72nd IEC Agenda 2021, Marrakesh, Morocco - ICID

Agenda Seventy-Second Meeting of

International Executive Council (IEC) 24-30 November 2021

& Pre-Council Meetings of Workbodies 26-30 November 2021, Marrakesh, Morocco

ICID Central Office New Delhi

October 2021

CONTENTS

Agenda Page Nos. Agenda for the 72nd IEC Meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-12 Agenda for Workbody Meetings

(a) Permanent Finance Committee (PFC) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 13-30 (b) Permanent Committee on Strategy and Organization (PCSO) ------------------------------------ 31-40

▪ Workbodies under Permanent Committee on Strategy and Organization (PCSO) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41-72 (c) Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA) -------------------------------------------- 73-102

▪ Workbodies under Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 103-220

Agenda Items Page No. IEC Agenda Item 1: Welcome and opening remarks by the President ................................................................... 1

IEC Agenda Item 2: Scoping out the issues to be addressed during the workbody meetings: Secretary General, Chair of PCTA and Chair of PCSO ........................................................................................ 1

IEC Agenda Item 3: Presentation by the National Committees: Egypt, Philippines and Uzbekistan ........................ 1

IEC Agenda Item 4: Presentation of Awards: WatSave, Best Paper, World Heritage Irrigation Structures .............. 1

IEC Agenda Item 4.1: Presentation of WatSave Awards .................................................... 1

IEC Agenda Item 4.2: Presentation of the Award for the Best Paper in the ICID Journal “Irrigation and Drainage” ............................................. 2

IEC Agenda Item 4.3: Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) ............. 2

IEC Agenda Item 5: Action Taken Report on the decisions of 71st IEC and the decisions taken by the Management Board (MB) ...................................................................................................... 2

IEC Agenda Item 6: Report by the Secretary General ........................................................................................... 2

IEC Agenda Item 7: Presentation on Strategy Theme “On-Farm” .......................................................................... 2

IEC Agenda Item 8: International Research Program for Irrigation and Drainage (IRPID) Scheme ........................ 2

IEC Agenda Item 9: Reports by the Chairs of Permanent Committees .................................................................. 2

IEC Agenda Item 9.1: Permanent Finance Committee (PFC) ............................................. 2

IEC Agenda Item 9.2: Permanent Committee on Strategy and Organization (PCSO) ......... 3

IEC Agenda Item 9.3: Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA) .................... 3

IEC Agenda Item 9.4: Discussions and Decisions on the Recommendations of the Permanent Committees .................................................................. 3

IEC Agenda Item 10: A Road Map to ICID Vision 2030: Activities under ICID Action Plan 2019-2023 – A Review .............................................................................................................................. 3

IEC Agenda Item 11: ICID Service Unit (ISU) related to ICID Mission ..................................................................... 3

IEC Agenda Item 12: Status of Future ICID Conferences / Congresses / Forums .................................................... 4

IEC Agenda Item 13: Election of the Office-Bearers 2021-2024 .............................................................................. 4

IEC Agenda Item 14: Presentation of ICID Plaques to Retiring Office Bearers and Chairs of Workbodies................ 5

IEC Agenda Item 14.1: Retiring Office-Bearers ................................................................... 5

IEC Agenda Item 14.2: Retiring Chairs of Workbodies ......................................................... 5

IEC Agenda Item 15: Any other business by the permission of the Chair ................................................................ 5

Agenda for the Seventy-Second Meeting of INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (IEC) OF ICID

24-30 November 2021, Marrakech, Morocco Opening Plenary (First Session): 26 November 2021, 08:45 – 10:30 hours

Second Session: 30 November 2021, 08:45 – 12:45 hours Third Session: 30 November 2021, 14:00 – 18:00 hours

Agenda Items Page No. Annexures 1. Action Taken Report on the Decisions on the Minutes of 71st IEC Meeting ............................................................... 7

2. Important Decisions taken by the Management Board on behalf of IEC between 71st IEC Meeting (71st IEC Virutal Meeting (ICID Central Office, December 2020) and 72nd Marrakech, November 2021 and the actions taken thereon ................................................................................................................................... 9

International Executive Council (IEC) — Draft Resolutions DR-1/72 Financial Matters of ICID ............................................................................................................................. 11

DR-2/72 Organizational and Technical Matters of ICID .............................................................................................. 12

Agenda for the 72nd IEC Meeting − (Ver. Dated 2021-10-28)

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AGENDA FOR THE 72ND MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (IEC) OF ICID

Marrakech, Morocco Opening Plenary (First Session): 26 November 2021, 08:45 – 10:30 hours

Second Session: 30 November 2021, 08:45 – 12:45 hours Third Session: 30 November 2021, 14:00 – 18:00 hours

The International Executive Council (IEC) is vested with the management of the affairs of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). The IEC considers all matters of policy which may be initiated or sponsored by any member National Committee or Office Bearer or by the Management Board, and may itself initiate and determine or otherwise advise and lay down any matter of policy. All matters affecting the executive or administrative function and financial liabilities of ICID must come up before the Council and its decision shall be conclusive. The IEC consists of the Office Bearers and representative from each National Committee and meets annually.

IEC Agenda Item 1: Welcome and opening remarks by the President 1. President Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab will welcome the members and make his opening remarks. President will put the role of ICID within the international water community in perspective, highlight the main achievements of the Commission during the last year since 71st IEC virtual meeting, brief members on the issues that are before IEC for deliberations, and delve on the need for a coherent approach towards the mission of ICID among its various stakeholders. IEC Agenda Item 2: Scoping out the issues to be addressed during the workbody meetings:

Secretary General, Chair of PCTA and Chair of PCSO 2. Secretary General will introduce the agenda and draw the attention of the members to certain issues such as the Action Plan 2019-23 of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, International Research Program on Irrigation and Drainage, ICID Service Unit (ISU), Knowledge Management Strategy and other issues that need the special consideration during the session. He will also give a brief about the procedural aspects regarding the conduct of IEC and Meetings of workbodies, including permanent committees. 3. VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chairman, PCTA and VPH Dr. Brian T. Wahlin, Chairman, PCSO will make short presentations on the important aspects that need attention of various Working Groups and how to make the meetings of workbodies reporting to their respective permanent committees, more vibrant and productive. IEC Agenda Item 3: Presentation by the National Committees: Egypt, Philippines and

Uzbekistan 4. The representatives of National Committees of Egypt, Philippines and Uzbekistan will make presentations to showcase the activities of ENCID, PNC-ICID and UzNCID, respectively and share some important aspects regarding the agriculture water management scenario in their countries. The NCs look forward to feedback and suggestions from the members on conclusion of their presentations. IEC Agenda Item 4: Presentation of Awards: WatSave, Best Paper, World Heritage Irrigation

Structures IEC Agenda Item 4.1: Presentation of WatSave Awards 5. The President, in consultation with the Management Board, constituted a Panel of Judges (PoJs) comprising of PH Mr. Felix B. Reinders (South Africa) as the Chair and VPH Dr. Brian T. Wahlin (USA), VP Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy), VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba (Egypt), VPH Dr. Shinsuke Ota (Japan) and Mr. Mehrzad Ehsani, Chair, WG-WATS (Iran) as the members for evaluation of the nominations received for WatSave Awards 2021. The Chair of the Panel will present his report to the Council introducing the works for which the awards have been recommended. 6. President will hand over the plaques and the representative of the host National Committee will present the prize monies to the winners.

Opening Plenary (First Session): 26 November 2021, 08:45 – 10:30 hours


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IEC Agenda Item 4.2: Presentation of the Award for the Best Paper in the ICID Journal “Irrigation and

Drainage” 7. Out of the papers published in the ICID Journal “Irrigation and Drainage” during the year 2020, the best paper to be recognized by the Best Paper Award for 2021, will be announced by Chair of EB-JOUR, Prof. Jiusheng Li. IEC Agenda Item 4.3: Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) 8. In accordance with the provisions in the revised WHIS Scheme approved vide Resolution No.IEC-2/69 of the 69th IEC meeting, the Management Board constituted a Panel of Judges comprising VPH Dr. Brian T. Wahlin, Chair, PCSO (USA) as the Chair and VP Dr. Karmran Emami, Chair, WG-HIST (Iran), PH Dr. Gao Zhanyi (China), VP Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy), VP Mr. Waseem Nazir (Pakistan) as members and Secretary General, ICID as Member-Secretary for the evaluation of the nominations invited under WHIS Scheme for the year 2021. The Chair of the Panel of Judges VPH Dr. Brian T. Wahlin, PCSO Chairman, will present the report to the Council about the identified historical irrigation and drainage structures that will be accorded recognition as “World Heritage Irrigation Structures” and later included in the ICID Register of WHIS on Council’s approval. The representatives of the NCs whose WHIS have been recognized and recommended to be included in the ICID Register of WHIS will be handed over a “Plaque/Certificate” to this effect.

IEC Agenda Item 5: Action Taken Report on the decisions of 71st IEC and the decisions taken

by the Management Board (MB) 9. Actions on all the decisions by the 71st IEC virtual meeting were initiated/completed during the year. A brief report on the action taken on the decisions of the 71st IEC, other than the routine and administrative in nature, is presented in Annex 1, page 7. The Secretary General will also present before the Council, the decisions taken by the Management Board on behalf of IEC in accordance with Article 8.1 of the ICID Constitution and Clause 3.9.2 of ICID By-laws, which are listed in Annex 2, page 9, for ratification by the Council. IEC Agenda Item 6: Report by the Secretary General 10. Secretary General Er. Ashwin Pandya will briefly present the Annual Report 2020-21, already circulated, and also present the physical and financial progress on activities undertaken during the period from April 2021 till date to the Council, including report on cooperation and collaboration with various international organizations. IEC Agenda Item 7: Presentation on Strategy Theme “On-Farm” 11. Co-Theme Leaders of Strategy Theme “On-Farm”, VP Hesham Mostafa Mohamed Ali (Egypt) and VP Eng. Rafat Nael AbdulGhani Al_Intaki (Iraq) will make a presentation on Strategy Theme “On-Farm” to analyze the work undertaken by the group of work bodies under the strategy theme and identify gaps, if any, in fulfilling the objectives of ICID relating to that theme as well as exploring/using interconnections with other themes. The presentation also aims to help in undertaking a creative analysis of functioning of ICID workbodies, their success in achieving mandates and invigorating them within the framework of ICID mission and objectives. IEC Agenda Item 8: International Research Program for Irrigation and Drainage (IRPID) Scheme 12. VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chair, Advisory Committee for International Research Program for Irrigation and Drainage (AC-IRPID) will present the report of the Advisory Committee to the Council for its consideration and guidance to make the IRPID Scheme a globally balanced one in fostering research in irrigation and drainage. IEC Agenda Item 9: Reports by the Chairs of Permanent Committees IEC Agenda Item 9.1: Permanent Finance Committee (PFC) 13. VP Dr. Marco Arcieri, Chairman, PFC will present his report on the 42nd meeting of the PFC (to be held on 27 November). The agenda of PFC is given at Appendix I, page 13.

Second Session: 30 November 2021, 08:45 – 12:45 hours


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IEC Agenda Item 9.2: Permanent Committee on Strategy and Organization (PCSO) 14. VPH Dr. Brian T. Wahlin, Chairman, PCSO will present his report on the 32nd meeting of PCSO (to be held on 28 November). The agenda of PCSO is given at Appendix II, page 31. IEC Agenda Item 9.3: Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA) 15. VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chairman, PCTA will present his report on the 41st meeting of PCTA (to be held on 29 November). The agenda of PCTA is given at Appendix iX, page 73. IEC Agenda Item 9.4: Discussions and Decisions on the Recommendations of the Permanent

Committees 16. The Council will deliberate on the reports and recommendations of PFC, PCSO and PCTA together in totality and will take decisions through resolutions as appropriate duly taking note of the report of the Secretary General under Agenda Item 6. Draft Resolutions (DRs) on the Financial Matters of ICID presented through PFC Report and on the Organizational and Technical Matters of ICID presented through the Reports of PCSO and PCTA, are placed as DR-1/72 and DR-2/72 (pages 11 and 12).

IEC Agenda Item 10: A Road Map to ICID Vision 2030: Activities under ICID Action Plan 2019-2023 – A Review

17. The ‘Road Map to ICID Vision 2030’ (http://www.icid.org/icid_vision2030.pdf), which was launched during the plenary session of the 68th IEC meeting at Mexico City, Mexico in 2017, included the new vision, mission, organizational goals and strategies to put ‘Vision into Action’, besides the Action Plan 2017-21 enlisting the activities identified by RWGs and WGs committed to be achieved over a period of five years. As decided at the 69th IEC meeting at Saskatoon, Canada; the existing monitoring mechanism to monitor the Action Plan is to continue and the report on the progress of activities under Action Plan 2019-23 will be presented by the Strategy Theme Leaders and WG Chairs to respective Permanent Committees. 18. The Action Plan appended to the Vision Document is designed to be living and dynamic and rolling in nature and the Council to monitor the Acton Plan 2019-23 annually and review the same triennially, as envisaged in in ‘Road Map to ICID Vision 2030’. Accordingly, the Council may monitor the progress achieved in the activities identified under the Action Plan 2019-23 based on the reports of the WG Chairs and Strategy Theme leaders presented at PCSO and PCTA and provide its guidance and inputs in optimizing the activities to put ‘Vision to Action’ within the time frame. IEC Agenda Item 11: ICID Service Unit (ISU) related to ICID Mission 19. Vide Resolution IEC-1/69, the 69th IEC meeting has granted an ‘in principle’ approval to the recommendation of Special Task Force on Independent Service Unit (STF-ISU), for the development of a detailed project proposal and obtain necessary statutory approvals, with endorsement from the Management Board (MB) in consultation with NCs for the potential launch of Independent Service Unit (ISU) as part of 70th ICID Celebrations of ICID at Bali, Indonesia in September 2019. Accordingly, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the techno-economic feasibility of the establishment of ISU has been prepared and subsequently approved by STF-ISU, including the statutory modalities for the launch of ISU at Bali during ICID’s 2019 annual events. 20. However, at Bali in 2019, the 70th IEC meeting vide its Resolution IEC-1/70 approved the following in respect of establishment of Service Unit (SU) in ICID:

(a) To establish a Service Unit within ICID along with proposed staff; (b) To develop rules of operation and other details including operating procedures; (c) To start operation of SU only when rules and regulations are in place; and (d) To establish a Service Advisory Group (SAG) to guide and monitor the development of rules and

regulations and further action in the matter. The composition of SAG shall be decided in consultation with MB.

21. There is hardly any progress in the establishment of the SU of ICID on account of COVID-19 pandemic, which has been impacting globally since the beginning of the last year.

Third Session: 30 November 2021, 14:00 – 18:00 hours

http://www.icid.org/icid_vision2030.pdf


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22. The Council may provide its guidance in the establishment of SU of ICID, after considering the reports of PCTA and PCSO in the matter. IEC Agenda Item 12: Status of Future ICID Conferences / Congresses / Forums 23. The IEC has so far approved the venues of the following future major ICID events.

(i) 73rd IEC and 24th ICID Congress at Adelaide, Australia from 8-14 March 2022. (ii) 10th IMIC at Agadir, Morocco in September 2022. (iii) 74th IEC and WIF4 in Beijing, China from 16-22 April 2023. (iv) 75th IEC and 25th ICID Congress at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India in November/December 2023 (v) 76th IEC and 9th Asian Regional Conference (AsRC) in Sydney, Australia from 27 April-2 May 2024 (vi) 77th IEC and WIF5 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2025

24. The 73rd International Executive Council (IEC) Meetings and 24th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage have been rescheduled to 03-10 October 2022 at Adelaide, South Australia, as approved by MB in its MB-2/21 meeting held via e-mail circulation on 01 June 2021, taking into consideration of the request made by the host NC, Irrigation Australia’s Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID). 25. The 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (IMIC) to be hosted at Agadir, Morocco in September 2022 by ANAFIDE has now been proposed to be rescheduled to May 2022, in view of the rescheduling of the 24th ICID Congress and 73rd IEC meeting to 03-10 October 2022. ANAFIDE has submitted a revised Form-A, which will be put up at the forthcoming meeting of the Council at Marrakech for its consideration. 26. The 71st IEC virtual meeting held in December 2020 approved the holding of the 9th Asian Regional Conference and 76th IEC from 27 April to 02 May 2024 in Sydney, Australia based on the proposal submitted by the Australian NC of ICID to the Council vide its Resolution IEC-3/71. In order to ensure sufficient gap between the two annual Council meetings, i.e. the 75th IEC meeting in Vizag, India in November/December 2023 by the Indian NC and the 76th IEC meeting in Sydney, Australia in April-May 2024 by the Australian NC, the Central Office has requested IACID to consider the possibility of organizing the event in September or October 2024. In response, the Australian NC has agreed to organize the 76th IEC and 9th AsRC from 01 to 08 September 2024 in Sydney and the revised Form-A is requested from IACID. 27. ICID Central Office has invited nominations for hosting the following future events from all the National Committees vide e-mail dated 13 July and 4 August 2021.

(a) American Regional Conference (Nov / Dec 2024 onwards) (b) 27th European Regional Conference (Nov / Dec 2025 onwards) (c) 14th International Drainage Workshop (2026 onwards) (d) 78th IEC and 26th ICID Congress (2026 onwards) (e) 79th IEC + Regional Conferences (2027 onwards) (f) 80th IEC and WIF6 (2028 onwards)

28. In response to the call for nominations for hosting future events, the interest of the National Committee expressing its desire to host the events is awaited. IEC Agenda Item 13: Election of the Office-Bearers 2021-2024 29. The three-year term ((2018-2021) of three Vice Presidents listed below will conclude at the end of the 72nd IEC meeting at Marrakech, Morocco and its appurtenant study tour as per the provisions of Article 7.2.4 of the ICID Constitution.

(a) Dr. Marco ARCIERI (Italy) (b) Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran) (c) Mr. Ahmed EL BOUARI (Morocco)

30. In response to the Central Office’s circular inviting nominations for the positions of three Vice Presidents for the term 2021-2024, the following nominations were received in the Central Office by the due date of receipt, i.e. 30 July 2021, in compliance with ICID By-laws 2.3.1.


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Nominee Country Date of receipt in the Central Office

Validity (including Clause 13.1 of the By-law)

1 Alireza Salamat Iran 20 June 2021 Valid

2 Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar India 29 June 2021 Valid

3 Aziz Fertahi Morocco 29 July 2021 Valid

4 Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe Japan 30 July 2021 Valid IEC Agenda Item 14: Presentation of ICID Plaques to Retiring Office Bearers and Chairs of

Workbodies IEC Agenda Item 14.1: Retiring Office-Bearers 31. Citation plaques will be presented to the retiring three Vice Presidents for their services and guidance to the ICID activities during their tenure 2018-2021.

Sl. No. Name Country

1 Dr. Marco ARCIERI Italy

2 Dr. Kamran Emami Iran

3 Mr. Ahmed EL BOUARI Morocco IEC Agenda Item 14.2: Retiring Chairs of Workbodies 32. The following retiring chairpersons of workbodies will be honoured with the presentation of citation plaques for their commendable guidance to the activities of the concerned workbodies.

(a) Dr. Ding Kunlun (China), Chairman, PCTA 2015-2021 (b) Dr. Brian T. Wahlin (USA), Chairman, PCSO 2018-2021 (c) Dr. (Mrs.) Anna Tadeschi (Italy), Chairperson, WG-NCWRI, 2018-2020

IEC Agenda Item 15: Any other business by the permission of the Chair

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Annex 1 [IEC Item 5, Para 9]

ACTION TAKEN REPORT ON THE DECISIONS ON THE MINUTES OF 71st IEC VIRTUAL MEETING

Sl. No. Item Decisions Action Taken

1. Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS)

Approved the inclusion of the identified World Heritage Irrigation Structures in “ICID Register of World Heritage Irrigation Structures”.

Included in the Register maintained at ICID website.

2. Resolution IEC-1/71

(Sr. No.1)

Approved VP Dr. Marco Arcieri as Chair and the nominations of Mr. Md. Mahmudar Rahman (Bangladesh) and Mr. Bryan Ward (Australia) as members of PFC.

Mr. Md. Mahmudar Rahman and Mr. Bryan Ward have been informed about their admission as members of PFC.


(Sr. No.2)

Approved the nominations of following as a direct member of ICID:

(i) Prof. (Mr.) Arun Kumar, India - Individual (Life Membership)

(ii) Mr. Ashok Karva, India - Individual (Life Membership)

(iii) Dr. (Mr.) Ahmed E. Elshaikh, Sudan - Individual (Life Membership)

(iv) Mr. Anton Urfels, Germany - Individual Young Professional (Three Years)

The decision has been communicated to all Direct Members admitted and certificates to this effect have been issued to them.


(Sr. No.3)

Approved one-year grace period and defer applicability of By-law 13.1 (6 NCs of Croatia, Fiji, Mali, Mexico, Romania, and Somalia) and 13.2 (NC of Slovenia) for one year till 1 January 2022, considering difficulties faced by various members due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The NCs have been communicated about the decision of the Council granting extension of one year for clearing their membership dues by deferring the application of By-law 13.1 till 1 January 2022.


(Sr. No.4)

Approved the admission of Kenya as a member of ICID from 1 July 2021, subject to payment of subscription for six months for 2021

The decision has been communicated to the Kenyan NC, which is yet to remit their membership subscription.


(Sr. No.5)

Approved the writing-off of arrears of annual subscription of the NC of Tajikistan for the years 2015 and 2016 in the financials for FY 2019-20 as per ICID Statutory Auditor’s advice in order to follow the ICAI accounting standards for the purpose of the Balance Sheet, as they have paid subscription after 2016, with the advice that the Central Office may pursue with the NC for the payment of arrears for 2015 and 2016.

The arrears of annual subscription of the TAJCID for the years 2015 and 2016 have been written off, as per ICID Statutory Auditor’s advice. However, the Central Office has asked TAJCID to clear their arrears, as advised by the Council.


(Sr. No.8)

Approved the Registration Fee Structure for the 72nd IEC and 5th African Regional Conference in Marrakech, Morocco in September 2021, 73rd IEC and 24th ICID Congress in Adelaide, Australia in March 2022 and 74th IEC and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) in Beijing, China in April 2023

The approved registration fee structures have been communicated to the respective host NCs of Morocco, Australia and China.


(Sr. No.9)

Approved the deferment of increase in annual membership subscription by one year till 01 January 2022 as a special case, considering the COVID–19 pandemic situation and problems faced by NCs. Thus, the Annual Subscription amount will be increased on an average by 6.5% for each active NC w.e.f. 01st January 2022.

The proforma invoices for the membership subscription for the year 2021 have been issued to the NCs accordingly.

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(Sr. No.10)

Approved the TF-ILMDM report together with its recommendations as given in Annex R1.4, page 21. Accordingly, MoUs may be signed with international partners such as IFI (WB, ADB, IsDB etc.) and UN Organizations (FAO, IFAD, WMO etc.) based on mutual concurrence on the scope of work etc.

MoUs have been signed with AWC and ICBA. The MoU with ICARDA is finalized and will be signed through virtual platform. The draft MoUs have been shared with the rest of the international partners for their concurrence.


(Sr. No.1)

Approved the establishment of the (i) Working Group on Land Drainage under Strategy Theme ‘Scheme’ and (ii) Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus under Strategy Theme ‘Basin’ on the basis of the mandates given in the scoping documents for respective WGs.

Notified the establishment of the WG-LDRG and WG-WFE-N and they will be holding their first meetings at Marrakech.


(Sr. No.2)

Approved the extension of the WGs on (i) Managing Water Scarcity under Conflicting Demands (WG-MWSCD) till 2023, (ii) Capacity Development, Training and Education (WG-CDTE) till 2027, (iii) Sustainable On-Farm Irrigation System Development (WG-SON-FARM) till 2025, (iv) Institutional and Organizational Aspects of Irrigation / Drainage System Management (WG-IOA) till 2023, (v) Irrigation Development and Management (WG-IDM) till 2023 and (vi) Modernization and Revitalization of Irrigation Schemes (WG-M&R) till 2023.

Notified the extension of the tenures of the WG-MWSCD, WG-CDTE, WG-SON-FARM, WG-IOA, WG-IDM and WG-M&R.


(Sr. No.3)

Approved the closure of (i) Working Group on Sustainable Drainage (WG-SDRG) and (ii) WG on Water and Crop (WG-WATER&CROP).

WG-SDRG and WG-WATER&CROP have been formally closed, with the acceptance of the closure reports.


(Sr. No.1)

Approved the rescheduling of the following ICID events:

(i) 72nd IEC and 5th AfRC at Marrakech, Morocco from 22-29 September 2021.

(ii) 73rd IEC and 24th ICID Congress at Adelaide, Australia from 8-14 March 2022.

(iii) 10th IMIC at Agadir, Morocco in September 2022.

(iv) 74th IEC and WIF4 in Beijing, China from 16-22 April 2023.

The rescheduling of the events have been communicated to respective host NCs of Morocco, Australia and China.


(Sr. No.2)

Approved the proposals to host future ICID events by the following NCs

(i) 75th IEC and 25th ICID Congress at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India in November/December 2023 by Indian NC (INCID).

(ii) 76th IEC and 9th Asian Regional Conference (AsRC) in Sydney, Australia during 27 April-2 May 2024 by Australian NC (IACID).

(iii) 77th IEC and WIF5 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2025 by Malaysian NC (MANCID).

The awarding of the hosting of the annual events of 75th IEC and 25th ICID Congress, 76th IEC and 9th ARC and 77th IEC and WIF5 have been communicated to the respective NCs of India, Australia and Malaysia.

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Annex 2 [IEC Item 5, Para 9]

IMPORTANT DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE MANAGEMENT BOARD ON BEHALF OF IEC BETWEEN

71ST IEC VIRUTAL MEETING (ICID CO, DECEMBER 2020) AND

72nd IEC MEETING (MARRAKECH, NOVEMBER 2021) (And the actions taken thereon)

Decision Request

I. Virtual Management Board Meeting No.7/20, 18 December 2020 (By E-mail Circulation)

MB approved the rescheduling of the 73rd IEC and 24th ICID Congress, Adelaide, Australia from 8-14 March 2022 to 29th May to 06th June 2022, in view of clash with 9th WWF in March 2022.

Endorsement by IEC is solicited.

II. Management Board Meeting No.1/21, 25 March 2021 (Via Zoom Meeting)

(a) MB approved the rescheduling of the 5th African Regional Conference (ARC) and 72nd IEC meeting at Marrakech, Morocco from 22-29 September 2021 to 24-30 November 2021.


(b) MB approved the revised dates, i.e., 30 May – 06 June 2022 for 73rd IEC and 24th ICID Congress at Adelaide, Australia so as to make it an 8-day event in place of a 9-day event.


(c) MB approved the payment of membership subscription by NETHCID for the year 2021 in five equal instalments during the following calendar year, i.e., 2022 by partly applying the provisions of Article 13.5 of ICID By-laws dealing with the ‘Reactivation of the National Committees’, who are in arrears of membership subscription. .


(d) MB approved the granting permission for ICID CO to invest an amount of Rs.11 to 12 million, the anticipated shortfall to meet the threshold of prescribed expenditure, i.e., 85% of the total income in the current financial year (FY 2020-21), in the modes specified as per the Income Tax Act of Govt. of India, so as to claim the exemption from Income Tax, as the amount thus invested can later be utilized for promoting activities of ICID during the next five years. MB authorized Secretary General Er. Ashwin B. Pandya to sign the resolution on its behalf and directed SG to take appropriate actions in this regard.


(e) MB approved the establishment of INSPIRE as a TF under ICID umbrella based on scoping document prepared by the World Bank, subject to following the due procedures and provisions for establishment of temporary work bodies such as Task Forces as laid down in ICID Handbook of Procedures.


(f) MB approved ANAFIDE’s request to change the venue of the 5th African Regional Conference from Rabat to Marrakech.


III. Management Board Meeting No.2/21, 01 June 2021 (by E-mail Circulation)

MB approved the rescheduling of the 24th ICID Congress and 73rd IEC meeting to 03-10 October 2022 at Adelaide, Australia.


IV. Management Board Meeting No.3/21, 07 September 2021 (Via Zoom Meeting)

(a) MB approved the draft of the “ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines” and recommended for its approval by IEC at its forthcoming meeting at Marrakech, Morocco in November 2021.


(b) MB approved the ANAFIDE’s decision to reschedule the 10th IMIC in March/April 2022 in order to avoid the clash with 24th ICID Congress and 73rd IEC hosted by IACID.


(c) MB approved the rescheduling of 9th Asian Regional Conference and 76th IEC in Sydney, Australia from 27 April to 02 May 2024 to 01 to 08 September 2024, so as to ensure sufficient gap with the 75th IEC meeting hosted by the Indian NC (INCID) in Vizag, India in November/December 2023 together with 25th ICID Congress.


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DR-1/72 [IEC Item 9.4, Para 16]

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (IEC) DRAFT RESOLUTION IEC-1/72: FINANCIAL MATTERS OF ICID

THE Council Accepting the Report of the Chair of the Permanent Finance Committee;

Noting further the report of the Statutory Auditors M/s. P.K. Chopra and Company; and

Considering the recommendation of the Management Board;

Decides Unanimously

1. To approve the nominations of __________________ and ___________________ to the membership of PFC.

2. That the individuals and companies listed below, accorded the provisional membership by the Direct Membership Administering Sub-Committee be admitted as members of ICID for the periods for which they have paid subscription.

(i) Rivulis Irrigation India Pvt. Ltd. (India, Company, 3 years) (ii) Dr. P.L. Patel (India, Individual, Life Membership) (iii) Dr. P.V. Timbadiya (India, Individual, Life Membership)

3. That the National Committees of Croatia, Fiji, Mali, Mexico, Romania, Slovenia and Somalia be declared as

“Associate Member” from 1 January 2022 as they have failed to contribute ICID subscription for last three years in accordance with By-law 13.2.

4. To approve admission of ________ as a member of ICID in accordance with ICID By-law 9 governing application for membership.

5. To approve the Audited Accounts of ICID for the Financial Year 2020-21 as given in Annex 1 (of PFC Agenda), page 25.

6. To approve the Revised Budget of ICID for the Financial Year 2021-22 and the Budget for the financial year 2022-23 as given in Annex 2 (of PFC Agenda), page 30.

7. To approve the Registration Fee Structure for the ________,_______ to be held at __________ (place and date).

8. To approve the appointment of M/s __________________ as the Statutory Auditor for ICID for the years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Appreciates

1. Japanese NC for contributing US$ 5000 during the financial year 2020-21 as a special subscription for technical support to YP Activities.

2.

3.

Requests

1.

2.

3.

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DR-2/72 [IEC Item 9.4, Para 16]

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (IEC) DRAFT RESOLUTION IEC-2/72: ORGANISATIONAL AND TECHNICAL MATTERS OF ICID

THE Council

Accepting the reports and recommendations of the Chairs of the Permanent Committees on Strategy & Organization and Technical Activities;

Considering the endorsement by the Management Board; and

Decides unanimously

1. To approve the membership changes of various work bodies of PCSO and PCTA (to be prepared as an outcome of PCTA and PCSO recommendations).

2. To approve the “ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines” given at Annex 3, page 84.

3. To approve the establishment of World Register of Irrigation Projects

4. To approve the new/existing workbodies with revised mandate on the topics under thematic area of ______:

(i) TF-INSPIRE (Annex 2, page 80) (ii) (iii)

5. To approve extension of term of the following workbodies:

6.

Appreciates

1.

Requests

2.

3.

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APPENDIX I [IEC Item 9.1]

AGENDA FOR THE 42ND MEETING OF THE PERMANENT FINANCE COMMITTEE (PFC)

27 November 2021: 14:00-15:45 hours (Session I) 27 November 2021: 16:15-18:00 hours (Session II)

Marrakesh, Morocco

Mandate: The Permanent Finance Committee (PFC) shall be concerned with the financial matters of the Commission and matters having significant financial implications. It will review the receipts and expenditures, advise the Council on the previous year’s accounts and on the proposed or provisional budget and will make recommendations on the annual subscriptions and other support required from the National Committees and the Direct Members for the current and future years. It may give its opinion to the President and the Secretary-General on the elements to be taken into account to prepare the budgets of the future years. The Committee shall also work out and recommend to the Council ways and means of improving the financial resources of the Commission to meet the financial requirements for undertaking different programs and activities emanating from the other work bodies. The Committee shall set up a Sub-Committee to consider the applications of Direct Members and review the membership of the National Committees in arrears of subscription. Members: (1) VP Dr. Marco Arcieri, Chairman (Italy, 2017); (2) Mr. Ali Reza Salamat (Iran, 2016); (3) Prof. Mohamed Benmoussa (Morocco, 2018); (4) Mr. Abdul Malik Sadat Idris (Indonesia, 2018); (5) Mr. Delbert M. Smith, P.E. (USA, 2019); (6) Mr. Gao Lihui (China, 2019); (7) Mr. Bryan Ward, (Australia, 2020); (8) Md. Mahmudar Rahman (Bangladesh, 2020); and (9) Er. Ashwin B. Pandya, Secretary General, ICID. General Note: Conversion rate of US$ versus INR (₹) (Indian Rupee) used in the budget and forecasts –

Average Exchange Rate of 1 US$ for the last fifteen months

Month Indian Rupee Month Indian Rupee Month Indian Rupee

April 2020 76.23 September 2020 73.12 February 2021 72.63

May 2020 75.71 October 2020 73.16 March 2021 74.02

June 2020 75.76 November 2020 74.21 April 2021 76.23

July 2020 74.11 December 2020 73.46 May 2021 75.71

August 2020 74.17 January 2021 73.11 June 2021 75.76

1. A conversion rate of US$1 = ₹ 72 was assumed in the forecast for the FY 2020-21 on the basis of the exchange rate in the preceding 15 months commencing from April 2019 to June 2020. Subscriptions actually received were, of course, converted based on the prevalent rate. The difference in the budgeted subscription receipts and the actual subscription receipts due to change in the exchange rate are accounted for as part of ‘Other Receipts’.

2. Based upon average exchange rate of US$ 1 for the last fifteen months from April 2020 to June 2021, an exchange rate of US$ 1 = ₹ 74 has been assumed for the Revised Budget (Proposed) for the FY 2021-2022, Budget for FY 2022-23 and Preliminary Budget for 2023-2024 and Forecast Budget for the FY 2024-2025.

PFC Agenda Item 1: Review of the Membership of the Committee

3. According to By-law 3.9.3 (b), PFC shall comprise of the Secretary-General (SG) and a minimum of nine and a maximum of fifteen elected members. Presently there are only 09 members on the Committee, including SG. The By-law 3.8.1(c) states that:

“Members of each Committee will be appointed for a three-year term by the Executive Council at the time of a Congress and may continue to function up to a total of six years, continuously or intermittently. Members, who no longer are actively functioning, may be replaced at the time of the Council meeting according to the aforesaid rules”.

4. In response to the minutes of 71st International Executive Council (IEC) meeting (Virtual) organized by ICID Central Office, New Delhi, India, VP Dr. Marco Arcieri taken over the charge as Chairman of the PFC. ICID invited new nominations for membership of PFC vide email dated 29th July 2021, however, no new nominations have been received for Committee's membership of PFC till the time of preparation of the agenda notes. However, the Japan


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National Committee (JNCID) informed that they would require some more time for their recommendation until around the 73rd IEC in Australia as per their email dated 31st August 2021.

