guiding principles of Urban ResilienceThe above-mentioned ADB publication provides a number of core guiding principles in support of achieving urban resilience to be integrated into any effort to advance action, i.e., a process that should be iterative, inclusive, and integrated. These guiding principles of urban resilience are:

Combining hard and soft measures. Capacities, networks, and behaviour (of individuals, communities, and institutions) are as critical as physical systems during disruption. Soft measures include new regulations, technology and information systems, and social networks.

Engaging diverse perspectives through multi-stakeholder processes. The engagement of stakeholders at all levels and departments and from all sectors, public and private (government, business, civil society, and academia), is key for success.

Enlist different geographic and governance scales: Beyond city boundaries. It is important to understand how systems (economic, physical, ecological, political mechanisms) within and beyond the city affect how it functions. There is also a need to understand how to best enlist stakeholders at different scales.

Addressing today’s problems while embedding a long-term vision: The future is now. Planning processes should begin by addressing the current needs. Building on existing issues and analyses is one way to bring future scenarios into current decision making.

Tapping into local expertise. Engaging local technical experts (e.g., researchers and academics) enables dialogues to be held on a sustained basis. For example, external experts may be paired with local technical institutions to build long-term adaptive planning capacity.

Building leadership and local action. Efforts to build resilience can be accelerated and sustained through strong leadership, driving commitment, and accountability with active community engagement to build awareness.

Focusing on vulnerable communities: Whose resilience? The real test for a meaningful urban resilience approach is its relevance to the interests of poor or vulnerable households. It is important to constantly ask ‘resilience for whom?’ to establish their value and to ensure that equity concerns are kept at the heart of the agenda.

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The City Climate Resilience (CCR)Approach (From: ADB Literature, guidebook-climate-change-resilience.pdf)

The CCR approach is used to develop the climate change resilience of city’s urban water infrastructure and is composed of the following steps: Step 1: Identify and characterize potential climate change impacts. Step 2: Assess infrastructure vulnerability. Step 3: Develop a city climate resilience strategy

Figure: The Climate Change Resilience Approach (Source ADB)

Working together Worldwide more and more governments – in collaboration with their societal partners from business, academic community and NGO’s have the ambition and take steps towards more resilient urban water management, matching long term planning with short term investments. The comprehensive approach of combining water management and urban planning is essential for this ambition, aligned with inclusive processes of collaboration and innovation. Collaboration across counties, regions of expertise and stakeholder groups is necessary to effectively address global risks, provide strategic guidance and advice on the methodology of comprehensive water management and climate resilience into urban planning. There is a clear demand for comprehensive urban strategies that integrate water management and climate resilience into cities’ comprehensive urban planning. Inclusive processes for development and implementation must include all stakeholders from the start to ensure capacity building, local buy in and awareness as well as investment opportunities across all sectors. Partnerships based on strong global networks and ‘blue growth’ are key for unlocking the potential of water assets in cities across the globe, and thus greatly contribute to real resilience. Comprehensive water and urban strategies are key for cities to become resilient, turning challenges into opportunities.

With the rapid changes occurring in cities nowadays it is important to develop new knowledge and to accelerate learning processes. Accelerate learning goes beyond active learning (or ‘learning by doing’) as it also involves ‘learning from each other’ or City to City (C2C) learning. Many initiatives have been taken to stimulate cooperation among cities through developing networks and collaborative learning platforms, like the Resilient Cities Acceleration Initiative (RCAI, 2015) with the objective to accelerate the design and implementation of integrated strategies that strengthen the resilience of urban systems. The ambition of the RCAI is, among others, to double the number of cities and partners committed to building resilience by the end of 2015, to assist 500 local governments to develop resilience action plans by 2020, and to manage an online ‘marketplace’ and support platform to develop the required capacity and to enhance the resilience of communities and community-based institutions in all city and urban- related initiatives and programmes.

