APPENDIXES

APPENDIX 1. PROGRAMME
Programme of the International Forum on Water Resources Management and Irrigation Modernization in Shanxi Province, China

(22–24 November 2006)

Time	Activities	Remarks
21 November
Whole day	Registration	Venue; Fifth floor Shanxi World Trade Hotel, Taiyuan
22 November
Morning	Session 1: Opening	Venue; Fifth floor Shanxi World Trade Hotel, Taiyuan
08:30–09:00	Opening	Chairperson: Mr Liang Bin Vice-Governor of Shanxi Province Rapporteur: Mr Herve Plusquellec Former World Bank Irrigation Adviser
08:30–08:45 (1)	Address by Shanxi Provincial Government	Mr Liang Bin on behalf of Mr Yu Youjun the Governor of Shanxi Province
08:45–09:00 (2)	Address by FAO	Ms Jiang Han on behalf of Ms Victoria Sekitoleko, FAO Representative for China, Mongolia and DPR Korea
09:00–09:20 (3)	Establishing water saving society at all-front, promoting sustainable development of Shanxi Province	Mr Hu Siyi, Vice-Minister Ministry of Water Resources, China
09:20–09:40 (4)	Key trends affecting irrigated agriculture and policy options	Mr Jean-Marc Faurès Senior Water Resources Management Officer, FAO
09:40–10:10 (5)	Water project and ecology environment	Mr Suo Lisheng, Former Vice-Minister Ministry of Water Resources, China
10:10–10:30	Tea/coffee break
	Session 2: Plenary presentations	Chairperson: Mr Bruno Molle CEMAGREF, France Rapporteur: Mr Dong Bin Associate Professor of Wuhan University
10:30–10:50 (1)	China national policy on irrigation development	Mr Li Daixin Director-General, Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Water Supply, MWR
10:50–11:10 (2)	Irrigation development and modernization in China	Mr Gao Zhanyi Vice-President of ICID Vice-President of CNCID
11:10–11:30 (3)	Construction of new countryside and related water issues	Mr Li Xirong, Deputy Director-General, Policy Research Office of the State Council
11:40–12:00 (4)	Water resources management and agricultural irrigation in Shanxi Province	Mr Pan Junfeng, Director-General Shanxi Water Resources Department
12:00–13:30	Lunch break
Afternoon	Session 3: Subtheme meetings
	Subtheme Meeting I: Options for Strategic and Policy Innovations at River Basin Level	Chairperson: Mr Yan Yong Director, Division of Water Resource Planning Department of Water Resources, MWR Rapporteur: Mr Lebdi Fethi Director National Agronomy Institute of Tunisia
13:30–13:50 (1)	Technical issues involved in modernizing farm irrigation system: some experiences in Mediterranean countries	Mr Bruno Molle CEMAGREF
13:50–14:10 (2)	Integrating urban and rural plans, guiding by typology, promoting new countryside construction	Mr Zhang Zhongfa Research Fellow, Ph.D. Tutor, Development Research Center of the State Council of China
14:10–14:30 (3)	Pathways for realizing whole of the irrigation system water saving	Mr Shahbaz Khan Regional Coordinator of UNESCO IHP-HELP
14:30–14:50 (4)	Notions and scientific methods for optimal regional water resources allocation	Dong Zengchuan, Professor He Hai University, China
14:50–15:10	Questions and clarifications
15:10–15:30	Tea/coffee break
15:30–15:50 (5)	Water and irrigation management in the water stress Zayandeh-Rud and Karkheh River Basin, Iran	Mr Nader Heydari Basin Coordinator for the CPWF project, Karkheh, I.R. Iran
15:50–16:10 (6)	River basin water resources allocation and its implication on local environment	Pei Yuansheng, Professor IWHR, China
16:10–16:30 (7)	Water management strategy and irrigated areas modernization-Tunisian Case	Prof Lebdi Fethi, Director National Agronomy Institute of Tunisia
16:30–16:50 (8)	Ideas on irrigation modernization	Sun Xihuan, Professor Taiyuan Technical University
16:50–17:10	Questions and clarifications
	Subtheme Meeting II: Options for technical and managerial improvements at system and farm level	Chairperson: Mr Chen Zhijun Water Resources Development and Conservation Officer, FAO RAP Rapporteur: Mr Shahbaz Khan Regional Coordinator of UNESCO IHP-HELP
13:30–13:50 (1)	The impacts of water pricing reform on agriculture irrigation in China	Mr Li Yangbin, Director-General China Irrigation and Drainage Development Centre
13:50–14:10 (2)	Technical options at system level: canal lining and canal operation control	Mr Herve Plusquellec Former World Bank Irrigation Adviser, France/USA
14:10–14:30 (3)	Practices of modern management at Jiamakou Irrigation Scheme	Mr Zhang Xuehui, Director-General of Jiamakou Yellow River Diversion Administration Bureau
14:30–14:50 (4)	A rapid appraisal procedure to assess the performance of irrigation systems: lessons from a FAO regional irrigation modernization and management training programme in Asia	Mr Thierry Facon Senior Water Management Officer, FAO RAP
14:50–15:10	Questions and clarifications
15:10–15:30	Tea/coffee break
15:30–15:50 (5)	Participatory management and farmer water users organization	Mr Feng Guangzhi President, China Association of Irrigation Schemes
15:50–16:10 (6)	Modernization of irrigation canals	Mr M.K. Goyal, Consultant Tahal Consulting Engineers, India
16:10–16:30 (7)	Position and role of pumping station in water resources management and irrigation modernization	Dou Yisong, Professor IWHR, China
16:30–16:50 (8)	The complexity of PLC-based canal automation	Mr Charles M. Burt, Professor and Chairman Irrigation Training and Research Centre (ITRC), California Polytechnic State University, USA
16:50–17:10 (9)	Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (KNNL)-a corporate model and growth engine in water resources development	Mr D. Satya Murty Managing Director Karnataka Irrigation Corporation Ltd./India
17:10–17:30	Questions and clarifications
23 November	Session 4: Field visits (split into three groups)	Travel from Taiyuan to Yuncheng by car