5. With the conclusion of term of office of six years for Mr. Ali Reza Salamat (Iran) at the conclusion of the 73rd IEC Meeting, the membership of the PFC will come down to 8, one short of the required minimum membership as mandated by ICID By-laws 3.9.3 (b) as stated above.

6. In case, no fresh nominations are received from the NCs to enrich the repertoire of the Committee, the President may nominate additional members in consultation with the Secretary-General, taking into account the specific expertise required and ability to serve, in compliance with ICID By-laws 3.8.1 (b) so that the membership of PFC could be maintained as per ICID By-laws 3.9.3 (b).

PFC Agenda Item 2: Report on the Direct Membership Administering (DMA) Sub - Committee

7. As per the decision of the 63rd IEC meeting held at Adelaide, Australia in June 2012 regarding admission of individuals, institutions, and companies for Direct Membership, the Direct Membership Administering (DMA) Sub-Committee was established with Chair PFC as its Chair and with two members co-opted from PFC and one member from PCSO. Accordingly, in consultation with Chair, PFC, the DMA Sub-Committee has been reconstituted vide Notification No.7 of 2019 dated 22 November 2019 with the composition given below. Consequent upon the retirement of VPH Laurie Tollefson as Chair of PFC with the conclusion of 71st (virtual) IEC meeting, the new Chair of PFC VP Dr. Marco Arcieri has taken over as the Chairman of the DMA Sub-Committee, as per the Guidelines for Administering Direct Membership approved by the Council vide its Resolution IEC-3/63.

(a) VP Dr. Marco Arcieri, Chair, PFC (Italy) - Chairman (b) Mr. Delbert M. Smith, Member, PFC (USA) - Member (c) Mr. Gao Lihui, Member, PFC (China) - Member (d) VP Dr. Kamran Emami, Member, PCSO (Iran) - Member

8. This year, the ICID CO has received the following applications for Direct Membership which have been found to be complete in all respects. The Direct Membership Administering (DMA) sub-Committee has approved provisional membership of the applicants at s,no. 1 and 2, while approval of membership of third applicant, i.e. M/s Rivulis Irrigation India Pvt Ltd is under process.

Sl. No. Name of Applicant Country Type of Membership Applied for

1. Dr. P.L. Patel India Individual (Life Membership)

2. Dr. P.V. Timbadiya India Individual (Life Membership)

3. M/s Rivulis Irrigation India Pvt. Ltd. India Company (Three Years)

9. In addition, application form of Dr. ISAAC R. Fandika, Chief Agricultural Research Scientist (Individual, Life Membership), Malawi, has also been received and Performa subscription notification has been sent to him to remit the membership subscription, which is likely to be received soon.

Supp. 9A: Furthermore, application form of Mr. Rebwar Hassan Abdaly, Director, Directorate of Irrigation, (Institute), Iraq for the year 2022, has also been received and Performa subscription notification/Invoice has been sent to him to remit the membership subscription, which is expected to be received in due course of time.

10. During the period, M/s Jain Irrigation, India, Water Foundation (IWF), India, Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP), India and Prof. Dr. Klaus Rottcher, Germany renewed their direct membership.

11. The following 25 Direct Members have been active in ICID activities at the time of preparing this agenda notes:

Sl. No. Name of Direct Member Country Category

1 M/s WAPCOS Limited India Company

2 M/s Electrosteel Castings Limited India Company

3 M/s Ningbo Yaofeng Hydraulic Electrics Co. Ltd. China Company

4 Irrigation Australia Limited * (Dual Membership) Australia Company

5 M/s Jain Irrigation Systems Limited India Company

6 India Water Foundation India Institution

7 Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) India Institution

8 Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) India Institution


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Sl. No. Name of Direct Member Country Category

9 Dubai Municipality U.A.E. Institution

10 Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Management Austria institution

11 Mr. Y. Abdul Basheer India Individual (Retiree)

12 Prof. P.K. Bordoloi India Individual

13 Dr. Ashish Pandey India Individual

14 Prof. Umesh Chandra Chaube India Individual (Retiree)

15 Prof. Lal Bahadur Roy India Individual

16 Mr. Aytekin Turgay Turkey Individual

17 Prof. Dr. Klaus Rottcher Germany Individual

18 Mr. Sajid Ali Bhutto Pakistan Individual (Retiree)

19 Mr. Deepak Khare India Individual

20 Prof. (Dr.) Mitthan Lal Kansal India Individual

21 Dr. Ajay Pradhan India Individual

22 Mr. Ashok Hiralalji Karva India Individual

23 Prof. (Mr.) Arun Kumar India Individual

24 Dr. Ahmed E. Elshaikh Sudan Individual

25 Mr. Anton Urfels Germany Individual

12. The fees structure of direct membership in tabular form as below which were approved in 63th IEC, Adelaide, Australia, 2012 which has been continued since the last nine years. This is for information of the Committee.

Membership category

Number of

Nominees

Developed country Developing country

1 year member

3 years member

Admission Fee

1 year member

3 years member

Admission Fee

I. Company (A) Two $600 $1720 $180 $400 $1080 $120

II. Company (B) Four $1000 $2700 $300 $850 $2300 $250

III. Company (C) Six $2000 $5400 $600 $2000 $5400 $600

IV. Institution (A) Two $400 $1080 $120 $280 $760 $80

V. Institution (B) Four $600 $1720 $180 $400 $1080 $120

VI. Individual: - $100 $270 $20 $60 $160 $20

VII Individual: Retiree

- $70 $190 $20 $60 $160 $20

VIII. Individual: Young Professional

- $50 $135 $20 $50 $135 $20

❖ Company Category A: With annual turnover up to 1 million US $ ❖ Company Category B: With annual turnover between 1 and 10 million US $ ❖ Company Category C: With annual turnover above 10 million US$ ❖ Institution Category A: With 1-50 employees ❖ Institution Category B: With 50 and above employees

LIFE MEMBERSHIP FOR INDIVIDUALS

Membership category Developed countries Developing countries Admission subscription

i. Individual US $ 900 US $ 550 US $ 20

ii. Individual (Retiree) US $ 600 US $ 500 US $ 20


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PFC Agenda Item 3: Review of the position of arrears of annual subscriptions from NCs and Membership status

13. Vide Resolution IEC-1/71, the Council approved the admission of Kenya as a member of ICID from 1 July 2021, subject to payment of subscription for six months for 2021. However, in their communication dated 1 September 2021, the Kenyan NC has reaffirmed their commitment to reactivate its membership in ICID and assured that the Irrigation Department at the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation will communicate the status of reactivation of their membership at the earliest to ICID Central Office. SG Pandya has again taken up matter regarding payment of subscription and reactivation of membership of Kenya with the High Commission of Kenya in Delhi.

14. In response to a letter requesting for reactivation of the Brazilian NC, Mr. Lineu Neiva Rodrigues of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation in his communication dated 01 April 2021 enquired about any disadvantages on account of Brazil joining as a fresh member rather reactivating their Committee. He has been provided with the information sought and his response is awaited about the re-joining of Brazil as a fresh member or otherwise.

15. The Spanish NC has become a new member of ICID with effect from 2021 by paying their membership subscription for the year 2021. It may be noted that Spain was a member of the Commission for the period 1955-2018, before becoming an associate member. The support and assistance provided by the Embassy of the Spain located in New Delhi for bringing their country back to ICID fold is appreciated and acknowledged here.

16. Active NCs in Arrears: At the time of writing the agenda notes, a total of 26 active National Committees (Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Fiji, France, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Malawi, Mali, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Romania, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zambia) are in arrears of subscription in different years of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 as indicated below:

Sl. No

National Committee

Arrear Amount (US $) Total

Remarks/ Applicable By-Law (13.1/ 13.2)

w.e.f. 1 January 2022 2017 2018 2019 2020* Current Year (2021)

1 Afghanistan -- -- 2770 2770 2770 8310 By-law 13.1 2 Burkina Faso -- -- -- 1650 1650 3300 3 Croatia -- 2710 2710 2710 2710 10840 By-law 13.2 4 Fiji -- 1590 1590 1590 1590 6360 By-law 13.2 5 France -- -- -- -- 7235 7235 6 Indonesia -- -- -- 6180 6180 12360

7 Iran -- -- -- 6255 6255 12510 Not able to transfer money due to sanctions

8 Iraq -- -- -- 4315 4315 8630 9 Ireland -- -- -- 2990 2990 5980 10 Italy -- -- -- -- 7885 7885 11 Malawi -- -- -- 1700 1700 3400 12 Mali -- 1935 1935 1935 1935 7740 By-law 13.2 13 Malaysia -- -- -- -- 2655 2655 14 Mexico -- 7070 7070 7070 7070 28280 By-law 13.2 15 Netherlands -- -- -- 5415 5415 10830

16 Nigeria -- -- -- -- 1771 1771 Part payment made; balance indicated in table

17 Romania -- 4255 4255 4255 4255 17020 By-law 13.2 18 Slovenia 2055 1910 1910 1910 1910 9695 By-law 13.2 19 Somalia -- 1820 1820 1820 1820 7280 By-law 13.2 20 South Africa -- -- -- -- 3975 3975 21 Sudan -- -- -- 2515 2515 5030 22 Ukraine -- 355 4100 4100 4100 12655 By-law 13.1 23 USA -- -- -- 12410 12410 24820 24 Uzbekistan -- 3175 -- -- 3175 6350 25 Vietnam -- -- 4355 4355 4355 13065 By-law 13.1 26 Zambia -- -- -- -- 1785 1785

Total 2055 24820 32515 75945 104426 239761

* As a one-year grace period was approved till 1 January 2022 by 71st IEC Virtual Meeting held in December 2020 (COVID-19)


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17. The total amount of arrears at the time of preparation of agenda, is US$ 239,761 for 26 NCs as indicated in table above. Out of this, 2 NCs of Afghanistan and Vietnam have arrears for both 2019 and 2020 (US$14,250) and the current year 2021, 9 NCs of Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Malawi, Netherlands, Sudan, and USA have arrears for 2020 (US$ 43,430) and the current year 2021; NC of Ukraine has made part payment for the year 2018 and is in arrears for the year 2019, 2020 (total arrear for 2018, 2019, and 2020 is US$ 8555) and the current year 2021, and NC of Uzbekistan has arrear of US$ 3175 for the year 2018 only and paid subscription for the years 2020; 6 NCs of Croatia, Fiji, Mali, Mexico, Romania, and Somalia have arrears for the years 2018, 2019, 2020 (arrear amounting to US$ 58,140) and the current year 2021 while one (1) NC of Slovenia has arrears for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (US$ 7,785) and the current year 2021 attracting sanctions under By-law 13.2; while Current year (2021) arrears are in respect of 26 NCs amounting to US$ 104,426. Nigeria has made part payment for the current year i.e. 2021.

18. Sanctions under By-law 13.1: As indicated above (schedule of para 17), 3 NCs of Afghanistan, Ukraine and Vietnam have arrears amounting to US$ 22,805 for the two years 2019 and 2020, including the one-year grace period i.e. 2020 given by 71st IEC virtual meeting in 2020 excluding current year dues. Several requests have been made to the NC to clear their balance of subscription. The PFC may consider recommending IEC to apply By-law 13.1 to above National Committees debarring them from holding office whether it be as an Office Bearer or as a member of a working body until such time the arrears are paid.

19. Sanctions under By-law 13.2: At the time of preparation of the agenda notes, 7 NCs have arrear of 3 years and more excluding current year i.e. Slovenia continue to be in membership subscription arrears amounting to US$ 7,785 for the years -- 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 while Croatia, Fiji, Mali, Mexico, Romania and Somalia have membership subscription arrear for the year 2018, 2019, 2020 and the current year 2021. Several requests have been made to these NCs to clear their balance of subscription. The PFC may consider recommending IEC to apply By-law 13.2 to above National Committee for becoming Associate Member if the arrears are not cleared by 31st December 2021.

20. It may be noted with concern that the ICID membership in Latin America region has now been reduced to a single member, viz. Mexico, which is also in the arrears of membership of subscription till the time of preparing these agenda notes for the last four years and they will be relegated to associate member. PFC may note that a one-year grace period was approved till 1 January 2022 by 71st IEC Virtual Meeting held in December 2020 owing to COVID-19 Pandemic. As indicated above in para 18 and 19, three (3) members are attracting By-Law 13.1 while seven (7) members are attracting By-Law 13.2 and will be relegated to associate member reducing total member of active members drastically. PFC may like to deliberate on this issue which is a matter of concern and suggest ways to keep members as active member especially keeping in view of the COVID – 19 Pandemic situation.

PFC Agenda Item 4: Review of the financial status of recently held ICID events PFC Agenda Item 4.1: 70th IEC & 3rd World Irrigation Forum, Indonesia, 04-07 September 2019 21. Indonesian National Committee of ICID (INACID) made a special contribution to ICID budget amounting to 35% share that is US $ 25,019.11 (USD Twenty Five Thousand Nineteen and Cents Eleven Only) in the month of March 2021 from the registration fee collected from the 70th IEC, Indonesia 2019 & 3rd World Irrigation Forum meetings organized by INACID which was held in Bali, Indonesia from 01st - 07th September 2019. The Committee may like to record its appreciation to INACID for the successful organization of 70th IEC, Indonesia 2019 & 3rd World Irrigation Forum and for making payment of special contribution to the ICID budget in furthering the mission of ICID.

PFC Agenda Item 4.2: 71st IEC, Meeting (Virtual), Central Office (CO, ICID), New Delhi, India 7-8 December 2020

22. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the 71st IEC meeting was held virtually from 07th - 08th December 2020 for the first time in the history of ICID.

PFC Agenda Item 5: Review of financial proposals for the forthcoming ICID events

23. The financial arrangements basically designed for the registration fee structure for 72nd IEC and 5th ARC, Marrakesh, Morocco, 24th ICID Congress and 73rd IEC meeting, Adelaide, Australia and 74th IEC and 4th WIF, Beijing, China have already been approved as per Minutes of the 41st Meeting of the PFC of 71st IEC Meeting, which are given below in tabular for:

Venue / Year Marrakech, Morocco, November,2021

Adelaide, Australia,

March 2022

Beijing, China April 2023

Event 72nd IEC and 5th ARC 5th ARC Only 73rd IEC and

24th Congress 74th IEC and

4th WIF 4th WIF

Full Registration $ 550 $ 400 $ 800 $ 800 $ 700

Non-Member Fee $ 700 $ 500 $ 900 $ 900 $ 800


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Venue / Year Marrakech, Morocco, November,2021

Adelaide, Australia,

March 2022

Beijing, China April 2023

Young Professional (International) $ 300 $ 200 $ 400 $ 400 $ 350 Young Professional (Local)/Student $ 300 $ 150 -- -- $ 350

Local Delegates $ 350 $ 200 $ 800 -- $ 500 Retired Professionals (International) $ 300 $ 200 $ 400 $ 400 $ 350

Accompanying Persons $ 225 $ 175 $ 300 -- $ 300

Daily Registration -- $ 150 -- -- $ 200

Delegates from Low Income $ 400 $ 350 -- -- --

Early Bird Discount US$ 50 Early Bird Discount US$

50/25 (for YPs and Retired professionals)

24. Vide Resolution IEC-3/71, the organization of 10th Micro Irrigation Conference (MIC), Agadir, Morocco was also approved as per the minutes 71st IEC Meeting. However, as per the latest reschedule conference will be held from10th to 13th May 2022 as per the ’Form A’. Registration Fees Structure as proposed by ANAFIDE in the ‘Form A’ is given below in tabular form.

Venue / Year Agadir, Morocco, May 2022

Event 10th MIC

Full Registration/Foreign Delegates $ 500

Non-Member Fee --

Young Professional (International) $ 200

Young Professional (Local) $ 125

Local Delegates $ 200

Retired Professionals (International) $ 200

Accompanying Persons $ 200

Daily Registration --

Delegates from Low Income $ 400

25. Financial proposals for the following events already approved by IEC in 2020, i.e. 75th IEC and 25th Congress at Vishakhapatnam, India in December 2023; 76th IEC and 9th Asian Regional Conference at Sydney, Australia in September 2024; and 77th International Executive Council and WIF4 in May 2025 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are awaited form ‘A’ from the respective host NCs at the time of preparation of agenda.

Supp. 25A: INCID proposal to organize 75th IEC and 25th Congress at Vishakhapatnam, India in November/December 2023 was approved by 71st IEC in December 2020. Now INCID has submitted revised Form-A along with registration fee structure (as given below in table) for approval of IEC.

Registration Fee structure (US$)

Venue / Year Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, November 2023

Event 75th IEC + 25th Congress After Early Bird Early Bird

Member Countries

Congress+Council $800 $700

Congress only $500 $450

IEC only $400 $350

Non-Member Fee



IEC only $500 $450

Young Professionals Congress+Council $400 $350


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Registration Fee structure (US$)

Venue / Year Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, November 2023

Event 75th IEC + 25th Congress Congress only $250 $200

IEC only $250 $200

Local Delegates Congress Only $400 $350

Student Registration Congress Only $400 $ 350

Accompanying Persons



IEC only $200 $150

PFC Agenda Item 6: Consider the audited accounts of ICID for the Financial Year 2020-21

PFC Agenda Item 6.1: Auditor's Report 26. The Auditor’s Report (abridged) for the financial year (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021) is given at Annex 1. As per the accounting standard of Institute of Chartered Accountants India (ICAI) and statutory auditor’s advice, accounting policy has been updated w.e.f. 01st April 2019 onwards to enable ICID’s Finance System to run accurately and smoothly. This is for information of the Committee. The PFC may consider and recommend the audited accounts for the year 2020-21 to IEC for its approval with or without comments. Some of the salient points of the Auditor’s Report are highlighted in the following paragraphs:

27. The total annual subscription amount receivable from the 53 active National Committees for the year 2020 was US$ 241,330. Against this, a sum of US$ 165,385 was received at the time of preparation of the agenda. This shows 68.53% realization of the total subscription for the year 2020 as against 77.87% for the year 2019, which is a matter of the deliberation. PFC may note that 34 out of 53 active members paid their subscription for the year 2020 as on 11th October 2021. In addition, outstanding subscription arrears amounting to US$ 75,945 for the 2020, US$ 32,515 for the year 2019, US$ 24,820 for the year 2018, and US$ 2,055 for the year 2017 are still to be received as on 11th October 2021.

PFC Agenda Item 7: Budget and Expenditure for the Financial Year 2020-21 PFC Agenda Item 7.1: Comparison of budget estimates and actual expenditure for FY 2020-2021 28. A summary of the outlay for 2020-21 to be approved by IEC in the meeting and payment made up to 31 March 2021 is presented at Annex 2. Against the anticipated receipts of ₹103.13 million (US$ 1,393,594 @ 1US$=INR 74), the actual receipts were ₹ 91.24 million (US$ 1,233,033). The actual payments made during 2020-21 were ₹ 67.25 million (US$ 908,800) against the anticipated budgeted payment of ₹ 75.71 million (US$ 1,023,130). There is an overall surplus of ₹ 23.99 million (US$ 324,233) in the FY 2020-21.

SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION 29. A sum of ₹ 0.36 million (US$ 5,000) was received on 09th March 2021 as a Special Subscription for technical support to YP Activities from Japan National Committee of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (JNC-ICID), Japan.

PFC Agenda Item 8: Budget proposals and forecasting for the current and coming years 30. Effect of COVID 19 and Impacts on ICID budget for oncoming years: As is the case world-wide, the impact of COVID 19 pandemic has been felt by ICID also. The primary effects have resulted in potential shifting of accrual expected revenues and also potential loss of rental income which forms the backbone of the financial stability of ICID. The impact in 2021-22 is primarily only a sum of ₹ 0.20 million (US$ 2,703) which was expected to be received as share from registration fees from Morocco NC (ANAFIDE) who were to host 71st IEC and 5th African Region Conference at Marrakesh, Morocco in 2020 as the event has now been rescheduled to November 2021.

31. Major setback on ICID revenues is on account of vacating of rented premises by M/s Yes Bank on 15th June 2021. At present, due to the effects of pandemic, the rental market is highly depressed and getting a new tenant is proving to be difficult. However, ICID CO is continuously making its sincere efforts through reputed property consultants to get a new tenant and it is expected that rental income will not be same order as that received from M/s Yes Bank but may be on lower side by about 25% or so. Due to depressed revenues on account of non-receipt


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of rental revenues, ICID will have to make some compromises in its programmes and activities. It is expected that the ICID premises may be rented by 01st April 2022. SG Er. Ashwin Pandya will brief the Committee on this issue.

32. The budget has been prepared/modified keeping in view the following factors: (i) revised schedule of events (ii) possible lower revision in rental income and income expected from the year 2022-23onwards. Apart from this, many members National Committees may be facing the financial strains due to COVID-19 pandemic which may result in some impact on the subscription incomes as well. The programmes and activities supported by ICID will have to be reviewed and adjusted against the reduced incomes. Once all the eventualities are clear, revised budget projections for the oncoming years 2023-24 and 2024-25 will be prepared and may be discussed in a special meeting of PFC, if necessary. The projections made in the succeeding paragraphs are proposed to be used for obtaining approvals of IEC for the oncoming financial year.

33. PFC may consider the budget for FY 2021-2022 and recommend it to IEC for approval. PFC may also consider the proposed budget for FY 2022-2023 and recommend it to IEC for approval. The preliminary budget for the FY 2023-24 and forecasts budget for FY 2024-2025 is also presented for information.

PFC Agenda Item 8.1: The revised Budget proposal for the current FY 2021-22 RECEIPTS

34. Membership Subscription: A sum of` ₹ 25.84 million (US$ 349,149) is anticipated to be received from the annual membership subscription with respect to 54 active NCs and Direct Members including arrears, Special subscription etc. from members.

35. Sale of Publications: An amount of ₹ 1.20 million (US$ 16,218) is budgeted to be received from the sale of publications which includes royalty receivable from M/s Wiley-Blackwell, the publisher of ICID Journal - `Irrigation and Drainage’.

36. Special contribution to the Budget: A special contribution of` ₹ 0.20 million (US$ 2,703) is expected to be received as share from registration fees from Morocco NC (ANAFIDE) hosting the 72nd IEC and 5th African Region Conference at Marrakesh, Morocco in 2021.

37. Interest on Fixed Deposit: It is estimated that an amount of ₹ 4.37 million (US$ 59,037) is expected to be received as interest on fixed deposits (FDs) with the bank under the head `Interest on fixed deposits.

38. Other Receipts: An amount of ₹ 1.81 million (US$ 24,467) is likely to be received in this year which is mainly on account of a refund from the income tax department. The nominal amount is proposed under other miscellaneous receipts like bank saving account interest, etc.

39. Rent Receipts: A receipt of ₹ 9.52 million (US$ 128,679) has been considered during FY 2021-2022 from the rent for leasing out the part of the office premises at the Central Office building to M/s Yes Bank Ltd. Up to 15 June 2021. Ten percent of the rent amount is directly payable to Land & Development Office, New Delhi as their tax; and at the same time, there would be the Property Tax payable to New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC) as well. New tenant is expected from 1 April 2022 or from subsequent date only.

EXPENDITURE

40. The compensation package for Secretary-General: An amount of ₹ 4.64 million (US$ 62,635) is estimated for payment to Secretary General.

41. Salary of staff: Central Office is operating with 16 staff members during the FY 2021-22. An amount of ₹ 25.87 million (US$ 349,547) is budgeted for staff salary for the FY 2021-2022. The budget provision also includes provision for career progression scheme (CPS), performance incentive etc. An increase of about four percent is assumed due to the anticipated pay increments etc.

42. Superannuation relief to retired employees: ICID Central Office is giving superannuation relief to its retired employees recruited before 16th July 1997. The amount budgeted under this head for the FY 2021-2022 is ₹ 4.85 million (US$ 65,477).

43. Services and Maintenance: A provision under the head ‘Services and Maintenance’ is budgeted as ₹ 7.33 million (US$ 99,014) which is mainly due to the renewal of annual maintenance contracts of various service providers. This also includes ₹ 1.32 million (US$ 17,838) to be paid to short-term consultants engaged for specific jobs on a temporary basis, as their professional fee. It may be pointed out that despite the new activities being undertaken and proposed to be undertaken during the next financial year, the work is being accomplished through the existing staff and partly by hiring the services of consultants on a temporary basis. The budget provision also includes a small provision for administration, communications and staff welfare activities.

44. Taxes and Utilities: A provision of ₹ 4.13 million (US$ 55,849) is proposed for the year 2021-22. This includes an allocation of` ₹ 0.95 million (US$ 12,868) towards payment to Land & Development Office (L&DO) which is 10%


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of the total rental receipts from the let out property to M/s Yes Bank Ltd. A provision of ₹ 2.38 million (US$ 32,170) is made towards the payment of property tax, which is approximately 22% of the total rent.

45. Rehabilitation, Refurbishing, and Maintenance of ICID CO Building: A provision of ₹ 1.13 million (US$ 15,270) has been made towards this head. This includes a provision of ₹ 1.10 million (US$ 14,865) under the sub head ‘Maintenance of ICID Central Building Expenses’.

46. Publication, Knowledge Management, and Dissemination: A sum of ₹ 4.91 million (US$ 66,405) is budgeted under this head. This comprises with provision of a major portion of ₹ 2.83 million (US$ 38,189) towards the purchase of copies of the ICID Journal from the publisher, M/s Wiley-Blackwell (UK). This also includes provision for Software as a Services and Website maintenance of ₹ 0.90 million (US$ 12,162) for making an efficient work environment in the Central Office. Hence, the ICID is adopting cutting-edge technology in information technology. This also includes small provision for publication of work bodies and library expenses.

47. Conference Expenditure: An allocation of ₹ 1.70 million (US$ 22,973) has been made for estimated expenditure towards expenditure for 72nd IEC and 5th African Region Conference and preparation of plaques and accordingly budgeted under respective heads. The budget has undergone fluctuations due to COVID 19 Pandemic effect in the financial year 2021-2022.

48. Cooperation with Other Organizations: expenditure token provision of ₹ 0.05 million (US$ 676) has been made during this financial year for World Water System Heritage Programme,

49. Travel Expenditure: A revised provision of` ₹ 1.10 million (US$ 14,865) against approved provision of ₹ 1.70 million (US$ 22,973) has been made in view of lesser travel both within India as well as abroad to attend the international meetings by Secretary-General and other professional staff of CO for the year 2021-2022.

50. Fixed Assets: A provision of ₹ 2.08 million (US$ 28,041) has been made to cover anticipated expenditure in respect of purchase of office equipment, furniture and fixtures, IT hardware mainly for office items taken over from M/s Yes Bank (ICID Tenant) and for architectural consultancy including cost for obtaining statutory approvals from concerned government agencies for expansion of CO building.

51. Workshops, Training and Studies: An amount of ₹ 2.75 million (US$ 37,162) has been provided under this head, out of which ₹ 2.0 million (US$ 27,027) has been provided towards the organization of various workshops and training for young professionals including their travel, Regional and National Level Activities and staff participation in workshops and training, ₹ 0.40 million (US$ 5,405) towards ICID Foundation Day functions, ₹ 0.35 million (US$ 4,730) to undertake some specific studies and work related to bring up-to-date Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD).

52. ICID Service Unit (SU): An amount of ₹ 0.05 million (US$ 676) has been provided in this financial year to meet expenditure related to establishing a new service unit of ICID-SU.

53. Other Expenditure: An amount of ₹ 2.68 million (US$ 36,223) has been provided for this financial year. Essentially, the major cost is under subheads ‘FCRA Restoration Expenses, EPF ICID Trust Dissolution and GST Expenses’. This is an amount based on ICID earlier experience and includes bank charges for foreign exchange etc. and security deposits transfer for electric connections from the Yes Bank (ICID Tenant).

PFC Agenda Item 8.2: The budget proposal for FY 2022-23; preliminary budget for FY 2023-24 and budget forecast for FY 2024-25

54. The budget proposal for FY 2022-23; preliminary budget for FY 2023-24 and budget forecast for FY 2024-25 has been estimated as shown in Annex 2.

RECEIPTS 55. Membership subscription: During the year 2022-2023 receipts from membership subscription has been estimated as ₹26.13 million (US$ 353,106) and for years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 this has been estimated as ₹20.79 million (US$ 281,012) for both years considering that all the NCs which are members today will continue to be active and will be paying their annual subscriptions and the rate and increment of subscription will be maintained.

56. Sale of Publications: An amount of ₹1.01 million (US$ 13,581) has been estimated for the year 2022-23 and same has been estimated as ₹1.21 million (US$ 16,284) for both the years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, which are projected to be received from M/s Wiley-Blackwell as royalty from sale of publications for all three years, based on the projections and the agreement (2019-25) with M/s Wiley-Blackwell.

57. Special Contribution to ICID Budget: During FY 2022-2023, an amount of ₹ 20.99 million (US$ 283,638) is expected to be received as ICID share of registration fees from the 73rd IEC & 24 Congress in Adelaide, Australia in October 2022 and 10th Micro Irrigation Conference in Agadir, Morocco during 10th -13th May 2022 and during the FY 2023-2024, a sum of ₹ 8.00 million (US$ 108,108) from the 74th IEC and 4th WIF in April/May 2023, China


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58. During FY 2024-2025, receipts as ICID share from registration fee under the head of special contribution to ICID budget from following events are expected and tentatively budgeted (as Forms-A is yet to be received) in the budget: a sum of ₹ 13.00 million (US$ 175,676) from the 75th IEC and 25th Congress in Vishakhapatnam, India, December 2023 and the 76th IEC in Sydney, Australia, September 2024.

59. Interest on Fixed Deposits: It is estimated that interest from fixed deposit from funds parked in Canara Bank would be about ₹ 5.37 million (US$ 72,551) for the financial years 2022-23, ₹ 6.57 million (US$ 88,767) for the FY 2023-24 and ₹ 8.07 million (US$ 109,037) for the FY 2024-25, which is higher as compared to year 2022-23 as rent is expected again from anticipated tenants.

60. Other Receipts: An amount of ₹ 1.21 million (US$ 16,317) for the Finance Year 2022-23 is likely to be received under this head which is mainly on account of receipt from Income Tax Refund. For both the FYs 2022-23 & 2023-2024, a sum of ₹ 0.11 million (US$ 1,486) is expected to be received.

61. Rent from Let-out of Office space: Rent from new tenant is likely to be received as ₹ 42.00 million (US$ 567,568) for the each FY 2022-2023, FY 2023-2024 FY 2024-2025.

EXPENDITURE 62. Compensation package for Secretary General: The sums of ₹ 4.90 million (US$ 66,257), ₹ 5.20 million (US$ 70,284) and ₹ 5.53 million (US$ 74,757) are estimated towards payment to Secretary General for the FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 respectively. The provision includes possibility of increment in Dearness Allowance due to inflation only.

63. Salaries and Allowances: The sums of` ₹ 25.01 million (US$ 66,257), ₹ 26.21 million (US$ 354,131) and ₹ 27.47 million (US$ 371,177) are projected under this head for the FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, respectively. The provision includes possible increase due to annual increment and increase in Dearness Allowance due to inflation.

64. Superannuation relief to retired employees: ICID Central Office is giving superannuation relief to its retired employees who joined before 16th July 1997. The amounts budgeted under this head for the FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 are ₹ 5.09 million (US$ 68,750) ₹ 5.34 million (US$ 72,188) and ₹ 5.61 million (US$ 75,797) respectively.

65. Services and Maintenances: The sums of ₹ 7.68 million (US$ 103,716), ₹ 7.94 million (US$ 107,318) and ₹ 8.19 million (US$ 110,716) have been provided for FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, respectively towards building maintenance, stationary purchases, outsourcing of watch and ward services; horticultural services, equipment, fees to legal advisor/auditors, maintenance of vehicles, telephones and postage, executive expenses, annual maintenance of equipment etc. This also includes about ₹ 0.50 million (US$ 6,743) for the year 2022-2023 and ₹ 1.32 million (US$ 17,838) for the each FYs 2023-204 and 2024-2025 estimated to be paid to short-term consultants engaged for specific jobs on a temporary basis, as their professional fee.

66. Taxes and Utilities: Proposed budgeted amount under this head are ₹ 15.50 million (US$ 209,459), ₹ 15.53 million (US$ 209,797) and ₹ 15.55 million (US$ 210,135) for the FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, respectively encompassing towards property tax, L&DO payment and electricity and water charges.

67. Rehabilitation, Refurbishing and Maintenance: A sum of ₹ 0.80 million (US$ 10,811) is budgeted for the year under this head for the each FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, mainly for maintenance of ICID CO building.

68. Publication, Knowledge Management and Dissemination: Proposing budgeted amounts for payments under this head are ₹ 4.90 million (US$ 66,203), ₹ 4.93 million (US$ 66,595) and ₹ 4.96 million (US$ 66,986) for the FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 respectively, in that order. Under this head, key provision of about ₹ 2.83 million (US$ 38,192) on an average, has been made for the guaranteed payment towards subscription to M/s Wiley & Blackwell (UK) towards ICID Journal. These provisions are estimated to surge as the number of ICID Journal subscriptions are likely to increase in proportion with the rise in direct membership and young professionals.

69. The budgetary provisions of ₹ 0.90 million (US$ 12,162) have been made constant for three succeeding years in respect of website upgradation, purchasing software (SaaS or Cloud Version), etc.

70. Conference Expenditure: A sum of ₹ 2.70 million (US$ 36,486) is budgeted to be spent in FY 2022- 2023 including ₹ 0.20 million (US$ 2,703) for preparation of new plaque for HIS and provision of ₹ 3.70 million (US$ 50,000) has been made in FY 2023-2024 including ₹ 0.20 million (US$ 2,703) for preparation of plaque for HIS. The provision of ₹ 2.20 million (US$ 29,730) has been made in FY 2024-2025 including ₹ 0.20 million (US$ 2,703) for preparation of plaque for HIS. Higher provision in 2023-2024 is due to the fact that two events, i.e. 74th IEC and 4th WIF in April/May 2023, China and 75th IEC and 25th Congress in Vishakhapatnam, India in December 2023 will be organized during the same financial year.


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71. Cooperation with other Organizations: A provision of ₹ 0.08 million (US$ 1081) has been made under this head for the FY 2022-23 and a provision of ₹ 0.05 million (US$ 676) has been made under this head for each FYs 2023-24 and 2024-2025 covering expenses for WSH programme and WWC membership fee.

72. Travel Expenditure: An amount of ₹ 1.70 million (US$ 22,973) is budgeted in FY 2022-2023 towards travel arrangements for meetings in India and abroad. This identical amount ₹ 2.10 million (US$ 28,378) and ₹ 1.70 million (US$ 22,973) is budgeted for subsequent FYs 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 respectively. Budget provision for the FY 2023-24 is higher as two events are being hosted in the same year.

73. Fixed Assets: A provision of ₹ 2.07 million (US$ 27,973) has been made under this head for the 2022-2023 mainly to cover cost associated with architectural consultancy of new block of CO building, procurement of SQL Server for Knowledge Portal and other assets used at ICID Central Office. A sum of ₹ 0.67 million (US$ 9,054) are proposed and forecasted for the each FYs 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 which includes payment of utilizing of Server space for Knowledge Portal and required assorted assets used at ICID Central Office.