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DMC PARTICIPANTS Name Function Organisation/Project Country

Bangladesh1 Mr Md. Ahsan Habib? Project Director City Region

Development ProjectLocal Government Engineering Department

Bangladesh

2 Mr Md. Hamidul Hoque Deputy Project Director City Region Development Project

Local Government Engineering Department

Bangladesh

3 Mr Zulfikar Ali?? Mayor Mongla Municipality Bangladesh

Georgia4 Mr Ilia Darchiashvili First Deputy Minister Ministry of Regional

Development & Infrastruct.Georgia

5 Mr Giorgi Koberidze Deputy Director United Water Supply Company of Georgia

Georgia

6 Mr Grigol Mandaria Chairman Georgia National Energy & Water Supply Regulatory Com

Georgia

India7 Mr O.P. Srivastava Deputy Secretary Madhya Pradesh Urban

Environment and Development Department

India

8 Mr Prabhakant Katare Engineer-in-Chief Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Ltd.

India

9 ? ? India

PRC (Xinjiang Akesu)10 Mr YANG Ping Director Akesu Municipal Government PRC

11 Mr ZHANG Shaoai Director Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Government

PRC

12 Ms XIA Shuhui Deputy Director Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Government

PRC

Sri Lanka13 Mr H T Kamal

PathmasiriSecretary Ministry of Provincial Council

and Local GovernmentSri Lanka

14 Ms Kumudinie Samarasinghe

Project Director Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project

Sri Lanka

15 Ms U L Preethika Engineer Drainage District 4 Office, Colombo Municipal Council

Sri Lanka

Tonga16 Mr Viliami Tupou Senior Urban Planner National Spatial Planning

Authority OfficeTonga

17 Mr Saimone Helu Chief Executive Officer Tonga Water Board Tonga

Vietnam18 Mr Truong D. V. Phuc Director General Vinh Long Provincial Dept. of

Planning and InvestmentViet Nam

19 Mr Tran Hai Deputy Director Vinh Phuc Provincial Dept. of Planning and Investment

Viet Nam

20 Mr Nguyen H. Phuong Expert Ministry of Planning and Investment

Viet Nam

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ADB STAFFName Function Department HQ/Resident Mission

21 Ms Alexandra Conroy PARD-PAUS/SPSO

22 Mr Mingyuan Fan SARD-SAUW

23 Mr Javed Hossain SARD-SAUW/BANGLADESH RM

24 Mr N. Donald Sinclair SARD-SRI LANKA RM

25 Ms Kristina Katich EARD-EASS

26 Mr Baochang Zheng? EARD-EASS/PRC RM

27 Mr Sanjay Divakar Joshi CWRD-CWUW

28 Ms Michelle Tan CWRD-CWUW

29 Ms Claire A.F. Odsinada SARD-SAUW

30 Mr Ashok Srivastava SARD-SAUW/INDIA RM

31 Mr Nguyen My Binh SERD-VIET NAM RM

32 Ms Fatima Bautista SDCC/SDAS

33 Mr Michiel de Lijster SDCC/SDAS

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GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM

DRAFT PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 5th ANWLW (6-10 June 2016)

DAY THEME SUB-TOPICS Location

Sunday

Introduction to Learning Week

Introductory program with welcome drinks and dinner

Grand Café Verderop

Day 1 Understanding urban water resilience

Challenges for cities to become water resilient

ADB Programs and projects in the Asia-Pacific region to increase resilience of cities

Effects of Climate change on the future water resilience of cities

Dutch water resilient policies and programs

Delft

UNESCO-IHE

The HagueMinistry I&M

Day 2 Global and local initiatives for increasing capacities of water resilience of cities

Resilient Cities Acceleration Initiative (RCAI) Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index

100 Resilient Cities network Rotterdam Centre for Resilient Delta Cities

(RDC) Rotterdam Resilience Program

Rotterdam

Arcadis

Kuiper Compagnons

Urbanisten

Rotterdam Municipal

Day 3 Regional cooperation for better water management strategies and practices

Amsterdam, City of Water: A Vision for Water, Safety and Rain proofing

The Water Proof City of Amsterdam

One unique water cycle Company for the regional Public Water Authority and the City of Amsterdam

Three perspectives on ‘Amsterdam living with water’

Amsterdam

Waternet

Municipality of Amsterdam

RHDHV

Free University

Day 4 Examples of increasing resilience through spatial planning and adaptation

The “Room for the River” Program The City of Nijmegen’s response to the

national plan in designing and implementing flood alleviations works

Nijmegen partner in the EU-funded 'FloodResilienCity' project

Dordrecht partner in City2city learning Making Cities Resilient (UNISDR)

