Master classes overview www thewaterchannel tvwaterproductivity Master Class
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Master classes overview www. thewaterchannel. tv/waterproductivity
Master Class Water Productivity: From Farms to Basins Part 1: Community of Practice – working together in large programmes (14: 00 – 1600) 14: 00 – 14: 45 Jonna van Opstal (IHE Delft Institute): Demo and practicising with the FAO Wa. POR database. 14: 45 – 15: 00 Dieuwertje Damen (Rainbow Collection) and Robert Meerman (RAIN): Learning from Wash Alliance International 15: 00 – 16: 00 How can we contribute as Water Productivity Community of Practice to large landscape management programs? Facilitated by Frank van Steenbergen (Meta) Part 2: From farms to basins (16: 00 – 19: 30) 16: 15 – 16: 30 Introduction, looking back to past master classes and include feedback of afternoon session (Frank van Steenbergen, Meta) 16: 30 – 16: 50 Farmer. Tree tool: Calculating programme financial scenarios (Frank van Schoubroeck, Farm. Tree. Services) 16: 50 – 17: 15 Dutch Agro-Water Climate Alliance (DAWCA): mobilizing climate finance (Jan Willem den Besten IUCN NL) 17: 15 – 17: 45 G 4 AW: opportunities for water productivity Co. P (Hans van Leeuwen, NWP) 17: 45 – 18: 15 Water productivity in basin management: experiences from flood based farming (Frank van Steenbergen, Meta) 18: 15 – 18: 45 Community of Practice, thematic experiences of NWP and discussion on way forward (Peter Prins, NWP) 18: 45 – 19: 30 Drinks & Pizza
What was discussed? Kickoff meeting (Meta) • What is WP • Smart Solutions • Innovation funds MC 1: From monitoring to implementation (Future. Water) • FAO Database • Scenario models to measure WP • Co. P exploring opportunities • Funding opportunities at RVO
What was discussed? MC 2: Water productivity in rain fed agriculture and horticulture (RAIN) • Managing green water (plant and soil) • In-situ solutions • Landscape approaches MC 3: From Farms to Basins • Co. P: how to continue • Investing in Landscape approaches • Basin Management
Who were there?
4 meetings resulted in • Over 100 persons participated in one or more master classes representing NGOs, companies, Research institutes, Government and funding agencies • Presentations from 18 organizations • New organisations were introduced to the surprise of many (in-crowd water sector)
Key words Enthusiasm, new players in the field (plant & soil linkages), eager to learn from each other, comparison to WASH, willingness to cooperate, willingness for future planning