74. Workshops, Trainings and Studies: A provision of ₹ 2.75 million (US$ 37,162) has been proposed for the each FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 under this head. This amount would be utilized mainly for organization of various workshops and trainings mostly for young professionals including their travel, Regional and National Level Activities, undertaking specific studies, staff training and participation in seminars and workshops, ICID Foundation Day, etc. including work related to Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD).

75. ICID Service Unit (SU): A token amount of ₹ 0.05 million (US$ 676) has been kept for the each FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 to cover any incidental expenses in respect of ICID Service Unit (SU).

76. Other Expenditure: A provision of ₹ 0.78 million (US$ 10,541) is made under this head for the FY 2022-2023 covering expenses in respect of GST expenses, ICID EPF Trust Dissolution and Miscellaneous Expenses, whereas it has been kept as ₹ 0.68 million (US$ 9,189) for the each FYs 2023-24 and 2024-2025 which includes bank charges, GST Expenses, and Miscellaneous Expenses.

PFC Agenda Item 8.3: Internal Transfers

77. ICID is maintaining a Gratuity Fund and Leave Encashment Fund treated in the Liability side of the Balance Sheet for many years even in the course of the deficit years. Provision for Gratuity and Leave Encashment has been updated as per the applicable provisions of the relevant Acts under the Constitution of India. The amount had been transferred and updated to these Gratuity Fund and Leave Encashment Fund during the financial year 2020-2021. For this purpose, an amount of ₹ 1.58 million (US$ 21,335) was transferred from General Fund including interest earned from respective Fixed Deposits to Leave Encashment Fund and Gratuity Fund to maintain balance as per the Indian Labour Law. Even so, it is also essential to be ensured that the liability is on a regular basis transferred to the Fund with the purpose of avoiding any default on the compliance and due diligence of staff social security.

PFC Agenda Item 9: Surplus/Deficit and Cash Reserves 78. Taking into consideration the total Receipts of ₹ 42.94 million (US$ 580,253) and Expenditure of ₹ 63.26 million (US$ 854,811), a deficit of ₹ -20.32 million (US$ -274,557) is projected for the FY 2021-2022 which is mainly on account of non-receipts of the rent since M/s Yes bank (Tenant) vacated rented premises on 15th June 2021 and a lesser receipts of registration fee ICID share to special contribution from ICID events and lesser subscription. On Contrary, surplus of a sum of ₹ 22.69 million (US$ 306633), ₹ 2.74 million (US$ 36,967) and ₹ 8.97 million (US$ 121,223) are anticipated in the FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 respectively due to expected renting of vacant premises from 1 April 2022 and receipt of share of registration fee from ICID events.

79. The total cash reserve is only ₹ 60.63 million (US$ 819,272), which is about 95.84% of the annual expenditure budget for FY 2021-22 as compared to the previous year cash reserve of ₹ 50.26 million (US$ 698,074) which was about 66.40% of the annual expenditure budget for 2020-21. Meanwhile, there are large deviations in the yearly revenues attributable to tricyclic nature of events and consequent revenues. It is therefore recommended that after meeting all the liabilities, the cash reserve may be allowed to be built up at least equal to the annual budgeted expenditure.

PFC Agenda Item 10: Approval to cumulative Inflation Factor and Impact of cumulative Inflation Factor on the Formulae for upcoming three years for the annual subscription rates

80. The PFC may also note that the Council in its 68th meeting held on 14 October at Mexico City, Mexico endorsed the PFC recommendation of revising the 1991 formulae being used at that time be updated as follows and the annual subscriptions rates shall be recalculated every three years during the meeting of IEC in a Congress year.

The approved revised formulae effective from 01st January 2018 was as given below:

S (2017) = {1515+UNC+1900 A**0.35} x {InF} … {for NC with A>9.35 M}


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S (2017) = {1515+UNC+1360 A**0.5} x {InF}… {for NC with A<9.35 M}

Where,

(i) S(2017) is the subscription in US $;

(ii) UNC, for countries paying UN contribution

< 0.30 per cent: UNC = 0. > 0.3 per cent but < 0.6 per cent: UNC = US $ 725 > 0.6 per cent but < 1.5 per cent: UNC = US $ 1450 > 1.5 per cent but 3.00 per cent: UNC = US $ 2900

(iii) A is the Weighted Benefitted Area calculated as follows:

Weighted Benefit area= IA + (0.5)* DA……. if IA>DA Weighted Benefit area= DA + (0.5)* IA……. if DA>IA and Irrigated Area (IA); Drainage Area (DA)

(iv) In F is the cumulative Inflation Factor for three years as obtained from the IMF DATA 81. In view of above annual subscription is to be revised based on cumulative three years inflation factor (InF) in 2020. From IMF data average inflation factor of the world for three years 2018, 2019 and 2020 are 3.6%, 3.5%, and 3.2% making total of 10.3% rounded to 10% for three years. So annual subscription amount was to be increased on an average by 6.5% for each active national committee w.e.f. 01st January 2021 after taking the inflation factor into consideration in the subscription formulae. However, considering the COVID–19 Pandemic situation and problems faced by different NCs, IEC based on recommendations of PFC approved to defer increase in annual subscription by a year, i.e till 1 January 2022. PFC may discuss this issue and may consider postponing again this increase in annual membership subscription by one more year say till 01 January 2023 keeping in view the COVID-19 pandemic during 2021, as a special case. PFC Agenda Item 11: Miscellaneous/Others Financial Issues

PFC Agenda Item 11.1: Statutory Auditor Appointment 82. As per the ICID Constitution, the account of ICID shall be audited regularly on yearly basis in a manner to be determined by the Council. As per By-law 7.3, the audited Financial Statement for the preceding year, duly audited, has to be presented to each IEC as part of the Agenda Items for consideration of the Council. Based on the prevalent practice in most International Organizations, the duration of appointment of the Auditor is three years. The authority to appoint an Auditor lies with the General Body that is IEC in our case. The current Auditor M/s P.K. Chopra was appointed in 2016 for the period 2016-18 extended to 31st March 2021 in terms of By-law 7.3.1 which state that :

“A Statutory Auditor, who should be a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), shall be appointed by the International Executive Council for a period determined by it but not exceeding three years term subject to a maximum of two terms”.

83. Since present Audit firm has completed maximum specified term of six years, ICID Central Office has advertised an ICAI and other reputed portals for offers from reputed Audit Firms for performing Statutory Audit as required under the Income Tax Act.

84. A total 91 proposals were received by the last date, which were reviewed based on the prescribed selection criterion such as offices located in and around Delhi, experience in handling IT, GST, FCRA and Society Acts, total number of years of experience, number of staff/partners etc. Final selection of Statutory Audit firm has been undertaken in consultation with the concurrent auditor.

85. PFC may like to recommend to IEC for appointment of M/s Tarun Kandhari & Co. LL.P. New Delhi as the new Statutory Auditor for the period 2021-2022 to 2023-2024.

PFC Agenda Item 11.2: FCRA Renewal/Restoration 86. FCRA Registration Number 231650578 given to ICID on 13th December 1990 was cancelled with effect from 02/06/2015 due to non-submission of mandatory annual returns for the year 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, however these were filed by ICID subsequently on 9th May 2013 and resubmitted on 5th November 2014. As per provision of FCRA Rules, new registration of FCRA is allowed only after 3 years from the date of the FCRA cancellation, so ICID has applied for fresh FCRA registration number on 29th October 2019. Vide its letter dated 10th March 2021, Ministry of Home Affairs has sought certain further clarifications and the required information was duly submitted by ICID on 25th March 2021. However, ICID application for registration under FCRA was not accepted due to earlier procedural lapses.

87. ICID took up matter again with the concerned FCRA department for regularizing of earlier procedural lapses, and accordingly FCRA department has indicated a compounding penalty of Rs. 13,72,525/- (US$18548), which has


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been paid by ICID to regularize all earlier procedural lapses. With this now ICID can again apply for fresh FCRA registration. This is for information of the Committee.

PFC Agenda Item 11.3: Dissolution of ICID EPF Trust 88. As mentioned in the previous PFC meeting, Status of ICID EPF Trust dissolution matter is same as in previous year and still under progress, which is due the fact that income tax liability for AY 2014-15 and 2015-2016 of about ₹ 03.81 million (US$ 51,486) in respect of ICID EPF trust is under appeal with the India's Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). However, ICID CO is making continuous efforts to close this case in favour of ICID. This is for information of the Committee.

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Annex 1 [Appendix I, Item 6.1]

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT P.K.Chopra & Co. Chartered Accountants (Registered)

To

The Members of the International Executive Council International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID-CIID) New Delhi

Report on Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID-CIID) (“the society”- PAN AAAAI1084P), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2021, Income & Expenditure, Receipt and Payment for the year then ended and other explanatory information.

Management Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and receipt and payments, of the society in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in India for Not-for-Profit Organizations. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Society’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

Further we report that, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India. 1. In the case of Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Society as at March 31, 2021; and

2. In the case of Income and Expenditure Account, of the excess of Expenditure over income for the year ended on that date; and

3. And in case of the Receipts and Payments Account, of the Receipts and Payments for the year ended on that date, we report that:


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(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit.

(b) In our opinion proper books of accounts as required by law have been kept by the ICID, so far as appears from our examination of those books.

(c) The Balance Sheet, Income and Expenditure Account, and Receipt and Payment account dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Income and Expenditure account, comply with the relevant Accounting Standards.

Place: New Delhi Date: 20th August 2021

For P.K. Chopra & Co. Chartered Accountants

Firm Registration No. 006747N

Sd/- Arvind Mongia

Partner Membership No. 085176

UDIN – 21085176AAAAAG3464


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Annex 1A [Appendix I, Item 6.1]

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE BALANCE SHEET AS ON 31ST MARCH 2021

PARTICULARS 2020-21 2019-20 Amount INR Amount INR Assets Property & Equipment 1 9,743,228 10,320,734

Receivables 2 27,089,168 24,410,075

Bank Balances & Cash in Hand 3 106,823,971 98,004,604

Total Assets 143,656,367 132,735,413 Liabilities Gulhati Memorial Lecture Fund 4 408,144 384,360

General Fund 5 88,589,931 64,590,678

Gratuity Fund 6 11,443,361 10,489,694

Leave Encashment Fund 7 7,979,136 7,354,027

Corpus Fund-WID Prizes 8 2,835,175 2,667,207

Support to African (AFYPF) – YP Training 1,074,232 1,074,232

Security from Tenant 9 14,729,400 28,729,400

Unrealized Subscription 10 13,583,190 12,885,545

Sundry Creditor, Payables & Provisions 11 2,148,240 2,768,559

Duties & Taxes Payable 12 865,557 1,791,711 Total Liabilities 143,656,367 132,735,413

Significant Accounting Policies and Notes to Accounts forming part of Accounts-Annexure 46 As per our separate Report of even date attached

For and on behalf of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

For P.K. Chopra & Co. Chartered Accountants Firm Registration No. 006747N

Sd/- Arvind Mongia



Sd/ Balasaheb Anantrao Chivate

Director (Technical)

Sd/- Ashwin Kumar Balwantray

Pandya Secretary General

Place: New Delhi Dated: 20th August 2021


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Annex 1B [Appendix I, Item 6.1]

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR FROM 1ST APRIL 2020 TO 31ST MARCH 2021




Sd/- Arvind Mongia





-Sd/- Ashwin Kumar Balwantray Pandya

Secretary General


PARTICULARS 2020-21 2019-20

Amount INR Amount INR Income Membership & Subscriptions 13 17,539,280 17,348,747 Sale of Publication 14 1,664,469 1,073,255 Special Contribution to the Budget 15 8,409,256 423,998 Interest on Fixed Deposits 16 6,141,364 5,823,755 Other Incomes 17 381,161 4,804,757 Rent and Provision of Services on Let Out Property 58,136,988 56,460,947 Special Subscriptions 18 1,134,204 664,950

Total 93,406,722 86,600,409 Expenditure Compensation for Secretary General 19 4,253,097 4,236,152 Salaries & Allowances 20 26,548,822 26,483,474 Superannuation Relief to Retd. Employees 3,977,217 4,048,782 Service & Maintenance 21 5,231,964 7,376,466 Taxes and Utilities 22 18,233,055 16,649,857 Rehabilitation or Refurbishing and Maintenance of ICID Central Office Building 23 634,019 246,835 Publication, Knowledge Management and Dissemination 24 4,601,016 3,180,796 Conference Expenditure 25 768,097 1,764,445 Cooperation with Other Organization 22,181 22,181 Travel Expenditure 26 __ 940,983 Depreciation on Fixed Assets 1 1,269,741 1,336,551 Workshop, Training and Studies 27 1,225,492 4,460,770 Other Expenditure 28 1,063,990 4,521,112 Excess of Income over Expenditure 25,578,029 9,226,278

Total 93,406,722 86,600,409

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Annex 1C [Appendix I, Item 6.1]

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE RECEIPT AND PAYMENT ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR FROM 1ST APRIL 2020 TO 31ST MARCH 2021

PARTICULARS 2020-21 2019-20 (Rs.) (Rs.)

RECEIPTS

Cash & Banks (Balance Brought Forward) 29 98,004,604 84,149,599 Membership Subscriptions 30 14,747,935 16,462,377 Sale of Publications 31 1,664,469 1,073,255 Special Contribution to the Budget 32 8,409,256 423,998 Interest on Fixed Deposits 33 5,235,295 6,040,459 Special Subscription 11,34,204 658,950 Other Receipts 34 341,015 6,618,946 Rent and Provision of Services on Let Out Property 58,136,988 56,050,415 Income Tax Refund 35 1,575,251 837,153

Total 189,249,018 172,315,151 PAYMENTS

Compensation package for Secretary General 4,253,097 4,116,152 Salaries and Allowances 36 26,898,330 26,197,482 Superannuation Relief to Retired Employees 3,977,217 4,031,232 Services & Maintenances 37 5,539,277 7,145,111 Taxes and Utilities 38 18,251,674 16,480,120 Rehabilitation or Refurbishing and Maintenance of ICID CO Building 39 616,919 246,835

Publications, Knowledge Management and Disseminations 40 4,501,920 3,173,468

Conference Expenditure 41 845,977 1,764,445 Cooperation with Other Organization --- 22,183 Travel Expenditure 42 --- 1,027,754 Workshops, Trainings and Studies 43 1,287,337 6,937,837 Purchase of Fixed Assets 44 692,234 1,837,472 ICID Service Unit (ISU) __ 105,728 Other Payments 45 15,561,065 1,224,729 Cash & Banks (Balance Carry Forward) 29 106,823,971 98,004,604

Total 189,249,018 172,315,151




Sd/- Arvind Mongia





-Sd/- Ashwin Kumar Balwantray Pandya

Secretary General



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Annex 2 [Appendix I, Item 7.1]

SUMMARY OF APPROVED BUDGET 2020-2021, ACTUAL RECEIPTS/ EXPENDITURE 2020-2021, PROPOSED REVISED BUDGET 2021-2022 AND PROPOSED BUDGETS 2022-2023, PRELIMINARY BUDGET 2023-2024 AND FORECAST BUDGET 2024-2025

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Approved Revised Budget

2020-2021

Actual Receipts/

Expenditure 2020-2021

Approved Budget 2021-

2022

Proposed Revised Budget

2021-2022

Proposed Budget

2022-2023

Proposed Preliminary

Budget 2023-2024

Proposed Forecast Budget

2024-2025

I RECEIPTS1. Membership Subscriptions 2,50,89,000 1,58,82,139 1,79,43,000 2,58,37,000 2,61,29,880 2,07,94,880 2,07,94,8802. Sale of Publications 16,58,000 16,64,469 17,05,000 12,00,142 10,05,000 12,05,000 12,05,0003. Special Contribution to ICID Budget 94,50,000 84,09,256 - 2,00,000 2,09,89,212 80,00,000 1,30,00,0004. Interest on Fixed Deposits 58,25,000 52,35,295 58,25,000 43,68,750 53,68,750 65,68,750 80,68,7505. Other Receipts 29,67,000 19,16,266 1,60,000 18,10,588 12,07,466 1,10,000 1,10,0006. Rent and Maintenance Charges 5,81,36,988 5,81,36,988 5,81,36,988 95,22,274 4,20,00,000 4,20,00,000 4,20,00,0007. Loan for Extention of Building - - 10,00,00,000 - - - - TOTAL RECEIPTS 10,31,25,988 9,12,44,413 18,37,69,988 4,29,38,754 9,67,00,308 7,86,78,630 8,51,78,630

II EXPENDITURE1. Compensation Package for Secretary General 43,78,000 42,53,097 46,08,000 46,35,000 49,03,000 52,01,000 55,32,0002. Salaries and Allowances 2,78,88,600 2,65,48,822 3,03,37,600 2,58,66,446 2,50,14,972 2,62,05,657 2,74,67,1303. Superannuation Relief to Retired Employees 42,61,000 39,77,217 46,05,000 48,45,261 50,87,524 53,41,900 56,08,9954. Service & Maintenance 79,98,000 52,31,964 77,30,000 73,27,000 76,75,000 79,41,500 81,93,0005. Taxes & Utilities 1,88,32,000 1,82,33,055 1,90,82,000 41,32,796 1,55,00,000 1,55,25,000 1,55,50,0006. Rehabilitation, Refurbishing and Maintenance of ICID CO Building 10,30,000 6,34,019 8,30,000 11,30,000 8,00,000 8,00,000 8,00,000

7. Publication, Knowledge Management and Dissemination 45,84,000 46,01,016 47,61,000 49,14,000 48,99,000 49,28,000 49,57,000

8. Conference Expenditure 3,00,000 7,68,097 47,00,000 17,00,000 27,00,000 37,00,000 22,00,0009. Cooperation with Other Organisations 50,000 22,183 50,000 50,000 80,000 50,000 50,00010. Travel Expenditure 3,00,000 - 17,00,000 11,00,000 17,00,000 21,00,000 17,00,00011. Fixed Assets 23,50,000 6,92,234 10,11,50,000 20,75,000 20,70,000 6,70,000 6,70,00012. Workshops, Training and Studies 17,00,000 12,25,492 27,50,000 27,50,000 27,50,000 27,50,000 27,50,00013. ICID Service Unit (ISU) 2,00,000 - 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 14. Other Expenditure 18,40,000 10,63,990 14,40,000 26,80,500 7,80,000 6,80,000 6,80,000TOTAL EXPENDITURE 7,57,11,600 6,72,51,186 18,37,93,600 6,32,56,003 7,40,09,496 7,59,43,057 7,62,08,125Surplus/(Deficit) 2,74,14,388 2,39,93,227 -23,612 -2,03,17,249 2,26,90,812 27,35,573 89,70,505

* A Conversion rate of US$ 1 = 74 as to be approved in 72nd IEC

Agenda for the 32nd Meeting of PCSO (72nd IEC) − (Ver. Dated 2021-10-28)

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APPENDIX II [IEC Item 9.2]

AGENDA FOR THE 32ND MEETING OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION (PCSO)

28 November 2021, 14.00-18.00 hours Marrakech, Morocco

Mandate: The Permanent Committee on Strategy and Organization (PCSO) shall be concerned with increasing the number of member countries and assisting the National Committees to become more active in their own countries to achieve the goals set for them from time to time by the Council. The Committee will also coordinate the activities of Vice Presidents (Resolution IEC-3/66)

Members: (1) Vice President Hon. Dr. Brian T. Wahlin, Chairman (USA, 2017); (2) Vice President Hon. Er. Naoki Hayashida (Japan, 2017); (3) Vice President Hon. Dr. K. Yella Reddy (India, 2017); (4) Vice President Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy, 2018); (5) Vice President Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran, 2018); (6) Vice President Mr. Ahmed El Bouari (Morocco, 2018); (7) Vice President Dr. Mochammad Amron (Indonesia, 2019); (8) Vice President Dr. Hesham Mostafa Mohamed Ali (Egypt, 2019); (9) Vice President H.E. Dr. Shavkat Rakhimovich Khamraev (Uzbekistan, 2019); (10) Vice President Dr. Jin-Yong, Choi (South Korea, 2020); (11) Vice President Dato’ Ir. Nor Hisham bin Mohd Ghazali (Malaysia, 2020); (12) Vice President Eng. Rafat Nael Al-Intaki (Iraq, 2020); (13) Eng. Ms. Aya Mohammed Hassan Ali Elkholy, Coordinator, IYPeF (Egypt, 2021) and (14) Er. Ashwin B. Pandya, Secretary General, ICID.

Permanent Observers: (i) FAO representative; (ii) World Bank representative; (iii) GWP representative; and (iv) WWC representative. Ex-Officio Members: Chairpersons of all Regional Working Groups and Working Groups/Committees. PCSO Agenda Item 1: ATR on the Minutes of the 31st Meeting of PCSO 1. As per the decision of the fifth virtual meeting of the Management Board (MB-5/20) held on 17 September 2020, PCSO did not hold its physical or virtual meeting las year. However, the Chair, PCSO presented its report to the 71st IEC virtual meeting, restricting mainly to the membership of workbodies and any other important issues recommended by the workbodies which had held their meetings virtually last year and associated with PCSO, as per the directives of the MB-5/20 meeting in order to meet the constitutional obligation of transacting the most important business before the Council meeting, at least once in a year. 2. Since the minutes of the 31st PCSO meeting has been confined to the membership and a few activities of the workbodies under PCSO, the actions with regard to effecting the membership changes and activities as approved by the Council through resolutions have been taken on time. PCSO Agenda Item 2: Membership of PCSO and its Workbodies 3. As per ICID By-laws 3.9.5 (c), the three newly elected Vice Presidents at Marrakech, Morocco will become members of PCSO by virtue of the Office they are elected to; and three Vice Presidents Honoraire will retire from PCSO membership on completion of their 4-year term at the end of 72nd meeting of IEC, including the current Chairman of PCSO, VPH Dr. Brian Wahlin, who has been the Chair of the Committee since 2018. The Committee would like to express its gratitude and record its appreciation to VPH Dr. Wahlin for his exemplary leadership in guiding the activities of the PCSO for over the last three years. 4. In terms of ICID By-law 3.9.5 (c), VP Dr. Mochammad Amron (Indonesia) has been designated as the new Chairperson of PCSO, subject to approval of IEC. VP Dr. Amron has given his consent to be the chairperson of PCSO. The Chairperson shall serve the Committee up to 2023. 5. PCSO will also consider the proposals from the Chairpersons of various workbodies associated with it, for any changes in their membership. PCSO Agenda Item 3: Membership of ICID PCSO Agenda Item 3.1: Status of ICID Memberships and Reactivation of Associate Members 6. An updated list of ICID Network countries as on 01 September 2021 is given in Annex, page 39. The statement below summarizes the region-wise membership status:


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Region Active Associate Members Total

Africa 10 10 20

Americas 03 03 06

Asia and Oceania 25 03 28

Europe 16 11 27

Total 54 27 81 7. The letters for reactivation of membership of Associate Members as well as new members have been sent regularly to the Ministers of Water Resources/Agriculture as well as Embassies/High Commissions located in Delhi. 8. Besides, the Central Office has undertaken a membership drive as per the counsel of President Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab, with the letters written to associate member countries as well as to the new countries for reactivation of the membership and inviting for new membership, respectively. So far, 65 new countries, 52 associate members of ICID and 08 countries, who had been admitted provisionally in earlier IEC meetings, but are yet to formalize their memberships by way of remitting the membership subscription, have been approached. It is expected that these countries will be brought into ICID fraternity sooner than later. 9. It may be noted that considerable progress has been achieved with regard to the membership drive recently launched, as detailed above to bring the inactive member countries and non-member countries to ICID fold. The responses from Chad, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda and Poland have been quite encouraging, while Czech Republic has expressed its inability to join at present in view of the diminishing interest of users of irrigation systems and professional public in their country. H.E. Eric Camille N'DRY, Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire to India, paid a visit to ICID Central Office on 21 June 2021 and held discussions with the Secretary General to gain more information about the services and benefits provided by the Commission as well as to know about the quantum of membership subscription arrears owed by Ivory Coast. Their formal response in this regard is awaited. A number of embassies like Belgium, Guyana, Lao, PDR, etc. have either provided the correct contact coordinates of the authorities in their countries to readdress the right persons or forwarded the letter of invitation to join them as members to the Minister/Authority in their countries. It has been felt that it would be a good idea to invite the ambassadors of non-member countries in New Delhi for a reception at ICID Central Office to propagate ICID activities and stimulate these countries to be ICID members. The periodic reminders are being sent to those countries, which are yet to respond to our initial letters of invitation to join the Commission on regular basis. 10. The Zimbabwe Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ZwCID) under the new Acting Director, Department of Irrigation and the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ZwCID), Eng. Bezzel Chitsungo is also in the process of reactivation, by way of exploring various options by which ZwCID can regain full membership status of ICID depending on available financial means. Due to non-payment of subscriptions caused by foreign currency challenges, ZwCID has been an Associate member of ICID from 1 January 2018 as declared at the 68th IEC meeting. However, it may be noted that ZwCID is a long-standing affiliate/member of ICID and the second African country to join ICID in 1955. Vide Resolution IEC-1/71, the Council has approved the admission of Kenya as a member of ICID from 1 July 2021, subject to payment of subscription for six months for 2021. However, in their communication dated 1 September 2021, the Kenyan NC has reaffirmed their commitment to reactivate its membership in ICID and assured that the Irrigation Department at the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation will communicate the status of reactivation of their membership at the earliest to ICID Central Office. 11. The other countries, which have expressed their desire to reactivate their membership in Africa region are Algeria, Congo, Senegal and Tanzania. However, their formal membership application forms for reviving their memberships are yet to be received in ICID Central Office.

12. It may be noted with concern that the ICID membership in Latin America region has now been reduced to a single member, viz. Mexico, which is also in the arrears of membership of subscription till the time of preparing these agenda notes for the last four years and they will be relegated to an associate member with effect from 01 January 2022, despite the one-year grace period given by 71st IEC virtual meeting in 2020 till 01 January 2022, owing to COVID-19 pandemic. In response to a letter requesting for reactivation of the Brazilian NC, Mr. Lineu Neiva Rodrigues of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation in his communication dated 01 April 2021 enquired about any disadvantages on account of Brazil joining as a fresh member rather reactivating their Committee. He was provided with the information sought and his response is awaited about the joining of Brazil as a fresh member or otherwise. In a recent communication dated 21 October 2021, Eng. Helvecio Mattana Saturnino, former President of Brazilian National Committee of ICID (ABID) communicated about the appointment of Dr. Lineu Neiva Rodrigues, EMBRAPA CERRADO as Director of ABID and in-charge of ICID-ABID communications by Dr. Everardo Chartuni Mantovani, the President of ABID. They have been provided with all the options for reactivation of ABID and also assured the support of ICID Central Office in achieving the same at the earliest.


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13. The Spanish NC has become a new member of ICID with effect from 2021 by paying their membership subscription for the year 2021. It may be noted that Spain was a member of the Commission for the period 1955-1998, before becoming an associate member. The support and assistance provided by the Embassy of the Spain located in New Delhi for bringing their country back to ICID fold is acknowledged here. The reactivation of Swiss National Committee of ICID is still pursued with Prof. Dr. Bernard Lehmann, Secretary of State for Agriculture/Director General, Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), Education and Research (EAER), whom the Secretary General had met at Rabat, Morocco in 2019 through constant reminders. It is expected that the reactivation of Swiss NC will be realized soon, along with the Polish NC of ICID, which has also expressed their desire to re-join ICID.

14. Dr. Klaus Röttcher, who has been assisting in the reactivation of the German NC has informed that since the German NC is no more there, they did not have any option to pay the membership fee for Germany without support from the ministry, which is not forthcoming.

15. In response to the letter seeking the membership to the Azerbaijan, a communication has been received from Azerbaijan Amelioration and Water Management Open Joint Stock Company on 5 July 2021, expressing their desire to participate in the organization as a member of ICID, as it will be beneficial mutually. Their formal membership application is awaited.

16. ICID Central Office has been pursuing with the Embassy of Israel in New Delhi for the reactivation of the membership of Israel. H.E. Dr. Ron Malka, the Ambassador of Israel, visited the Central Office on 15 January 2020 and held discussions with the Secretary General in this regard. A formal application of membership from Israel is expected to be received sooner or later.

17. The Australian NC (IACID) has made efforts to involve Irrigation New Zealand in 24th ICID Congress, by way of presentation of papers, organization of study tours and social tours in New Zealand as part of the 24th ICID Congress and suggested that the participation of New Zealand in ICID events in Australia as an Observer prior to becoming a full member would eventually give them a better understanding of how ICID functions and benefits to member countries. Efforts are also made by ICID with the help of IACID to facilitate the participation of neighbouring countries of Australia, viz. Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste etc. in 24th ICID Congress and IACID agreed to extend special support towards their participation, which will eventually lead to membership non-member counties. 18. The National Committees have been advised from time to time to broad-base their membership at the national level in order to provide a platform to all the stakeholders in the agriculture water management, as a follow up of the Resolution No.IEC-1/64. This may result amendments in the constitution of NCs and they have been requested to provide a copy of the amended constitution to CO for its record. Forty-nine NCs have so far provided the copies of their constitutions to the Central Office for record. PCSO Agenda Item 3.2: Vice Presidents’ reports: Strengthening regional cooperation and activities of

National Committees 19. Consequent upon the election of three new Vice Presidents at the 71st IEC virtual meeting held 07-08 December 2021, the redistribution of the Regions / National Committees amongst the newly elected and current Vice Presidents for the year 2020-21 was effected. The NCs are always encouraged to hold web conference with ICID Central Office or the Vice President in-charge on any issue that they may want to discuss or seek clarification and the Central Office is always facilitating such web meetings. This year onwards, the new countries approached under the membership drive will be made part of individual VP allocations, in addition to the members for further pursuance by the VPs-in-Charge at the regional level. 20. ICID has supported the regional cooperation amongst the NCs by organizing the training programs, workshops, research in irrigation and drainage. This has resulted in in-principle approval to the establishment of the Regional Nodes under IRPID Scheme in Central Asia-Caucasus, Mediterranean and Africa Regions, with NCs of Tajikistan, Italy, Egypt and Morocco taking the lead, by involving the countries located in that region and even soliciting the cooperation of countries beyond a particular geographic area. 21. To encourage regional cooperation among NCs in Africa region, ICID will be supporting the YP Training Programs for African Young Water Professionals organized by African Regional Working Group under the chairmanship of VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba in Cairo, Egypt during the Cairo Water Week from 24-28 October 2021. VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba, Chair, AFRWG has offered to support in the reactivation of ZwCID and bringing other African countries to ICID family. 22. In accordance with the ICID’s mission to promote exchange of information, knowledge and networking, it is reported that linkages among various NCs in ASRWG have been achieved profoundly. A mutual consensus to initiate future cooperation has already been initiated among CTCID, INACID and MANCID. THAICID members and executives were to undertake a study trip to the United Kingdom during January 2020, as part of the activities planned by their National Committee to celebrate 70 years of its establishment. The objectives of the proposed


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study trip were (a) To exchange experience in irrigation and drainage with IWF/ICID.UK, (b) To study modern water resources management technologies of the United Kingdom, and (c) To visit projects on London flood prevention, e.g. Thames River. However, the visit has been postponed to a later date owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. 23. President Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab attended the "Arabic forum for Water scarcity and harvesting, and its social, economic and environmental impacts on sustainable development" organized by Libyan National Committee for Education, Culture, and Science from 12-13 July 2021 which has provided him with an opportunity to make a headway in our efforts to bring Libya in the fold of ICID family. 24. Taking advantage of his participation at the 5th Arab Water Forum held at Dubai, UAE from 21-23 September 2021, SG Ashwin Pandya has met with the Ho’ble Ministers of Water Resources/ Irrigation from Arab countries, who are not yet member of ICID and impressed on them about the need to become members of ICID in order to be mutually benefitted, by personally handing over the membership invitation letters written by President Prof. Dr. Ragab. 25. Associate Members have been requested to reinitiate the activities within the countries and at the same time renew their membership by paying the subscription fees due. Vice Presidents of the concerned regions have also been requested to use their good offices for reactivation of such NCs. With the active support of Central Office, the Vice Presidents have been in correspondence with countries in their region in order to reactivate or motivate the deemed inactive NCs to again become active members of ICID. VPs may like to provide a brief report on their efforts in this direction and results achieved thereon. The Committee may also suggest ways and means to reactivate the Associate Members, in view of the Vice Presidents’ reports. PCSO Agenda Item 3.3: Recommendations of the Direct Membership Administering (DMA) – Sub

Committee 26. This year, the ICID CO has received the following applications for Direct Membership which have been found to be complete in all respects.

Sl. No. Name of Applicants Country Type of Membership Applied for 1. Rivulis Irrigation India Pvt. Ltd. India Company (3 years) 2. Dr. P.L. Patel India Individual (Life Membership) 3. Dr. P.V. Timbadiya India Individual (Life Membership)

27. The Direct Membership Administering (DMA) Sub-Committee has granted provisional direct membership to the applicant as per the criteria laid down for DM. 28. The following 25 Direct Members have been active in ICID activities at the time of preparing this agenda notes:

Sl. No. Name of Direct Member Country Category and duration of

Membership

1. Irrigation Australia Ltd Australia Company (Dual Membership)

2. WAPCOS Limited India Company (3 years)

3. Electrosteel Castings Limited India Company (3 years)

4. Ningbo Yaofeng Hydraulic Electrics Co. Ltd. China Company (3 years)

5. Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. India Company (3 years)

6. India Water Foundation India Institution (A) (1 year)

7. Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) India Institution (3 years)

8. Dubai Municipality UAE Institution (3 years)

9. Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Management Austria Institution (3 years)

10. Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) India Institution (A) (3 years)

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Sl. No. Name of Direct Member Country Category and duration of

Membership

12. Prof. P.K. Bordoloi India Individual (Life Membership)

13. Dr. Ashish Pandey India Individual (Life Membership)

14. Prof. Umesh Chandra Chaube India Individual (Retiree) (Life Membership)

15. Prof. Lal Bahadur Roy India Individual (Life Membership)

16. Prof. (Dr.) Mitthan Lal Kansal India Individual (Life Membership)

17. Dr. Ajay Pradhan India Individual (Life Membership)

18. Mr. Ashok Hiralalji Karva India Individual (Life Membership)

19. Profesor (Mr.) Arun Kumar India Individual (Life Membership)

20. Dr. (Mr.) Ahmed E. Elshaikh Sudan Individual (Life Membership)

21. Mr. Aytekin Turgay Turkey Individual (Life Membership)

22. Prof. Dr. Klaus Rottcher Germany Individual (Life Membership)

23. Mr. Y. Abdul Basheer India Individual (Retiree) (3 years)

24. Mr. Sajid Ali Bhutto Pakistan Individual (Retiree) (3 years)

25. Mr. Anton Urfels Germany Individual (3 years)

PCSO Agenda Item 4: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030: Review of the Action Plan 2019-2023 29. The Committee reviewed the activities identified by RWGs and WGs reporting to PCSO in the Action Plan 2018-22 at its last meeting in Bali, Indonesia, as appended to the ‘Road Map to ICID Vision 2030’ (http://www.icid.org/icid_vision2030.pdf) committed to be achieved over a period of five years. 30. The Action Plan, which is designed to be living and dynamic and rolling in nature and includes activities for converting vision to action, may be monitored annually and reviewed triennially, as envisaged in ‘Road Map to ICID Vision 2030’. 31. Accordingly, under the existing monitoring mechanism, PCSO may monitor the activities identified under Action Plan 2019-23 based on the progress achieved by RWGs and workbodies reporting to the Committee and suggest appropriate ways and means to achieve them. PCSO Agenda Item 5: Knowledge Management Strategy (KMS) 32. To manage the knowledge processes within the ICID network the Knowledge Management Division (KMD) at the Central Office of ICID was set up in 2017 based on the recommendations emerging from consultations of the ICID Working Groups on Knowledge theme, and also from various ICID partners. The Knowledge Management (KM) team also reviews the existing KM processes in water management organizations throughout the world and suggests future strategies to be adopted by ICID members, partners, and other stakeholders keeping in view the resources available under the existing institutional framework. The KMD is engaged in developing a distribution network for the knowledge base and ICID publications on agricultural water management. It is also working to develop an interactive Knowledge Portal for improved information flow within, and outside the ICID network. 33. Any further progress will be presented at the Committee’s meeting. PCSO Agenda Item 6: ICID Service Unit - related to ICID Mission 34. Vide Resolution IEC-1/69, the 69th IEC meeting has granted an ‘in principle’ approval to the recommendation of Special Task Force on Independent Service Unit (STF-ISU), for the development of a detailed project proposal and obtain necessary statutory approvals, with endorsement from the Management Board (MB) in consultation with

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NCs for the potential launch of Independent Service Unit (ISU) as part of 70th ICID Celebrations of ICID at Bali, Indonesia in September 2019. Accordingly, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the techno-economic feasibility of the establishment of ISU has been prepared and subsequently approved by STF-ISU, including the statutory modalities for the launch of ISU at Bali during ICID’s 2019 annual events.