Historic Windmills

Nijmegen

Room for the River

Water BoardMunicipality of

Nijmegen

DordrechtMunicipality of

Dordrecht

Kinderdijk

Day 5 Tools in support of creating resilient cities

Team Meetings with Dutch Water Sector Experts on specific requested Team topics of interest

Preparing for team presentations

Delft

Meetings with the Dutch water

Sector

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Building partnerships for a Water Resilient Future

List of lessons learned Take-home action plans Interactions with Dutch experts

Delft UNESCO-IHE

Detailed Program

Sunday 5 June:

16.45 Walk to Grand Café VERDEROP, Westvest 9 (building next to UNESCO-IHE premises)

17.00 Walking in and welcome drinks

17.30 Votes of welcome, overview of the program and practical information by the organizing focal persons, Michiel de Lijster, Ivo van der Linden and Jan LuijendijkMovie on Water in The Netherlands

18.00 Round of introductions by each participant

18.30 Buffet dinner

19.30 Boat Tour through the Delft canals

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20.15 Walk back to the Hampshire hotel

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Monday6 June

Morning

Plenary Sessions

Monday

Hosting Organization: UNESCO-IHE Delft, Topics: Introduction to the program and the theme of the learning week: Water Resilient Cities Venue: Westvest 7, Delft, Room A1a, Auditorium

08:00 Walk to UNESCO-IHE (15 minutes)

08:15 Registration at UNESCO-IHE

08.45 Welcome by Mr. Johan A. van Dijk, Business Director of UNESCO-IHE

08.55 Learning Week objectives and program by Jan Luijendijk

09.05 ADB and Water Resilient Cities by Michiel de Lijster, Senior Water Resources Specialist

09.30 "Towards Water Resilient Cities”, presentation by Prof. Dr. Chris Zevenbergen

10.00 "Climate Change and its effects on Coastal Cities" by Prof. Dr. Rosh Ranasinghe

10.30 COFFEE/TEA BREAK

10.45 "The Netherlands and Water" from an historic perspective by Jan Luijendijk

11.15 10 minutes presentations by the 7 Project Team delegations Bangladesh Georgia India PRC Sri Lanka Tonga Viet Nam

12.30 LUNCH BREAK at the UNESCO-IHE restaurant (Lunch ticket will be provided); Participants are free to collect their own favorite meal

(as from 12.30 h our cashier will be available in the Socio Room for allowance payment + submitting receipts of visa and travel expenses)

Hosting Organization: Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

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6 JuneAfternoon

Plenary Sessions

Topics: Dutch response to Climate Change, Water Governance and Appropriate Finance Coordinator: Ir. Martien Beek, Deputy Program Manager for International Water AffairsVenue: Madurodam, George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ Den Haag

14:00 Welcome by Ms. Elaine Alwayn, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Director DGRW/Water and Soil

14:10 Short Movie

14:15 The Dutch response to Climate Change, Presentation by Mr. Martien Beek, Strategic advisor to the Delta Commissioner

14:35 Discussion

14:50 Water Governance, building blocks for a sustainable approach. Presentations by Mr. Maarten Hofstra and Mr. Herman Havekes on behalf of the Unie van Waterschappen (Dutch Water Authorities)

15:10 Discussion

15:25 Break

15:45 Appropriate finance, financial solutions, Presentation by Mr. Jan van Schoonhoven (Rijkswaterstaat)

16:05 Discussion

16:20 Building with Nature, Presentation by Mr. Jaap van Thiel de Vries, Ecoshape

16:40 Discussion

16:55 Closure by Jan Luijendijk (UNESCO-IHE)

17:00 Drinks

17:45 Optional: - short visit to Madurodam, a miniature park and tourist attraction that gives home to a large number of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks and historical cities - round tour through The Hague, Peace Palace and Scheveningen Boulevard

18.30 Return to UNESCO-IHEHost organization: Arcadis Rotterdam

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Tuesday7 June

Morning

Plenary sessions

Workshop

Parallel Groups

Topics: Presentations and interactive workshop ‘Safe and attractive waterproof cities’Coordinators: Prof. Piet Dircke, Mr. Bert Smolders, Mrs. Floor Boerwinkel and Mrs. Iris Bijlsma, Venue: SS Rotterdam, 3e Katendrechtsehoofd 25, 3072 AM Rotterdam, tel: +31 10 297 30 90

