1. Date and Venue

Date

26 - 28 June, 2018

Venue

Ramada D' MA Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
1091/388 New Petchburi Road, Soi 33, Makkasan, Bangkok 10400
Phone: +66 (0) 2650 0288 / Fax: +66 (0) 2650 0299
Website: www.ramada-bkk.com
Email: info@ramada-bkk.com

Host Organization

This workshop is jointly organized by the Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) and the Department of Water Resources (DWR)

2. Background

While the concept of IWRM has already been well-recognized, there is still certain gap between recognition of its necessity and actual application. In recent years, to fill the gap, River Basin Organizations (RBOs) have increasingly been expected to play a key role in the governance of the basin and contribute to sustainable water resources governance.

Nowadays, many useful assessment tools such as NARBO's IWRM Indicator, RBO Performance Benchmarking, OECD's Water Governance Indicator to enhance implementation of IWRM have been launched.

In this context, NARBO conducted the International Training on IWRM under Climate Change in 2016 in Thailand. In this training, participants learnt how to clarify the actual situation on implementing IWRM and facilitate promotion of IWRM steadily.

3. Concept

As "IWRM Spiral Model" shows, the process to repeat "recognizing" and "identifying" alternately is necessary for the progress of IWRM. This workshop program offers an opportunity to recognize the current situation of IWRM in each river basin together with its progress from the past, and find hints for further progress in the future through lectures, workshop and a field visit. Through the program, participants will be able to obtain the practical method to formulate a sustainable mechanism of IWRM in the field and the capacity to create practical actions which are tailored to local conditions in their countries and communities.

4. Outline of the workshop

Goal

Each participant evaluates both the situation of each RBO in 2016 and current one, and then finds future steps to be taken for IWRM through lectures and discussions in the workshop.

Task

Participants are requested to:

• complete a task to be assigned before joining the workshop.*
• make a presentation of the above mentioned material (assigned task) in the workshop.
• active participation to discussion and exchanging opinion.

*You can download the style file from here: [Style File for NARBO Workshop.pptx]
*The style file will be a basic training material in the workshop. Please remember that you should prepare your material before joining the workshop.

Target Participants

• Approximately 50 persons: 30 from Thai RBCs and 20 from NARBO member organizations.
• Target participants consist of the persons who are responsible for implementation of water resource management through IWRM approach.

Official Language

Registration

Registration will be proceeded on an online basis. Please submit the application form after filling in the required information through following URL to NARBO Secretariat (info@narbo.org) no later than 25 May 2018.

Applicants from Thailand should apply to:

Tentative Program (TBD)

* Detailed program will be as follows (and may be changed as necessary).

5. Administrative information

Financial Preparation

International participants are needed to bear their own cost of flight ticket and accommodation as well as local transportation.

Local Transportation

Participants can travel from the airports to the Ramada D' MA Hotel by public transportations as follows:

By taxi

24-hour taxi service is available on the platform of the passenger terminal of Suvarnabhumi International Airport, located on the 1st Floor (Gate 4 and 7) or call 0-2132-9199. Please note that taxi fare will be charged according to the meter and additional 50 Baht of service fee. The travel time is approximately 50 minutes from the airport depending on daily traffic.

By train

The Airport Rail Link Service (Suvarnabhumi Airport City Line) runs daily from 6.00– 24.00 hrs. The train will depart from Basement B of the airport. To travel to the hotel, please exit the Airport Rail Link at Ratchaprarop Station and take a taxi just 5 minutes or walk 800 meters to Ramada D' MA Hotel.

By taxi

24-hour taxi service is available on the platform of the passenger terminal 1 of Don Mueang International Airport, located on the 1st Floor (Gate 8), or call (+66)2535-1192. Please note that taxi fare will be charged according to the meter and additional 50 THB of service fee. The travel time is approximately 40 minutes from the airport depending on daily traffic.

VISA Requirements

Participants from ASEAN countries are entitled for visa exemption and visa on arrival according to the following conditions.

(a) Visa exemption for a maximum of 14 days

Cambodia

(b) Visa exemption for a maximum of 30 days

Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Malaysia

The Philippines

Singapore

Vietnam

(a) Visa exemption for a maximum of 30 days

Cambodia

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Myanmar

Vietnam

(b) Visa exemption for a maximum of 90 days

Malaysia

The Philippines

Singapore

For more information, please contact the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate in your countries or visit the Immigration Bureau website at www.immigration.go.th or the Department of Consular Affairs at www.consular.go.th.

Currency

Thai Baht (THB): Foreign exchange rates can be found on the Bank of Thailand website at www.bot.or.th. Money exchange service is offered at most major banks opening on weekdays from 8.30 - 15.30 hrs. However, some banks in department stores will operate longer until around 19.30 hrs.

6. Contact

Please contact the following NARBO secretariat through email if you have any inquiries concerning this announcement.