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Event Title: Regional TOT course on Ecosystem Function & IWRM
18-Jun-2012 to 21-Jun-2012 Past Event
Venue: DID Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

Tentative Programme
Regional TOT course on Ecosystem Function & IWRM
18-21 June 2012
DID Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia
Day 1
Time
Activities
Details
 
Introduction
 
8:30 –9:00
Registration
 
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome
 
Welcoming participants esp international participants
9.15 – 10.00
River Management in Malaysia
current scenario
10.00-10.20
Introduction
TOT Course briefing
10.30-11.00
Tea
 
11:00– 12:00
Introduction to IWRM
Introduction to IWRM concept
12.00 – 13:00
Group work (4)
 
·         identify water use sectors and their interactions with ecosystems in region /state
·         4 groups
13.00-14.15
LUNCH
 
14:15 – 15:15
Describing water use sector and environment + discussion
·        Agriculture
·        Domestic water supply & sanitation
·        Energy
·        Industry
·        Interrelations between water use sectors
15.15-15.45
Tea
 
15:45– 16:45
Ecosystem Management - Country status
country representatives
16.45-17.00
Case study 1
Rep. Country 1
17:00
End of Day 1
 
19.00-21.00
Welcoming Dinner
 
 


Day 2
Time
Activities
Details
Introduction functions of water ecosystems
8:00 – 8:30
Take home messages day 1
 
8.30-9.30
Ecosystem functions and services - status of ecosystems and water
 
·         Water, land and air interactions within a watershed
·         Estuaries -interactions between marine and freshwater systems
·         Human influences
9.30-10.30
Discussion
Implications of status and trends and for water regulation functions
10.30
Tea
 
10.45– 11:45
Drivers of change in water related ecosystems
 
11:45 – 12.45
Role play – suggestions:
 
1. Facilitating a negotiation between users from different water sectors on what standards to apply for good ecosystem health in a river
2. A community discussion on response to an offer for compensation for mangrove removal
12.45-13.00
 Case study 2
Rep. Country 2
13.00-14.15
Lunch
 
14:15 – 15:15
Road map of tools and assessments
·         Decision tree/road map
·         Decision support tools
·         Monitoring and assessment tools
15.15-15.45
Tea
 
Valuation of ecosystems and environmental services
15:45– 16:45
Round table discussion – identify issues and opportunities for environmental flows in water management
Cases study
16.45-17.00
 Case study 3
Rep. Country 3
17:00
End of Day 2
 


Day 3
Time
Activities
Details
8:00
Take home messages
 
8:30 – 9:30
Type of values of ecosystems + discussion
Presentation
9.30 – 10:15
Group work
analyzing and deciding on valuation methods for an imaginary case
10.15-10.30
Tea
 
10.30
Travelling to site 
Technical Visit
11:00 – 13.00
Field visit (1)
Sg Klang (Klang Gate, Ampang, KL)
13.00-14.00
LUNCH
 
14.00-15.30
Field visit (2)
SMART Tunnel
15.30
Back to DID Ampang
 
16.00
Field finding & discussion
 
16:45
 Case study 4
Rep. Country 4
17:00
End of Day 3
 
 
 Day 4
Time
Activities
Details
8:00 – 8:30
Take home messages day 3
 
Valuation of ecosystems and environmental services
 
8.30-9.30
Market establishment / mechanisms
Payment for Environmental Services
 
9.30-10.30
Case study presentation , group discussions and examples
Case: Water supply in NYC
10.30
Lunch
 
10.45– 11:45
Governance and Institutions
 
11:45 – 13.00
 Case study 5
Rep. Country 5
13.00-14.15
Lunch
 
14:15 – 15:30
Planning for Follow Up Activities
 
15.30-16.00
Ecosystem TOT Evaluation
 
 
16.00
Closing
 
Certificate Presentation and Closing Remarks
16.30
Tea
 
17.00
END of Ecosystem TOT
 
 
 
 

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