35. However, at Bali in 2019, the 70th IEC meeting vide its Resolution IEC-1/70 approved the following in respect of establishment of Service Unit (SU) in ICID:



36. There is hardly any progress in the establishment of the SU of ICID on account of COVID-19 pandemic, which has been impacting globally since the beginning of the last year. 37. SG will provide further update in the matter. PCSO Agenda Item 7: Collaboration and Cooperation between ICID and other International

Organizations 38. ICID has been giving paramount importance to its partnership with likeminded international and regional organizations in water sector. ICID collaborated with global partners like ADB, AWC, CSIRO, DWFI, FAO, GWP, ICARDA, ICBA, ICRISAT, IFAD, IWMI, IWRA, UN-Water, WMO, World Bank and WWC and regional organizations like AARDO on a number of issues which are mutually beneficial. For more details about ICID’s international cooperation during 2020-21, please refer Chapter 3 “Working Together” of Annual Report 2020-21. 39. At the 71st IEC virtual meeting held on 07-08 December 2020, the Council has accepted the recommendation of the Task Force constituted to look into the matter of granting Institutional Life Membership to Direct Members (TF-ILMDM) that the international partners of ICID such as the World Bank, ADB, IsDB, etc. and UN Organizations such as FAO, IFAD, WMO, etc. may be treated differently and keeping in view of their contribution to ICID activities and long-term commitment, Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) may be signed with these organization based on mutual concurrence on the scope of work, participation in ICID activities etc. rather than enrolling them as Institutional Direct Members of the Commission. The decision of the Council has accordingly been reflected in its Resolution IEC-1/71 approving the report of the TF-ILMDM, which included a template of the draft MoU to be shared with the partner organizations, as per the recommendation of the 41st PFC meeting held virtually on 26 November 2020. 40. Prior to Council’s decision at the 71st IEC Virtual Meeting, ICID has standing MoUs with AARDO, CSIRO-Australia, IGS, IWA, IWRA and WMO. Post-Council’s decision, ICID has requested IsDB, which evinced interest to become a Direct Member of the Commission, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which was a Direct Member of ICID till last year, to consider entering into a MoU with ICID, while sharing with them with the draft MoUs. They welcomed the Council’s decision in this respect and the proposed MoUs are under their active consideration. 41. In view of ICID’s collaborative activities with AWC, ICARDA and ICBA, ICID has proposed entering into formal signed Agreements in the form of MoUs with them based on the mutual concurrence on the scope of work, identified areas of cooperation, participation of ICID activities, etc., while sharing the draft MoUs with them. The MoUs thus shared have now been finalized with these international organizations, and MoUs with AWC and ICBA have been signed during Secretary General’s visit to Dubai to attend the 5th Arab Water Forum from 21-23 September 2021. The signing of MoU with ICARDA has now been scheduled through a virtual platform. 42. ICID will soon be entering into MoUs with technical and strategic partners such as FAO, IWMI, World Bank and WWC and also with other international organizations such as IFAD, ICRISAT, etc., which are collaborative partners in the organization of ICID’s triennial WIFs and Congresses. 43. ICID has collaborated with FAO, IWMI, ICARDA and ICBA in the organization of joint sessions on the topics of ‘Water for food security: every drop count to add productivity and wellbeing’, ‘Leveraging the untapped potential of food production under water scarcity and climate change in the Arab region’ and ‘Impact of Research, Technology and Innovations on Water Productivity’ respectively during 5th AWF. A number of Office Bearers of ICID, including President, ICID and a few workbody members attended and contributed to these sessions through virtual and onsite participation and presentation.


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44. Further, in response to a joint invitation letter from Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, President, AWC and Dr. Amgad Elmahdi, Head, IWMI MENA Office, President Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab participated virtually in the dialogue activities and Working Group discussions as part of the First Regional Science-Policy Dialogue on Water Reuse in the MENA Region, which will be organized on the sidelines of the 5th AWF. 45. In response to an invitation by Dr. Akram A. Elkaseh, General Director of The Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Science (LCRSSS), President Prof. Dr. Ragab delivered a talk on the topic “Water harvesting approaches at different scales within the integrated management of water, crops and land for food security” at the “Arabic forum for Water scarcity and harvesting, and its social, economic and environmental impacts on sustainable development" held on 12-13 July 2021 by the Libyan national committee for education, culture, and science, the LCRSSS, and CTREAN. 46. VPH Chaiwat Prechawit (Thailand) made a presentation on the topic "Fish friendly irrigation system in Thailand: a case study on Bang Rakam low land model" during Fish-friendly Irrigation Session with IWMI at Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) on 24 August 2021 as nominated representative of ICID. Now the topic is being taken up in relevant workbodies of ICID for discussion, based on his presentation. 47. ICID agreed to co-sponsor the Session on "Soil hydrology and irrigation in arid areas" that will be held at the 2022 edition of European Geosciences Union Assembly as suggested by ITAL-ICID, without any financial commitments and virtual participation. 48. AFRWG is in talk with Mauritania Business Women Council for potential cooperation in the field of water, irrigation, drainage and related fields and a draft of MOU has been shared with them by VPH Dr. Wahba, Chair, AFRWG, while providing details on the various options available for joining ICID membership and related benefits to them. 49. The cooperation of the ASRWG with PAWEES (International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering) and INWEPF (International Network for Water and Ecosystem in Paddy Fields) will be continuing in future with a renewed vigour.

50. ICID collaborates with the World Bank towards the establishment of “International Network of Service Providers for Irrigation Excellence (INSPIRE)” as a technical work body initially incubated by ICID after formalizing the collaborative arrangements with the World Bank through a signed agreement between both the parties. Accordingly, it has been decided to establish INSPIRE as a Task Force under ICID Strategy Theme ‘Scheme’.

51. CSIRO-Australia has agreed to make a presentation on a software tool 'Basin Futures' developed by them with broad technical inputs from ICID during the 41st meeting of PCTA at Marrakech, Morocco for the benefit of the participants. The presentation titled “Water resource scenario planning with an easy to use, cloud-based, model” will be made by Dr. Ashmita Sengupta and Mr. Peter Taylor of CSIRO-Australia team. 52. Secretary General will present a brief overview of the on-going collaborative activities. The members are requested to provide suggestions to make the collaborative efforts with other international organizations result oriented in achieving the vision, mission and goals of ICID. PCSO Agenda Item 8: Review of reports of Regional Working Groups (RWGs) PCSO Agenda Item 8.1: African Regional Working Group (AFRWG) 53. VPH Dr. Mohanmed Wahba, Chair of AFRWG will present the report of the meeting of the RWG. PCSO Agenda Item 8.2: American Regional Working Group (AMRWG) 54. The Chair/Representative of AMRWG will present the report of the meeting of the RWG. PCSO Agenda Item 8.3: Asian Regional Working Group (ASRWG) 55. Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe, Chair of ASRWG will present the report of the meeting of the RWG. PCSO Agenda Item 8.4: European Regional Working Group (ERWG) 56. VPH Ian Makin, Chair of ERWG will present the report of the meeting of the RWG. PCSO Agenda Item 9: Review of reports of Working Groups/Committees PCSO Agenda Item 9.1: Committee on Congresses/Conferences (C-CONGR)


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57. Mr. Bryan Ward, Chair of C-CONGR will present the report of the meeting of the Committee. PCSO Agenda Item 9.2: ICID Young Professional’s e-Forum (IYPeF) 58. Eng. Ms. Aya Mohammed Hassan Ali Elkholy, Coordinator, IYPeF will present the report of the meeting of the e-Forum. PCSO Agenda Item 10: Organizational issues related to IEC, Congresses, Forums and

Conferences PCSO Agenda Item 10.1: Report of the Sub-Committee on Themes, Topics and Work Plans of future ICID

Events (SC-E-THEMES) 59. The Chair of the Sub-Committee, PH Dr. Gao Zhanyi will present the report of the meeting of the Sub-Committee. PCSO Agenda Item 11: Any other business PCSO Agenda Item 11.1: ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines 60. The third virtual meeting of the Management Board (MB-3/21) held on 07 September 2021 considered the background and the developments leading to the drafting of the “ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines”, with an objective to standardize the practices followed so far in bringing out ICID publications, including workbodies’ outputs, so as to serve in future as publication and editorial guidelines. MB deliberated on the proposed publication policy and guidelines and agreed to the need for such a document in order to ensure quality and coherence in ICID’s publications by adopting standardized guidelines for developing material and publishing it, especially those being brought out as ICID Workbodies’ Outputs. The publication policy provides for intellectual property rights, credits and formats for a standard output. The policy is oriented towards encouraging individuals and groups to provide their inputs in the publications for wider dissemination along with the credits for the work.

61. The draft of the “ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines” recommended by MB-3/21 meeting for approval by 72nd IEC meeting is placed at Annex 3 for of the PCTA Agenda notes on Page No.____. The PCSO may consider the draft document and provide its inputs, if any, prior to its finalization by the Council meeting on 30 November 2021. PCSO Agenda Item 11.2: Establishment of World Register of Irrigation Projects 62. There was a need to establish a World Register of Irrigation Projects on ICID’s part in order to give authentic information about the various irrigation projects in ICID member countries and non-member countries. Accordingly, ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. 63. Members are requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail. 64. Secretary General will present the World Register of Irrigation Projects to the Committee and demonstrate the same for inputs and suggestions from the members for improvement, if any. 65. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information.

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Annex [Appendix II, Item 3, Para 6]

ICID Membership Network as on 01 September 2021

Sl.No. National Committees Acronym Year of Joining

1. Afghanistan AFGICID 2018

2. Australia IACID 1952

3. Bangladesh BANCID 1973

4. Burkina Faso CNID-B 2014

5. Canada CANCID 1956

6. China CNCID 1983

7. Croatia CRCID 1993

8. Egypt* ENCID 1950

9. Estonia ESTICID 2001

10. Fiji FIJICID 2010

11. Finland FINCID 2000

12. France AFEID 1953

13. Georgia GENCID 2018

14. Hungary HUCID 1955

15. India* INCID 1950

16. Indonesia* INACID 1950

17. Iran IRNCID 1955

18. Iraq IRQCID 2006

19. Ireland IRCID 1978

20. Italy* ITAL-ICID 1950

21. Japan JNC-ICID 1951

22. Kazakhstan KAZCID 2006

23. Malawi MALCID 1967

24. Malaysia MANCID 1958

25. Mali AMID 2005

26. Mexico MXCID 1951

27. Morocco ANAFIDE 1959

28. Myanmar MNCID 1962

29. Nepal NENCID 1973

30. The Netherlands* NETHCID 1950

31. Nigeria NINCID 1970

32. Pakistan PANCID 1953

33. Philippines PNC-ICID 1956

34. Portugal PNCID 1954

35. Romania CNRID 1992

36. Russia RUCID 1955

37. Saudi Arabia SACID 1977

38. Slovenia SINCID 1992

39. Somalia SONCID 2017

40. South Africa SANCID 1993

41. South Korea KCID 1969

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43. Sri Lanka* SLNICID 1950

44. Sudan SNCID 1964

45. Tajikistan TAJCID 2014

46. Thailand* THAICID 1950

47. Turkey* TUCID 1954

48. Ukraine UACID 1996

49. United Kingdom IWF/ICID.UK 1951

50. United States of America USCID 1951

51. Uzbekistan UzNCID 1994

52. Vietnam VNCID 2018

53. Zambia ZACID 1966

Committee

54. Chinese Taipei CTCID 1969

Associate Members

55. Algeria CNAID 1965 (1999)

56. Austria AUNCID 1954 (2015)1

57. Brazil* ABID 1970 (2018)

58. Bulgaria BNCID 1960 (2006)

59. Chad ATID 2012 (2019)

60. Czech Republic CZNC-ICID 1997 (2017)

61. Ethiopia ETCID 1976 (2019)

62. Germany GECID 1957 (2015)

63. Greece GRCID 1957 (2012)

64. Guyana GUCID 1957 (2012)

65. Israel ISCID 1950 (2012)

66. Kenya KENCID 1977 (2003)

67. Kyrgyz Republic KYRCID 2004 (2010)

68. Lithuania LTCID 1994 (2014)

69. Macedonia MAKCID 1995 (2010)

70. Madagascar MADCID 2014 (2018)

71. Mozambique MOCID 1978 (2006)

72. Niger ANID 2007 (2019)

73. Poland POCID 1967 (2006)

74. Serbia (erstwhile Yugoslavia*) YUGCID 2002 (2012)

75. Slovak Republic SKNC-ICID 1996 (2006)

76. Switzerland* CH-AGRAM 1951 (2018)

77. Syria SYCID 1962 (2014)

78. Tanzania TANCID 2011 (2018)

79. Tunisia TUNCID 1960 (1993)

80. Uruguay URUCID 2007 (2012)

81. Zimbabwe ZwCID 1955 (2018)

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APPENDIX III [PCSO Item 8.1]

AGENDA FOR THE 32ND MEETING OF THE AFRICAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (AFRWG)

27 November 2021, 14:00-15:45 hours (Session I) and 16:15-18:00 hours (Session II) Marrakesh, Morocco

Presented by the Chairman

Year of Establishment: 1994

Mandate: To promote links and networking among the African countries as well as regional and international institutions for enhancing cooperation and coordination, and to support integrated river basin development, training and research issues and information system for African needs. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/93 AFRWG Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held online in October 2020. 2. Reactivation of NCs: As a follow-up of reactivation of National Committees in Africa region, the ICID Central Office in May 2020 has contacted the countries of Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe and motivated them to reactivate/ renew their membership by becoming member of ICID once again. In order to bring more African countries into ICID fold, ICID Central Office in July 2020 has approached the countries of Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and requested their Ministry of Water Resources/ Agriculture to join the membership of ICID.

3. Similarly, in May 2021 letters have been sent on behalf of President Dr. Ragab to the countries of Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe and requested their Ministry of Water Resources/ Agriculture to join the membership of ICID. In response, Algeria, Congo, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania and Zimbabwe have shown their interest in reviving the membership of the ICID however, filled-in application form is yet to be received.

4. During last virtual meeting of the WG, Chair expressed his high appreciation to all African NC’s members and encouraged them to nominate new members in AFRWG (one member and one observer besides YPs are welcome). Accordingly, ICID Central Office has contacted the African National Committees and requested them to send nominations for the membership of the working group including one additional member as a young professional however, response is awaited.

5. Chair Dr. Wahba received a request from Cairo Water Week (CWW) Organizing Committee to participate in CWW2021 by organizing the African Young Water Professional Forum as it become an essential part of Cairo Water Week. Also, AFRWG received support from ICID Central Office, ICID President, and partners ESCWA and GWP-MED to cooperate in 4th AFYWP Forum under the platform of CWW2021.

6. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

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AFRWG Agenda Item 2: Brief of the virtual meeting organized in April 2021 7. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 8. In response, the first virtual zoom meeting of AFRWG was organized on 15 April 2021. During the virtual meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, position paper on Green Revolution in Africa, TNA questionnaire, participation in the 5th African Regional Conference, 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference, etc. However, due to low participation of the members, decision could not be taken. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152

AFRWG Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of activities in the African region 9. At last meeting (virtually), the group reviewed the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 and updated it. Chair encouraged all African NCs to take action towards the bilateral cooperation to promote exchange of knowledge, experiences and information. In order to develop fresh action plans for 2018-2022, WG may revisit the Action Plan appended to Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 and review the same during the WG meeting at Marrakesh, Morocco in November 2021 and update it till 2023 (refer Annex 2). The ICID Central Office created a new column i.e. ‘Milestone for Year 2023’ in the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 of the WG activities for finalizing it during the virtual meeting and provide its input to PCSO. WG Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. 10. In August 2021, Chair Dr. Mohamed Wahba on behalf of African Regional Working Group (AFRWG) got in touch with Mauritanian Council of Business Women (CMFA) for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between AFRWG and CMFA for mutual cooperation in the field of water, irrigation, drainage and related fields. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. AFRWG Agenda Item 4: Progress on Position paper on Green Revolution in Africa 11. During the virtual meeting in April 2021, the group discussed on the preparation of the Position Paper on Green Revolution in Africa and noted the slow progress made so far towards the first draft of the position paper. Due to COVID-19 situation, the Chair requested the team to finish the paper at the earliest and the group agreed to extend the deadline till the 5th African Regional Conference to finish the paper. Dr. Wahba and Dr.Ismael Elhassani are working on the paper and will update the group at the meeting. AFRWG Agenda Item 5: Progress on implementation of the action program for Africa - Strategy for

capacity building in Africa (Training Needs Assessment Report) 12. Due to the quick development of AfYWP-Forum membership, which has now reached 5050 members, the WG agreed to recirculate the TNA questionnaire to all the members of the WG (including YPs from more than 39 African Countries) to reflect the actual training needs for all African region. Chair will explain about the new TNA questionnaire to the group before circulating it and it is expected to utilize the output of the new TNA for planning capacity building activities after 2022. 13. In July 2021, Chair Dr. Wahba has sent the English version of the TNA – questionnaire to Secretary Dr. Ismael for possible French translation for sending it to francophone countries. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. AFRWG Agenda Item 6: Fourth African Young Professional Forum during Cairo Water Week 2021,

October 2021 14. Seeing the success of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd African Young Water Professionals Forum (Af-YWPF), the network of Young Water Professionals in the African Regional Working Group (AFRWG) of the International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) has grown to attract more than 5050 members from all African countries, thus becoming an important platform in the African continent for capacity building of Africa’s future leaders in the water and agriculture

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sectors. Cairo Water Week 2021 (CWW 2021) will be organized under the theme “Water, Population, and Global Change: Challenges and Opportunities”. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Cairo Water Week will be conducted in a semi-virtual format during the scheduled timeframe from 24-28 October 2021. The 4th Forum will be convened during Cairo Water Week from 25-27 October 2021. The participating Young Water Professionals will also be able to take advantage of the on-line offerings provided during Cairo Water Week to engage with other experts and stakeholders in the water sector. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

AFRWG Agenda Item 7: Young Professionals Training Program and 5th African Regional

Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, November 2021, Morocco 15. During the virtual meeting held on 03 August 2021, the Moroccan National Committee of ICID (ANAFIDE), the host NC of the 5th African Regional Conference and 72nd IEC meeting, assured that the events will be organized in Hybrid mode (physical / virtual) under the patronage of HE The King of Morocco from 24-30 November 2021 in Marrakesh, Morocco. ICID Central Office requested ANAFIDE to update their website frequently with the latest announcement to enable the participants to plan accordingly their participation in the Marrakesh events. ANAFIDE has also informed that with the help of partners, Museum and Hotel, the venues for the events, have enough rooms for holding meetings and side events. ANAFIDE representative will provide further updates at the meeting. AFRWG Agenda Item 8: Updates on Regional Irrigation Associations- SARIA, ARID-RAID by the

Chair or Representative 16. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, still no actions have been taken and the group agreed to arrange a zoom meeting with all related NC’s to discuss the situation and required actions. AFRWG Agenda Item 9: Progress for the proposed third node for IRPID for African region 17. ICID Central Office requested Chair to coordinate the node jointly between the National Committees of Italy, Morocco, Egypt and Sudan. Due to the COVID-19 situation still no actions have been taken and the group agreed to arrange a zoom meeting with all related NC’s to discuss the situation and required actions. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. AFRWG Agenda Item 10: Af-YWPeF - Program and future activities 18. During last meeting, the Chair explained that a zoom meeting in July 2020 was organized with ICID President; Secretary General, ICID; and VP Dr. Marco Arcieri to discuss the future activities of webinar for the African YP's and the important topics to be covered. After deliberation, it was agreed that the future webinar may be organized on the following main topics (proposed):

(i) Modern Irrigation systems, planning and design (Dr.Felix – Prof.Kang) (ii) Climate Change Adaptation for Water, Food, and Environmental Security (ESCWA) (iii) Climate Change Adaptation for African Agriculture Systems and mitigating the Impacts on Water

requirements (Dr.Ragab Ragab) (iv) Water Crisis Management (Flood and drought management) (Prof. Bart Schultz) (v) Rivers Protection and restoration (vi) Surveying and hydro graphing using GPS, remote sensing systems (an expert from China) (vii) Water, energy, food nexus (GWP-MED – ESCWA)

AFRWG Agenda Item 11: 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference, 2022, Morocco 19. Earlier, the 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (IMIC) was planned to be held in September 2022 in Agadir, Morocco. However, due to postponement of the Australia event i.e. 24th Congress to October 2022, ANAFIDE has agreed to discuss the rescheduling of 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference during their internal meeting and will inform the result, soon. However, response from ANAFIDE is yet to be received. ANAFIDE representative will provide further updates at the meeting.


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AFRWG Agenda Item 12: Any other business 20. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 21. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex 1 [Appendix III, Item 1] A. Membership of African Regional Working Group (AFRWG)

Sl. No.

Countries (Year of joining)

Present representatives (Year of Joining) Remarks

1. Egypt (1950) VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba, Chair (2016) Attended meetings in 2016 & 2017, 2019, 2020 and contributed

2. South Africa (1993) Dr. Sylvester Mpandeli, Vice Chair (2016) Attended meetings in 2017, 2018, 2018, 2020

3. Morocco (1959) Eng. Ismael Elhassanoui, Secretary (2020) Attended meeting in 2020 4. Burkina Faso (2014) Mr. Jean Bernard Dambre (2016) Attended meeting in 2016, 2020 and

contributed in 2017 5. Burkina Faso (2014) Mrs. Salamata Karambiri MIWENDE (2015) Attended meeting in 2015 and

contributed in 2018 6. Egypt (1950) VPH Dr. Samia El-Guindy (2010) Attended meeting in 2015 and

represented by ENCID in 2016 7. Egypt (1950) Eng. Omnia Hassan Ahmad Salem – Young

Professional (2017)

8. Malawi (1967) Representative from MALCID 9. Mali (2005) Representative from AMID 10. Morocco (1959) Ms. Sara Boularbah – Young Professional

(2017) Represented in 2018

11. Morocco (1959) Ms. El Oumlouki Kaoutar – Young Professional (2017) Represented in 2018

12. Morocco (1959) Prof. El-Houssine Bartali (2020) Attended meeting in 2020 13. Nigeria (1970) Engr. Joe Kwanashie (2014) Represented by NINCID in 2017 & 2018 14. Nigeria (1970) Engr (Mrs) Esther Oyeronke Oluniyi (2020) Contributed in 2020 15. Nigeria (1970) Engr M. S. Bala (2020) Attended meeting in 2020 16. Nigeria (1970) Engr Inimfon Archibong – Young

Professional (2020) Attended meeting in 2020

17. Somalia (2017) Eng. Mohamed Mohamud Abdi (2017) 18. Sudan (2015) Eng. (Ms.) Hind Massoud Hamed Elneel

(2017) Contributed in 2017 and attended meeting in 2020

19. Sudan (2015) Eng. Marwa Faisal Salman Mohamed –Young Professional (2017)

Contributed in 2017 and attended meeting in 2020

20. Zambia (1966) Mr. Mulako Cornelius Sitali (2015) Contributed in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 Observers/ Permanent observers 1. Kenya2 Eng. Elizabeth Mwendwa (2020) Attended meeting in 2020 2. Kenya Mr. Joseph Kimani Wandue (2020) Attended meeting in 2020 3. Nigeria Dr. Elijah Adepoju Aderibigbe (2020) 4. Nigeria Engr. A. A. Adenopo (2020) Attended meeting in 2020 5. Nigeria Engr. Abdullahi Abdulrahman (2020) Attended meeting in 2020 6. Nigeria Engr. Amali Abraham Amali – Young

Professional (2020) Attended meeting in 2020

7. Sudan Eng. Omer Yousef 8. AgWA Representative Attended meeting in 2015 9. ARID Representative Attended meeting in 2015 10. FAO Representative 11. SARIA Representative Attended meeting in 2017 12. World Bank Representative

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Annex 2 [Appendix III, Item 2]

ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WORK BODIES

Goals/

Strategies Activities Outcomes/

Outputs Milestone for

Year 2017 Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Milestone for Year

2023

Goal B: Be a Catalyst for Change in Policies and Practices

B1. Strategy: Supporting Development of Appropriate Policies

1.15 Position Paper on Green Revolution in Africa

Position paper

Prepare the draft paper

Finalise the paper

GOAL C: Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and technology

C3. Strategy: Promoting Regional Cooperation

3.4 Activate or Establish Regional/sub-regional WGs

Regional WGs

Collaboration with AfYWP-Forum

Goal F: Facilitate capacity development

F2. Strategy: Support Capacity Development Activities of Member Countries

2.4 Strategy for capacity building in Africa

Strategy/ Policy

Identify new themes and revise the strategy

Update the strategy

(Source: Consultative Group (CG) Report: A Water Secure World Free of Poverty & Hunger: A Road Map to ICID Vision 2030)

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APPENDIX IV [PCSO Item 8.2]

PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE ESTABLISHING OF AMERICAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (AMRWG)

26 November 2021, 14:00-15:45 hours Marrakesh, Morocco

Presented by the Interim Chairman

BACKGROUND 1. The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) was established in 1950 and has currently a network of more than 74-member countries around the world which includes Active and Associated. Different geographical regions of the world have different characteristics defining their ecology and populations. The member countries of ICID have been categorized in four regions, namely, Asia, Africa, America and Europe. Accordingly, in order to promote linkages and networking among the countries, four different working groups have been established, namely, American, Asian, African and European Regional Working Groups. 2. In order to achieve the larger goal of Food Security in the Latin American countries (South and Central Americas), ICID’s 49th meeting of International Executive Council (IEC) approved the establishment of a Latin American Regional Working Group (LARWG) in 1999 at Bali, Indonesia with seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Honduras and Mexico) as its members. There is vast scope of water resources development and its management in Americas as irrigated area in the region is only 46 million hectare which is about only 16% of the total arable area of the region. 3. The LARWG was mandated to assist in the development of broad-based ICID National Committees in Latin American countries; obtain and disseminate information on irrigation and drainage in these countries; organize national and international discussions on relevant scientific and technical issues; and work as a catalyst for promoting better contact with the ICID and other relevant international organizations. The most important task of the LARWG was to identify organizations that could contribute to the development of irrigation and drainage in the region. 4. The 4th Inter-Regional Conference on “Environment-Water: Competitive Use and Conservation Strategies for Water and Natural Resources” was organized during 27-30 August 2001 at Brazil by the LARWG to focus on environmental issues of the region. Dr. Chandra Madramootoo (Canada) shared several articles from Latin American countries, which were published as country papers in the ICID Strategy document at the 2nd World Water Forum held at The Hague (2000). They were also included in CD-ROM brought out by ICID as a part of Golden Jubilee Year celebrations (1999-2000). In 2000, Dr. Beltran (FAO) distributed copies of FAO Water Report 20 titled ‘Irrigation in Latin American and the Caribbean in Figures’. The Brazilian National Committee of ICID (ABID) also brought out a new issue of its Journal (ITEM) with a special article on ‘Irrigation of Coffee’ in 2000. Later, in 2002, Chair Dr. Ricardo L. Brito (Brazil) contributed a paper on Brazil in the Special Event for the “Vision on Water for Food and Rural Development” held during the 18th ICID Congress (2002) at Montreal, Canada. 5. The Group was re-established / renamed as American Regional Working Group (AMRWG) in 2003 to attract a wider participation from ICID National Committees in North, Central and South Americas with eight countries (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Guyana, Mexico and USA) as its members. In order to encourage the Latin American countries, ITAL-ICID had organized one-day Seminar with the theme “Water for Food, Water and Health” on 25 February 2010 at National Research Council, Italy under the leadership of VPH Lucio Ubertini (Italy). The seminar provided good opportunity for Latin American Countries and their representatives to share information on their activities and explore further avenues for cooperation with each other. The main objectives of the workshop were to share the links between water and food, water and agriculture, water and development among the Latin American countries. The representatives of Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru, Educator and Venezuela participated in the workshop. 6. Keeping in view the mandate of AMRWG, the group focused on (1) the broad-basing of the ICID National Committee in Latin American countries; (2) to organise national and international discussions on relevant scientific and technical issues, and (3) to act as a catalyst for promoting better contact with other relevant international organizations in the region. Later during Adelaide (2012) meetings, Mr. Maurice Roos (USA) and Mr. Machel Mierzwa from USA and Dr. Clarke Ballard (Australia) discussed ways to enthuse the countries in Americas to get involve in the activities of the Commission. With this objective in mind, VPH Laurie C. Tollefson (Canada), who was Vice-President In-charge of Americas 2012 communicated with several South American countries for reinvigorating the AMRWG. Failing all the efforts, the AMRWG was closed in 2012.


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7. Given above, a Preparatory Meeting for establishing American Regional Working Group (AMRWG) was held on 15 August 2018 at Saskatoon, Canada. A Summary of the proceedings of the meeting is available at Annex. Given that many National Committees (NCs) from Americas have become inactive in ICID, it is worth exploring the opportunity to re-activate the NCs in the region and re-establish the American Regional Working Group especially when the 72nd International Executive Council (IEC) meetings has been scheduled to be held from 23-30 November 2021 at Marrakech, Morocco.

8. In absence of Interim Chair Dr. Warren Helgason (CANCID) and representative members of the group, the meeting of the AMRWG could not be held at Bali, Indonesia in September 2019 and 2020 (virtually) due to COVID-19 pandemic situation. Further, PCSO requested Chair Dr. Helgason to take a lead the promotional activities (2019-2020) and provide a report of the AMRWG in the next meeting of the group to be held in November at Marrakech, Morocco. Chair will provide further updates at the WG meeting.

9. In order to strengthen the membership in the Americas, ICID Central Office requested Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy) of Vice-President, ICID (In-Charge of Americas) to take up matter with ‘Associate Members’ and New countries in the assigned region to foster and encourage greater country participation in ICID activities. While a number of member countries in Americas are gradually decreasing due to one reason or other, it is extremely important to reactivate the countries who have become ‘Associate Members’ (Inactive National Committees) and bring them into ICID as well as liaising with new countries for becoming ICID members. Vice President Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy) and Interim Chair Dr. Warren Helgaso (Canada) of the RWG may present the current status of the membership of the RWG and explore ways to reinvigorate the membership of Latin countries.

10. Reactivation of National Committees in Americas: As a follow-up, ICID Central Office has communicated (May 2021) National Committees (Associate Members) in Americas of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Republic Dominican, Republic of Ecuador, Guyana, Republic of Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and requested their Ministry of Water Resources/ Agriculture to join the membership of ICID. 11. Similarly, in May 2021 membership letters have been sent on behalf of ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab to the new countries of Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Haiti, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Martinique, Monserrat, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Venezuela and requested their Ministry of Water Resources/ Agriculture to join the membership of ICID. Responses are yet to be received.

12. In view of the above, all correspondence has been sent to Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID and Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy), Vice-President of ICID for information.

Any Other Business

13. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 14. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex [Appendix IV, Para 7]

MINUTES OF THE PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE ESTABLISHING AMERICAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (AMRWG)

15 August 2018, 09:00-10:30 hours (Session-I) 15 August 2018, 11:00-12:30 hours (Session-II)

Saskatoon, Canada

SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING 1. The Working Group had informal discussion on possible barriers for South American countries to join ICID. Observers Ir. Pilar Gil (Chile) suggested that informal networks of professionals who are interested in irrigation and drainage could be used as a ‘grassroots’ approach to building interest and potential membership in ICID. 2. PH Peter S. Lee (UK) advised on direct membership options. WG members were encouraged to explore existing contacts / networks with South American countries as a mechanism to develop interest in ICID. WG discussed the possibility of asking a VP to write introduction letters and send to WG member contacts, and provide ICID promotional material to be presented at the conferences / meetings. 3. WG appointed Dr. Warren Helgason (CANCID) as Interim Chair for this WG to lead the promotional activities during 2018-19 and provide a report during Bali meetings in September 2019. OBSERVATIONS (i) Feedback from ‘Special Session of Latin Americas’ held on 14 August 2018 at Saskatoon, Canada 4. It was noted that the Special Session of Latin Americas could not be held due to lack of attendance during the event. (ii) Regional Membership of ICID 5. PH Peter S. Lee, Chair of TT-RO apprised the members and provided updates on direct member options for individuals and associations in South American countries as an option to develop ICID interest / capacity where national committees do not exist.

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APPENDIX V [PCSO Item 8.3]

AGENDA FOR THE 28TH MEETING OF ASIAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (ASRWG)



Year of Establishment: 1996 Mandate: The general objective of the Asian Regional Working Group is to focus on common topics and issues and to enhance the transfer of appropriate technology in irrigation and drainage to and from the Asian Region. The mission of ASRWG is to encourage membership and to coordinate activities in the region.

Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/104

1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its interim virtual meetings held on 08 April, 23 July and 27 October 2021. 2. During the virtual meetings, the group noted that five countries had been contacted viz. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Philippines. Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Iraq were responded positively for the membership of the WG whereas there were no response from other two countries i.e. Kazakhstan and Philippines. In September 2021, ICID Central Office has contacted Mr. Naseer Fayez (Afghanistan), Mr. Md Rahman (Bangladesh) and Mrs. Shaimaa Shihab Ahmed (Iraq) and requested them to send the nomination for formal approval. Also, Central Office contacted Fiji, Kazakhstan, Philippines and Saudi Arabia and requested them to nominate a professional in the WG. During the meeting, representative from Irrigation Australian Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID) informed that they will nominate a suitable professional. Accordingly, in September 2021, in response to ICID Central Office request, Irrigation IACID has nominated Mr. Momir Vranes and Mr. Bryan Ward for the membership of the group.

3. In August 2021, the Iraqi National Committee (IRQCID) has nominated Eng. (Ms.) Zainab Saleem – Young Professional (Iraq) for the membership of the group. IRQCID has also informed that Mrs. Shaimaa Shihab Ahmed (Iraq) will also participate in the WG. Mrs Ahmed attended the 2nd virtual meeting. Similarly in September 2021, the Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Mr. Dang Ping and Ms. Li Ruoxi – Young Professional in place of Mr. Wang Aiguo (China) for the membership of the group, who attended the 3rd virtual meeting.

