EWRI: Ten Years Young and Counting'on YOU

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EWRI Ten Years Young and Counting.on YOU!

• Council Weekend
• Houston, Texas
• February 21, 2009

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Happy Birthday!
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Typical 10-year Olds
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And Those Acting Like 10-Year Olds
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Purpose

• Where were at
• How we want to move forward
• Goal collective heart of EWRI beats together

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EWRI within ASCE and World

• Largest ASCE Institute
• Very successful journals
• Increasing worldwide presence
• Very successful Congresses

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Within our EWRI Family

• Well, were certainly busy!
• Butwhere are we going?

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Evolution of your Governing Board

• Early days tight control, direct to get
  established
• A reorganization or two
• Now, after start up days, GB wants to make
  steering corrections
• Direction should come from
• YOU!!!

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Evolution of Councils

• Several reorganizations
• What can we and cant we do?
• Humming along.
• But where are you going?

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Marks of Maturity

• All anxiously engaged together for common
  goals!
• Each Council represents a different key
• When played together results in harmony!
• But who writes the music and score?

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A Danger for Us

• GB does their thing
• Councils do their thing
• Together, we do no-thing!

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Desired Action and Outcome

• EWRI has a strategic plan
• Is it the sum and synthesis of Council
  strategies?
• Developed by GB with representation from
• Institute Operations
• Technical Areas

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What We Will Ask You to Do

• Develop a strategic plan
• Forward key elements through Executive Committees
• As EWRI strategy evolves, COUNCILS will play the
  major role in implementation

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In the Meantime

• Please
• Carefully consider current strategic plan
• What can your Council do to help implement?
• What can YOU do to implement it?
• As you see the Strategic Plan next, ask
• What point(s) am I excited about?
• What talents do I have to use?
• Speak up to Council chair!!

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Conclusion

• Weve survived early childhood
• Nowwere soon to be TEENAGERS!
• We want your help to have a better strategic plan!

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EWRI of ASCEStrategic Long-Range Plan

• International Initiatives

February 21, 2009 Leadership Council Weekend
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The Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Goal B EWRI will be a globally recognized
  source for environmental and water resource
  information
• Successes WWF5 Syposium in Hawaii
• Upcoming participation in WWF5
• Good International Attendance
• Strategy B2. Explore virtual memberships for
  international members focused towards access to
  technical information
• Implemented discounted international membership

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Desirable Outcomes

• Establish Chapters (international chapters)
• Increased countries where EWRI has an
  international activity
• Increased international membership

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The Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Goal C EWRI will engage in strategic
  partnerships with other organizations
• IAHR Conference in Vancouver Aug 2009
• Intl orgs like IWA
• Intl events World Water Week sponsored by SIWI
  International Water Week, World Water Forum

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• WELCOME
• Plan to join us in 2009! August 9-14
• Registration is open for the 33rd IAHR Congress!
  Click here to register and learn more about your
  options in Vancouver.
• The Preliminary Program for the 33rd IAHR
  Congress is now available
• Conference Chair Jeff Bradley Past EWRI Pres

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• Several organizations with broad representation
  in the North American water engineering
  communitynamely EWRI-ASCE, CSCE, UBC, University
  of Wyoming, and COPRI-ASCE are collaborating
  with IAHR to organize this 33RD IAHR Congress and
  the co-located 19TH Canadian Hydrotechnical
  Conference

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2009 World Water Week in Stockholm, August 16-22

• Responding to Global Change Accessing Water for
  the Common Good
• The Stockholm International Water Institute
  (SIWI) hosts the World Water Week, the leading
  annual global meeting place for the planets
  water issues.
• SIWI invites you to submit workshop abstracts as
  well as proposals for seminars and side events
  for the 2009 World Water Week, from August 16-22.

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The Strategic Plan (cont.)

• The Board senses a need for reporting from the
  EWRI liaisons to our strategic partners.
• The Councils discussion on the strategic plan
  implementation should focus on how they can
  implemnt this within their council, and into the
  committees.
• Successes WWF5 Symposium in Hawaii
• Upcoming participation in WWF5

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4th National Water Policy Dialogue

• Featured on Obama Transition Site
• Worked with Congressional Water Caucus
• Continues to draw association attention

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The Strategic Plan (cont.)

• A CASE STUDY
• OUR WORLD WATER FORUM PROGRAM

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Activities Leading Up to and Including the Fifth
World Water Forum

• An Example for Implementing the Strategic Plan
• February 21, 2009 by Mark Killgore

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What is the World Water Forum

• The World Water Forum is the main water-related
  event in the world, aimed at putting water firmly
  on the international agenda. A stepping stone
  towards global collaboration on water problems,
  the Forum offers the water community and
  policy-and-decision-makers from all over the
  world the unique opportunity to come together to
  create links, debate and attempts to find
  solutions to achieve water security. It is
  organized every three year by the World Water
  Council, in collaboration with the host country.

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Where has it been?

• Marrakech, Morocco, in 1997
• 2000 in The Hague, Netherlands
• 2003 in Kyoto, Japan (some EWRI Presence)
• 2006 in Mexico City (Major EWRI Presence)
• 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey

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Participants
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EWRI Activities Prior to the 5th World Water
Forum

• International Symposium on the 5th World Water
  Forum held in conjunction with the EWRI World
  Environmental Water Resources Congress 2008 in
  Honolulu Hawaii in May 2008.
• Fourth National Water Resources Policy Dialogue,
  September, 2008, Washington, DC (sponsors
  included AWRA, EWRI and NWF).
• Regional Meeting On Water In The Mediterranean
  Basin in October 2008 in Cypress (External
  funding)

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EWRI Activities Prior to the 5th World Water Forum

• 22nd Annual Convention of ANEAS and the North
  American Regional Water Forum, Guadalajara,
  Mexico, November, 2008.
• Mexican Federation of Colegios (Sections) of
  Civil Engineers (FECIC) 2nd World Congress on
  Water and Climate Change, Merida, Yucatán,
  Mexico, November 2008. (ASCE funded)
• Water Forum of the Americas, Iguazu Falls,
  Paraná, Brazil, November 2008.

