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Title: User-Producer Conference Water Accounting for Integrated Water Resource Management


1
User-Producer ConferenceWater Accounting for
Integrated Water Resource Management
  • UNCEEA
  • (New York, 19 - 21 June 2006)

2
Objectives of the Conference
  • Present the draft water accounting handbook
  • Seek users endorsement of the SEEAW as THE
    hydrological framework for IWRM
  • Promote the SEEAW implementation
  • Establish a Roundtable on Water Accounting under
    the auspices of the UNCEEA

3
Main conclusions
  • The Conference
  • Endorsed the SEEAW as THE hydrological-economic
    framework for IWRM
  • Recommended it become a statistical standard
  • Recognized that SEEAW fills a vacuum by
    developing a conceptual framework for water
  • Recognized the timeliness of the handbook
  • Stressed that SEEAW focuses the improvement of
    basic data by allowing the identification of data
    gaps and overlaps

4
Main conclusions (2)
  • The strengths of the SEEAW
  • Link with the economic system
  • Mainstream of water in economic decision-making
  • Evaluation of trade-offs and priorities between
    different policies
  • Integrated analyses vs sectoral analyses
  • Developed by NSOs
  • Rigour, reliability, independence, consistency
    and regularity

5
Main conclusions (3)
  • SEEAW as a framework for deriving indicators
    majority of WWDR indicators can be derived from
    SEEAW
  • SEEAW can improve inter-institutional cooperation

6
Main conclusions (4)
  • Weaknesses of SEEAW
  • Does not systematically address links with the
    social aspects
  • Does not deal with extreme events

7
Actions
  • Cooperation between WWAP, GWP and UNSD
  • Training course by UNESCO-IHE
  • Integrate SEEAW standard table in IWRM programmes
    by World Bank (pilot projects)
  • Establishment of twinning projects
  • Translation in other languages by countries

8
Actions
  • Promotion of the SEEAW to users
  • Brochure
  • Presentation in International Conferences
  • August 2006 UN Water- Stockholm
  • Other international conferences

9
Roundtable on Water Accounting
  • Under the auspices of SEEAW
  • Objectives
  • Promotion of SEEAW
  • Advancement of implementation
  • Work programme
  • Development of toolkits
  • Country practices
  • Training programmes/material
  • Promotion material
  • Communication tools
  • Implementation
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