4. Given above, Mr. Momir Vranes (Australia), Mr. Bryan Ward (Australia), Mr. Dang Ping (in place of Mr. Wang Aiguo, China), Ms. Li Ruoxi – Young Professional (China), and Mrs. Shaimaa Shihab Ahmed (Iraq) are admitted to the WG (Annex 1). Eng. (Ms.) Zainab Saleem – Young Professional (Iraq), however, may be admitted, if present during the meeting. SUPP: Vide email of 16 November 2021, WAPCOS Limited has nominated Mr. Rajni Kant Agrawal in place of Dr. Rajinder Kumar Gupta for the membership of the WG.

5. Reactivation of NCs: In May 2021 letters have been sent on behalf of President Dr. Ragab Ragab to the countries of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and requested their




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Ministry of Water Resources/ Agriculture to join the membership of ICID. In response, Azerbaijan, Israel, Lebanon, Mongolia, Oman have shown their interest in reviving the membership of the ICID. However, filled-in application forms are yet to be received. 6. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

7. The working group under the Chairmanship of Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe has organized three zoom meetings on 08 April, 23 July and 27 October 2021. During the virtual meetings, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, collaboration with IACID for 9th Asian Regional Conference in 2024, cooperation with PAWEES and INWEPF, updating WG webpage etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152 8. The major achievements of the 3rd virtual meeting were: (a) Assigning activities under Road Mao of ICID Vision 2030 (see Item 3 below), (b) Establishment of Task Team (TT) for 9th Asian Regional Conference (ARC9) (See Item 4 below) and (c) Areas of collaboration with IACID (see Item 4 below). 9. The Chair may provide more information at the meeting.

10. To firm up the activities of the WG, the Chair Dr. Watanabe requested members to volunteer themselves for the listed activities in the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 (Annex 2). A lead person has been identified for each task/activity as below: 11. Item 3.1: Report on "Contribution of Agricultural Water to the Rural Development in Asia (C4.21) The expected "Outcome/ Output" is "Technical Report". Assigned to: Task Team for ARC9 12. Item 3.2: Enhance Linkages between National Committees for International Cooperation (C3.5) and Broaden relationship and mutual understanding and cooperation between NCs from developing countries and developed countries (C3.6). Assigned to: Chair Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe and Vice-chair Dr. Vijay K Labhsetwar with the CO

13. Item 3.3: International conference/ workshop/ seminar (C3.7). Assigned to: Chair Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe, Vice-chair Dr. Vijay K Labhsetwar and the Task Team for ARC9

14. Item 3.4: Special joint Publication on Agricultural Water Management for Sustainable Rural Development (C4.4) [including WG Workshops on Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Water Management in Asia]

Assigned to: VP Dr. Mochammad Amron and the Secretary Dr. Aynur Fayrap

15. Item 3.5: Developing inter-sectoral engagement (D3.1). Assigned to: Chair Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe with the CO

16. Item 3.6: Internal Workshop on “Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Water Management and Countermeasures in Asia”. Assigned to: Chair Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe, Vice-chair Dr. Vijay K Labhsetwar 17. The lead persons may develop and expand their teams and initiate activities as per roadmap. Also, it was informed that the office bearers (Chair, Vice-chair and Secretary) of the WG will be involved in all activities and items. However, more names/volunteers are solicited since the WG has 31 member countries.



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18. The Internal Workshop at Marrakech (in 2nd half of this meeting) will focus on ‘Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on Agricultural Water Management in Asia’. To facilitate, the Chair has designed a questionnaire containing questions on impact of COVID-19 and circulated among the membership. Given above, representatives from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Thailand and Turkey are expected to make their, 8 minutes each, presentations during the workshop. 19. The Chair may provide more information at the meeting.

20. During the 2nd virtual meeting on 23 July 2021, Mr. Bryan Ward (IACID) made a presentation on 9th Asian Regional Conference (ARC9) and 76th International Executive Council Meeting including their plans for the ARC9 and collaboration with ASRWG. The revised dates are 01-08 September 2024 at Sydney, Australia. To facilitate collaboration, a Task Team (TT) has been established to discuss important areas of collaboration to ensure that the event is successful and meets the objectives and challenges of ASRWG. The members of the TT are:

• Dr.Vijay K Labhsetwar/ India (candidate to head the Team) • Dr.Aynur Fayrap/ Turkey • Dr.Wen-Pin Shu/ Chinese Taipei Committee • Dr.Mochammad Amron/ Indonesia • Prof. (Ms.) Kyung Sook Choi/ Korea, Republic of • Mr.Arthon Suttigarn/ Thailand • Mr.Momir Vranes/ Australia • Mr.DANG Ping/ China • Er.BA Chivate/CO

21. The areas of collaboration with IACID/ToRs are:

• Development of theme and sub-theme of ARC9 and International Workshops (‘the Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Asian agriculture and food security’ possibly could be a sub-theme of ARC9)

• The program of ARC9 • Review papers • Promote ARC9 • Organize YP Training on “Advances, techniques and modernization of the irrigation systems” • Organize a workshop on ‘Australian experiences on modernization’

22. To enrich the ARC9, President Dr. Ragab suggested to organize the customary YP training on advances, techniques and modernization of the irrigation systems, taking advantage of ARC9 being held in Australia. And ‘the Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Asian agriculture and food security’ may find place in the sub-themes of the ARC9. Mr. Vranes suggested to organize a workshop on ‘Australian experiences on modernization’. Chair Dr. Watanabe suggested to organize series of workshops from now onwards and synthesize the Technical Report “Contribution of Agricultural Water to Rural Development in Asia” to be released at ARC9. The Chair may provide more information at the meeting.

The Chair emphasized that the linkages among NCs of the member countries need to be strengthened and close/smooth communication among the WG members also needs to be established. The members were requested to provide updates on the linkages of their NCs and their own activities. Dr. Arthon (Thailand) has informed that their visit to Indian National Committee (INCID) has been cancelled due to pandemic. The representative from PANCID Mr. Hameed (Pakistan) reported during the 3rd virtual meeting that they are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with CNCID (China). Dr. Wen-Pin Shu (Chinese Taipei Committee) also gave information about the online activities of their committee – CTCID attended the THAICID Symposium. Other NCs are invited to follow suit. Dr. Choi’s (South Korea) suggestion during the previous meeting, could still be considered to establish a ‘WhatsApp’ group of members. Members may further provide their opinion or suggestion on the subject. Representative from NCs may provide further updates at the meeting.


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24. The ASRWG has long been cooperating with PAWEES and INWEPF as they have common mutual interests. The PAWEES 2021 International Conference was held on 29 October 2021, as a virtual online meeting. The INWEPF meeting was held on 02-03 November 2021 in Sri Lanka, also as an online meeting. Dr.Ray-Shyan Wu (Chinese Taipei Committee) and Eng. W.B. Palugaswewa / Eng. (Ms) T.Janaki Meegastenna (Sri Lanka) may provide feedback from the PAWEES and INWEPF meetings, respectively. The INWEPF Conference in 2022 is likely to be held in Cairo, Egypt. The Chair may explore ways to participate in these meetings.

23．A series of workshops are expected to be organized from now onwards up to ARC9 in September 2024 and results are to be incorporated in the Technical Report “Contribution of Agricultural Water to Rural Development in Asia” to be released at ARC9. 24．The topics/subtopics for the above workshops need to be developed. A few topics suggested by President Dr. Ragab Ragab during 2nd virtual meeting are: Improving Water Productivity, Water-Food-Energy Nexus, and Floods in the Asia/World, for consideration.

25. Secretary Dr. Aynur Fayrap, in charge of designing and updating the WG webpage, shared her ideas to improve the current webpage of WG. The members were requested to provide materials for uploading on the webpage, such as relevant PowerPoint presentations, journal papers, reports, etc. The members were also requested to share their brief CVs for uploading on the webpage. Secretary informed that a draft sample CVs was prepared including the items of contact information, education, work experiences, area of expertise, but it was not necessary to fill in all items, given privacy concerns. It has been stated that items such as experiences and areas of expertise in the CVs are important in terms of getting to know and benefiting from each other. Secretary Dr. Fayrap will provide further updates at the meeting.

26．It was decided that the Working Groups should organize a virtual meeting or a video-conference in between two face to face meetings of the IEC in order to enable the group to take a view of the progress made on their activities and at the same time allow contributions from those members who were unable to attend the face-to-face meetings. Given above, the WG is expected to organize such interim meetings every three months as decided in the 27th meeting of the WG in October 2020. Accordingly, the next interim online meeting will be held on 27 February 2022.





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29．Further, the 9th World Water Forum will be held on 21-26 March 2022 at Diamniadio (Dakar)-Senegal and 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit will be held on 23-24 April 2022 at Kumamoto, Japan. The Chair may provide more information at the meeting.




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Annex 1 [Appendix V, Item 1]

A. Membership of Asian Regional Working Group (ASRWG)

Sl. No.


Present representatives (Year of Joining)

Participated in virtual meeting in April / July/ Oct

2021 Remarks

1. Japan (1951) Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe, Chairman, 2020 (2019)

• Attended in 2020 and contributed in 2019

2. India (1950) Dr.Vijay K Labhsetwar, Vice Chair, 2020 (2018)

• Attended meeting in 2018, 2020

3. Turkey (1954) Dr. Aynur Fayrap, Secretary, 2020 (2012)

• Attended meeting 2015, 2020 and represented in 2016

4. Afghanistan (2017) Representative from AFGICID AFGICID has been requested to send nomination for the Group

5. Australia (1952) Representative from IACID Mr. Momir Vranes and Mr. Bryan Ward attended all the virtual meetings in July 2021

Nominations received from IACID in September 2021 (refer below table B)

6. Bangladesh (1973) Representative from BANCID Mr. Md Rahman attended the virtual meeting in July 2021

BANCID has been requested to send nomination for the Group

7. China (1963) Mr. Wang Aiguo (2016) Nominations received from CNCID (refer below table B)

8. Chinese Taipei Committee (1969)

Dr.Ray-Shyan Wu (2018) • Attended meetings in 2018, 2019, 2020

9. Chinese Taipei Committee (1969) Dr. Gwo-Hsing Yu (2015) Attended meeting in 2016 and

represented in 2017 10. Chinese Taipei

Committee (1969) Dr. Wen-Pin Shu (2019) • Attended meeting in 2019, 2020

11. Fiji (2010) Representative from FIJICID FIJICID has been requested to send nomination for the Group

12. India (1950) Dr. Rajinder Kumar Gupta -Direct Member (WAPCOS) (2014)

Contributed an abstract for internal workshop in 2015

13. Indonesia (1950) Dr. Mochammad Amron (2015) • Attended meetings in 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020

14. Iran (1955) VPH Karim Shiati (1997) • Attended meetings in 2016 & 2017, 2019, 2020 and contributed

15. Iraq (2006) Representative from IRQCID Mrs. Shaimaa Shihab Ahmed attended the 2nd virtual meeting in July 2021

Nominations received from IRQCID in August 2021 (refer below table B)

16. Japan (1951) VPH Naoki Hayashida (2014) • Attended meetings in 2015, 2016 , 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

17. Kazakhstan (2006) Representative from KAZCID KAZCID has been requested to send nomination for the Group

18. Malaysia (1958) Ir. Syed Abdul Hamid bin Syed Shuib (2013)

Represented MANCID in 2016 , 2017 and 2018

19. Malaysia (1958) Ir. Hj. Ahmad bin Darus (2019) Attended meeting in 2019

20. Myanmar (1962) Dr. (Ms.) Mu Mu Than (2017) • Attended meetings in 2017, 2019

21. Nepal (1973) Mr. Bashu Dev Lohanee (2017) Represented by NENCID in 2017 and attended meeting in 2018

22. Pakistan (1953) Mr. Ahmed Kamal (2017) Mr. Ather Hameed attended the 3rd virtual meeting in Oct 2021

Represented by PANCID in 2017 and 2021

23. Philippines (1956) Representative from PNC-ICID PNC-ICID has been requested to send nomination for the Group

24. Saudi Arabia (1977) Representative from SACID SACID has been requested to send nomination for the Group


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Present representatives (Year of Joining)

Participated in virtual meeting in April / July/ Oct

2021 Remarks

25. South Korea (1970) Prof. (Ms.) Kyung Sook Choi (2015) • Attended meeting in 2017 and contributed in 2016 , 2017, 2018, 2019

26. South Korea (1970) Ms. Jeong Min, Ryu – Young Professional (2017)

Attended meeting in 2017

27. Sri Lanka (1950) Eng. W.B. Palugaswewa (2016) ---

28. Tajikistan (1997) Representative from TAJCID 29. Thailand (1950) Mr. Arthon Suttigarn (2012) • Attended meetings 2015 ,2016,

2018, 2019

30. Uzbekistan (1994) Mr. Ilkhom Juraev (2015) • Contributed in 2016

31. Vietnam (2018) Dr. Dao Trong Tu (2018) • ---

B. New nominations received from the National Committee

No. Name Country Remarks

1 Mr. Momir Vranes Australia Recommended as member, attended all three virtual meetings in 2021

2 Mr. Bryan Ward Australia Recommended as member, attended all three virtual meetings in 2021

3 Mr. Dang Ping (in place of Mr. Wang Aiguo) China Recommended as member, attended 3rd virtual meeting in 2021

4 Ms. Li Ruoxi – Young Professional China Recommended as YP member, attended 3rd virtual meeting in 2021

5 Eng. (Ms.) Zainab Saleem – Young Professional Iraq Recommended as YP member, subject to her presence else provisional member

6 Mrs. Shaimaa Shihab Ahmed Iraq Recommended as member, attended 2nd virtual meeting in 2021

7 Mr. Rajni Kant Agrawal (in place of Dr. Rajinder Kumar Gupta), Direct Member - WAPCOS Limited

India Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

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Annex 2 [Appendix V, Item 3]


Goals/ Strategies

Activities Outcomes/ Outputs

Milestone for Year 2021




Responsibility


3.5 Enhance Linkages between National Committees for International Cooperation

Technical Report

Enhancement of Linkages between NCs for International Cooperation through Knowledge Sharing and Event organization




3.6 Broaden relationship and mutual understanding and cooperation between NCs from developing countries and developed countries

Collaboration/ MoU

Exchange visits/ training between NCs




MoU between NCs

MoU between NCs

MoU between NCs

MoU between NCs

3.7 International conference/ workshop/ seminar

Compilation of proceedings

MoU between NCs

Collaborated Preparatory Works for 9th Asian Regional Conference with IACID

Workshop and/or Session in 9th Asian Regional Conference, 01-08 Sept, 2024, Australia.

Participation in 9th World Water Forum (WWF9), March 2022, Senegal

Participation in 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS4), April 2022, Japan

C4. Strategy: Compile, Collate and Share Knowledge and Experiences

4.4 Special joint Publication on Agricultural Water Management for Sustainable Rural Development

Side Event with AARDO (African-Asian Rural Development Organization)

Special Issue of AARDO Journal

WG Workshops on Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Water Management in Asia

Workshops on Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Water Management in Asia

Release of Report on Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Water Management in Asia

4.21 Report on “Contribution of Agricultural Water to the Rural Development in Asia”

Technical Report

Draft Table of Contents of the Technical Report to be published

Workshops on Agricultural Water to the Rural Development in Asia, in 24th ICID Congress, Oct, 2022, Australia

Workshops on Agricultural Water to the Rural Development in Asia, in 4th World irrigation Forum, Apr. 2023, China

Formal release of the Report at 9th ARC, 01-08 Sept, 2024, Australia

D3. Strategy: Facilitate Development

3.1 Developing inter-sectoral engagement

Collaboration between PAWEES and ASRWG





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Goals/ Strategies






Responsibility

of Inter-sectoral Platforms Involving NCs

Organizing multi-sectoral events /workshops





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APPENDIX VI [PCSO Item 8.4]

AGENDA FOR THE 27TH MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (ERWG)

27 November 2021, 08:45-10:30 hours (Session-I) 27 November 2021, 11:00-12:45 hours (Session-II)

Marrakesh, Morocco



Mandate: The mission of ERWG is to promote awareness about critical ICID relevant water issues at all levels in Europe and to pay special attention to the environmentally sustainable water management in Europe. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/106

ERWG Agenda Item 1: Action Taken Report by Chair1

1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the European Regional Working Group at its 26th meeting held on 20 October 2020 (virtually). 2. Reactivation of National Committees (NCs) in Europe: As a follow-up of reactivation of National Committees in European region, the ICID Central Office in May 2020 has contacted the countries of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Slovak Republic & Switzerland and requested them to reactivate/ renew their membership by becoming member of ICID once again. In order to bring more European countries into ICID fold, ICID Central Office in July 2020 has approached the countries of Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Denmark, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino and requested their Ministry of Water Resources / Agriculture to join the membership of ICID.

3. Similarly, in May 2021 letters have been sent on behalf of President Dr. Ragab Ragab to the countries of Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Republic Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic and requested their Ministry of Water Resources / Agriculture to join the membership of ICID. In response, Poland & Swiss National Committee of ICID have shown their interest in reviving the membership of the ICID. 4. The Spanish National Committee has become a ‘new member’ of ICID with effect from 2021 by paying their membership subscription for the year 2021. Spain was a member of the Commission for the period 1955-1998, before becoming an ‘Associate Member’. The support and assistance provided by the Embassy of the Spain located in New Delhi, India for bringing their country back to ICID fold is highly appreciated. 5. Chairman in consultation with Vice-Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 1.1: Brief of the virtual meeting organized in April 2021

6. Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs/TFs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with the Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 7. In response, ERWG Chair Ian Makin (UK) organized the First Virtual meeting of the group on 20 April 2021 wherein eleven members participated. During the virtual meeting, Chair discussed various activities like strengthening the membership in Europe, Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, organizes seminars/ workshops/ sessions related to agricultural water management in Europe, updating the webpage of ERWG, review of the policy documents related to water resources impacting irrigation and drainage sector in Europe, Task Force on Legislative Framework on Agricultural Drought Mitigation Regional (TF-DMD) etc. The online Minutes of the ERWG (https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/min_erwg_webmeeting.pdf) have been circulated to the members of the

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RWG for their information. The minutes of the virtual meeting of all technical working groups have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage (ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting) at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 1.2: Strengthening the membership in Europe

8. In order to strengthen the membership in European countries, the WG discussed the challenge of strengthening the membership of ICID within Europe with the member countries/representatives in Europe during the virtual meeting held in October 2020. During discussion, it was agreed that to help European Regional Working Group and NC’s through: (a) in order to support activities of NCs under ERWG in Africa, there is need to connect with African Regional WG with ERWG and ICID CO will assist in this connection; (b) Young Professionals need to be attracted to the activities of ICID/ERWG; (c) bilateral connections and cooperation between NCs need to be promoted; and (iv) coastal flood management could be considered as part of activities of ERWG/ICID. Further, it was agreed that RWG needs to create a stronger and more compelling case to (i) attract new members; and (ii) communicate with potential funding sources in government and industry to communicate the value of ICID to Europe based professionals and organizations. In this regard, the WG proposed to develop an ICID-Europe communications strategy and communication documents for ICID-Europe in order to first target at the potential members and the second aimed at existing and potential funding agencies to help justify the allocation of resources. 9. During the first virtual meeting held in April 2021, the WG discussed the issue of membership of ICID within Europe with the member countries/representatives in Europe. During the meeting, a number of key messages emerged on strengthening membership in Europe as summarized in the minutes of the virtual meeting of the group (referred in item 2) which is available at https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/min_erwg_webmeeting.pdf . Chair may apprise the members of the RWG about the further progress at the meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 2: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 –Status of Activities relevant to European Region

10. The RWG reviewed the Action Plan of ‘Road Map to ICID Vision 2030’ and focused on strengthening the membership of ICID within Europe. During the meeting, the RWG agreed that the focus areas of the group remain under three goals such as: (1) Strategy B1: Supporting Development of Appropriate Policies: Disseminate the policy paper within ICID; (2) Strategy C3: Prompting Regional Cooperation: Preparation of ICID Europe – brochures (one for use towards Ministries and other institutions and another to attract Young Professionals and others to take part in ICID activities); and (iii) Strategy F1: Enhancing Institutions Capacity Development in Member Countries: Sharing online NC’s work programmes and activities. However, a decision on a new milestone for 2022 could not be discussed during the meeting. In order to develop fresh action plan for 2018-2023, RWG may revisit the Action Plan appended to Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 (refer Annex 2) and review the same during the meeting of the group to be held in Marrakesh, Morocco in November 2021 and provides its input to PCSO. Chair will provide further updates at the WG meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 3: Seminar/Session related to Agricultural Water Management in Europe

11. During the last meeting (2020), Mr. Olli-Matti Verta (Finland), Secretary of the group, briefed the members about the ‘Annual Baltic Drainage’ workshop, being under the ICID banner as an annual event. In March 2021, ICID CO requested Mr. Olli-Matti Verta to share the updated information (announcement etc.) of the workshop so that the same can be shared to NCs/members of the WG for participation and contribution. Mr. Olli-Matti Verta / Chair of the WG will provide further updates during the meeting. 12. During the first virtual meeting of the group, Chair requested members of the RWG to share relevant information about seminars, sessions, workshops etc. for publicizing the events to countries in Europe. In August, 2021, ICID Central Office requested the members of the group to share the information on seminars/sessions etc. to Chair VPH Ian Makin. Chair may provide updates at the meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 4: Review of policy issues impacting irrigation and drainage sector

13. At last meeting (2020), the WG discussed the paper prepared by PH Bart Schultz (Netherlands) on the topic “Review of the Policy documents related to water resources impacting irrigation and drainage sector in Europe”, included in the Action Plan 2030 of the ERWG under Goal B (Activity B2.1: Review of European /NC policy documents related to water resources that impact irrigation and drainage sector). Further, it was noted that the paper would be disseminated to the members/NCs in Europe during the webinar or a session of the ICID meeting. 14. As agreed during the first virtual meeting of the group, the draft paper titled ‘Review of the Policy documents related to water resources impacting irrigation and drainage sector in Europe’ (https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/euwaterframework.pdf) was circulated to the members of the group/NC’s in Europe with a request to share their views/comments/suggestions, if any, on the draft paper. PH Bart Schultz/ Chair may apprise the members about the further updates at the meeting.


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15. In addition, PH Prof. Bart Schultz has proposed the development of a study on the use of peat lands which is a topic of growing concern in many countries. In this regard, a discussion note on Use of Peat Lands related to Water Management of Farmlands in Peat Areas in the Temperate Humid Zone (https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/paperpeatlands.pdf) prepared by PH Prof. Bart Schultz was circulated to the members of the group/NC’s in Europe with a request to prepare their country paper and share the same to PH Prof. Bart Schultz (E-mail: [email protected] PH Bart Schultz/ Chair of the WG may provide further updates at the meeting. ERWG Agenda Item 5: Links with regional and trans-national organizations for co-operation

16. This item could not be discussed during the last meeting (virtual) of the WG held in 2020. During the Bali meeting (2019), WG discussed the need to strengthen linkages among relevant organizations in each member country and also across the European region. In this regard, WG reviewed the list of cooperating organizations, reducing the list to organizations with a reasonable expectation of collaboration in the coming years. ERWG included 7 National Water Management Associations, 5 European professional organizations and 5 European Water Management institutes in the list (Annex 3). WG requested its members/NCs to strengthen linkages and cooperation with these regional and transitional organizations as well as to provide details of the contact person (s). WG will deliberate on actions taken up for interaction and cooperation with these regional and transitional organizations during the meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 6: Activities of Focus Groups of ERWG

17. It was noted that this item could not be discussed during the last meeting (2020) of the WG. During the Bali meeting (2019), WG discussed the activities of ‘Focus Groups’ and decided to have following five Focus groups based on their relevance to Europe: (a) Focus Group on History (WG-HIST) led by VPH Laszlo Hayde (Hugnary); (b) Focus Group on Environment (WG-ENV) led by Mrs. Seija Virtanen (Finland); (c) Focus Group on Sustainable Drainage (WG-SDRG) led by Dr. Bernard Vincent (France) & Dr. Irene Bondarik (Russia); (d) Focus Group on Water Related Risks led by Prof. Klaus Roettcher (Germany) & Mr. Olli-Matti Verta (Finland) and (e) Focus Group on Irrigation and Drainage in the States under Socio-economic Transformation (WG-IDSST) led by VPH Peter Kovalenko (Ukraine). Focus Group lead members will apprise the members of the ERWG on the latest updates/developments in respect of their respective Focus Groups at the meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 7: Task Force on Legislative Framework on Agricultural Drought Mitigation for

European Regional (TF-DMD) - Updates 18. A Task Force on Legislative Framework on Agricultural Drought Mitigation for European Regional (TF-DMD)2 was established with mandate to (i) Improve drought risk management; (ii) Consider additional water-supply infrastructures; and (iii) Promote water-efficient technologies and practices. Vice President Dr Marco Arcieri (Italy), Member of the ERWG is leading the TF-DMD. ‘Concept Note’, together with mandate, scope and objectives of this TF can be accessed at https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/tf-drm.pdf 19. At last meeting (2020), Vice President Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy) briefed about the status of the activities of TF-DMD and informed that due to COVID-19 situation, the activities of TF-DMD could not progress. 20. During the first virtual meeting of the group, VP Dr. Marco Arcieri provided an update on skeleton of a paper on drought. VP Dr Marco Arcieri/Chair of the WG will provide further updates at the meeting.

ERWG Agenda Item 8: Proposed workshop of the Working Group

21. During the first virtual meeting of the group, Vice President Dr. Marco Arcieri briefed on the issue of groundwater management and seawater intrusion to aquifers. VPH Laszlo Hayde (Hungary) also briefed on the growing concern of seawater intrusion into aquifers in People’s Republic of China, Vietnam and elsewhere. After discussion, the WG proposed to organize a workshop during the Morocco meeting in November 2021. ICID Central Office requested VP Dr. Marco Arcieri to take a lead alongwith VPH Laszlo Hayde for organizing a workshop of the WG and share the announcement to the members of the group. VP Dr. Marco Arcieri, VPH Laszlo Hayde / Chair of the WG will provide updates at the meeting. ERWG Agenda Item 9: Dissemination of activities of WG

ERWG Agenda Item 9.1: Website of the Group

22. The ERWG website (http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/106) has been updated with the membership list, agenda, minutes, paper presentations, publications etc. Members are requested for their active participation in the activities of the WG and facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to keep themselves up-to-date with new developments in the various aspect of drainage. Members are also

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requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the website of the RWG. In order to ensure regular contribution of the members, WG is encouraged to make full use of Zoom platform for virtual meetings in between face-to-face meeting during IEC.

ERWG Agenda Item 9.2: Webinar / Web-based Seminar 23. The WG supported the suggestions of organizing webinars to promote sharing of vast experience available with ICID fraternity. The ICID CO requested members to provide their suggestions on the topics, based on the mandate of the WG, on which webinar can be considered along with name of the relevant experts who could be contacted to develop webinars. This year, the technical working groups of ICID have organised several webinars based on the mandate of the group which are available at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. The group may discuss and suggest suitable topics along with names of expert for organizing webinars. ERWG Agenda Item 10: Any other business 10.1 ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 10.2 Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail. 10.3 Launch of JRC EDORA Call for Tender: ICID Central Office has received an email of 22 July 2021 from Ms. Katrin Ehlert (WMO) regarding launch of Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Observatory for Resilience and Adaptation (EDORA) https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/edora/php/index.php?id=201 by European Commission with the aims at developing drought impact and risk assessment, conduct drought management, adaptation and policy review, and enhance cooperation between drought. In this connection, a tender in two lots has also been issued through the EU e-Tendering platform (https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=8673) - (a) the development and implementation of a drought impact database, risk management methodology and drought risk atlas, and (b) an in-depth assessment of drought management plans and climate adaptation policies in Europe. In this regard, ICID Central Office shared the information with the members of the WG and suggested to get in touch with Ms. Katrin Ehlert, WMO (E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]) for further updates, if interested.

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Annex 1 [Appendix VI, Item 1]

MEMBERSHIP OF EUROPEAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (ERWG)

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Present representatives (Year of Joining) Remarks

1. United Kingdom (1951) Mr. Ian Makin (2014), Chairman, 2015 Attended the WG meetings in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020. PH Peter S Lee attended the meeting in 2017, 2018 and 2020 (online) as Observers.

2. Ukraine (1996) 2014 VPH Prof. Dr. Peter Kovalenko, Vice Chairman, 2005 (1999)

Attended the meeting in 2016 & 2017 and 2019 & 2020

3. Finland (2000) Mr. Olli-Matti Verta, Secretary, 2011 Attended the meeting in 2016, 2017 and 2019 & 2020 Represented in the WG meeting in 2018

4. Austria (1954) Dipl. Ing. Frederick M. Cate (1998) Withdrawn from January 2015 5. Croatia (1993) Dr. Davor Romic (2002) No contribution during 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,

2019 and 2020

6. Czech Republic (1997)

Prof. Dr. Svatopluk Matula (1997) Associate member from 2017

7. Estonia (2001) Mr. Hannes Puu (2015) Represented in the WG meeting in 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020

8. France (1953) Dr. Sami Bouarfa (2013) Represented in the WG meeting in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020. Dr. Herve Plusquellec attended the meeting in 2018 as Observer.

9. Germany (1957)

Mrs. Sabine Seidel, as Young Professional (2011)

Represented in the WG meeting in 2019. Withdrawn from January 2015 Attended online meeting of ERWG in 2020 Dr. Klaus-Dieter Vorlop (2012)

10. Hungary (1955) VPH Dr. Laszlo Hayde, Ex-Chairman and member

Attended the meeting in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020

11. Ireland (1978) Dr. John Martin (2003) No contribution during 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 12. Italy (1950) Mr. Marco Arciero (2015) Attended WG meeting in 2016, 2017 & 2018

13. Netherlands (1950) Representative VPH Prof. Dr. Charlotte de Fraiture

PH Bart Schultz and VPH Prof Charlotte de Fraiture from Netherlands attended the meeting in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020

14. Portugal (1954) Mr. Pedro Eduardo da Cunha Serra (1996)

No contribution during 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016

15. Romania (1992) Prof. Dr. Ion Nicolaesco (1996) No contribution during 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016

16. Slovenia (1992) Slovenia Representative No contribution in 2016 17. Spain (1955) Spanish representative (Ing. Inmaculada

Bravo Dominguez)

Attended the online meeting of ERWG in 2020 and reactivated membership with effect from 1.1.2021.

18. Switzerland (1951) Switzerland Representative

Mr. Petra Hellemann, Secretary of CH-AGRAM contributed by email in 2016 Switzerland withdrew from ICID membership in 2018

19. Georgia (2017) Georgian Representative (Mrs. Nata Khutsurauli)

Dr. Givi Gavardashvili attended the meeting in 2017, 2019 and 2020.

19. Russia (1955) Dr. Irina G. Pankova, as Young Professional (2007)

No contribution in 2014, 2015 and 2016

Dr. Irina Bondarik (2012) Attended the meeting in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020

Ex-Officio Member 1. Russia Mr. Peter Alexey Yurievich (2014),

Chairman, erstwhile European Work Team on Drainage, EWTDRA

No contribution in 2016

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ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO EUROPEAN REGION

Goals Activity Outcomes/ Outputs

Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Milestone for Year

2023

Goal B: Be a catalyst for change in policies and practices Strategy B1 : Supporting Development of Appropriate Policies

1.7 Review of European/NC policy documents related to water resources that impact irrigation and drainage sector

Technical Report

Compilation of various policies related to water resources by Members in their country and start review few most important policy document

Draft of policy review report with recommendation

Finalisation and issue of policy review report Continuation of review of remaining policy document

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Goal C: Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and technology Strategy C3 : Promoting Regional Cooperation

3.1 Orgnaise workshops/ Seminar etc.

Proceedings of workshop/seminar

To decide on theme and sub-themes for the workshop/seminar to be organised as internal/international workshop in the WG meeting

Workshop/ Seminar

Workshop/ Seminar including publication of outcome/ recommendations from previous workshop



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Strategy F1 : Enhancing Institutional Capacity Development in Member Countries

1.5 To launch from Europe an international e-Discussion on Water issues and/or Environmentally Sustainable Water Management from Europe for Young Professionals

Knowledge sharing and capacity development of YP

e-Discussion on Water issues and/or Environmentally Sustainable Water Management in Europe like as ‘IYPeF’


e-Discussion on Water issues and/or Environmentally Sustainable Water Management in Europe like as ‘IYPeF’ Organise a Side Event in WIF3



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EUROPEAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (ERWG) 1. Profile The European Regional Working Group (ERWG) of ICID was founded at the 46th IEC Meeting in Rome in September 1995 and is acting under the motto “Comprehensive land and water management in European river basins for the sustainable development of the rural landscape”. The tasks of ERWG can be summarized as follows:

(a) Knowledge transfer and exchange of experience in matters of border crossing water and land management in European countries

(b) Co-operation of experts and organisations engaged in national, supranational and international objectives of water management and irrigated agriculture

(c) Development and promotion of border crossing projects and conferences (d) Members are the ICID National Committees of 16 European countries, as below:

Country Representatives

Croatia Prof. Davor Romic Romania Prof. Ion M. Nicolaescu

Estonia Mr. Hannes Puu Russia Dr. (Mrs.) Irena G. Bondarik

Finland Mr. Olli-Matti Verta Spain Representative

France Dr. Sami Bouarfa Slovenia Representative

Hungary Dr. Laszlo Hayde Georgia Representative

Ireland Dr. John Martin The Netherlands Representative

Italy Mr. Marco Arciero United Kingdom Mr. Ian Makin

Portugal Mr. Pedro Eduardo da Cunha Serra Ukraine VPH Prof. Peter Kovalenko

Chairman : VPH Ian Makin (UK) Vice-Chairman : VPH Prof. Dr. Peter Kovalenko Secretary (1) : Mr. Olli-Matti Verta (Finland) Secretary (2) : Dr. (Mrs.) Irena G. Bondarik (Russia) for Russian speaking countries Observer : Mr. Mohammed Benblidia (IME) 2. Countries with observer status Bosnia & Herzegovina : Prof. Dr. Mihovil Vlahinic Moldova: Mr. Valeriu Catrinescu 3. Water Network In addition to the European National Committees of ICID, the following organizations/association/institution has been incorporated in the ERWG Water Network: A. Five European professional organizations

(a) CIPR - Commission Internationale pour la Protection du Rhin (b) EurAgEng - Special Interest Group on Soil and Water, European Society of Agricultural Engineers (c) EWA - European Water Association (d) EWRA - European Water Resources Association (e) TECHWARE - Technology for Water Resources


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Annex 3 [Continued] B. Seven National Water Management Associations

(a) BSHE - Bulgarian Society of Hydraulic Engineers (b) DWA - German Association for Water Management, Waste Water and Waste (Chair: Prof. Klaus Roettcher) (c) DONBH - Society for Irrigation and Drainage of Bosnia & Herzegovina (d) LZHIS - Lithuanian Association of Land and Water Management Engineers (e) MHT - Hungarian Hydrological Society (f) RSRE - Russian Society of Reclamation Engineers (g) SITWM - Polish Association for Water Plant Construction and Land Improvement Engineers and

Technicians C. Five European Water Management Institutes

(a) ACVAPROJECT - Water Management Design Institute (Moldova Republic) (b) DHI - Danish Hydraulic Institute (c) IIDS - Institute of Irrigation and Development Studies, University of Southampton (United Kingdom) (d) RIIDHE - Research Institute for Irrigation, Drainage and Hydraulic Engineering (Bulgaria) (e) IME - Institut Méditerranéen de l’Eau (France)

4. Work Results

(a) ERWG Letter No. 1 to 20 (newsletters) (b) Irrigation Sector Reform in Central and Eastern European Countries (project report book/CD) (c) European Sector Vision on Water for Food and Rural Development (report) (d) ICID Guide "How to work out a drought mitigation strategy" (guideline) (e) Water Resources Management in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia (book) (f) Diffuse Entries in Rivers of the Odra Basin (research report) (g) Proceedings of several European conferences (h) First and Second CEE WFE Dialogue Reports (Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment – Dialogue on

the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in Agriculture in the Central and East European Countries) (reports)

(i) Danube Valley: History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (book) 5. Projects

(a) Flood risk mitigation by agricultural non-structural measures (b) Drought mitigation strategies (c) Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (d) Flood plain management on Odra, Nemunas and Vistula (e) Flood prevention strategies (f) Point and diffused pollutants in the Odra basin (g) Sustainable irrigation and drainage management under the conditions of transitional economy (h) Dialogue on water for food and environmental security in Central and Eastern Europe

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APPENDIX VII [PCSO Item 9.1]

AGENDA FOR THE 32ND MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSES/CONFERENCES (C-CONGR)

28 November 2021, 08:45-10:30 Hours (Session-I) 28 November 2021, 11:00-12:45 Hours (Session-II)

Marrakesh, Morocco Presented by the Chairman


Mandate: The mandate of the Committee is: (i) To recommend general improvement in conduct of WIFs, Congresses, Conferences and other ICID events; (ii) Representatives/Organizers of the ICID events to present a summary report on preparations made for the said events; (iii) Share the lessons learned / difficulties faced in organizing the events; and (iv) Make proposals for the smooth conduct of the ICID events.