08.00 Departure from Hampshire Hotel for Rotterdam

08.45 Arrival at the SS Rotterdam

09:00 Welcome and presentation on “safe and attractive waterproof cities” by Prof. Piet Dircke

- General presentation Arcadis including main city projects- Presentation of the sustainable city water index- Presentation on concepts for a sustainable city

09.45 Interactive workshop moderated by Floor Boerwinkel and Iris Bijlsma

- Presentation: Case model city “Arcadia”

Division of the group into three smaller groups

10.00 Round 1:

- Physical solutions - Plenary presentations of main conclusions

10.40 Coffee/tea break

10.55 Round 2:

- Stakeholder identification, stakeholder involvement and value creation- Plenary presentations of main conclusions

11.35 Round 3:

- Capacity building- Plenary presentations of main conclusions

12.15 Feedback from participants

12.30 Lunch

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Tuesday7 June

Afternoon

Plenary sessions

Host organizations: Rotterdam municipality, De Urbanisten, (Kuiper Compagnons)Topics: Resilient Delta CitiesVenue: SS Rotterdam

14.00 Presentation by Mr. Florian Boer/Mr. Dirk van Peijpe of De Urbanisten 14.30 Q&A

14.45 Presentation on the Rotterdam Adaptation Strategy: “Rotterdam Resilient Delta Cityby Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, Chief Resilience Officer/manager Rotterdam Climate Proof

15.15 Q&A

15.30 Coffee/tea break

16.00 Presentation by Mr. Gijs van den Boomen of KuiperCompagnons

16.30 Discussion

17.00 Tour through the Center of Rotterdam with explanation by Johan Verlinde, Asset Manager Water & Sewerage Systems, Municipality Rotterdam

18.30 Dinner at the Euromast in Rotterdam

21.00 Return to Delft

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Wednesday8 June

(Morning)

Field visits

Wednesday

Hosting Organizations: Waternet Amsterdam, with contributions of Royal Haskoning DHV and VU University of Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)

Topics: Integrated water management, governance, urban resilience, drinking water, sanitationVenue: Waternet headquarters , location Spaklerweg 45, Amsterdam

08.15 Departure for Amsterdam from Hampshire Hotel

09.15 Arrival at Waternet headquarters , location Spaklerweg 45, Amsterdam

Reception with coffee/tea

PART ONE: WATER CYCLUS ORGANISATION

09.45 Water cyclus organisation by Mr. Paul Bonné, Waternet Amsterdam

10.30 From Waste to Energy by Mr. Lex Lelyveld (Waternet Amsterdam)

11.15 Water Resilient city Amsterdam by Ms. Paulien Hartog (Waternet Amsterdam)

12.15 Lunch at Waternet

PART TWO: AMSTERDAM RESILIENT CITY + BOATTOUR/ CANAL CRUISE

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8 June (Afternoon) 13.00 Urban (historical) perspective on the city of Amsterdam by Mr. Toine van Goethem (City

of Amsterdam)History of city fighting the water and coping with water related challenges, towards a modern urban perspective: how the city changed its attitude from fighting the water to embracing the water and the benefits for urban (waterfront) development

13.20 A new perspective on water resilience by Mr. Nanco Dolman of Royal Haskoning DHVHow the city deals with water related challenges at present in a water sensitive city.

13.40 Water resilience/ water risk in other cities and regions, by Mr. Philip Ward (VU University of Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM))Understand where and how water risks and opportunities are emerging worldwide by using the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, with focus on regions of the ADB delegations.

14.00 Discussion and Q+A

14.15 Boarding for Boat tour/ Canal Cruise on historic yacht ‘Hildebrand’.@ Jetty of Waternet, Korte Ouderkerkerdijk 7

14.30 Departure cruiseA dynamic tour with perspective on ‘Amsterdam, a city living with water’, supported by experts

16.15 Drop-off at jetty Prins Hendrikkade near shopping area and Central Railway Station

16.30 Participants are free to join the bus back to Delft or to stay and visit the centre of Amsterdam on their own and return to Delft by train.

