NARBO

Perum Jasa Tirta II (PJTII) as a mentor, RBO of Government of Indonesia, which President Director is Dr. Imam Santoso, our NARBO Chairperson, while Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS), as a mentee, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Nepal conducted activities in April and July 2025 and January 2026 under ADB’s Water Organization Partnerships for Resilience (WOP4R) program. The activities focused on strengthening and improving IWRM of WECS, through mentoring, technical assistance, knowledge exchange, and institutional development, which was presented on September 14 by Dr. Imam Santoso in the INBO World Liaison Bureau Meeting.

WOP4R is a twinning program designed to supercharge knowledge sharing and capacity building among water entities in Asia and the Pacific. NARBO member organizations are encouraged to participate actively in WOP4R program.

Water Operator Partnerships (WOP), How -To Guide for Program Implementers (Preview) https://drive.google.com/file/d/10PFFRgbLMy3fjxvi1h84gtPYmd7Br-8q/view

- Sharing practices through daily works -

What’s the Twinning Program?

Twinning Program is one of the important activities of NARBO as mentioned at charter of NARBO, which means the promotion of sharing of information and understanding between concluded members of NARBO. In this program, through exchange of staffs and annually meeting, i.e. sharing information concluded both parties facilitate to resolve problems as well as contribute toward the improvement of Asian IWRM. Hence, this is the concrete action to open the door to new phase of international collaboration. We, NARBO, regard the action at the scientific & engineering point of view.
“NARBO has a slightly different flavor.”

Twinning Program 2005 - 2012
2012
	Between MARD of Viet Nam and Japan Water Agency - 12 staff exchange between MARD of Viet Nam and JWA by Twining Program
2011
	Between Viet Nam NARBO and Japan Water Agency - 12 staff exchange between MARD of Viet Nam and JWA by Twining Program
2009
	Between Viet Nam NARBO and Japan Water Agency - Three staff exchange between MARD of Viet Nam an JWA Between Sri Lanka NARBO and Japan Water Agency -Four staff members from Sri Lanka NARBO visit JWA by Twining Program
2008
	Between Viet Nam NARBO and Japan Water Agency -The 1st Staff exchange between MARD of Viet Nam and JWA
2007
	Between Indonesian NARBO and Japan Water Agency - Brief report on Twinning Program
2006
	Between Indonesian NARBO and Japan Water Agency - Brief report on Twinning Program
2005
	Between Indonesian NARBO and Japan Water Agency - Exchange personnel - On Twinning Program Activity Between Indonesian NARBO secretariat and Korea Water Resources Corporation - Brief report on Twinning Program
2004
	Between Indonesian NARBO and Japan Water Agency Between Indonesian NARBO secretariat and Korea Water Resources Corporation