Members: (1) Mr. Bryan Ward (Australia), Chairman; (2) Pr. El Houssine Bartali (Morocco); (3) Mr. Momir Vranes (Australia); (4) Ms. Chris Delphin (Australia); (5) VPH Dr Ding Kulun (China); (6) VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy (India); and (7) Er B.A. Chivate, Director (Technical), ICID Central Office, New Delhi, India.

Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/107 C-CONGR Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by Chairman

1. The Chairman may like to present a report on the actions taken on the various decisions / proposals of the Committee since 31st meeting of C-CONGR in 2020 (virtually). C-CONGR Agenda Item 1.1: A brief report of the first virtual meeting of C-CONGR on 06 July 2021

2. Based on the virtual meetings of the Working Groups (WGs)/Task Forces (TFs) of ICID, Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President, ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office held on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs/TFs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with the Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 3. The First Virtual meeting of the C-CONGR was organized on 06 July 2021. Mr. Bryan Ward (Australia) chaired the meeting which was attended by Pr. El Houssine Bartali (Morocco), Mr. Mohamed Bouaam (Morocco), Mr. Momir Vrane (Australia), Ms. Chris Delphin (Australia), VPH Dr. Ding Kulun (China), Er. Li Ruoxi (China), Er. Gao Lihui (China), VPH Dr. K.Yella Reddy (India), Mr. Rishi Srivastava, Director, CWC/INCID, Mr. Amrendra Kumar Singh, Chief Engineer & Member Secretary of INCID and Er. B.A. Chivate, Director (Technical), ICID Central Office, New Delhi, India. The members of the Committee discussed various activities like membership composition & mandate (revised) of the C-CONGR, overview of 72nd IEC & 5th AfRC to be held in November 2021 at Marrakesh (Morocco), feedback from the organizers (Host NC) of the past events and preparations for the future events for the next three years from organizers (Host NC) and updates webpage of C-CONGR for annual events. The online minutes of the C-CONGR (https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/min_congr_webmeeting.pdf) have been circulated to the members/representatives of the Committee on 29 July 2021 for their information. Chairman may like to apprise the members during the Committee meeting. C-CONGR Agenda Item 2: Mandate and Membership Composition of the Committee – revised

4. During the virtual meeting Mr. Bryan Ward, Chairman of the Committee on Congresses/Conferences (C-CONGR) made a proposal of the revised mandate and new membership composition of the C-CONGR for discussion with the members of the Committee. In this regard, the Committee agreed on the following proposals and recommended it to PCSO/IEC for approval: New Mandate of C-CONGR:

(a) Representatives from previous events are required to present a summary report to the first meeting of C-CONGR following their event that includes attendance, financial performance and recommendations for future events. This requirement should be a condition of the LoA.

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etc. C-CONGR will consider these reports and make a recommendation to PCSO whether to grant the event to the NC.

New membership composition of C-CONGR:

(a) A Chair who is a representative from the Organising Committee (OC) of the next Congress. (b) Two further members from the National Committee for the next Congress and a YP representative if available. (c) A representative from each of the confirmed future ICID events (Congress/WIF/Regional Conferences). (d) A representative from the previous Congress. (e) A representative from ICID CO who will also provide secretarial services.

5. Chairman may like to apprise the members during the Committee meeting.

C-CONGR Agenda Item 3: Overview of 72nd IEC & 5th AfRC, 24-30 November 2021 at Marrakesh,

Morocco – Updates 6. During the virtual meeting held on 03 August 2021, the Moroccan National Committee of ICID (ANAFIDE), the host NC of the 5th African Regional Conference and 72nd IEC meeting, assured that the events will be organized in Hybrid mode (physical / hybrid) under the patronage of HE The King of Morocco from 24-30 November 2021 in Marrakesh, Morocco. ICID Central Office requested ANAFIDE to update their website frequently with the latest announcement to enable the participants to plan accordingly their participation in the Marrakech events. ANAFIDE has also informed that with the help of partners, Museum and Hotel, the venues for the events, have enough rooms for holding meetings and side events. Please visit to Conference website <http://5arcid.ma/en/about/> for more information of 5th AfRC. 7. Pr. El Houssine Bartali, representative from Moroccan National Committee of ICID (ANAFIDE) may apprise the members of the Committee.

C-CONGR Agenda Item 4: Feedback from the organizer of the past events

C-CONGR Agenda Item 4.1: Feedback from 3rd WIF & 70th IEC meeting in September 2019 at Bali, Indonesia

8. INACID representative may brief the Committee on experience in organizing the 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) and 70th International Executive Council (IEC) Meetings with the lessons learned / difficulties faced.

C-CONGR Agenda Item 5: Preparations for the future events for the next 3 years C-CONGR Agenda Item 5.1: 24th ICID Congress & 73rd IEC Meeting, 3-10 October 2022, Adelaide, South

Australia – An Update 9. The 24th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and 73rd International Executive Council (IEC) Meetings have been rescheduled from 03 October to 10 October 2022 at Adelaide, South Australia. The mega event will be organized by ICID in cooperation with the host Irrigation Australia’s Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID). The main theme of the Congress is “Innovation and Research in Agricultural Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals”. 10. 2nd Announcement (revised) for the Congress: The revised 2nd announcement (Congress theme, sub-themes, venue, programme, registration, technical visits, general information etc.) of the 24th ICID Congress & 73rd IEC Meeting was finalized by IACID and subsequently circulated among the National Committees and other stakeholders, including International Organizations in August 2021. Please access <https://www.icid2022.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2022ICID-2nd-Announcementv14-LR.pdf> for more information of 2nd announcement (revised) of the Congress. The third/final announcement of the 24th ICID Congress is expected to be brought out by the host NC by the end of February 2022.

11. Extended Abstracts/papers of the Congress: The ICID Central Office circulated the revised Call for papers of the 24th ICID Congress to National Committees and other stakeholders of ICID on 29 July 2021 and invited them to submit Extended Abstracts/papers based on the six sub-questions of the main Congress Questions (Q.62 & Q.63). The submission of Extended Abstracts / papers of the Congress has been further extended up to 15 December 2021. The important deadlines (revised) for submission of the Extended Abstracts/papers of the Congress have also been included in the revised Call for papers (https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/24cong_callforpapers.pdf) and uploaded on the Congress website (https://www.icid2022.com.au/icid-home/) for wider dissemination.

12. More than 325 ‘Extended Abstracts’ have been received for the two main Questions, including six sub-questions (three sub-questions under each Congress Questions 62 & 63) and Special Session and Symposium through the dedicated Technical Management Portal of ICID which is available at <https://icidevents.org/techmanagement/>. The ‘Abstract Volumes’ containing the abstracts of the full-length papers submitted for presentation during the 24th ICID

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Congress will be brought out two months prior to the Congress and shall be part of ‘registration kit’ with ‘USB’ containing the ‘Abstract Volume’ as well as full-length papers of all Congress Questions.

13. General Reporters (GRs) and Panel Experts (PEs) for the Congress: The General Reporters (Chairs and Co-Chairs of each main Question) and the Panel Experts (Chairs and Co-Chairs of each sub-questions) formed an important Technical Team that technically steers the Congress during the preparation for the meeting and the conduct of the Congress. The suggested names have been included in the list of General Reporters and Panel Experts by the host IACID to act as Co-Chairs for various sessions under Congress Questions 62 & 63.

14. Revised programme (tentative) for the Congress: The revised programme of the 24th ICID Congress & 73rd IEC Meetings has since been changed as given below :

(a) Opening Ceremony: The Opening Ceremony of the 24th Congress will now be held on 05 October 2021 (08.45-10.30 hours) in place of 04 October 2021. During the Opening Ceremony ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab will deliver the ‘Welcome Address’. Apart from the organizing partners -- ICID and Irrigation Australia Ltd., the key technical partners, viz. ADB, FAO, IWMI, World Bank and IsDB have been suggested to be given about 5-10 minutes each during the Opening Ceremony for delivering the speeches. (b) Congress Plenary: Congress Plenary will now be held on 05 October 2021 (11:15-13.00 hours) in place of 04 October 2021. During the Congress Plenary, the ND Gulhati Memorial Lecture will be followed by the presentation of General Reports for Congress Questions 62 and 63 by respective General Reporters. Hon. Karlene Maywald, Managing Director, Maywald Consultants Pty Ltd., will deliver the N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture. (c) Congress Sessions: During the Congress sessions, the Keynote Speakers for Opening Session are to be identified in consultation with the host National Committee, so that invitation letters can be extended to them well in time. ICID Central Office informed that the key technical partners, viz. ADB, FAO, IWMI, World Bank and IsDB will be approached. IWMI representative to ITAC for 24th ICID Congress has confirmed the availability of their Director General Dr. Mark Smith as a ‘Keynote Speaker’ for the Congress. An invitation will be extended to him as the dates have been finally fixed for the event. A detailed tentative ‘Programme At a Glance’ (revised) of the Congress is available at the revised 2nd announcement (page # 14). (d) Orientation Meeting with YPs: During the Congress, the orientation meeting with young professionals (YPs) will be held on 03 October 2021 (from 16:15-18:00 hours) in place of 04 October 2021.

15. Symposium: ICID’s Technical Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage Management (WG-IDM) will be organizing a Symposium on the theme “Integrated Approaches to Irrigation Management in the Future” on 06 October 2022 (tentative) during the 24th ICID Congress. The topics covered are : (i) Current status of national irrigation sectors; (ii) Future investment in irrigation infrastructure modernization and management; (iii) National factors affecting irrigation management, including water policy, institutions, and capacities; and (iv) Prospective areas for future management: resource management, supply and demand management, infrastructure management, on-farm water management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, institutional and policy reforms, data management, technological interventions, capacity development, gender issues, among others specific to local contexts. The country papers have been invited from the NCs on the topics latest by 15 February 2022. President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) and Ms. Mary Jean M. Garbiel (South Africa), Chairperson of the WG-IDM, will be Chair and Coordinator of the Symposium, respectively. 16. Special Session: A Special Session on “Developing the Future Tools for Managing Uncertainty in Irrigation Water Supply” will be held on 06 October 2022 (tentative) during the 24th ICID Congress. The Special Session is exclusively being organized by host IACID and invited the abstracts/papers from NCs on the following sub-topics – (i) Institutional arrangements; (ii) System Modelling; and (iii) Crop agronomic and social adaptation. Eddie Parr, Geoff Harvey and Isaac Jefferies from IACID are the Chair, Co-Chair and Coordinator of the Special Session, respectively.

17. The Chairman may further apprise the members of the Committee. C-CONGR Agenda Item 5.2: Rescheduling of the 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference, in September

2022 at Agadir, Morocco

18. In view of the rescheduling 24th ICID Congress and 73rd IEC meeting from 03-10 October 2022, there were consultations in between the host NCs of these events, i.e. ANAFIDE and IACID during the virtual meeting of C-CONGR held on 06 July 2021 and explored the possibility of advancing the dates for holding 10th IMIC in order to avoid clashes with IACID hosted 24th ICID Congress and 73rd IEC at Adelaide, Australia. On the subsequent day, ANAFIDE has communicated to IACID their willingness to reschedule the 10th IMIC in March/April 2022 in order to avoid the clash with the IACID hosted events and for the successful organization of both the events in terms of participation. 19. In view of the agreement by ANAFIDE for rescheduling of 10th IMIC in March/April 2022, they have been requested to submit a revised Form-A, which will be put up at the forthcoming meeting of the IEC at Marrakech for its consideration.


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SUPP: ICID Central Office has received an e-mail of 09 October 2021 from Pr H Bartali, Vice President of ANAFIDE shared singed and stamped Letter of Agreement (LoA) regarding hosting of the 10th IMIC, from 10-13 May 2022 at Agadir, Morocco. The 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference will now be held from 10-13 May 2022 in place of September 2022 at Agadir, Morocco.

20. Representatives from IACID and ANAFIDE may like to further updates during the meeting. C-CONGR Agenda Item 5.3: 74th IEC Meeting and 4th WIF, 16-22 April 2023 at Beijing, China

21. The 74th International Executive Council (IEC) Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) will be held from 16-22 April 2023 at Beijing, China. The main theme of the WIF4 is “Modernization of Irrigation Schemes”, including sub-themes etc. of the Forum is available at <https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/wif4_presentation.pdf>. VPH Dr. Ding Kulun (China) made a PowerPoint presentation on the arrangements for the 4th WIF and 74th IEC meeting during the virtual meeting of the C-CONGR. 22. VPH Dr. Ding Kulun, representative from CNCID may like to further updates to the Committee during the meeting.

C-CONGR Agenda Item 5.4: 75th IEC Meeting and 25th Congress, 1-7 November 2023 at Visakhapatnam,

Andhra Pradesh, India

23. VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy (India) made a PowerPoint present on the arrangements for the 25th ICID Congress and 75th IEC Meeting (https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/25cong_presentation.pdf) to be held from 1-7 November 2023 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has appointed Dr. K. Yella Reddy as Organizing Secretary for 25th ICID Congress & 75th IEC Meeting. In this regard, the Committee members has congratulations VPH Dr. Reddy during the virtual meeting. 24. VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy may like to further updates to the Committee during the meeting.

C-CONGR Agenda Item 5.5: Rescheduling of 9th AsRC and 76th IEC, 27 April to 02 May 2024, Sydney,

Australia

25. Earlier, 9th Asian Regional Conference (AsRC) and 76th International Executive Council (IEC) Meeting was planned to be held on 27 April to 02 May 2024 in Sydney, Australia. In March 2021, ICID CO has requested IACID to explore the possibility of organizing the event in September or October so that there is sufficient time between two annual events i.e. 75th IEC and 76th IEC. Accordingly, IACID has proposed to organize the above event from 1 to 8 September 2024 in Sydney, Australia and requested them to submit a revised Form-A with date change in the IEC meeting. 26. Chairman may like to further updates to the Committee during the meeting.

C-CONGR Agenda Item 6: Website of the C-C-CONGR

27. In order to promote the activities of annual events, ICID Central Office has invited the host NCs to make their presentation based on the annual meetings from National Organizing Committees for placing on the ICID website and webpage of C-CONGR through icon ‘Presentations’. In response, VPH Dr. Dr. Ding Kulun (China) and VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy (India) shared their presentations for preparations WIF4 and the 25th ICID Congress. Responses from other members are awaited. Please access https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/107 for more information of C-CONGR.

C-CONGR Agenda Item 7: Any other business SUPP: Proposal for Future ICID Conference ICID Central Office has received proposal from the following NC for the future ICID Event: MANCID (2025): The Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MANCID) has offered to host the 77th International Executive Council (IEC) Meeting and 5th World Irrigation Forum (WIF5) in May 2025 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Representative from MANCID/Chair may apprise the members during the meeting. 28. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 29. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation

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projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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APPENDIX VIII [PCSO Item 9.2]

AGENDA FOR THE 5TH MEETING OF THE ICID YOUNG PROFESSIONAL'S E-FORUM (IYPeF)

26 November 2021: 11:00-12:45 hours (Session I) 27 November 2021: 14:00-15:45 hours (Session II)

Marrakesh, Morocco


Mandate: (i) Encourage and promote a high standard of professional development amongst the young professionals in the field of irrigation, drainage, and flood management; (ii) Provide an international platform for young irrigation and drainage professionals; (iii) Expose young professional to ICID's purpose, objectives, role and activities; (iv) Facilitate the wider dissemination of knowledge and information amongst the young professionals; and (v) Maintain and enhance links with national and international youth having interests in water related subjects or the activities, relevant to ICID objectives.

(a) Coordinator: Eng. Ms. Aya Mohammed Hassan Ali Elkholy, Egypt (b) Joint Coordinator: Dr. (Ms.) Heidi Salo, Finland

IYPeF Agenda Item 1: Introduction 1. Online Election process of ICID-Young Professional’s e-Forum (IYPeF) was held from 26 February to 05 March 2020 based on the nominations received from the National Committees of ICID for the Coordinator and Joint Coordinator of IYPeF and following two IYPeF members were elected as Coordinator and Joint Coordinator of IYPeF for the year 2020-2021:

(a) Dr. Ms. Eman Ragab Mohamed Nofal (Egypt), Coordinator (b) Mr. Hassan Farahani (Iran), Joint Coordinator

2. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the 71st IEC meeting was held virtually from 07th - 08th December 2020 for the first time in the history of ICID. Considering the situation, no meeting for the IYPeF was held during the 71st IEC.

3. The term of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator was up to 31 March 2021. Considering the COVID-19 situation the term of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator was extended by four (4) months i.e. up to 31 July 2021.

4. On completion of the term of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator online Election process of ICID-Young Professional’s e-Forum (IYPeF) was held from 02 August 2021, 11:00AM to 08 August 2021, 11:00AM based on the nominations received from the National Committees of ICID for the Coordinator and Joint Coordinator of IYPeF, following two IYPeF members are elected as Coordinator and Joint Coordinator of IYPeF for the year 2021-2022:

(a) Eng. Ms. Aya Mohammed Hassan Ali Elkholy (Egypt), Coordinator (b) Dr. (Ms.) Heidi Salo (Finland), Joint Coordinator

5. The term of the present Coordinator and Joint Coordinator will be up to 31 August 2022.

IYPeF Agenda Item 2: Meeting with ICID Central Office and Coordinator and Joint Coordinator 6. First Virtual Meeting with ICID Central Office and newly elected Coordinator and Joint Coordinator Of ICID Young Professional’s e-Forum (IYPeF) 2021-22 was held on 13 September 2021.

7. The Secretary General, ICID requested elected Coordinator and Joint Coordinator to take up various activities of IYPeF such as e-discussions, webinars, training programme, use of social media for communication including contribution of YPs in different ICID activities. SG further requested both Coordinator and Joint Coordinator to look into minutes of IYPeF meeting held earlier and the concept note to develop action plan for IYPeF activities during 2021-22. Based on discussions following broad activities were agreed upon:

(a) Country membership- For getting more countries in the ICID network, group can inform Name of the Ministers and other concerned persons in their country particularly from Latin American, Arab and European countries where representation and membership in ICID is low.

(b) YPs shall try for adoption and dissemination of new technologies.

(c) The YPs group shall have linkages with the African YP group coordinated by VPH Dr. Wahba.

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(d) The YPs group shall organise and coordinate series of webinars and technical discussions for the benefit of the group. Efforts shall be made to organise one webinar every month.

(e) The coordinators will review the proposed topics and finalise the topics for e-discussion and webinars and identify appropriate coordinator/ speaker for e-discussions and webinars in coordination with the ICID Central Office. Resource persons for e-discussion and webinars may be identified from IYPeF as well as outside IYPeF. Coordinators were encouraged to cast their nets wide amongst other technology sources as practising engineering/ science community as well as service providers in various associated fields.

(f) Coordinators may also encourage the YPs to maintain a close liaison with the respective national committees so as to learn about their national priorities as well as capacities which can benefit them as well as other group members. YPs can be provided some space in the news bulletins and news updates where they can provide inputs regarding activities, new ideas and the initiatives in their respective countries.

(g) The newly developed World Register of Irrigation Projects for global inventory of irrigation projects by ICID was introduced to the Coordinator and Joint Coordinator. They assured to work on it and see that maximum number of project’s data will be entered in to it with the help of the group.

(h) Eng. Ms. Aya Mohammed Hassan Ali Elkholy (Egypt), IYPeF Coordinator and Dr. (Ms.) Heidi Salo (Finland), IYPeF Joint Coordinator assured to come up with new ideas and plans in next 10-15 days.

IYPeF Agenda Item 3: Future activities plan by Coordinator and Joint Coordinator 8. As indicated in para 7, Coordinator and Joint Coordinator will present and discuss activities plan of IYPeF for the year 2021 and 2022.

IYPeF Agenda Item 4: Any other business

9. Capacity Development Training Program, 19-23 November 2021, Morocco: The Moroccan National Committee of ICID (ANAFIDE) is organizing the Capacity Development Training Program for young professionals from the African Region on "Micro-irrigation Systems to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change" from 19-23 November 2021 preceding 5th African Regional Conference with theme “Sustainable Management of Irrigation for an Improved Resilience of Agriculture in Africa” from 23-26 November in Mohamed VI Museum for the Water Civilisation in Morocco. The main aim of the training program is to provide an opportunity to the African young professionals to have a broader and also in-depth exposure to water accounting, emerging irrigation technologies and leadership management scenarios and share with them Moroccan experiences in the fields of irrigation and water management, considering the urgent need for a sustainable climate change-resilient agriculture sector. The aim is to create awareness among African Young Professional’s on water resources, irrigation and drainage challenges and capacity development to facilitate sharing of experiences between the Young Professional’s (YP’s) in water, irrigation and drainage related fields. More information about the training program is available at http://5arcid.ma/en/formation/.

10. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information.

11. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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APPENDIX IX [IEC Item 9.3]

AGENDA FOR THE 41ST MEETING OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE FOR TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES (PCTA)

29 November 2021, 08.45-18.00 hours Marrakech, Morocco

Mandate: The Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA) shall be concerned with all the technical activities of the Commission including all publications of ICID. It will be responsible for activities of the technical work bodies, for selection of Questions/Themes for Congresses, Conferences, Special Sessions, Symposia, etc., for settlement of the technical conclusions thereof and for making appropriate recommendations for action thereon.

Members: (1) Vice President Hon. Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chairman (China, 2015); (2) Vice President Hon. Dr. Mohamed Abd-El-Moneim Wahba (Egypt, 2015); (3) Mr. Ali Reza Salamat (Iran, 2015); (4) Prof. Michele Perniola (Italy, 2018); (5) Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe (Japan, 2018); (6) VP Dr. Brian T. Wahlin (USA, 2018); (7) VPH Mr. Ian William Makin (UK, 2019); (8) Mr. Satit Maneepai (Thailand, 2020) and (9) Er. Ashwin B. Pandya, Secretary General, ICID

Permanent Observers: (i) World Bank Representative; (ii) FAO Representative; and (iii) IWMI Representative.

Ex-Officio Members: All Strategy Theme Leaders and Chairpersons of all workbodies under PCTA. PCTA Agenda Item 1: Presentation/Lecture 1. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, with broad technical inputs from ICID, have developed a software tool 'Basin Futures', which is a web application that is an entry level modelling tool that aims to support rapid and exploratory basin planning globally. As a cloud-based tool, it brings together high-performance computing and large-scale global data sets to make data analysis accessible and efficient. Basin Futures can be used to explore and plan water-related development and climate scenarios to help in decision making process. ICID and CSIRO have an MOU for furthering scientific cooperation and jointly promote scientific tools such as Basin Futures among different stakeholders. 2. CSIRO Team, Australia consisting of Dr. Ashmita Sengupta and Mr. Peter Taylor will make a brief presentation on Basin Futures titled “Water resource scenario planning with an easy to use, cloud-based, model” during the meeting virtually. PCTA Agenda Item 2: ATR on the minutes of the 40th Meeting of PCTA 3. As per the decision of the fifth virtual meeting of the Management Board (MB-5/20) held on 17 September 2020, PCTA did not hold its physical or virtual meeting last year. However, the Chair, PCTA presented a report to the 71st IEC virtual meeting, restricting mainly to the membership of workbodies, extension/closure of existing workbodies, establishment of new workbodies, and any other important issues for workbodies which had held their meetings virtually last year and associated with PCTA, as per the directives of the MB-5/20 meeting in order to meet the constitutional obligation of transacting the most important business before the Council meeting, at least once in a year. 4. An Action Taken Report (ATR) on the minutes of the 40th PCTA meeting prepared based on the PCTA Chair’s report presented at 71st IEC virtual meeting is given at Annex 1. PCTA Agenda Item 3: Membership of the PCTA and Workbodies 5. As per ICID By-laws 3.8.1(c), the three members of PCTA, viz. VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun (China), VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba (Egypt) and Mr. Ali Reza Salamat (Iran) shall be completing their tenures of six years as members of PCTA at Marrakech meeting (2021). Additionally, VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun shall be completing five years as Chair of PCTA with the conclusion of 72nd IEC meeting of ICID. 6. In view of PCTA membership coming down to six members consequent to the retirement of three members this year in place of the mandated requirement of minimum of nine and a maximum of fifteen elected members as per ICID By-laws 3.9.4, the National Committees/Committee of ICID have been requested to nominate experts from their countries for the membership of PCTA, besides seeking replacements from NCs, whose members are retiring this year at Marrakech meeting of PCTA. In response, the NCs of China, Iran, Morocco and Pakistan have sent their nominations. Chinese NC has nominated Ms. Li Rouxi, a YP as their nominee, while the NCs of Iran, Morocco and Pakistan have nominated VP Dr. Kamran Emami, Er. Mohamed Bouaam and Dr. Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez, respectively as their nominees for the membership of PCTA. The respective National Committees have


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communicated the consents of their nominees to serve PCTA as its members. The Committee may consider their membership and recommend appropriately. 7. As stated above, VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun has been completing his tenure as member and Chair of the PCTA with the conclusion of the 72nd IEC. In view of his retirement, Prof. Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe has been nominated as the new Chairman of PCTA, as per ICID By-laws 3.8.1 (d) which states that the Chairperson of PCTA will be nominated at the Council meeting under recommendations of the Office-Bearers Committee. The Committee would like express its gratitude and record its appreciation to VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun for his exemplary leadership in guiding the activities of the PCTA for over the last five years. 8. PCTA will review its membership and also consider the proposals from the Chairpersons of various workbodies associated with it for making recommendations on the changes in the membership of various working groups to IEC in accordance with the relevant ICID By-laws governing the membership of ICID workbodies/permanent committees. PCTA Agenda Item 4: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030: Review of the Action Plan 2019-2023 9. In 2019, the Committee examined the activities identified in the Action Plan 2017-21, appended to the ‘Road Map to ICID Vision 2030’ (http://www.icid.org/icid_vision2030.pdf) which are committed to be achieved over a period of five years. The Committee felt that Vision 2030 activities need not remain confined to the deliberations inside the WGs, but needs to grow outside WGs by involving the other agencies and organizations. This will help in promoting and keeping the vision 2030 in focus in larger communities and groups. Strategy Theme Leaders opined that number of parallel sessions may be reduced to the extent possible to allow the members to engage with multiple subjects in different WGs. For this purpose, shorter WG meetings and Regional Working Group meetings can be considered, with joint workshops be encouraged. For this purpose, the WGs have to engage more over the web-ex platforms for transacting the maximum amount of internal works. 10. Last year, Chair, PCTA observed that most of the WBs had reviewed the Action Plan based on their mandates and provided latest updates about the fresh action plan for 2018-2022, in view of the rescheduling of the international workshops, short courses, etc. in the coming years due to COVID-19 pandemic. 11. The Action Plan, which is designed to be living and dynamic and rolling in nature and includes activities for converting vision to action, may be monitored annually and reviewed triennially, as envisaged in ‘Road Map to ICID Vision 2030’. As the workbodies play a pivotal role in converting the vision into action, by focussing their activities towards measurable outputs which could form part of the products that could be disseminated to the NCs which might be useful to the NCs in achieving the goals set as part of their national mandates. Accordingly, the Action Plan 2018-2022 will be scrutinized through the existing monitoring mechanism, based on the progress achieved by the workbodies reporting to the Committee under four Strategy Themes, and suggest appropriate ways and means to achieve them. 12. PCTA may review the Action Plan 2019-23 based on the progress achieved by WGs reporting to the Committee and suggest appropriate ways and means to achieve them. PCTA Agenda Item 5: International Research Program for Irrigation and Drainage (IRPID)

Scheme 13. The National Committees have been requested to establish Regional Nodes within the framework of the Revised IRPID Scheme (https://www.icid.org/irpid_scheme.pdf) adopted at the 67th IEC meeting (2016) vide Resolution IEC-3/67 and notified vide Notification No.16 of 2016 Dt. 27/04/2016. 14. The Chair of the Advisory Committee for IPRID (AC-IRPID), VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, who is also the Chair of PCTA, will present the report of AC-IRPID at PCTA for its consideration. PCTA Agenda Item 6: ICID Service Unit (ISU) – related to ICID Mission 15. Vide Resolution IEC-1/69, the 69th IEC meeting granted an ‘in principle’ approval to the recommendation of Special Task Force on Independent Service Unit (STF-ISU), for the development of a detailed project proposal and obtain necessary statutory approvals, with endorsement from the Management Board (MB) in consultation with NCs for the potential launch of Independent Service Unit (ISU) as part of 70th ICID Celebrations of ICID at Bali, Indonesia in September 2019. Accordingly, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the techno-economic feasibility of the establishment of ISU was prepared and subsequently approved by STF-ISU, including the statutory modalities for the launch of ISU at Bali during ICID’s 2019 annual events.

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16. However, at Bali in 2019, the 70th IEC meeting vide its Resolution IEC-1/70 approved the following in respect of establishment of Service Unit (SU) in ICID:



17. However, there is hardly any progress in the establishment of the SU of ICID on account of COVID-19 pandemic, which has been impacting globally since the beginning of the last year. 18. The Committee may suggest the way forward for its formal launching and functioning in order to meet the needs of ICID stakeholders. PCTA Agenda Item 7: Review of reports of the activities of Workbodies under the Strategy

Theme – Basin (ST.B) 19. The Chairpersons of the WGs, TFs and Co-Theme Leaders of Strategy Themes will brief the Committee on the activities of their respective workbodies and present their recommendations for review and consideration by Committee. In the absence of the Chair, the member chairing the WG meeting may present the report. PCTA Agenda Item 7.1: Working Group on Environment (WG-ENV) 20. VPH Prof. Dr. (Ms.) Charlotte de Fraiture, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-ENV. PCTA Agenda Item 7.2: Working Group on Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas (WG-SDTA) 21. Dr. Ruey-Chy Kao, Chair of the WG will present the report of the first meeting of the WG-SDTA. PCTA Agenda Item 7.3: Working Group on Managing Water Scarcity under Conflicting Demands

(WG-MWSCD) 22. VPH Franklin E. Dimick, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-MWSCD. PCTA Agenda Item 7.4: Working Group on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management

(WG-CLIMATE) 23. Dr. Ray Shyan Wu, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-CLIMATE. PCTA Agenda Item 7.5: Working Group on Adaptive Flood Management (WG-AFM) 24. VP Dr. Kamran Emami, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-AFM. PCTA Agenda Item 7.6: Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage in the States under Socio-Economic

Transformation (WG-IDSST) 25. VPH Prof. Peter Kovalenko, the Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of WG-IDSST. PCTA Agenda Item 7.7: Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus (WG-WFE-N) 26. President Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-WFE-N. PCTA Agenda Item 7.8: Synthesis Report by Co-Theme Leaders of ST Basin 27. VP Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran) and VP Dr. Jin-Yong, Choi (Korea), the Co-theme Leaders may present their report, while taking stock of the progress of WGs in achieving the activities identified under the Action Plan 2018-2022.


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PCTA Agenda Item 8: Review of reports of the activities of Workbodies under the Strategy Theme – Knowledge (ST.K)

PCTA Agenda Item 8.1: ICID Journal Editorial Board (EB-JOUR) 28. Prof. Jiusheng Li, Chair of the EB will present the report of the meeting of the Editorial Board.

PCTA Agenda Item 8.2: Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST) 29. VP Dr. Kamran Emami, Chair of the WG will present the report of the first meeting of WG-HIST. PCTA Agenda Item 8.3: Task Force to Guide ICID Inputs to World Water Forum 9 (TF-WWF9)

30. PH Dr. Saeed Nairizi, Chair of the TF will present the report of the meeting of the TF-WWF9.

PCTA Agenda Item 8.4: Working Group on Value Engineering (WG-VE)

31. VP Dr. Kamran Emami, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-VE. PCTA Agenda Item 8.5: Task Force for Updating and Maintenance of Multilingual Technical Dictionary

(TF-MTD) 32. VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chair of the TF will present the report of the meeting of the TF-MTD. PCTA Agenda Item 8.6: Working Group on Capacity Development, Training and Education (WG-CDTE) 33. VP Dr. Mohamed Wahba, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-CDTE. PCTA Agenda Item 8.7: Synthesis report of Co-Theme Leaders of ST Knowledge 34. VP Dr. Mochammad Amron (Indonesia) and VP DatoÍr. Nor Hisham bin Mohd Ghazali (Malaysia), the Co-theme Leaders may present their report, while taking stock of the progress of WGs in achieving the activities identified under the Action Plan 2018-2022. PCTA Agenda Item 9: Review reports of the activities of Workbodies under the Strategy

Theme – On-Farm (ST.OF) PCTA Agenda Item 9.1: Working Group on Sustainable On-Farm Irrigation System Development (WG-

SON-FARM) 35. Dr. A.K. Randev, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-SON-FARM. PCTA Agenda Item 9.2: Working Group on Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources for Irrigation

(WG-NCWRI) 36. Dr. Wenyong Wu, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-NCWRI. PCTA Agenda Item 9.3: Synthesis report of Co-Theme Leaders of ST On-Farm 37. VP Hesham Mostafa Mohamed Ali (Egypt) and VP Eng. Rafat Nael AbdulGhani Al_Intaki (Iraq), the Co-theme Leaders may present their report, while taking stock of the progress of WGs in achieving the activities identified under the Action Plan 2018-2022. PCTA Agenda Item 10: Review of reports of the activities of Workbodies under the Strategy Theme –

Schemes (ST.S) PCTA Agenda Item 10.1: Working Group on Institutional Aspects of Irrigation / Drainage System

(WG-IOA) 38. VPH Dr. Hafied A. Gany, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-IOA.