Trains from Amsterdam-Central station will leave every 15 minutes for Delft and will take a bit less than 1 hour. Price of the train ticket is € 1

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Thursday 9 June

Morning

Visit to the city of NijmegenHosts: Municipality of Nijmegen, Room for the River program, Water Board RivierenlandCoördinator: Mr. Cor Beekmans, Program Manager, account and knowledge management,

Ministry of I&M/Rijkswaterstaat/Room for the River program)Venue: Café Waalzicht, Oosterhoutsedijk 21, 6663 KS Lent/Nijmegen, T: 024-3234506;

07.45 Departure from Hampshire hotel for Nijmegen

09:15 Reception and welcome

09:30 Welcome by the municipality of Nijmegen by Mr. Jos Sprangers, director of city development of municipality of Nijmegen and Introduction on the program by Mr. Cor Beekmans

09:45 Introduction on the Room for the River program by Mr. Cor Beekmans

10:05 Room for the river Waal, by Mr. Mathieu Schouten, urban landscape architect of the Nijmegen municipality

10:25 Questions and answers

10:45 Coffee/tea

11.00 Collaboration in Water Management around Nijmegen by Mr. Thijs Trompetter, senior project manager at the Regional Water Authority of Rivierenland

11:20 Water management in Nijmegen Noord by Mr. Domien Driessen, project manager water management Nijmegen

11:40 Questions and answers

12:00 Field visit to Nijmegen Noord (water management and dike adaptation)

13:00 Departure for Dordrecht (lunches will be provided in the bus)

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AfternoonVisit to the city of Dordrecht

14.00 Arrival at the municipality of Dordrecht, Room 1

14.15 Presentation by Mr. Eric Kuindertsma, Regional Water Authority of Rivierenland

14.45 Questions and answers

15.00 Increasing resilience through spatial planning and adaptation in the city of Dordrecht

15.00 Welcome and Introduction by the Alderman of the city of Dordrecht

15.15 Dordrecht as Living Lab by Ms. Ellen Kelder, Task Manager Water of the municipality of Dordrecht

15.30 Resilient flood risk strategy by Dr. Berry Gersonius (Knowledge Advisor)

15.45 Plenary discussion: city-to-city learning

16.30 Urban Flood Management Walking Tour guided by Dr. Berry Gersonius

17.30 Leaving Dordrecht for Kinderdijk by bus from The Merwekade

18.00 Visit to the historic windmills of Kinderdijk

19.00 Return to Delft

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High water in un-embanked areas of Dordrecht

For years Dordrecht is an international frontrunner in developing knowledge to increase its safety to flooding. The city shares knowledge with other delta cities, public parties and knowledge institutes and together they conduct research and implement projects. The city has the ambition to be a ‘living lab’ for innovations in flood risk management and climate adaptation. A living lab is a collaborative space established in partnership between public parties and knowledge institutes, and focusing on structural and behavioral change. These labs are also a modality to facilitate co-design and co-development of research.

The city of Dordrecht is a pilot study of the Dutch Delta Programme on resilient flood risk governance, with a specific focus on ‘smart combinations’ of measures. The concept of a smart combination has been introduced in the Delta Decision on Flood Risk Management to provide for the possibility, in specific cases, to replace flood protection measures with measures involving prevention and preparedness (see Figure). Prevention is realised through spatial planning and adaptation of buildings, while preparedness is improved by developing emergency plans.

The regional authorities (of the Island) and central government have jointly commissioned the pilot study to gain practical experience with the application of smart combinations. This pilot study also examined how these measures could be safeguarded, both legally and administratively speaking.

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 UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

Friday10 June

(Morning)

Friday

Hosting Organization: UNESCO-IHE + representatives of the Dutch Water SectorTopics: All key topics of interest mentioned by each delegationCoordinators: Mr. Ivo van der Linden and Mr. Jan LuijendijkVenue: UNESCO-IHE, Westvest 7, Delft;

Room A1a for plenary session, various selected rooms for parallel sessions

08.30 Walk from Hampshire to UNESCO-IHE building

09.00 General introduction to the morning session by coordinators in room A1a

09.15 Each delegation meets with 2-3 experts from the Dutch water sector in separated places in the UNESCO-IHE premises. (see annex of the program)

Delegation present their own key project(s) members are involved in and discuss with selected experts their specific knowledge questions and challenges

Take a coffee/tea break after 1-1.5 hour

Continue the discussions Summarize key issues being

discussed, conclusions and recommendations for follow-up joined activities Delegations formulate relevant issues to be included in their feedback

reports that will be presented in the afternoon sessions.