Whole day	Group 1: Visit surface water irrigation system at Jiamakou Irrigation Scheme	Group 2: Visit groundwater irrigation system in Pinglu County	Group 3: Visit water-harvesting irrigation system in Yanhu District
24 November	Group discussion and plenary conclusion		Venue: Jin Xin Hotel, Yuncheng
Morning	Session 5-Group discussions
	G1: Surface water irrigation Facilitator: Mr Zhang Xuehui Rapporteur: Mr D. Satya Murty	G2: Groundwater irrigation Facilitator: Mr Pei Qun Rapporteur: Mr Jean-Marc Faur�s	G3: Water-harvesting irrigation Facilitator: Mr Sun Xihuan Rapporteur: Mr Shahbaz Khan
08:30�10:00	Topic 1: Current status and future trends of surface water in Shanxi Province. Topic 2: Strategy and objective for modernization of surface water irrigation in Shanxi Province	Topic 1: Current status and future trends of groundwater irrigation in Shanxi Province. Topic 2: Strategy and objective for modernization of groundwater irrigation in Shanxi Province	Topic 1. Current status and future trends of water irrigation harvesting irrigation in Shanxi Province Topic 2: Strategy and objective for modernization of water-harvesting irrigation in Shanxi Province
10:00�10:30	Tea/coffee break
10:30�11:30	Plenary group reporting and discussion		Chairperson: Mr Thierry Facon
11:30�12:30	Group discussions
	G1: Topic 3: Measures and options for modernization of surface water irrigation in Shanxi Province	G2: Topic 3: Measures and options for modernization of groundwater irrigation in Shanxi Province	G3: Topic 3: Measures and options for modernization of water harvesting irrigation in Shanxi Province
12:30–13:30	Lunch break
Afternoon	Group discussions
13:30–14:45	Topic 3: Measures and options for modernization of surface water irrigation in Shanxi Province	Topic 3: Measures and options for modernization of groundwater irrigation in Shanxi Province	Topic 3: Measures and options for modernization of water- harvesting irrigation in Shanxi Province
14:45–15:00	Tea/coffee break
	Session 6: Conclusion	Chairperson: Mr Thierry Facon Rapporteur: Mr Gao Zhanyi
15:00–15:30	Subtheme meeting reporting
15:30–16:10	Group reporting
16:10–16:50	Plenary discussion and adoption of forum conclusions
16:50–17:10	Tea/coffee break, photograph
	Session 7: Closing	Chairperson: Mr Pan Junfeng
17:10–17:25 (1)	Address by Shanxi Provincial Government	Mr Liu Weijia, Assistant Governor of Shanxi Province
17:25–17:40 (2)	Address by FAO RAP	Mr Thierry Facon, Senior Water Management Officer, FAO RAP
25 November	Site tours to Yuncheng and Xi'an cities

APPENDIX 2. PARTICIPANTS