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PCTA Agenda Item 10.2: Working Group on Modernization and Revitalization of Irrigation Schemes (WG- M&R)

39. VPH Ian Makin, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-M&R. PCTA Agenda Item 10.3: Working Group on Irrigation Development and Management (WG-IDM) 40. Ms. Mary Jean M. Gabriel, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-IDM. PCTA Agenda Item 10.4: Working Group on Water Saving in Irrigated Areas (WG-WATS) 41. Mr. Mehrzad Ehsani, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-WATS. PCTA Agenda Item 10.5: Working Group on Rain Water Harvesting (WG-RWH) 42. Mr. Geoff Harvey, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-RWH. PCTA Agenda Item 10.6: Working Group on Land Drainage (WG-LDRG) 43. Mr. Bernard Vincent, Chair of the WG will present the report of the meeting of the WG-LDRG. PCTA Agenda Item 10.7: Synthesis Report by Co-Theme Leaders on ST Schemes 44. VP Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy), VP Ahmed EL BOUARI (Morocco) and VP Dr. Shavkat Rakhimovich Khamraev (Uzbekistan), the Co-theme Leaders may present their report, while taking stock of the progress of WGs in achieving the activities identified under the Action Plan 2018-2022. PCTA Agenda Item 11: Newly Proposed Workbodies 45. For the establishment of a new workbody on a specific mandate or extension of an existing workbody on completion of its tenure, as part of the improvement in the functioning of ICID workbodies (Annex R2.2 of Resolution IEC-2/63) approved by 63rd IEC meeting at Adelaide, Australia in June 2012, a Scoping Document (SD) needs to be submitted by a workbody proposing to be established or seeking to be extended, giving its objectives, state of knowledge on the topic, work plan etc. which in turn helps in ascertaining the interest of the NCs and assists the PCTA to make appropriate recommendation to avoid any overlaps or gaps vis-à-vis workbodies already in action. 46. During the discussion in 36th PCTA meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2016, the issue of lack of interest in certain WGs was expressed. It was therefore recommended that unless interest is expressed by at least 10 NCs in supporting the WG, it could at best be established as a Task Team for keeping the interest in the topic live. These TTs should essentially work towards a well-defined objective and predominantly through Web based tools. As the implementation of the Road Map needs partnership, it is important that the WG should actively seek potential collaboration with international partners and take those activities in account while drawing up their plan.

47. The 68th Council meeting held at Mexico City, Mexico in 2017 endorsed the recommendations of PCTA that the WG (new or extension) should be approved only, if at least 10 NCs support its activities by way of sponsoring its experts to participate in the WG’s activities. For that, the SDs of the proposed new WGs are required to be circulated among all NCs for gauging their interest and support. 48. The 71st IEC Meeting (Virtual) held on 07-08 December 2020 endorsed ICID’s collaboration with World Bank towards the establishment of “International Network of Service Providers for Irrigation Excellence (INSPIRE)” as a technical work body initially incubated by ICID after formalizing the collaborative arrangements with the World Bank through a signed agreement between both the parties. Accordingly, MB-3/21 meeting held on 25 March 2021 approved the establishment of INSPIRE as a Task Force under ICID Strategy Theme ‘Scheme’ after considering the Scoping Document for its creation as placed at Annex 2. 49. Any proposal for the establishment of new workbodies or extension of existing workbodies other than the one stated above will be put up to the Committee, if SDs in this regard have been received in the Central Office in time. PCTA Agenda Item 12: Report on the outcome of 5th AfRC 50. ANAFIDE Representative will present a report on the outcome of the 5th African Regional Conference (5th AfRC).


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PCTA Agenda Item 13: Report of the Sub-Committee on Themes, Topics and Work Plans of future ICID Events (SC-E-THEMES)

51. PH Dr. Gao Zhanyi, Chair of the Sub-Committee will present the report of the meeting of the SC-E-THEMES. PCTA Agenda Item 14: Any other business

PCTA Agenda Item 14.1: ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines 52. The third virtual meeting of the Management Board (MB-3/21) held on 07 September 2021 considered the background and the developments leading to the drafting of the “ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines”, with an objective to standardize the practices followed so far in bringing out ICID publications, including workbodies’ outputs, so as to serve in future as publication and editorial guidelines. MB deliberated on the proposed publication policy and guidelines and agreed to the need for such a document in order to ensure quality and coherence in ICID’s publications by adopting standardized guidelines for developing material and publishing it, especially those being brought out as ICID Workbodies’ Outputs. The publication policy provides for intellectual property rights, credits and formats for a standard output. The policy is oriented towards encouraging individuals and groups to provide their inputs in the publications for wider dissemination along with the credits for the work.

53. The draft of the “ICID Publication Policy and Guidelines” recommended by MB-3/21 meeting for approval by 72nd IEC meeting is placed at Annex 3 for information of PCTA and inputs, if any. PCTA Agenda Item 14.2: Establishment of World Register of Irrigation Projects 54. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. PCTA Agenda Item 14.3: Establishment of World Register of Irrigation Projects 55. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail. 56. Secretary General will present the World Register of Irrigation Projects to the Committee and demonstrate the same for inputs and suggestions from the members for improvement, if any.

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Annex 1 [Appendix IX, Item 2, Para 4]

ACTION TAKEN REPORT ON THE REPORT OF THE CHAIR OF PCTA (Presented at the 71st IEC Virtual Meeting, 07 December 2020)

Para Recommendation Decision of 69th IEC Action Taken

6. Extension of the tenure of the following workbodies:

(a) Working Group on Managing Water Scarcity under Conflicting Demands (WG-MWSCD) till 2023.

(b) Working Group on Capacity Development, Training and Education (WG-CDTE) till 2027, as many of the mandated activities are still remain to be completed due to the past inactivity of the WG.

(c) Working Group on Sustainable On-Farm Irrigation System Development (WG-SON-FARM) till 2025 keeping in view the term of WG-NCWRI to work in joint session.

(d) Working Group on Institutional and Organizational Aspects of Irrigation / Drainage System Management (WG-IOA) till 2023.

(e) Working Group on Irrigation Development and Management (WG-IDM) till 2023.

(f) Working Group on Modernization and Revitalization of Irrigation Schemes (WG-M&R) till 2023.

Approved vide Resolution IEC-2/71.

Notified the extension of these workbodies.

7 & 8 Establishment of the following new workbodies: (a) WG on Land Drainage under Strategy Theme

‘Scheme’. (b) WG on Water Food Energy Nexus under

Strategy Theme ‘Basin’.

Approved vide Resolution IEC-2/71.

Notified the establishment of the WG-LDRG and WG-WFE-N.

10 Closure WG-SDRG and WG-WATER&CROP. Approved vide Resolution IEC-2/71.

Notified the closure of WGs on SDRG and WATER&CROP.

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Annex 2 [PCTA Agenda Item 11, Para 48]

TASK FORCE ON IRRIGATION SERVICE DELIVERY (TF-INSPIRE-SCHEME)

SCOPING DOCUMENT

1. Introduction and rationale 1.1 Global experience suggests that the sustainability of irrigation systems and the financial viability of irrigation

agencies relies, to a large degree, on the quality of the irrigation services that the agencies provide to farmers. Reliable service provision increases the farmers’ willingness to pay for delivered water, reduces water wastage, provides a starting point for agricultural intensification and diversification, and helps break the vicious build-neglect-rebuild cycle that many irrigation systems are locked into.

1.2 Despite its importance, service delivery has not always received adequate attention from irrigation professionals. Instead, poor service delivery is often accepted as an unavoidable necessity, and efforts to improve services are often seen as too difficult and time-consuming.

1.3 Some I&D agencies have significantly improved the quality of their services and have adopted innovative ways to engage with farmers and non-farming stakeholders, monitor key performance indicators, achieve financial viability, and improve efficiency. Agencies across the world have piloted a wide array of activities, have adopted their own home-grown pathways to solutions, and have achieved various degrees of results.

1.4 Other agencies are beginning the process of identifying and implementing measures to improve the quality of their service provision to their customers. They would like to better understand what they can do to get started, how they can prepare for those initial steps, and where they can find more information and guidance. However, not much of this information is readily available.

1.5 Thus, there is a need for an exchange of information, experience, and lessons learned among I&D agencies interested in improving their services. Issues of interest include accountability and financial viability, systematic monitoring of customer satisfaction and benchmarking of performance, better management of assets, and adoption of a broader management function within the water system in which they operate.

1.6 A better exchange of information between irrigation agencies can help generate knowledge, provide incentives, and create momentum for improvements in irrigation service delivery. It would help irrigation agencies learn about pathways that can lead to more sustainable irrigation service delivery and provide a platform for discussing ways to improve technical operations and innovation, service orientation, commercial operations, financial sustainability, human resources, citizen engagement and corporate governance.

1.7 Promoting exchange, learning from experience, sharing best practice and developing innovations related to irrigation service delivery will form the core mandate of the Task Force on irrigation service delivery (TF-INSPIRE-SCHEME).

2. Objectives 2.1 Relevance of the Task Force (TF)

2.1.1 The relevance of the TF can be specified as follows:

(a) the topic of irrigation service delivery is relevant to the vision and mission of ICID and of interest for its members;

(b) the TF is expected to contribute to achieving all six goals of ICID, i.e., enabling higher crop productivity with less water and energy, catalyzing change in policies and practices, facilitating exchange of information, knowledge and technology, enabling cross-disciplinary and inter-sectoral engagement, encouraging research and support the development of tools to extend innovation into field practices and facilitating capacity development;

(c) Irrigation service delivery has hitherto not received the attention that it deserves. There is a growing recognition that better irrigation services will help irrigation schemes improve performance and will help farmers achieve their production targets and increase their incomes.

2.2 Relevance of the Task Force to the scope of the Thematic Area

2.2.1 It is expected that irrigation service delivery will be acknowledged as an important thematic area in the management of irrigation systems. Several development partners have recognized its importance and a growing number of investment operations are supporting service delivery. The establishment of a Task Force will help consolidate these developments, will help champion irrigation service delivery and create a critical mass for the future, and is expected to generate knowledge and exchange experience.


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2.3 Existing gap that the Task Force is expected to fill

2.3.1 Several ICID past and present Working Groups and Task Forces operate within the overall thematic area of the performance of irrigation schemes, including the Task Forces on Financing Water in Agriculture (TF-FIN), on Farmers’ Involvement (TF-EIF) and on Benchmarking, and the Working Groups on Water savings for Agriculture, on Technology and Research Uptake and Exchange (WG-TRUE) and on the Modernization of Irrigation Services (WG-MIS).

2.3.2 Each of these WGs and TFs addresses critical elements of irrigation service delivery. e.g., a better understanding of benchmarking of irrigation performance can potentially provide an incentive for irrigation management decision makers to improve the performance of their schemes; similarly, farmers’ involvement in the management of irrigation schemes can become a driver for irrigation agencies to improve their responsiveness to the customers of their services and improve their quality. There is a need to address irrigation service delivery in a more comprehensive manner and develop the knowledge, tools, policies and information to strengthen the quality of these services. None of the WGs or TFs are presently mandated to operate within the broader space of irrigation service delivery.

2.3.3 This TF will generate the knowledge and critical mass among irrigation managers to adopt a service delivery orientation. It will help develop the knowledge, tools, policies and information on irrigation service delivery and make these available to its primary audience, viz, the managers of irrigation schemes. Many schemes have adopted a service delivery orientation and are ready to share their experience. Others have started thinking about improving the quality of their services and wish to learn. TF-INSPIRE aims to promote learning from and by peers and generate a body of knowledge that can help irrigation management decision makers take the first and subsequent steps.

2.3.4 The new TF-INSPIRE has acquainted itself with the activities of all relevant ICID work bodies when preparing this Scoping Document.

3. State of knowledge on the topic 3.1 Other International Organizations that are working on the subject

3.1.1 TF-INSPIRE is supported by several International Organizations that have programs and activities on this topic:

(a) The Asian Development Bank (b) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (c) The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO); (d) The International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) (e) The International Water Management Institute (IWMI); (f) The Islamic Development Bank; (g) The World Bank (WB).

3.2 The niche that the TF-INSPIRE is expected to fill in this area

3.2.1 The specific niche that this TF can fill in this area can be formulated as follows:

(a) Generate and exchange knowledge, information and best practice experience, and prepare practical papers on irrigation service delivery

(b) Develop tools and instruments on irrigation service delivery for implementation by irrigation managers (c) Champion irrigation service delivery during international events, including those organized by ICID

and development partners (d) Produce manuals and how-to guidance documents easy to read knowledge products (with audio-

visuals) (e) Develop and maintain a website and serve as a repository for documentation on irrigation service

delivery. 3.3 How is the Task Force expected to collaborate with the other International Organizations? 3.3.1 TF-INSPIRE has been established in close collaboration with international partner organizations. A launching

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4. Work Plan 4.1 Scope

4.1.1 The TF will support the development, collection and exchange of knowledge and information, tools and best practice. It will serve as a platform for interaction between irrigation managers and will champion irrigation service delivery in national and international fora. The Task Force will identify and assess options to improve the sustainability of the INSPIRE platform after the end of the mandate of TF-INSPIRE.

4.1.2 The Annex has the details on the results-based work-plan for the period 2021 to 2027.

4.2 Target audience

4.2.1 The primary target audience of TF-INSPIRE are the irrigation management decision makers. The secondary audience are the development partners that wish to support client organizations in adopting a service delivery orientation.

4.3 Outputs

4.3.1 The major expected outputs during the six-year life of the TF are the following:

(a) Manuals, how-to guides and handbooks on irrigation service delivery, with an emphasis on the challenges associated with its implementation in irrigation schemes;

(b) Presentations for national and international events of relevance to irrigation service delivery; (c) A website that serves as a platform for information exchange between irrigation managers; (d) An open-access repository for documentation on irrigation service delivery; (e) Tools and instruments to help irrigation management decision makers adopt and improve irrigation

service delivery. (f) A note on the future of INSPIRE after the end of the mandate of TF-INSPIRE.

4.4 Timelines

4.4.1 The initial term of this TF will be six years. This timeline is based on the work-plan give in annex, which will be further refined during inauguration and when rolling out the TF. Six years is deemed appropriate in view of the important agenda of TF-INSPIRE and because of the significant gaps in knowledge and information that exist in the broad area of irrigation service delivery. During these six years, the TF will also aspire to establish INSPIRE as a sustainable and financially viable platform for irrigation managers at the end of the TF’s mandate.

4.5 Collaborators and dissemination strategy

4.5.1 The TF will adopt a hands-on outreach strategy to generate and share knowledge and information. The information that will be developed, collected and disseminated will be selected such that it is of relevance to irrigation management decision makers and of practical use for implementation.

4.5.2 The dissemination strategy targets the irrigation management decision makers who can apply the findings and recommendations of the TF in their daily activities, including in policy making, and who can share relevant experience and knowledge with other members of the TF.

4.5.3 The Annex presents a detailed work plan including the major activities for the period 2021 to 2027 and the main actors responsible for realizing the activities.

5. Core Group 5.1 The Core Group consists of: TBD

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Annex to Annex 2 (4.1.2]

RESULTS-BASED WORK PLAN FOR THE TASK FORCE ON IRRIGATION SERVICE DELIVERY (TF-INSPIRE-SCHEME)

Activity 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Actors

Adoption of scoping document by TF-INSPIRE partner organizations

Development partners

Appointment of officials Central Office

Inauguration meeting and workshop; approval of work plan

TF-ISD officials and development partners

Thematic workshop on ISD TF-ISD officials and development partners

Exchange of knowledge and information on ISD TF-ISD officials development partners

Prepare thematic papers and manuals TF-ISD Officials

Prepare overview paper on state of the art of ISD TF-ISD officials

Options analysis and paper for establishment of sustainable platform on ISD

TF-ISD officials

Implementation of recommendations of options analysis

TF-ISD officials

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Annex 3 [PCTA Item 14, Para 53]

ICID PUBLICATION POLICY AND GUIDELINES 2021

1. Background

Since its inception in 1950, ICID has been disseminating a variety of non-periodic thematic publications, technical position papers, and outputs reports of Workbody (Committees, Working Group, Task Force, Task Team, etc.) for the benefit of members, partner organizations and professionals. These publications are made accessible to these diverse stakeholders of the Commission and also other readers using all possible media outlets – both electronic and print – depending on the type and requirements of a particular publication. As far back as 1990, ICID formed a Working Group on Publications (1990-1992), which was later renamed as Committee on Public Relations and Publications (1992) and then as a Work Team on Public Relations and Publications in 1993 and renamed as Committee on Public Relations and Publications (C-PR&P). The primary mandate of this work-group was to establish a coherent publication policy for such non-periodic outputs. This work-body’s main thrust was to ensure an organizational consistency in ICID’s thematic publications and technical outputs as a network rather than as individual achievements. This work-body also reviewed print publication proposals of workbody for their relevance to the ICID mandate and international worthiness.

Within ICID, working groups or task forces are by definition “voluntary group or community” of professionals and experts working on a particular aspect of science, engineering, development, and so on to further ICID’s vision, mission, objectives and approved road-maps. A particular output of a workbody is considered the “group’s” collective position or deliberated output as a result of its technical activities whether face-to-face or through online platforms. In this regard, however, ICID as a network ensures that none of its publications or statements are directed negatively towards any of its stakeholders by imposing a strict adherence to the science, engineering and technical aspects of the domain of irrigation, drainage and flood management, avoiding any subjective political opinions.

To ensure quality and coherence in the ICID’s publications, there are consistent guidelines for developing material and publishing it. It would be an unprofessional precedence if ICID starts publishing material just because it is readily available from an individual author without adequate deliberations within ICID’s technical committees, international executive council, management board and/or invited views of ICID-familiar experts of international repute. This is in no way a discouragement of potential in-house contributors, who are always welcome to lend their expertise in group outputs as editors for a critical mass of paper/case contributors to enhance the technical credibility of the publication in consideration in the international arena.

2. Objective

This document is the reference framework for ICID publications. For all stages of the publications process from conceptualization to dissemination, compliance with the latest ICID Publication Policy (latest revision 2021) is mandatory. The guidance provided in this document gives expression to the Policy and focuses on matters regarding the workflow, visual identity, content and structure of all publications produced by ICID.

3. Constitution and By-laws

ICID Constitution and By-laws have number of clauses relevant to ICID publications, which are reproduced below.

Workbodies of ICID:

3.6 Conclusions are Advisory

The conclusions of all work bodies shall be advisory in nature and shall be effective only after they are approved and accepted by the Council with such modifications as the Council may desire.

3.7 Approval of Documents

The documents and conclusions emanating from such work bodies set out either in the form of work documents or of recommendations presented by the Chairperson on behalf of the body.”

Publications:

5.9 Transactions of a Congress/Forum 5.9.1 Each participant in a Congress/Forum, and its adjunct technical sessions, is entitled to receive a

set of pre-Congress/Forum Volume of the transactions containing the abstracts/papers for discussion at the Congress/Forum. The post-Congress/Forum Volume(s) of the transactions will be supplied after the Congress/Forum.

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5.9.2 The procedure to be followed by the Central Office for the distribution of Transactions to intending participants in a Congress/Forum shall be as follows:

(a) The transactions shall be made available on the website as soon as they are finalized.

(b) As soon as the printed copies of the Transactions are ready, the Central Office shall send to each member National Committee, Corporate members and Institutional members two copies and each direct individual member one copy, for their record and use by surface mail.

6.1 Regular Publications Regular publications, as decided from time to time by the Council, should be financed by ICID (Article 8.7) while all other publications of the Commission including specific short reports on timely subjects of current interest and programs sponsored by the Commission shall ordinarily be self-supporting or paid for by a sponsor/s.

6.2 Special Publications Apart from the publications mentioned in By-law 6.1, all other publications shall be termed Special Publications (comprising Congress/Forum Transactions and special technical publications) and shall be undertaken with the specific approval of the Council. When according such approval, the Council shall also approve such expenditure as may be required for the preparation of the publication including expenditure on special officers and staff, if any, required in this connection in the Central Office. The Council shall also approve the manner of financing this expenditure.

6.3 Complimentary Copies The Central Office shall supply complimentary copies (in hard or soft copy as the case may be), as follows:

(a) All National Committees: subject to the provision of Article 11.4 of the Constitution, shall receive all regular and special publications

(b) Direct members: shall receive one copy each of regular publications.

(c) Host National Committee of a Congress/Forum: Ten sets of Transactions of the Congress/Forum including regularly scheduled Technical Session at Congress/Forum held along with it.

(d) Office-Bearers: A copy each of all publications.

(e) Past Office-Bearers except from those countries who have become Associate Member: A copy each of the ICID /Journal and other publications specifically requested. Unless renewed this commitment shall lapse after three years.

(f) All members of Committees and Working Groups: As the Secretary-General may consider necessary based on the performance of the duties entrusted to them.

(g) Authors of papers and articles: (i) Ten copies of preprints of their own papers submitted for the Articles published in the ICID Journal etc. (ii) A copy each of the ICID Journal in which the paper or article has been published.

(h) Authors or editors/compilers of special publications: One copy of special publications to each.

(i) General Rapporteurs and Panel Experts (Congress/Forum): One copy of the concerned Question/Theme Transactions.”

6.4 Sale Price 6.4.1 The sale price of all ICID publications shall, on the suggestion of the Secretary-General in any particular

case, be fixed or reviewed by the Permanent Finance Committee and finally approved by the Council. Sale price of the proceedings of the workshops, symposia, technical sessions, and regional conferences to be published by the host National Committee shall be determined by the host National Committee and the concerned work-body in consultation with the Secretary-General.”

6.5 Copyrights and use of ICID Logo

Publications and outputs of ICID workbodies are, in principle, the property of ICID and are subject to copyrights laws as applicable. The use of these publications and the logo of ICID is subject to intellectual property rights laws and regulations in effect and the permission of ICID shall be sought when applicable. This applies to all reproduction by print, electronic media, internet and web-based applications.”


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Transactions and Proceedings

9.6 The Transactions of any Congress/Forum and Proceedings of other Technical Sessions will be published

as soon as practicable after termination of the Congress/Forum or Session. The Transactions and Proceedings shall be published by the Central Office with the assistance of the host country. The Council shall lay down the obligations of the host country in the matter and also decide to what extent, the National Committees shall contribute to the cost of printing papers, Transactions and proceedings of any Technical Session.”

4. Types of Publications carried out by ICID ICID information products are classified on the basis of content, scope, format, style and target audience:

➢ Irrigation and Drainage (IRD Journal) – Managed separately by ICID Journal Editorial Board (EB-

JOUR) with an agreement with the publisher

➢ News (Periodic publications)

▪ ICID News (Quarterly) ▪ News Update (Monthly) ▪ E-Bulletin (Weekly)

➢ Posters, banners, infographics

➢ Books (Non-periodic publications)

▪ Special publications ▪ Workbody publications (Technical reports, Guidelines, Technical papers, Policy briefs, Position

papers, etc,) ▪ Joint publications

➢ Transactions of regular flagship events

➢ Folders

➢ To provide the information in the form of a web-based knowledge base is in process.

The publications made by ICID can be categorized under two major classes namely, Periodic and Non-Periodic Publications. 4.1 Periodic Publications The periodic publications are such that they are associated with a standard time period or a flagship event of ICID, which are held at regular intervals. IRD journal, News bulletin and News Update as well as proceedings of ICID Congress, World Irrigation Forum, Drainage Workshop, Micro Irrigation Conference etc. falls in the periodic category. For the periodic publications, over a period of time, the production processes have become sufficiently standardized within the network. Periodic publications have set-up of their own editorial teams that reviews and release the publications at scheduled times. Publications like IRD journal, which is published through third party publishing house, are coordinated by the ICID Central Office (CO) and ICID’s EB-JOUR (Editorial Board-Journal). Publication policy of IRD Journal has already been established by ICID (EB-JOUR) in consultation with the publishing house. All other periodic publications, have their own editorial board and peer-review processes and are compiled at the Central Office after the need-based invited submissions and review from relevant National Committees (NC), Direct Members, Internationalcollaborators, Office Bearers (OB), relevant members of workbodies, internal experts, and/or sometimes stakeholders at large.

ICID Congress and the World Irrigation Forum proceedings are also brought out in consultation with the International Review Committee based on their reviews and contributions. To reduce the printing and distribution expenses, it was decided to stop printing full text of papers starting from the 18th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage held at Montreal, Canada, 2002. In place e-version is circulated on CD/DVD/USB format based on the review of the best available technologies suited for dissemination of information and implement by the ICID Central Office. Recently, ICID events transactions are distributed on USB drive. Abstract volumes are printed and distributed during the event as part of the conference kit.

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4.2 Non-Periodic Publications

Non-periodic publications are generally proposed by various entities of workbodies as outputs emanating from mandate of the workbodies. These publications can be brought out in two form – as a regular publication of workbodies or as a special publication through special grants and support from NCs/ international agencies/Individuals. Non-periodic publications have a lasting value as they may reflect a historical evolution of specific technology or approach, can reflect a state-of-the-art in a particular field or hold expert opinions and facts which have global implications in the context of irrigation and drainage field.

4.2.1 ICID Workbody Outputs

A substantial volume of technical material is produced by the workbody deliberations of which only a small part transforms into official publications, if at all. Large amount of works is available as outputs of workshops, internal discussions and deliberations and publications in periodic publications. The unpublished material thus turns into grey literature, which is considered as part of the Text Delivery Service (TDS) or Knowledge Base.

The objectives of publishing this grey literature on the ICID website are:

(a) to demonstrate the work done by the workbodies for the internal use and also for other interested professionals as well;

(b) to evoke wider interest in the workbody activities; and

(c) to keep an official record of workbody deliberations.

(d) To generate discussions amongst the members and build a base for eventual publication of an edited consensus-based publication which is reflective of the state-of-the-art and good practices for use of world irrigation communities in general.

(e) Workbodies are encouraged to organise regular workshops wherein non-members can also contribute. Such contributions can also be included in the proceedings and eventual publication with the consent of the author. Invitations can also be extended to the recognised experts for contributions in the working group publications.

(f) Grey literature has the potential to become valuable source material for planning non-periodic publications of the Work Body.

However, the inclusion and consolidation of such literature in an indexed publication may help more spread of the good knowledge. At present, such material is put on the ICID website but lacks classification and consolidation on the basis of discipline and practices. The raw material in the form of grey literature can either be in the form of a finished output or a draft document that needs to be reviewed or for which further inputs are solicited internally and externally. Deliberations in a workbody (of technical nature) are considered fruitful only if the same is consolidated and provided in a consumable form to the community in general. The workbody may also consider revision of some of its earlier outputs in view of advances in technology and policy that has come to the fore since its last published version.

4.3 Need for a Policy

Each of these categories of publications are taken up as a one-time exercise and at present, do not have a standard guidelines/policy in respect of the contributions, review process and attributions, and responsibilities of the contributors and ICID. Therefore, the present policy concentrates on various aspects of non-periodic publications.

5. Conceptualization and Planning

All technical work bodies are encouraged to conceptualize and plan publications in their areas of work as per their mandate from time-to-time. The outputs of workbodies, which have been set up for a specific administrative or financial purpose, need not be published in form of a formal publication but the output may remain limited to preparation of internal report or memoranda for consumption up to IEC level and implementing necessary changes in Constitution, By-laws or other procedures followed by ICID.

Publications of non-periodic nature are valuable for the irrigation, drainage and water management global communities in general. They present a considered collective view of global experts on the specified subject. The existing publications may also require to be modified in view of advances in the scientific areas. ICID community derives considerable soft recognition at global level by encouraging good practices and provide guidelines for practicing communities of scientists and engineers to follow. Many other global institutions have created their imprint through such publications. In view of this, careful planning is considered necessary.

The following steps are required to be adopted for planning and publishing a specific publication:

1. Carry out a detailed analysis of its justification and requirements before one begin preparation. 2. Determine whether it will be a formal publication or a document. 3. Consider how the publication will contribute towards achieving ICID’s mandate. 4. Define the objectives for the publication on the basis of: the programme’s priorities, the needs of the

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5. Identification of contributors to the publication including the areas that can be addressed by them. 6. Generate outputs through collective efforts and review them to fit these outputs of individuals into a

coherent whole for the publication. Adopt a collaborative internal review process for finalizing the same.

7. Propose a draft for external review at ICID level for its technical content including recommendations, if any.

8. Finalising document after incorporating comments/views of the Review team 9. Formatting of document as per standard ICID styling and Usage guidelines.

Successful planning of publication involves thinking through:

(a) Why it is being done: Objectives, relevance and added value; (b) What it is about: Subject area, content and structure; (c) Who it is for: Audience, and language; (d) The form it will take: Medium and format; (e) Who will be involved: Contributors, authors, partners, roles and responsibilities within and outside

ICID; (f) How it will be disseminated and promoted; (g) How much it will cost, whether it is cost-effective in relation to its objectives, and where the resources

will come from; (h) How to evaluate the results of the effort.

6. Writing and Editing Writing good technical articles and editing is indeed a challenge, takes a lot of time and often requires doing a lot of research. Technical writing is not just about understanding technical information and recording it in a document (also refer point 11). It takes high-level information and processes it into digestible content for a specific audience. It requires specific technical competencies and experience, in addition to a sound knowledge of the language. Broad steps are given below: Drafting the Content: Work with the author(s) on the following:

(a) the draft outline, to structure and balance the content and avoid repetition; (b) level of language, suitability for target audience, flow and readability; (c) politically insensitive and gender-neutral language.

Author(s) should be advised to use ICIDSTYLE (Annex 1), particularly for reference entries, since beginning as editing subsequently can be time-consuming to tidy up if not done properly from the beginning. ICIDSTYLE provides guidance on how to use reference management tools for citations. Review of the Draft Manuscript: The author should deliver a product that complies with the terms of reference defined at the outset. Draft should be reviewed thoroughly by the Chairman/Editor for its content, presentation or structure etc. In case draft needs improvement/refinement then author may be requested to modify the draft incorporating initial observations. Following points may be kept in mind while reviewing the draft manuscript:

(a) Check for sensitive content, if any. This includes, but is not limited to, matters that are politically contentious or involves cultural, gender, religious and ethnic considerations. Photographs and maps can be sensitive items.

(b) Check that the content is generally original, or properly sourced, presented and cited in the case of any third-party material.

(c) Check facts and figures. Fact checking is important. Author bear responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of their manuscript. Peer reviewers should also check key facts. The practices and approaches should address themselves to a wider approach without adhering to a specific commercial product or service. A collegiate approach often works well, e.g. the work bodies or other groups piloting the publication may set up editorial boards also involving external experts for important publications. Fact checking may also be specified as a task in the terms of reference in contracts/ assignments for technical editors. In technical publications, many facts will require an authoritative source.

(d) Check that bibliographical references are accurate, complete and comply with ICIDSTYLE. (e) Review the conclusions and recommendations in the light of the statements made and supported in the

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7. Authors/ Contributors

ICID receives a substantial volume of technical material from the workbody deliberations of which a selected/approved portion is considered for publishing. In addition, ICID receives contributions from Office Bearers, Workbody Chairs, Members, and experts from partner organizations. Also refer to point 4.2.1.

8. Acknowledgement of Contributions and Credits

Since ICID would prefer to showcase the community contributions generated through collective efforts of a group of professionals, it is considered desirable to provide credits to all the contributors as well as editors and reviewers. The resulting knowledge product will avoid highlighting specific individuals involved in the process on the cover pages and instead mention the originating workbody on the cover pages. However, the individual authors and contributors are listed on the specific page(s) reserved after the internal title page of the book. Wherever the chapters are originally written by individual author(s), the same shall also be acknowledged in the contents as well as below the title of the individual chapters. Other individuals involved in the production process shall be mentioned in the Prefaces. In general, the President/ Secretary General and workbody Chairman will be entrusted with the responsibility of Preface.

9. Improving the Effectiveness of ICID Publications

Following aspects should be kept in mind to improve effectiveness of ICID publications:

(a) QUALITY – Monitor the quality, readability and presentation of technical and general-interest publications. ICID Committee monitors publications through the Publications Workflow System (PWS) from concept to final publication. It also works closely with authors/ contributors/ workbody chairs to ensure the overall production quality of ICID publications.

(b) STANDARDIZATION – Across the wide range of publications, in different categories, guarantee homogeneity of what is produced. ICID Committee/ ICID Central Office is working to streamline the existing product categories and standardize product templates.

(c) DISSEMINATION – Continue dissemination of technical knowledge in the official languages to established target audiences, and increase dissemination of such knowledge in more accessible formats to the general public and the young.

(d) ENGAGEMENT – Employ the most effective publication products for the specific audiences, respond to user feedback and draw on developments in the wider publications sector (also commercial) in what is a rapidly evolving market.

(e) BRANDING – Strengthen the ICID brand through publications.

(f) IMPACT – Develop indicators and related tools to measure the impact of publications (and to enable user feedback).

(g) ACCESS – Improve access to and use of the ICID Document Repository (ICID_DR).

10. Working with Partners

ICID proactively seeks to work in partnership with partner organizations in order to improve its reach as joint publishing solutions can also be a cost-effective way to increase dissemination and impact. Increasingly, ICID publishes in collaboration with:

(a) partners as a result of joint technical and knowledge-sharing initiatives and networks;

(b) scientific, technical, academic and trade publishers to improve the visibility and discoverability of its information products.

11. Medium and Format

Clarify objectives, content and audience for publication before deciding on medium and format.

Medium: When choosing the medium for publication, consider ICID’s variety of knowledge-sharing vehicles, including:

(a) electronic publications issued online (e.g. PDF, e-book); (b) publications issued using persistent media (e.g. Print, DVD or USB flash drive); (c) dedicated web pages; (d) informal exchanges of information face-to-face and via social media; (e) formal and informal meetings and consultations; (f) ICID Congresses, World Irrigation Forums, conferences, workshops and seminars; (g) textbooks and self-learning modules.


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Web publishing: All ICID periodic publications are made freely available online via the ICID website. ICID members and partner organizations are provided access to non-periodic publications.

Analyse the target audience’s ability to receive the materials. If the users do not have electronic access, or the materials are for hands-on use, then publishing only electronically will not be effective.

Ensure that the file size is not too large – users may have only low-bandwidth Internet access.

Never assume that the user can or will print locally from an electronic version. This transfers printing costs from ICID to the disadvantaged end user, and gives an inferior product.

Format and Length: Identify the format (or formats) of the proposed publication. For a text-based publication, estimate the overall word count and number and type of illustrative materials. One may need to adjust initial estimates during the content development process. ICIDSTYLE guidelines are best to follow right at the inception stage of the individual chapters.

Colour: In technical publications without photographs, use black only, if possible. Most scientific, academic and technical publications produced in print do not require more than this to make their content readily accessible to the target audience. A quick check of similar publications issued by major commercial publishers will confirm this. Keep in mind that using two colours instead of four will decrease design and printing costs (for offset printing).

External Editorial and Production Service Providers: Preparing a technical publication often requires the use of external service providers for tasks such as:

(a) writing/rewriting, (b) technical editing, (c) copy-editing, (d) proofreading, (e) design, (f) page layout, (g) illustration, (h) overall project management.

