WWW2012Stockholm

=Stockholm World Water Week 2012 (26-31 August 2012)= A number of activities are planned for this event - see the table below: Also check IWMI's planned activities for the SWWW2012 and the full list of CPWF activities at the World Water Week 2012. Alain Vidal || * Supporting Southern participants (SWWW secretariat) Yes, Abstract is available (Tilahun and Michael informed) || **List of abstracts proposed**: >
 * **Type of presence** || **To do what?** || **Who can we partner with on this ?** || **What resources do we have for this?** || **Who goes there?** || **What needs to happen next?** || **Other notes and comments** ||
 * **Organise a session?** || # **Rainfed production under growing rain variability**
 * 1) Possibly Workshop 3 on “Safeguarding global food security and life supporting ecosystems”
 * 2) Possibly Workshop 8 on “Governance for water and food security” || CPWF
 * Nile projects are encouraged to support 1 person per project (= 4 people). || Tilahun || * **Explore funding options with Nile Project leaders + Alain (Tilahun)**;
 * (Tilahun) discuss with basin leaders to find out what their ideas about this session would be - to check after submission of abstracts (expect more from African basin on rainwater management);
 * Organise session with other basin leaders on the basis of papers received. ||  ||
 * **Present papers during a session?** || * Tilahun's paper on rainwater for food sec and climate change adaptation.
 * Expected: Kees Swaans on IPs (for session 3) + 2 papers from N5, 1 paper from N3 and from N4.
 * Bharat Sharma: Submitted an Abstract " Rainwater management through integration of technologies, institutions and policies in Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia" Bharat Sharma, Simon Langa, Tilahun Amede || CPWF / Alain Vidal ||  ||   || * // (Tilahun) to send reminder to all NBDC folks about submitting abstracts by 8 Feb. //
 * // Follow-up by project leaders. // || Abstracts available:
 * **Hold a stand** || * To showcase NBDC work as part of CPWF overall work || CPWF || * Existing resources ||  || * (Tsedey) List all available materials for stand (poster, PV video, 2 working papers, journal papers, briefs, research reports, project briefs).
 * (Kees/Tilahun) Develop 1 or 2 additional info briefs: 1 on platforms and 1 rainwater/climate change. ||  ||
 * **Just 'be there' - and meet** || * To cover the whole programme and find out about other interesting sessions
 * To network with relevant people
 * To share lessons about NBDC/CPWF work at other junctions || CPWF ||  ||   || * (Tilahun) Coordinate CPWF presence across entire programme with M. Victor and A. Vidal - ongoing (program plan with organisers present).
 * (Tilahun) Coordinate presence with Nile team to split presence across all sessions;
 * (Ewen) Link up with WaterCube team. || MV: Yes, lets talk about this. I met the WC guys two years ago. ||
 * //Environmental impacts of water use in crop-livestock mixed production systems in Northern Ethiopia: Comparative assessment of local breed and crossbred cows// (Hailegziabher Dechassa, Kebebe Ergano, Alan J. Duncan and Simon J. Oosting).
 * Rainwater management (Tilahun Amede): [[file:World Water Week 2012 RWM abstract -T.Amede.doc]]
 * Seminar proposal by Mario Herrero, Mats Lanerstad about 'Water and livestock – green and blue trade-offs and synergies': [[file:World Water Week 2012 LivestockWater Seminar to EL.doc]]
 * Resilience (Mulugeta):
 * Land management in Tigray (??):