11.45 All delegations and experts reunite in room A1a for a brief summary of the morning sessions

12.00 Delegations prepare their final presentations for the afternoon session

13.00 Lunch at the UNESCO-IHE restaurant (Lunch ticket will be provided); participants are free to collect their own favorite meal

Hosting Organizations: UNESCO-IHETopics: Lessons Learned and take-home action plans by the delegations; building

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10 June (Afternoon)

Plenary Session

Partnerships

UNESCO-IHE: Room: Main Auditorium A1a,

Representatives of the Netherlands water sector have been invited to join these afternoon sessions;

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

14.10 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 Georgia India PRC-1

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: Sri Lanka Tonga Viet Nam

16.10 Facilitated Panel discussion on the recommendations for follow-up actions by the Project Teams with: Ms. Karin Roelofs, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Willem Mak, Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment Mr. Marco Schouten, Vitens Evides International Prof. Guy Alaerts, UNESCO-IHE Prof. 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

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ANNEX

CHALLENGES, LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND THEMES OF INTEREST OF PARTICIPATING DELEGATIONS

Tonga

India

Viet Nam

Georgia

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

People’s Republic of China

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Challenges Objectives ThemesProposed experts

Tonga Delegation Tonga Planning and Urban Management Agency (PUMA)

Tonga Waterboard (TWB)

Communities not complying with urban planning requirements;

Enacting of the National Spatial Planning and Management Bill;

Sustaining community commitment to tariff increases for water and solid waste services

Gain insight into international best practices for urban and water project design implementation, and to tailor lessons learned to the context of Tonga, to be applied to current and pipeline urban development projects. Also to be made aware of potential opportunities for collaboration with international agencies in urban development projects.

Climate resilience/ urban drainage, (water resources for) water supply/ salination, institutional arrangements

Koos Wieriks Ministry of I&M(pending),

Jan Willem Overbeek (independent consultant),

Eric Huijskens, LievenseCSO (pending,)

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Challenges Objectives ThemesProposed experts

India Delegation Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited

Competition from water demand for increasing irrigation economy which directly affects the livelihoods of the dependent population

Pollution of water resources from the discharge untreated wastewater generated by the towns and cities as well as trace metals discharged from agriculture run-off

Short period of rain (about 40days in a year) and continuous and variable seasonable demand for drinking water

Political economy in un-willingness to charge economic tariffs or user fees for both for drinking water and irrigation water services

Rationing planning for dry seasons and during the times of adverse climate conditions and to ensure protection of assets during the emergency water supply contingencies

Network and twinning possibilities with small town water utilities

Knowledge sharing and learning on innovations to pilot test in MPUSIP

Mainstream possibilities for planning and ensuring climate resilience towns with focus on water resilience

Water supply/ non-revenue water, wastewater/ sanitation services/ storm water treatment, water resources (groundwater) for water supply/ water scarcity/ water storage

Kees Bons (Deltares),

Ingeborg Krukkert (IRC Wash),

Valentin Post (Waste)

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Challenges Objectives ThemesProposed experts

Vietnam Delegation Vinh Long Province, Dep. Planning and Investment;

Ministry of Planning and Investment

The rigid urban planning system of Master Planning with disconnect between Spatial Planning / Land Use, City Master Plan and Socioeconomic Development Plan.

The knowledge gained at the Learning Week can then be localized and customized to be incorporated into the Green Cities Program Design. The proposed participants are a mix of cities leaders in charge of project preparation and implementation through their respective PMUs and a representative from the central government directly in charge of the urban and water sector to be more sensitive and aware of policies options for building resilience to climate change both in urban and water and sanitation.

