MSF meeting :EU Water Initiative: Past, Present and Future - 29 August 2012 Stockholm

14.00 - 14.10

Welcome and overview of the EUWI seminar programme and post-seminar event.

Mr. Per Bertilsson (Swedish International Water Institute)

14.10 - 14.15

Opening address about the role of the EUWI on behalf of EU Member States.

Mr. Gábor Baranyai (EU Sector Policies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary)

14.15 - 14.30

A history of the EUWI and the achievements of its first 10 years.

Mr. Andre Liebaert (DG DEVCO, European Commission) & Mr. Fritz Barth (UNDP).

14.30 - 14.50

National policy dialogues: a success story in the implementation of the EUWI in the Eastern Europe, Caucuses and Central Asia (EECCA) region.

Mr. Gheorghe Constantin & Ms. Ana Drapa (Water Resources Management Directorate, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Romania.)

14.50 – 15.10

A retrospective of the EUWI support to the development of the African water sector, EU-Africa relations and transboundary river basin management.

Mr. Bai-Mass Taal (African Ministers’ Council on Water) & Mr. Lenka Thamae

(Orange Senqu River Commission)

15.10 – 15.30

Promoting transboundary cooperation in South-eastern Europe: the case of the Drin River Dialogue.

Mr. Vangelis Constantianos (MED EUWI Secretariat / Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean, Greece)

15.30 – 16.00

Questions and comments on presentations from the plenary.

Panel of Presenters.

16.00 – 16.20

Coffee Break

16.20 – 16.45

Improving research, cooperation and knowledge sharing on water and development: lessons learned from the EUWI Research Component - SPLASH and the Centres of Excellence.

Ms. Miriam Feilberg (Danish Water Forum) & Mr. Andrea Leone (Joint Research Centre, European Commission)

16.45 – 16.55

Water sector outcomes from Rio+20 and implications for the EUWI.

Ms. Karin Lexén (Swedish Water House)

16.55 - 17.25

Comments on presentations from the Panel of Experts and from the plenary.

Reflections on the future.

Panel of Experts:

1. Mr. Henrik Dissing (China Europe Water Platform).
2. Mr. Bai Mass Taal (African Ministers' Council on Water).
3. Ms. Karin Lexén (Swedish Water House).
4. Ms. Olga Romanyuk (National Commission of the State Public Utilities Regulation, Ukraine).
5. Ms. Ulrike Sapiro (Environment Sustainability, Coca Cola Europe).

17.25 – 17.30

Summary of key points from the seminar. Closure.

Mr. Andre Liebaert (DG DEVCO, European Commission)

17-30 – 18.30

EUWI cocktail reception

SIWI exhibition stand