Files for Regional Workshop on “Training Needs and Gaps Assessment on Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate in South Asia”

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Session: Water Sector Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate in South Asia

• Role of water Security and Water Cooperation in CCA Adaption & Role of GWP SAS in South Asia as Regional Node
  Priyanka Dissanayake, GWP South Asia
• GWP SAS Climate & Water Program WACREP & Regional & National Activities
  Lal Induruwage,GWP South Asia
• Challenges to Adaptation to Climate Change in South Asia
  Sanjay Vashist, CANSA

• Urban Water Security: Challenges and Options – Example from the city of Dhaka
  S.M. Tarique, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Bangladesh
• Water Resources and Climate Change Scenario in Bhutan
  Ugyen Lhendup, Bhutan Water Partnership
• Water Security: Progress and Success Stories – Indian Perspective
  Veena Khanduri, India Water Partnership
• Nepal
  Tejendra Bahadur, GWP Nepal
• Pakistan Water Security: Progress and Success Stories
  Karamat Ali, Pakistan Water Partnership
• Sri Lanka
  R.P.M. Dissanayake, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management, Sri Lanka
• Maldives
  Fathimath Shahuza, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Maldives

• Agricultural Water Sector Resilience to Climate Change by Modern Technologies
  Romulus O. Okwany, International Water Management Institute
• Indigenous Knowledge and Ancient Water Management Methods
  R.M.W.Ratnayake, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management, Sri Lanka
• Scopes for Irrigation in Flood‐prone areas
  Bilqis Amin Hoque, Environment and Population Research Center 

• REDD+ for climate change mitigation and adaptation
  Bhaskar Singh Karky, ICIMOD
• Small-scale hill irrigation systems and adaptation to climatic variability
  Ram Bastakoti, International Water Management Institute
• Adaptation Technologies and Adaptation Capacities
  Gehendra Gurung, Practical Action South Asia
• Understanding Local Adaptation to Too Much and Too Little Water in the HKH Region
  Neera Shrestha Pradhan, ICIMOD

Session: Water Cooperation for Climate Resiliency (Hydrological Data Sharing and Early Warning)

• Hydrological Data Sharing Among Regional Countries
  Keshav P. Sharma, GWP Nepal
• Climate Change and Water Security in South Asia (Data Sharing)
  Santosh Kumar, SAARC Disaster Management Center
• Mechanics of Conflict Resolution
  S M D P Anura Jayatilake, SACEP

Session: IWRM for Water Security – Coherent Policies or Strategies and Institutional Framework

• APAN ‐ NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS ‐ IWRM
  Naseer Ahmad Gillani, Pakistan Water Partnership
• Integrated Water Resources Management for Water Security – India Water Partnership Efforts
  Veena Khanduri, India Water Partnership
• Revitalize Institutions for Transformation of Irrigation Services
  Shiva Kumar Basnet, Department of Irrigation, Nepal
• Supporting Investments in Water Security in River Basins – Lessons from IWRM Cases in Nepal, Indonesia and Uzbekistan
  TakeyoshiSadahiro, NARBO 

• Asia Pacific Adaptation Network
  Banashri Sinha, IGES