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Why is EWRI Involved in the World Water Forum?

• Themes are important to EWRI Members
• Forum is an opportunity to promote EWRI to up to
  20,000 people in a single event including
  publications, technical sessions and more
• EWRI is given an opportunity to shape both the
  domestic and international water policy agenda
• EWRI partners with important allies in the water
  field (i.e. Corps, AWRA, ANEAS, NGOs etc.)
• Potentially EWRI gets a big seat at the table
  World Water Council Governorship!

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Six Major Themes

• Theme 1 - Global Change Risk Management
• Theme 2 - Advancing Human Development and the
  Millenium Development Goals
• Theme 3 - Managing and Protecting Water Resources
  and their Supply Systems to Meet Human and
  Environmental Needs

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Six Major Themes

• Theme 4 - Governance and Management
• Theme 5 - Finance
• Theme 6 - Education, Knowledge and Capacity
  Building

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Outline of EWRI 5th World Water Forum Activities

• Topic 3.1 Using the Assets of Professional
  Associations and Networks to Strengthen the Water
  Sector
• Topic 6.3 - Using the Assets of Professional
  Associations and networks to Achieve the
  Millennium Development Goals 
• Learning Centre "How to Develop a Tool Box to
  Facilitate Transboundary Water Resources with an
  Emphasis on Water Quality"
• USA Pavilion

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ASCE-EWRI Participation

• Topic 3.1 - Basin Management and Transboundary
  Cooperation on March 20 8am-10am
• 3.1.1 Session Situation Document Boundless
  Basins What are the successes and failures of
  hydro-solidarity?
• Reacting Speaker ASCE-EWRIs Kyle Schilling
• Hydrosolidarity describes an increasingly
  integrated approach to managing water resources
  that relies heavily on participation and
  coordination among community stakeholders,
  water-related management agencies, and local,
  state, and national governments. A fundamental
  goal of hydrosolidarity is the cooperative,
  unified management of transboundary water
  resources, whether at the national or the
  international level.

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Outline of EWRI 5th World Water Forum Activities

• Topic 6.3 Using the Assets of Professional
  Associations and networks to Achieve the
  Millennium Development Goals
• Working Title Using the Assets of Professional
  Associations and Networks to Strengthen the Water
  Sector
• Date 20 and 21 March 2009
• Why? Build visibility and help EWRI be a
  leader!

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6.3 Professional Associations - MDGs

• Introduction to the topic
• Given the background to the topic outlined above,
  the strategic intent is summarised as follows
• To highlight how professional associations and
  networks can be more involved in development
  interventions
• To showcase examples of what professional
  associations and networks can offer
• To highlight how sustainable and effective
  professional associations and networks can be

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Details of 6.3

• 6.3.1 Connecting the dots How to get to the
  MDGs with the help of professional associations?
• 6.3.2 Showcasing success How professional
  associations and networks are making an impact
• 6.3.3 No more money down the drain should
  investments be linked to professional
  associations backstopping? (Debra Leigh,
  Panelist)
• 6.3.4 The road less travelled (no more)? Summing
  it all up (Dale Jacobsen, Panelist)

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Objectives of topic 6.3

• Raise awareness amongst a broad set of
  development partners of the role and value that
  professional associations and networks can play
  in achieving the MDGs
• Build trust and confidence in the relevance and
  credibility of professional associations to these
  development partners
• Provide means (platforms) and opportunities
  (events, projects) for practical engagement

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EWRI at the Learning Centre

• How to Develop a Tool Box to Facilitate
  Transboundary Water Resources with an Emphasis on
  Water Quality
• The course describes a series ot tools useful in
  facilitating transboundary water agreements. The
  course begins with Comprehensive Transboundary
  Water Quality Management Model Agreement with
  Guidelines for the Development of Standards, a
  Management Plan, and Effective Agreements", which
  is an ASCE Publication. This provides a
  framework for negotiation.

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EWRI at the Learning Centre

• How to Develop a Tool Box to Facilitate
  Transboundary Water Resources with an Emphasis on
  Water Quality
• The course then looks at an actual tools
  developed for water allocation and quality
  negotiations on the U.S.. Mexico Border. The
  water quality and quantity tools were designed
  for use with stakeholders. Interactive models
  using the data are presented which can address
  stakeholder objectives. Finally the tools,
  including stakeholder involvement, are linked
  together to produce a recommended implementation
  plan for transboundary water management.

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USA Pavilion

• World Water Expo
• 16 22 March 2009 Istanbul, Turkey
• The World Water Expo and the Water Fair are
  significant components of the World Water Forum
  which is heavily utilized by the more than 20,000
  registrants who participate in the Forum. The
  EXPO provides a venue for water related companies
  and agencies who wish to present their services,
  products, activities, and works.
• Expo exhibitors generally include international
  and regional corporations, agricultural, water
  supply and wastewater authorities, national
  governmental agencies, non-governmental
  organizations, and national pavilions.

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Pavilion Details
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Opportunities for Participation

• Virtual Water Forum
• http//portal.worldwaterforum5.org/wwf5/en-us/Page
  s/Home.aspx
• Date Now through the Forum (March 22)
• Venue Your Computer

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What about afterwards?

• Decide to continue efforts
• Work towards World Water Council Governorship
• Involve committees and councils more in future
  efforts
• Capitalize on Partnerships
• Keep the themes alive in our Congresses