Urban Planning,

Green urban infrastructure, drainage, flood protection

Enrico Moens, Sweco Nederland

Marjan Kreijns, Delft University

Assela Pathirana UNESCO-IHE (pending)

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Challenges Objectives ThemesProposed experts

Georgia Delegation Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure;

United Water Supply Company of Georgia; Georgia National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission

to ensure sustainability and environmental protection. For this purpose, developing capacity of the executing and implementing agency is of great importance, and the MFF addresses this issue with proposed systematic capacity building initiatives as under:

Sustainable Operations Environmental Protection Institutional and financial sustainability Enabling legal and regulatory framework

Knowledge acquired at the Learning Week can be applied to the implementation of the on-going 6 tranches of the MFF, including capacity development component. ADB is assisting GoG in development of infrastructure in integrated and sustainable manner under future cities development program. The GoG members will be able to appreciate the water resilient cities in the Netherlands and will adopt certain innovative techniques on water conservation in the future programing. The team composition of a senior decision maker from the Ministry, water utility, and a regulator is ideal from this perspective.

Water supply, sanitation, operations and maintenance, utilities

Bert Satijn (Independent consultant),

Sybe Schaap (House of Representatives),

Wim Verheugt (Euroconsult Mottmacdonald, pending)

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Challenges Objectives ThemesProposed experts

Bangladesh Delegation Local Government Engineering Department (LGED);

Local Government Division;

To gain knowledge/information on how to work out optimal blending of infrastructure and climate change needs;

To get abreast of international best practices of water resources management, especially best practices relating to prudent climate change adaptation and mitigation;

To learn how different countries are striving to cope with the threats and impact of climate change and how the lessons learnt from such countries could relate to the context of Bangladesh;

To be more informed about ways and means to build and develop resilient cities.

Urban planning, management en strategy, water supply, sanitation

William Oliemans (Deltares),

Michel Verlaan (Dutch Water Partners),

Ingeborg Krukkert (IRC Wash),

Joke Lepoole (Max Foundation),

Ben Lamoree (NWP)

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Challenges Objectives ThemesProposed experts

Sri Lanka Delegation Colombo Waste Water Management Project, Colombo Municipal Council

limited capacity to implement multilateral environment agreements (MEAs) given current fragmentation across ministries and agencies,

need to update and harmonize policies, regulatory and institutional frameworks in view of threats,

gaps and weaknesses in skills and technical capacity, data/information management, secure equipment and financial resources needed for implementation,

weak enforcement of law in relevant sectors, need for integrated land and water management framework to

halt degradation of natural resources, reduce the ‘ecological footprint’, and to support ecosystem-based approaches to climate resilient urban planning and development,

threats to human and ecosystems health from outdated infrastructure and escalating pollution from point and non-point sources, combined with sedimentation in river basins, waterways, wetlands and coastal areas in Greater Colombo and adjacent areas,

limited awareness of policy makers, businesses, service providers and civil society of the long term consequences of unsustainable use of natural resources, and of how various tools and methods can be applied to assess trade-offs and options in the context of economic growth.

to apply the newly acquired skills and experience in the current GEF funded project and to further develop their skills through continued sharing of experience among the participants.

Waste water management, inlc. Social and environmental aspects, water resources management (inst. Capacity building)

Nico Boonstra (Ballast-Nedam),

Rudolf Muitjens (RHDHV, pending),

Martin van der Schans (KWR Water, pending),

Rosh Ranasinghe (UNESCO-IHE),

Tineke Hooimans (UNESCO-IHE, pending)

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Challenges Objectives ThemesProposed experts

People’s Republic of China Delegation Akesu Municipal Government (AMG);

Akesu Municipal Water Resources Bureau; Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Government Planning and Finance Department

Due to the nature of centralized planning in the PRC, many national policies and initiatives are established while awareness-raising and capacity building at the local level is inadequately supported.

In addition, globally, the nature of many climate change impacts focus on capacity building for water-related disasters in coastal or riverine areas, with less emphasis placed on adapting to potential water scarcity issues which will also result from climate change. Water stress and drought tend to develop slowly, grabbing few headlines, allowing many governments and development agencies to focus on more visible water-related risks and preventing active planning for water resilient cities in water-scarce areas.

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

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

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

Urban planning/ management, Envrionment and wetlands, water scarcity, water supply

Marc Niesten (Kuiper Compagnons),

Winnie Hung (Royal Eijkelkamp),

Floris Boogaard (Tauw)

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