Events in the AWM Calendar
The AgWater Solutions Project team will be hosting and attending many AWM-related events throughout the project period so that we can gather the opinions and knowledge of various stakeholders as well as share project findings. Some of the events already held by the project are listed here and these will be updated as the project progresses. A small selection of the regional and international AWM-related events taking place this year is also listed. We welcome any information about other events - please post to the Blog or send an email to AWMSolutions@cgiar.org. If you would like more information about past or planned project events please contact us.
Events being attended by the AgWater Solutions Project team:
This week, representatives from the team will be attending the 2010 FANRPAN Regional Food Security Policy Dialogue in Namibia. The team will discuss AWM issues with experts from the region and share some of the emerging findings. For more information about FANRPAN visit
www.fanrpan.org and see our blog. Team members will also be attending the African Green Revolution Forum that is being held in Ghana from the 2nd to 4th September. For more about the AGRF visit their website
http://agrforum.com/.
Next week, representatives from the team will be attending the World Water Week in Stockholm (www.worldwaterweek.org). They will be discussing AWM solutions with stakeholders and sharing project materials. See the AgWater Solutions Blog for more information and visit the IWMI booth at the conference.
Future Project Events
- Internal project planning workshop in Addis Ababa in September 2010 – reviewing findings and planning for impact.
- Country Dialogues – to be confirmed.
Past Project Events
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Project-wide workshops
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Inception Workshop - 4th-8th May, 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Mid-Term Workshop - 18th-22nd January, 2010, Lusaka, Zambia
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National and State Consultations
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Burkina Faso - 4th-7th May, 2010, Ouagadougou
Ethiopia - 19th November, 2009, Addis Ababa
Ghana - 31st August, 2009, Accra
India, Madhya Pradesh - 8th January, 2010, Bhopal
Tanzania - 1st March, 2010, Dar es Salaam
India, West Bengal - 16th February, 2010, Kolkata
Zambia - 31st July, 2009, Kabulonga
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Livelihood Mapping Workshops
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Zambia, 25th January 2010
Tanzania, 5th March 2010
Madhya Pradesh, 27th and 28th, April 2010
Burkina Faso, May 2010
Ghana, July 2010
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PGIS Workshops
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Tanzania, August 2009
West Bengal
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Gender Mapping Workshops
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Zambia, 15th April 2010
Ghana, 14th-16th July 2010
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AWM Solutions Technical Workshops
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Zambia Outgrowers, 23rd January 2010
Zambia Rezoning of Farming Systems
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AWM Related Events
Many events take place every year in which professionals engaged in agricultural water management discuss and share information. The AgWater Solutions Project intends to engage in many of these as a way of improving our understanding and sharing our findings. Below is a list of related events that we thought may be of interest to anyone accessing this website. If you are involved in other events and would like to tell us about them please write to
AWMSolutions@cgiar.org, and we would be happy to include them here.
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What
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When
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Where
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2 - 4 Sep
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Accra, Ghana
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· World Water Week
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5 - 11 Sep
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Sweden, Stockholm
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· IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition
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19 - 24 Sep
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Montreal, Canada
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· Sixth World Water Forum
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TBC
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Marseille, France
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· The ADB Water Event
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12 - 14 Oct
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Manila, Philippines
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· East African Project Management Conference - 'EAPMC
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13 - 15 Oct
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Nairobi, Kenya
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· 6th Asian Regional Conference
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10 - 16 Oct
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Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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· International Conference on Environmental Challenges: A Global Concern
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15 - 16 Oct
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Jalandhar, Punjab, India
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· ICSWRM : International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management
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27 - 29 Oct
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Kyoto, Japan
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· International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Environment
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29 - 30 Oct
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Aligarh, India
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· 21st International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
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15 - 23 Oct
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Tehran, Iran
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· The 5th Conference of the Asia Association of Hydrology and Water Resources
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8 - 10 Nov
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Hanoi, Vietnam
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