India Water Week 2016 Brainstorming Session BS2 "Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building of Water Resources Professionals Dr Robert Carr CEO
eWater Not-for-profit Australian Government Company
eWS provides software development, capacity building and adoption support
New Knowledge
Open Adaptive Framework
Manage the Process Reflect on Experience
Collect Data and Knowledge, Involve those with stake in solving problem
Cycle of Learning & Partnership
ProblemBased Learning Move Startforwards with againproblem Meaningful
Encapsulate in Tool
Disseminate to inform & encourage engagement
Network of Excellence MOWR/ CWC
Building Capacity in • Individuals • Teams • Organisations
IIT/NIH
IIT/NIH
States
Models and Data to support decisions Driving Philosophy: You can’t manage what you can’t describe and measure Must move from perceptions to fact Sufficient certainty enables the hard questions and tradeoffs to be tackled. It is better to be approximately right than definitely wrong (continuous improvement)
Progression of Basins 2013
Brahmani-Baitarani Pilot - 3 States
2014
Upper Godavari Maharashtra
2015
2016
4 Basins Project Yamuna Narmada Palar Mahi 6 Basins = 4+ Godavari Krishna ADB Tungabhadra Andhra Pradesh