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"Not a single drop of water received from rain should be allowed to escape into the sea without being utilized for human benefit"
King Parakramabahu (1153-1186AD)
Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is a participatory planning and implementation process, based on sound science, which brings together stakeholders to determine how to meet society’s short-term and long-term needs for water while maintaining essential ecological services and economic benefit.t
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Gender and Water Dialogue
27-28th November 2006 --------------------------Symposium on: Development Initiatives in Water Sector: Lessons Learnt by NGOs on 29 th Nov. 2006 please Register immediately --------------------------Dr. Paul (Director, Global Cap-Net) visits to Sri Lanka on 29th Nov 2006. He will be the cheif guest in the Symposium and deliver the speach on "Importance of partnership & Network in Water Resource Managment" |
IWRM assumes that water is a crucial factor in a sustaina- -ble development. The ideas of IWRM, however, not alien to Sri Lankan who are the inheritors of one of the world foremost hydraulic civilization in the pre Christian era. However capacity building with enhanced knowledge has to be continued with present scenarios in the water sector
Cap-Net Lanka as a country partner of global Cap-Net (www.cap-net.org) is mandated to enhance human resources development for IWRM through strengthening and establishment of local and regional networks to deliver education, training, and conducting research for improved management of water resources.
Host Institutions:
Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture - [PGIA]
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
