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About฀The฀Institute฀of฀Water฀Policy In฀ order฀ to฀ provide฀ the฀ breadth฀ and฀ the฀ depth฀ required฀ to฀ address฀ multidimensional฀ water฀ challenges,฀ IWP฀ implements฀ activities฀ that฀ also฀ revolve฀ around฀ a฀ multidimensional฀ approach฀ in฀ four฀ major฀ areas฀ for฀ disseminating฀ knowledge฀ in฀ the฀ water฀ sector.฀ These฀ are฀ research,฀ education,฀advisory฀and฀consultancy฀services,฀and฀outreach.฀ Research฀Programme฀ IWP’s฀ Research฀ Programme฀ is฀ focusing฀ on฀ the฀ following฀ thematic฀ areas:฀ •฀ Water฀Resources฀and฀Sustainable฀Development •฀ Water฀Governance •฀ Statistics฀and฀Economics฀of฀Water •฀ Urban฀Water฀Management IWP฀works฀with฀a฀network฀of฀collaborators฀in฀key฀countries฀to฀conduct฀ research฀on฀these฀water฀policy฀issues฀and฀communicate฀research฀results฀ to฀policy-makers฀and฀professionals฀in฀the฀region฀through฀conferences,฀ publications,฀and฀forums.฀ Education:฀Inspiring฀Professionals฀to฀Effect฀Change IWP’s฀ Executive฀ Education฀ Programme฀ on฀ Leadership฀ in฀ Water฀ Governance฀ aims฀ to฀ strengthen฀ capacities฀ of฀ mid-฀ and฀ senior-level฀ managers฀ in฀ water฀ utilities,฀ policy-makers,฀ government฀ officials,฀ consultants,฀ researchers,฀ and฀ civil฀ society฀ representatives฀ required฀ to฀ cope฀ with฀ new฀ challenges฀ relevant฀ to฀ the฀ institutional,฀ regulatory฀ and฀ financial฀aspects฀of฀the฀water฀sector.฀The฀course฀is฀designed฀to฀address฀ issues฀confronting฀water฀utilities฀in฀many฀countries,฀such฀as฀increasing฀ and฀ competing฀ demands฀ on฀ water฀ resources,฀ inadequate฀ regulatory฀ 12฀IWP฀The฀Institute.indd฀฀฀229 6/10/11฀฀฀10:32:51฀AM capacity฀and฀lack฀of฀financial฀resources.฀It฀exposes฀participants฀to฀good฀ practices฀in฀water฀utilities฀governance,฀practical฀guidance฀on฀effective฀ management฀ practices,฀ and฀ potential฀ strategies฀ to฀ deal฀ with฀ existing฀ and฀future฀challenges.฀ In฀ support฀ of฀ the฀ curriculum฀ development฀ at฀ the฀ Lee฀ Kuan฀ Yew฀ School฀ of฀ Public฀ Policy,฀ IWP฀ also฀ conducts฀ graduate฀ courses฀ on฀ Water฀Policy฀&฀Governance฀and฀Dynamic฀Modeling฀of฀Public฀Policy฀ Systems฀for฀students฀of฀public฀policy,฀public฀administration,฀and฀public฀ management.฀ Advisory฀and฀Consultancy฀Service IWP฀ undertakes฀ advisory฀ and฀ consultancy฀ roles฀ with฀ government฀ agencies,฀multilateral฀banks,฀NGOs฀and฀other฀strategic฀stakeholders.฀It฀ has฀thus฀far฀completed฀consultancy฀projects฀of฀the฀Asian฀Development฀ Bank฀on฀water฀resource฀and฀wastewater฀management,฀new฀thinking฀in฀ water฀governance,฀and฀urban฀water฀management฀in฀Asia.฀ Outreach IWP฀ has฀ developed฀ impressive฀ visibility฀ in฀ hosting฀ and฀ facilitating฀ dialogues฀ which฀ convene฀ water฀ experts฀ and฀ key฀ policy-makers฀ from฀ around฀ the฀ world฀ through฀ roundtable฀ discussions,฀ seminars,฀ and฀ workshops฀on฀water฀policy฀and฀governance.฀Some฀of฀the฀top฀dialogues฀ organised฀by฀IWP฀include,฀among฀others:฀ •฀ Global฀Water฀Policy฀Dialogue •฀ Workshop฀for฀New฀Thinking฀on฀Water฀Governance •฀ Workshop฀on฀Good฀Practices฀for฀Urban฀Water฀Management฀ in฀Asia฀ •฀ Institute฀of฀Water฀Policy฀Speaker฀Series฀ •฀ BBC฀World฀Debates:฀Are฀We฀Running฀Out฀of฀Water฀ IWP฀also฀actively฀participates฀in฀regional฀and฀international฀conferences฀ on฀ water฀ and฀ sustainable฀ development,฀ builds฀ strategic฀ partnerships฀ with฀global฀networks฀of฀water฀professionals฀and฀engages฀with฀the฀media฀ to฀ increase฀ public฀ awareness฀ of฀ critical฀ water฀ issues฀ across฀ Asia฀ and฀ availability฀of฀feasible฀policy฀and฀governance฀solutions. 12฀IWP฀The฀Institute.indd฀฀฀230 6/10/11฀฀฀10:32:51฀AM ...

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