NARBO members acitively participated in the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul. Dr. Mochammad Amron, chairperson of NARBO attended a lot of events at the Forum such as IWRM Guidelines at River Basin Level Launching Ceremony and session 3.1.2.

Dr. Mochammad Amron, chairperson of NARBO, attended session 3.1.2 “How can stakeholder be involved in basin management and Transboundary water cooperation?” Conveners invited him to the session as a chairperson of NARBO. He made a presentation on stakeholder involvement in Indonesia.

Other members also contributed to the events at the Forum. K-water and JWA held an exhibition at the World Water Expo from 16-22 March, 2009 in the venue of the Forum. NARBO member organizations visited the booths and exchanged information about their activities and so on.

Beside the launch event of IWRM Guidelines, JWA held an exhibition at the World Water Expo. The theme of the exhibition was ‘IWRM - NARBO’. “Ensuring Adequate Water Resources Development and Management (Quantity and Quality) for Sustainable Development.”

And JWA became a convener with DSI of the session 3.2.1

They displayed posters regarding NARBO member map, NARBO activities and Introduction of IWRM Guidelines at River Basin Level. They also distributed NARBO leaflet and NARBO Annual Report at their exhibition booth. Hundreds of visitors were so interested in NARBO that they took NARBO Annual Report CDs. This proved uniqueness of NARBO and its activities.