Workshops

Six one-day, multi-stakeholder national consultative workshops will be organised at Quetta, Skardu, Lahore, Peshawar, Khalabut (Haripur) and Hyderabad. Each of these national workshops will deliberate upon a distinct and independent theme with the objective of providing a forum for reviewing the WCD’s strategic priorities, guidelines and recommendations in the national and local context and also enabling the participants to provide feedback on the Dams and Development Report. The themes include:

Water Management Options - Impacts on Land, Agriculture and Livelihoods

The theme will focus on the social, environmental and economic aspects of various issues including land, agriculture and livelihoods. Deliberations on water management options during planning, construction and operation phases would be undertaken to propose development options and policy recommendations.

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Upstream riparian rights and the context of water infrastructure development

The theme will contribute towards a greater understanding of issues related to upstream riparian rights in relation to water infrastructure development projects. The debate will help in the formulation of a comprehensive policy brief including recommendations related to the Northern Areas from where the river Indus enters Pakistan.

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Decision-making for Sustainable Investment in Water Sector Infrastructure Projects

The theme will look into the economic aspects of water sector infrastructure projects and create a nexus with the social and environmental factors to be considered during decision-making. The workshop will deliberate on some of the cross-cutting issues such as biodiversity aspects, climate change impacts, economic benefits, social impacts, poverty nexus, etc. Participatory deliberations are planned to encourage participants to get to the crux of the matter and enable development of policy recommendations on the subject.

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Integrated Flood Management Options to reduce Vulnerability of Communities

The theme will consider the flip-side of flood management practices which includes issues such as the need for floods in certain scenarios, options for a mixed policy of flood management with the use of non-structural measures, recommendations for decreasing the vulnerability of communities during water infrastructure development projects, etc.

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Mitigating Social Impacts of Large Dams

The workshop will consider options for mitigating social impacts due to large water infrastructure projects especially large dams. Special attention will be given to social impacts related to resettlement of people, livelihoods, poverty and inequity. The theme-based approach will incorporate multi-faceted brainstorming to devise recommendations in areas of global and national significance.

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Environmental Flows Requirement - Impacts on Aquatic Life, Biodiversity, Floodplains and Ecosystems

The discussions will analyse the situation using the recommendations of the WCD report related to its core values, the rights and risks approach and relevant strategic priorities. The concept of environmental flows will be introduced and current national issues such as sea intrusion, water-logging and deterioration of coastal ecosystems will be discussed.

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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE WITH THEMES, LOCATION AND DATE