NeWater Autumn School 2006:
Adaptive Management in the Context of Integrated Water Resources Management
Peyresq, France, Sept 27 to Oct. 7, 2006
The first NeWater “Autumn School” on Adaptive Management in the Context of Integrated Water Resources Management was successfully completed in Peyresq, France (in the Alps,100 km north of Nice) on Oct. 7, 2006. The Autumn School was hosted by Institute of Environmental Systems Research, Osnabrück, and the Global Water System Project (GWSP).
Overview
The programme for the autumn school has drawn on the scientific expertise as well as reports, approaches and methods developed in the NeWater project and the GWSP. With the efforts of 12 instructors, the autumn school set out to facilitate an understanding of the following:
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What is adaptive management and how can adaptation in resource management take place?
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What is Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and how is it practiced?
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What is the role of Adaptive Management in IWRM?
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How can we make a transition to adaptive river basin management?
With teaching expertise drawn from the NeWater partnership, the autumn school is presented in three parts (participation is not mandatory for all parts):
Part 1: introduction to adaptive water management including basic concepts of IWRM and adaptive management, water management regimes, resilience and adaptive capacity, water policy mechanisms, and uncertainties in water management.
Part 2: methods for adaptive management including vulnerability assessment, governance regimes, participatory approaches, group model building and information gathering and monitoring systems, integrating economics into IWRM, and transitions management.
Part 3: Presentation of the final results of the group exercises and summary.
The topics above were will be addressed with extensive reference to current water management case studies drawn primarily from the NeWater project and GWSP including the Orange, Rhine, Elbe, Guadiana, Tisza, and Amudarya river basins.
Programme
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Weds. 27 Sep 14.30 – 17.30 |
Participants arrive Tues evening or Weds. morning Part 1: Introduction To Adaptive Management Water Management Regimes – (conceptual foundations) Introduction to basic concepts of IWRM & Adaptive Management (C. Pahl-Wostl/P. Jeffrey) Definition of a Water Management Regime (Claudia Pahl-Wostl) |
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Thurs. 28 Sep 09.00 – 17.30 |
Introduction to Resilience and Adaptive Capacity ( Jan Sendzimir) Water policy mechanisms for Adaptive Management (Paul Jeffrey) |
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Fri. 29 Sep 09.00 – 17.30 |
Role of uncertainties in water management (Marcela Brugnach, Roland Schulze) Concepts of uncertainty, uncertainty analysis Increased uncertainties due to climate (global) change Climate and Hydrological modelling in uncertainty analysis |
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Sat. 30 Sep |
Free |
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Sun 01 Oct. |
Free |
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Mon. 02 Oct |
Part 2: Methods for adaptive Management Vulnerability assessment and its role in water management Introduction into basic concepts and methods (Katharina Thywissen) Role of poverty and social disruption (Nilufar Matin) |
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Tues. 03 Oct 09.00 – 15.30 16.00 – 17.30 |
Governance regimes and participatory approaches Introduction to basic concepts of governance and governance regimes (Erik Mostert) Role of participation, social learning, methods for stakeholder participation (Matt Hare) (Continued on Weds. Oct 4) |
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Weds. 04 Oct 09.00 – 16.00 17.00 – 19.30 |
Continuation of Participatory Approaches (Matt Hare) Performance Indicators of Adaptive Management |
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Thurs 05 Oct 09.00 – 12.00 14.30 – 17.30 |
Group model building (Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Matt Hare) Information gathering and monitoring systems (Raffaele Giordano) |
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Fri 06 Oct 09.00 – 12.00 14.30 – 18.00 |
Integrating Economics into IWRM (María Máñez) Introduction to Transitions Management (Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Rutger van der Brugge) |
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Sat 07 Oct 09:00 12:00
14.00 |
Part 3: Final results from practical exercises Presentations by working groups Discussion including potential questions directly related to projects of the participants Wrap-up and Close: What have we learned? What can we do with this? What are the limitations and areas that require further development? (Claudia Pahl-Wostl) Lunch Shuttle departs for Nice |
Accommodation and Travel Information
The village of Peyresq is located in Haute-Provence 1528 metres above sea-level. The village has a long history dating back to the 13th century but is now managed by the Belgian academic community for the purposes of running seminars and summer schools. Information about the location can be found on the Peyresq [http://www.peiresc.org/index.html] website
Session leaders: Short biographies/CVs (pdf downloadable below)
Background readings for the Autumn School: see- http://www.tias.uni-osnabrueck.de/newater/ Please review articles before sessions (extra copies will not be available in Peyresq).
For more information, contact the Autumn School co-ordinator:
Caroline van Bers
cvbers@usf.uos.de
Tel. 
+31 53 489 4135