Based on the recent IEC? decision, all publications of ICID shall be primarily published in e-Books (PDF format) and shall be made available free of cost through ICID website. Printing of the publication shall be resorted in cases where the necessary funds for the printing and posting of the necessary copies are made available to the ICID through sponsorship. All publications will be made available on a cost-free basis to the world community.

ICID has followed an in-house continuously evolving publication style depending on different types of publications developed over a period of 70 years. Most readers find ICID publications visually attractive and reader-friendly. With the fast advances in printing technology, this practice has proven beneficial and should be continued. As far as styling is concerned, the ICID Central Office has developed a separate guideline for the same and circulate/post of ICID website for follow up by all concerned.

12. Reaching Target Audience When planning publication, it is necessary to ponder on how it will be made available and brought to the attention of potential users.

Remember that while printing or posting online may be the end of the production process it is the beginning of the life of the publication in the outside world. It is not enough just to produce a publication and hope readers will find it. It is necessary to reach out to the target audiences and inform them that something new is there for them. Also required to create at least a basic marketing plan well before the actual publication date.

A list with complete and up-to-date contact details of the key primary and secondary target audiences should be created for dissemination of the publication. This list may be used to deliver a free copy of the print product and/or to alert the audiences to the existence of the electronic product. It will also facilitate evaluation of the product’s impact. Distinguish language preferences in order to enable targeted distribution and marketing.

In respect of dissemination/ complimentary copies, refer to ICID By-law 6.3 as given at point 3.

Generally, the publication/release date is a key milestone for distribution/promotion so attempt should be made to release publication during a specific event e.g. conferences (at or outside of ICID), at which it could be distributed or promoted.

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13. Budget

Keeping in view of the high cost involved in printing and distribution, ICID prefers e-Publication/ Web publication media for dissemination. In case of availability of funds through NCs/ partner organizations/ sponsors printing of hard copies can be considered.

Considering the financial constraints, in exceptional circumstances when it is absolutely necessary to bring out a special print publication in limited number of copies on a thematic aspect of wide-ranging applications, an advance specific term of reference (ToR) covering technical, editorial and commercial aspects, to be eventually recommended and approved by workbody members, MB, and/or PCTA, should be first developed and agreed upon by ICID and the potential author(s) or contributor(s).

14. International Standard Book Number

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier which is intended to be unique. ISBNs are assigned to text-based monographic publications (i.e. one-off publications rather than journals, newspapers, or other types of serials). Any book made publicly available, whether for sale or on a gratis basis, can be identified by ISBN.

The Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Agency ISBN <https://isbn.gov.in> for ISBN is responsible for ISBN registration in India and is affiliated to UK based International Agency. The contact details are: Raja Rammohun Roy ISBN Agency, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Room No. 13, Jeevan Deep Building, 4th Floor, Parliament Street, New Delhi, India. E-mail [email protected], Telephone: +91 11-23341739.

ICID Central Office maintains the ISBN record and manages the numbers as allotted by the agency from time to time. As per the practice, all the allotted numbers are informed to the agency with a copy of the publication for their record.

15. Pricing

Inhouse publications are priced on not-for-profit basis with few free copies to NCs, OBs Direct Members and contributors for their record. Based on the recent decision at __ IEC Meeting, all printed/ e-publications are freely distributed to ICID members and partner organizations and these are not available for sale. In exceptional cases, if any commercial agency approaches with a request to purchase, Secretary General will decide on the pricing. ICID By-laws in respect of pricing of publications are defined in items 5.9 and 6.4, as given at point 3.

16. Ethics of Publishing

Unprofessional and unethical practices such as citations of unread works, microplagiarism and self-plagiarism are becoming increasingly common. Such practices undermine the scientific value and credibility of a work, and may give rise to accusations of serious misconduct. Refer to Annex 1.

17. Suggested Order and Content of Preliminary Pages

The list of preliminary pages given here is indicative and proposes a “standard” but not mandatory sequence. Many ICID publications have their own template, which will determine the sequence of preliminary pages. In many ICID publications, although not general-interest ones, preliminary pages (but not the disclaimer/copyright and title pages) are numbered with Roman numerals beginning with iii. This avoids having to renumber the main text of the publication and change cross-referencing when, for example, a foreword is inserted at a late stage. Also refer to Annex 1.

18. Corporate Identity

ICID projects itself as a clearly focused centre of excellence. To uphold this image, its corporate identity must be well managed, not least via its information products.

Publications and outputs of ICID workbodies are, in principle, the property of ICID and are subject to copyrights laws as applicable. The use of these publications and the logo of ICID is subject to intellectual property rights laws and regulations in effect and the permission of ICID shall be sought when applicable. This applies to all reproduction by print, electronic media, internet and web-based applications.

The name of the Organization should be correctly reflected on all information products. When written in full, it must always be: International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. The correct abbreviated form is ICID, without “the”, and with no dots – not I.C.I.D. As an adjectival noun, ICID should be preceded by “an” not “a”, e.g. an ICID initiative.

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ICID Logo

All publications produced by ICID should bear the ICID logo (http://icid.org/logo).

(a) The logo is the only authorized corporate identifier and official seal; as such, it is a sign of ICID’s endorsement of any material or event with which it is associated.

(b) The ICID logo block consists of the ICID emblem and the name of the Organization.

(c) The ICID logo should not be used on commercial products or services, or for anything that would result as inappropriate, unrelated to ICID’s mandate or that would detract from ICID’s image in terms of a brand.

(d) Use of the ICID logo as well as logos belonging to external entities is regulated by the applicable internal policies and procedures

(e) Requests for authorized use of the ICID logo should be sent to [email protected].

(f) Specific rules and procedures are detailed in the ICID Logo Policy and Guidelines.

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19. Disclaimer

The ICID standard disclaimer reads:

The presentation of material in ICID publications do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by ICID in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.

Wherever the work involves specification of algorithms/ procedures in form of software or packages, the use and derivation of the conclusion of the use therefrom shall remain sole responsibility of the user and ICID or the author will, in no way, be held liable to the consequences arising out of such use or formulation of conclusions. Users are advised to check themselves as to the numerical and procedural accuracies of these products.

When maps are used in publications, the standard sentence relating to maps must be added to the disclaimer text: The designations employed and the presentation of material in the map(s) do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of ICID concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.

20. Copyright

ICID holds copyright to all work produced by Office Bearers, Workbody members, Staff members, Hired consultants and other service providers. However, ICID encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of material, except where otherwise indicated. Material may be copied, downloaded and printed for private study, research and teaching purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of ICID as the source and copyright holder is given and that ICID’s endorsement of users’ views, products or services is not implied in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should be addressed to [email protected]. ICID publications are available on the ICID website (www.icid.org) and can be downloadable by all members.



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21. Approval

Approval Process: All non-periodic publication proposals should first be vetted by the internally available experts within the workbody and then comments/suggestions/revisions should be invited from relevant NCs, DMs, OBs, international collaborators, Workbodies, to be eligible for further production steps, which may include approval by the ICID Committee, PCTA/IEC; authorship/ownership by ICID; publication cataloguing; and e-publishing/printing (if applicable) in addition to its usual dissemination through ICID website and other electronic media.

Ownership: All ICID publications, periodic or non-periodic and that have followed the due approval processes, are owned and copy-righted by ICID. Proposals for authored print publications should be avoided considering the network-based or group-based approach to technical activities of ICID that involve a sizeable number of members and professionals who contribute their expertise in any particular output. As such, the output should be released in the name of workbody editor(s) followed by a list of the names of all contributors acknowledged prominently before the Table of Contents against their specific technical submissions in the electronically-released/printed manuscript. Whereas the overall copyright shall be vested in ICID, the opinions expressed in individual contributions of the authors in an edited/ authored volume shall be the responsibility of the concerned author(s) and ICID will, in no way, be held liable in respect of any implications/ results arising out of them. Also refer to Annex 2.

22. Printing

ICID Central Office selects the best and economic printing technique to envisage print run.

In general terms, offset printing is recommended for print runs of 500 and above copies, in Pantone colours, coating and complex binding/trimming, etc. On the other hand, digital printing is the best choice for small print runs and simpler, short-lived products. ICID’s provider in New Delhi also prints using digital technology (for reduced-cost, high-quality digital printing). To ensure selection of the optimal type of printing for the particular product, various options can be discussed with unit publications coordinator. A visit to the local external provider of printing services may also help in reaching the right decision. Also refer to Annex 1.

23. Royalty

For any reason, ICID is not able to publish the output of a workbody on its own and decides to get it printed through a commercial publisher from outside, the Commission shall authorize the identified publisher in writing to do so on certain agreed terms and conditions. These will include the use of ICID logo, supply of specified number (say 100) of complimentary copies for free distribution to the ICID Member Committees and a token royalty of 15% or as negotiated on the sale proceeds of such publication.

24. Policy Approval

This policy document was circulated amongst the members of Management Board and the contents were approved in the meeting no __ on xx/xx/xxxx. The policy is now circulated to all concerned for taking note and further action as deemed necessary. Dated: Ashwin B. Pandya New Delhi Secretary General


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Annex 1

ICID STYLE ICIDSTYLE serves as a reference for all ICID information products, including public information materials and correspondence. The overriding objective is to ensure clarity and consistency in English and French, ICID official languages. ICIDSTYLE also covers issues that can be sources of common errors and doubts, for example:

(a) spelling and punctuation, (b) terminology and names, (c) lists, (d) abbreviations and acronyms, (e) use of capitalization, (f) use of italics, (g) numbers and separators, units, time and dates, (h) bibliographic style and references, (i) quotations,

Access the current version of ICIDSTYLE in English, and French at:

(a) www.icid.org/icidstyle_e.pdf (b) www.icid.org/icidstyle_f.pdf

In addition, separate templates will be announced on ICID website for ICID Congress, World Irrigation Forum, and other Conferences from time to time. Authors needs to download the templates as per the announcement and follow the guidelines while preparing the papers.

Style Guide:

Consistency is an important way to make on-screen text clear and easy to read.

This Guide defines consistent technical writing recommendations, such as punctuation, spelling and presentation for ICID publications.

Abbreviations

(a) Don't use abbreviations, unless there is no room to spell out the words in full. Example: don't write 'mgmt', write 'management'.

Acronyms and initials

(a) You should not assume your audience knows what acronyms and initials represent.

(b) Write them out in full the first time you use them.

(c) Example: AWM (Agriculture Water Management), Irrig. (Irrigation).

Ampersand (&)

(a) Use the word 'and' unless referring to a company or division name. Examples: Research & Development.

Bullet points

(a) Use bullet points more often than you would in print, because they help to break up the flow of text.

(b) Put any important information in a list format, even if it is only one bullet point.

(c) If the bulleted list is introduced by a phrase ending in a colon [:], start each bullet point in lower case. Otherwise, use initial capitals on each line.

(d) If the list items comprise long clauses, long phrases or sentences written on separate lines, use a full stop after each bulleted item.

(e) Don't use ending punctuation, such as commas or full-stops, for single words or short phrases in a list.


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(f) Use the same format of verb each time in a bulleted list, eg Working... Feeding...

(g) Bulleted lists may or may not be indented - decide on one style and stick to it throughout the Web site.

Examples of bullet points:

Web site contents

(a) Text (b) Images (c) Videos (d) Publications

or:

(a) ICID's activities comprise four main areas: (b) putting information within reach. (c) sharing policy expertise. (d) providing a meeting place for nations. (e) bringing knowledge to the field.

Capital letters

(a) Subject areas, unit titles and job titles are all lower case. (b) Small words (in, at, of, and, on) never capitalized, even in titles.

Click here

(a) Avoid expressions such as 'Click here to read more.' (b) Write the sentence so that it's obvious to the user where the link is. (c) For example: 'More information can be found in the blog.'

Consistency

(a) Consistency is one of the most important components of good professional writing. (b) Apply it to all aspects of a document, including spelling, capitalization, punctuation, use of bullets, etc.

Dates and times

(a) Use 25 July, not July 25 or 25th July. (b) Avoid vague time references such 'online soon' and relative time references such as 'last year' or 'next

year'. (c) Use a hyphen when you mention period length. (d) Example: '2008-09' not '2008/9'. (e) Use the 24-hour clock, not am and pm.

e.g.

(a) No full stops. (b) Use a comma before it. (c) Example: 'There are many points of interest, eg museums, churches, parks and theatres.'

Email

Not hyphenated. (a) If an email address comes at the end of a sentence it should not be followed by a full stop, so as to avoid

confusion about whether the full stop is part of the address. etc.

(a) Use the abbreviation, never the full 'et cetera'. (b) Put a full stop at the end and try to ensure it is the last word in a sentence. (c) Always precede it with a comma: love, marriage, death, etc.

FAQ

(a) FAQ can be used to represent a set of 'frequently asked questions', even though most acronyms are singular. For instance, URL stands for 'uniform resouce locator', not 'locators'.

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Forward slash (/)

(a) Use for web addresses - avoid using elsewhere. (b) Dont use instead of 'or' (male/female) or 'to' (July/August). (c) Don't put spaces either side of it.

Fractions

(a) A fraction that stands alone is spelled out and hyphenated. Example: 'Two-thirds of the population...' (b) A fraction attached to a whole number should be written in numerals. Example: 2½.

Full stop (.)

(a) Take care not to use commas where a full stop and new sentence is more appropriate. (a) Full stops are not used after abbreviations (FAO, Mrs). (b) Online and in print, leave one blank space not two after a full stop, colon or semicolon.

Headings and titles

(a) Headlines and sub-headings: use an initial capital for the first word only. (b) Never use all capitals. (c) Publication, journal, article titles etc: use initial capitals except for small words (in, at, of, etc). (d) Example: Irrigation and Drainage in the World 2021.' (e) Online, put publication, journal and article titles in single quotation marks.

i.e.

(a) No full stops. (b) Use a comma before it. (c) Example: 'We had really awful weather, ie heavy rain and strong winds.'

Initials

(a) Use full stops: Example: A.B. Pandya. Internet

(a) With capital 'I'. -ise or ize

Use the -ize in words such as organize, specialize and finalize. Exceptions are advertise, analyse, catalyse, hydrolyse, paralyse and supervise. Lists, numbered

(a) Use bulleted lists. (b) Only use numbered lists when the order is important. (c) Example: an explanation of how to complete a process.

Log-on/log-in/log-off

(a) Use a hyphen for verbs: 'Log-in to the site using your password.' (b) Use the closed-up word for nouns and adjectives: 'I have forgotten my login,' and 'I have forgotten my

login password.' Numbers

(a) Zero to nine are written as words and 10 onwards in figures, except when: • A sentence begins with a number (reword the sentence to avoid the problem). • The numbers have technical significance or need to stand out for quick comprehension, such as

tables, statistics, money, times, ratios, academic grades etc. • In a range of two or more related numbers and at least one is higher than ten. • Example: the accommodation sleeps eight to twelve people. • Where a number from one to nine is part of a phrase or title that you didn't create, stick with the

convention. Example: Key Stage 2. No-one

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Online/offline

• Spell these words closed. Page

• Talk about a 'homepage' or a 'webpage' - one word, no hyphens. Paragraphs

(b) When writing for the Web, include only one idea or statement per paragraph. (c) Several short paragraphs are easier to read online than one long one. ● Use one line return between

paragraphs, not two. Part-time/full-time

• Two words, hyphenated. Per cent

(a) When writing for the Web, use the symbol (%) not two words. (b) Percentage remains one word. (c) Plug-in (d) Hyphenate this word both as a noun and an adjective.

Quotation marks

(a) Use only single quotation marks around direct speech. (b) If a speaker's text breaks onto a new paragraph, don't close the quotation marks at the end of the first

paragraph. However, do start a new paragraph with quotation marks as usual. (c) Remove double quotation marks unless they are inside single quotation marks. Example: 'So I said to

him, "I don't think so" and he said...' (d) Closing punctuation should go inside the quotation marks if it is part of the quotation, or outside th marks

if it is separate. Example: The woman was 'aware of the propblem', but felt she could do nothing to fix it. (e) The comma appears after the quotation mark.

Real

(a) It is used as a brand name for streaming audio and video and is written as RealPlayer. (b) Real-time is an adjective: 'The site offers real-time stock quotes.'

Site map

(a) Spell as two separate words - you would not talk about a 'countrymap'. Telephone numbers

(a) Include the international dialing code if the site is external to ICID. (b) Any numbers that are omitted when dialing internationally (but included when dialing locally) should be

placed between brackets. (c) Example: +91(11)26116837.

Trademarks (™)(®)

(a) Use trademarks wherever the name appears - it saves all sorts of legal hassles. (b) To insert the symbol, go to Insert/Symbol in MS Word ensuring the font is set to 'symbol'.

Underlining

(a) When writing for online media, avoid using underlining for emphasis - it could be mistaken for a link. Versions (software)

(a) When referring to subsequent versions/releases of software, use the adjective 'higher'. (b) Example: 'This site functions best with Google Chrome Version 90.0.4430.212 or higher.' (c) Do not use the word 'later'.

Ware words

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The Web

(a) Always write 'Web' - it is a proper noun. Webmaster

(a) Write as one word. (b) Write it in lower case at all times unless it starts a sentence.

Webpage

(a) One word. (b) Never capitalize it inside a sentence.

Web site

(a) Always written as two words with an initial capital - Web site.

Web addresses

(a) Start with www and omit the http:// or https:// unless the address contains no www, and then write in full. (b) There are no capital letters in URLs. (c) If the Web address comes at the end of a sentence, it should not be followed by a full stop. (d) This avoids any confusion about whether the full stop is part of the address. (e) When writing a Web address in an online document, always make it into a hyperlink rather than plain

text, so the link can easily be followed.

Order of Publication Contents:

Preliminary Sections:

(a) Half title page[r] unnumbered (b) Title page [r] unnumbered (c) Disclaimer and copyright page unnumbered (d) Preparation of this document [r] (e) Abstract (f) Citation (g) Contents [r] (h) Lists of tables, figures, maps, boxes (i) List of contributors/ workbody members (j) Foreword [r] (k) Preface [r] (l) Acknowledgements (m) Abbreviations and acronyms [r] (n) Explanatory note [r] (o) Executive summary / Summary [r] final section of preliminary pages, so Roman numeral page numbers

Note: Always include those sections in bold, others as necessary. Pages marked [r] are usually right-hand pages. Except for the title pages, they may in some cases be switched to the left if there is space constraints.

Title Page: The title page contains the full title and subtitle of the publication, the names and affiliations of the authors/ editors, the name of the Organization in full and the place (city) and year of publication.

Disclaimer and Copyright Page: A standard disclaimer text and a copyright clause refer to point 14.

Title, Preliminary Sections and End Matter: The copyright notice reads: © ICID, [year]

Preparation of this Document: This provides a brief summary (maximum 400 words) of why, when, how the publication has been produced, who worked on it and who funded it.

Abstract: The abstract (normally a maximum of 400 words) is to help readers quickly understand the paper’s main subject and objectives. Abstracts are used in specialized search engines to index publications and represent an important tool to publicize them. Abstracts should include the following information:

(a) the main subject of the publication; (b) the methods used to compile the publication contents (research, case studies, missions in the field,

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(c) the results/findings; (d) the main audience; (e) the main conclusions and recommendations.

Abstract or blurb: An abstract is a brief summary of the book. A blurb is a promotional piece of text (up to about 300 words) to attract readers’ and/or media attention. Thus, it should be phrased accordingly with interesting highlights and facts, and not be a mere repetition of a section of the abstract. Typically, the blurb appears on the back cover of a publication.

Citation: Provide a full citation of the publication, formatted as indicated in ICIDSTYLE.

Contents: A table of contents, normally titled Contents in ICID publications, and also known as TOC, includes the titles of the first-level headers, such as chapter titles, and the second-level (subsection) titles. TOCs in Word drafts are indicative only. They will need to be redesigned during the layout phase.

Bookmarks and in PDFs: As ICID publications are now usually accessed online, it is important to facilitate navigation within PDF files. To this end, at the layout stage, bookmarks should be added.

Foreword: A foreword is a short introduction to a book, typically by a person other than the author/Editor and not involved in elaborating the text. It highlights the positive aspects of the publication, underscores its added value and presents it to its target audience. A foreword is always signed and is used in flagship, general-interest and high-profile publications. Standard, technical publications do not require signed forewords.

In flagship and general-interest publications, the foreword is signed by the President/Secretary General.

Preface: A preface provides an introduction to a publication, stating its subject, scope and aims; it is a preliminary explanation that also describes how the book came into being, or how the idea for the book was developed, as well as the target audience. The preface is generally written by the author/Editor of the work.

Acknowledgements: This section should be brief and acknowledge those National Committees, Organizations, Partners, Contributors that have made a significant contribution to the preparation and production of the publication. Do not name every person connected with the publication. If the Acknowledgements section does need to be long and acknowledge many personal contributors, include it in the end matter. Any individual who has significantly contributed in developing publication can be included in acknowledgement, as a special case.

Abbreviations and Acronyms: To be included where necessary. The list can be compiled by editors upon request.

Executive Summary or Summary: All publications for which a launch or press release is envisaged should contain an executive summary. This section is the final section in the “prelims”. Its main goal is to provide a summarized version of the content of a longer report. Its main audiences are policy-makers, decision-makers and others who often may not have time to read the whole publication but need to access its information rapidly. A summary should not exceed two pages, and an executive summary should be no longer than 10 percent of the original document. When preparing an executive summary, authors should keep in mind that important decisions may be made based on a summary. A good executive summary may lead people to read the rest of the publication.

End Matter: End matter can refer to several sections that come after the main text.

(a) References or bibliography: This section comes immediately after the end of the main text. Where it is termed References, it includes all publications cited in the main text and notes thereto. Where it is termed Bibliography, it can also include other relevant entries not cited in the main text.

(b) Reference and bibliographic entries should be cited in accordance with the ICIDSTYLE.

(c) Glossary: A glossary of terms may be required in some publications. The glossary is placed after the References section. Ensure that all glossary entries are correct and correctly attributed.

(d) Appendixes/annexes: These sections come after the References of Glossary section. They are self-contained stand-alone items. Figure, table and box numbering begins afresh in each appendix/annex in the form Figure 1, Table 1., Box 1.

(e) Index: Few publications require an index. For those that do, evaluate carefully the level of significance of the intended index entries to ensure that the index is concise. Generating a useful index is not an easy task. It requires skill and a clear understanding of the ideas in the publication. An automatically generated index may prove frustrating to users.

(f) Acknowledgements section: Include the Acknowledgements section in the end matter rather than in the front matter only if necessary.

(g) Back cover blurb: The blurb on the back cover of a publication is not a summary or abstract. Its purpose is to interest potential readers among the main target audience.

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Printing:

Layout or Desktop Publishing: The layout process ensures that text and illustrative material are presented optimally for the reader/user of the publication.

Desktop Publishing (DTP): A DTP operator will use a standard program (Adobe InDesign/CorelDraw etc.) to lay out the product following the existing or newly designed template. As well as the final text (with all comments deleted and tracked changes accepted), the DTP operator needs both the final and source files for figures and graphic elements (illustrations, graphs, maps) and sufficiently high-quality files for photographs.

Working with Different Languages: Publications in some language versions (e.g. flagship publications in French, Spanish, etc.) can be 10–20 percent longer than the English original.

QR QR code: A quick response (QR) code is a type of two-dimensional barcode used to provide easy access to information through smartphones and tablet devices. ICID Central Office personnel will generate QR codes for publications (books, brochures and flyers).

How do QR codes work? In order to scan a QR code, it is necessary to install on the device one of the barcode scanner applications available for free. Point the camera of the device to scan the QR Code. The URL will redirect to the website or web page, where information about a product, place, event or a document can be viewed or downloaded. Therefore, access to the Internet is required. If the application is not available, one can open a web page on the device and input the short URL.

Print Files – Standard Features:

Delivering print files in the right format will facilitate the entire printing phase. Following points needs to be kept in mind while submitting file for printing:

(a) Pages should be set up (with crop marks) as per the product’s final trimmed dimensions. The use of (b) registration marks are recommended. (c) Cover: Generally, in spread PDF format (remember spine and interiors). To calculate the cover spine, (d) consider approximately 0.5 cm per 100 pages, although this may vary depending on paper type and

weight. For self-covered products, include cover and back cover as normal pages. For publications of 48 or fewer pages (booklets), no spine will be necessary. The cover should be provided in a separate file for printing, but in the same overall file for web posting.

(e) Where images or graphics extend to the edge of the page, include a bleed (5 mm is fine). (f) Full-colour images are in Cyan Magenta Yellow, and Black (CMYK) colour space. (g) Photos should be 300 ppi (dpi) at 100 percent size. (h) Figures should be in vector format.

Paper:

With regard to the type of paper, ICID Central Office selects paper based on the availability and costing to meet the standard specifications.

Digital Publications – E-Books:

For ICID, an e-book is a digital publication readable by dedicated e-reader devices. An e-book can exist without a printed equivalent of the same publication and is stored in a dedicated web page: www.icid.org/publications/e-book-collection.

In order to request the production of an e-book, contact: [email protected]. ICID e-books are assigned a separate ISBN, i.e. an e-ISBN. Publications suitable for production in or conversion to e-book formats should fulfil certain criteria, including suitability for the audience and appropriate content. Such criteria include:

Purpose and audience:

(a) Proven Usage or Expected High Demand by well-defined target audience(s); (b) Title Would Benefit from Delivery Through Additional Distribution Channels for increased impact or

savings in printing costs; (c) Maximum Length of 250–300 Pages.

The file should not contain:

(a) Multiple Full-Page Tables with numerous columns that cannot be redesigned or removed; (b) Multiple Full-Page Graphics that cannot be removed; (c) Complex Graphic Elements that cannot be removed.


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Publication Ethics:

Conflict of Interest: Conflict of interest may refer to industry funding for research, or to competing personal and/or professional roles. Authors and reviewers must declare any conflicts of interests before accepting to write, contribute or review a publication. It is good practice to include conflicts of interest statement. This practice is increasingly becoming the norm.

Data Accuracy: Authors are responsible, to the extent possible, for their data. Any errors detected after publication should be indicated (through corrigenda for print products) and corrected where possible (in the web version and any subsequent print editions).

Revised and Updated Versions: Linking to the foregoing, where more substantial changes are made to a publication, it should be re-issued as a revised/updated version (e.g. for a book, second edition; for a booklet, revised version).

Authorship: The order of the authorship in any publications is generally established solely on the basis of the degree of contribution to the product. In case of ICID publications, proposals for authored print publications should be avoided considering the network-based or group-based approach to technical activities of ICID that involve a sizeable number of members and professionals who contribute their expertise in any particular output. However, in such publications, name(s) of Editor(s) may be included on the cover page with names of other contributors alongwith acknowledgements may be included in subsequent pages. Moreover, securing funding for a project, supervising a research team, reviewing manuscripts and editing drafts should not by themselves be a basis for the attribution of authorship. However, these contributions should be acknowledged in the publication.

Originality of Work and Citation of Sources: Articles or contributions to ICID publications are usually expected to be original. In the case of republishing works or parts of works, the requisite licence arrangements must be followed. All sources, whether printed or electronic, must be cited according to the copyright owner’s requirements and in line with the indications of the current version of ICIDSTYLE. There are various citation management tools available online, such as EndNote, RefWorks, Mendeley and Zotero. Citation management tools are also useful for keeping track of and organizing the various materials (articles, books, etc.) that the author is considering for use in a paper or project.

Plagiarism: The online Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as: “The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.”

ICID publications are often written or edited by the Office Bearers, Workbody members, Partners, and Consultants, who may not be sufficiently rigorous with regard to the originality of their texts. There can be also instances of “accidental plagiarism”, which may occur because of negligence or because authors do not understand well what is considered plagiarism under accepted publishing protocols.

If such cases go undetected in ICID publications, the Organization could be accused of plagiarism and copyright infringement, a fact that could damage the reputations of the author and ICID. ICID could even face the threat of legal action, notwithstanding its immunity from legal process, and responding to such threats requires time and resources. Universities and professional journals deal with plagiarism by using information technology tools such as iThenticate, Plagtracker, Grammarly and Dupli Checker. ICID Committee recommends the use of such dedicated tools by all originators before production starts, so that corrections to the manuscript can be made in a timely fashion. Peer review by external professionals and academics is therefore recommended during the preparation phase.

Remember: Availability of material on the Internet or elsewhere does not mean permission to reproduce it without the express consent of the copyright holders.

Self-plagiarism: As ICID publications should be original, originators must avoid self-plagiarism. They should not present their own previously published work as though it were new. They need to provide proper referencing to their published work, and they should avoid excessive self-citation. If they provide many citations of their own published material, readers may assume that there is little original material in the present one.

Quoting Text: In some cases, it is possible to quote brief texts from external sources without requesting permission. This is known as “fair use” or “fair dealing”. However, interpretations differ as to the extent of text that can be quoted. Ensure that the quoted text is differentiated clearly in the text and cite the material according to the requirements of the copyright owner (e.g. look for “recommended citation” and carefully follow the requirements specified in the copyright clause of a work).


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PUBLICATION APPROVALS ICID workbodies produce documents (technical paper, proceedings of the workshops, books, etc.) as their outcome from time to time. In order to streamline the publication format and guide the WGs while formulating their work plans and maintain uniformity, it is essential to define the scope, audience and volume of each category of document. The following table provides the categories of publications with the targeted audience, the objective along with their approving procedure/authority.

Each of the publication shall be prepared keeping in view the audience/ target group for whom the publication is prepared. Each WB needs to identify the publication(s) that it plans to bring out and include in its work plan indicating financial arrangement, if any required for the publication.

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Agenda for the 5th Meeting of AC-IRPID (72nd IEC) − (Ver. Dated 2021-11-09)

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APPENDIX X [PCTA Item 5]

AGENDA FOR THE 5th MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE:

ADVISORY COMMITTEE (AC-IRPID) 26 November 2021 : 11.00 – 12.45 Hours

Marrakesh, Morocco

Members: (1) VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chair (China); (2) Dr. Narges Zohrabi, Head, Ahwaz Regional Node of IRPID-IRN (Iran); (3) Ms. Gao Hong, Vice Secretary, CNCID & Representative of Beijing Regional Node of IRPID (China); (4) Head, Central Aasian and Caucasus Regional Node, (5) Ms. Sasha Koo-Oshima, FAO Representative; (6) Mr. Pieter Waalewijn, World Bank Representative, (7) Dr. Alok Sikka, IWMI Representative; (8) VP Dr. Mochammad Amron, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-Knowledge (Indonesia); (9) VP DatoÍr. Nor Hisham bin Mohd Ghazali, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-Knowledge (Malaysia); (10) VP Dr. Kamran Emami, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-Basin (Iran); (11) VP Dr. Jin-Yong, Choi, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-Basin (Korea); (12) VP Dr. Marco Arcieri, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-Schemes (Italy); (13) VP Mr. Ahmed EL BOUARI, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-Schemes (Morocco); (14) VP Dr. Shavkat Rakhimovich Khamraev, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-Schemes (Uzbekistan); (15) VP Prof. Dr. Hesham Mostafa Mohamed Ali, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-On-Farm (Egypt); (16) VP Eng. Rafat Nael AbdulGhani Al_Intaki, Co-Theme Leader, Strategy Theme-On-Farm (Iraq) and (17) Mr. Ashwin B. Pandya, Secretary General, ICID. Terms of Reference (ToR): The Advisory Committee is responsible for developing a Framework Action Plan for the program, guided by the concept document as was presented at the 61st IEC in Yogyakarta in 2010 and keep overall coordination among the Nodes duly supporting their autonomy and maintaining flexibility in fulfilling their roles. These can be categorised as follows:

(a) Develop the Strategy duly describing the strategic objectives and a Framework Action Plan for the program;

(b) Review and monitor the implementation of the program to ensure the quality of outputs and their effectiveness; and

(c) Mobilize and allocate extra-budgetary resources through joint activities.

AC-IRPID Agenda Item 1: Brief introduction by SG, ICID 1. IRPID Scheme was initially notified vide Notification No.16 of 2016 dated 27 April 2016. However, at the AC-IPRID meeting held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 05 November 2016, the Advisory Committee reviewed the IRPID Scheme and had a relook at the Vision, aligning its focus with the new ICID Vision 2030 concentrating more on AWM for Rural Development. It was also recalled that while IWMI research is aimed at ‘management’, ICID should continue to work on the technology aspects. Later, the modified IRPID scheme (https://www.icid.org/irpid_scheme.pdf), giving its vision, mission, objectives, organizational structure, coordination mechanism etc. which envisages to have a proper regional balance at global level in fostering collaborative activities amongst the NCs within that region by affiliating NCs to the identified regional node with similar AWM challenges, was adopted by 67th IEC vide Resolution No.IEC-3/67 at Chiang Mai, Thailand on 12 November 2016 which was notified amongst the NCs vide Notification No.6 of 2017 dated 23 February 2017, while urging the NCs to establish more Regional Nodes.

2. SG, ICID will provide a brief introduction and overview on the IRPID Scheme to the Committee members. AC-IRPID Agenda Item 2: Inputs from Beijing Regional Node

3. The Head/Representative of the Beijing Regional Node will present a report on the activities undertaken so far by the Beijing RN and future plans for the information of the Advisory Committee. AC-IRPID Agenda Item 3: Inputs from Ahwaz Regional Node 4. The Head/Representative of the Ahwaz Regional Node will present a report on the activities undertaken so far by the Ahwaz RN and future plans for the information of the Advisory Committee.


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AC-IRPID Agenda Item 4: Inputs from Central Asian-Caucasus Regional Node 5. Following the in-principle approval of the 69th IEC at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in August 2018 vide its Resolution IEC-2/69, the Tajikistan NC has already taken steps to initiate the establishment of the proposed Regional Node in Central Asian and Caucasus Region (CACRN), giving the mission, objectives, and organizational structure, as per the notified IRPID Scheme. 6. On a request from TAJCID, the Central Office has approached the countries of Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to join the RN as direct members and the NCs of Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Vietnam, as partners of the proposed RN, requesting them to contact Mr. Dilshod, Kimsanov, Head, IRPID-CACRN and Secretary, TAJCID for collaborative arrangements under CACRN. 7. The Head/Representative of the Central Asian and Caucasus RN will provide an update about the establishment of Regional Node in CACRN, and activities, if any, undertaken so far and future plans for the information of the Advisory Committee. AC-IRPID Agenda Item 5: Evolving Collaborative Research Mechanism among the Regional

Nodes 8. The Advisory Committee in its last meeting at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada reviewed the existing collaborative research mechanism among the RNs and requested all RNs and NCs to encourage the research institutions in their country involved in AWM to join the network by projecting key information of their research activities for wider dissemination and fulfilling the objective of research mechanism among RNs. 9. With this objective to help ICID to serve as a repository of knowledge in irrigation and drainage sector, IrriSEARCH (https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/62), an important tool in fulfilling the objectives of IRPID, has been put in place in accordance with the Irrigation Research (IrriSEARCH) database template approved at the 68th IEC meeting in Mexico City, Mexico in October 2017. It aims to bring together all agriculture water management (AWM) research activities from various NCs on a single forum to help others learn from their experiences. The IRPID Scheme is one of the activities that could provide NCs an opportunity to improve its profile within the countries as it provides various research stakeholders in AWM research, a window to exchange and showcase ongoing research activities in the irrigation and drainage sector worldwide.

10. So far, seven research institutes have registered in the portal. All the RNs and NCs are requested to encourage the research institutions in their country involved in AWM to join the network by projecting key information of their research activities for wider dissemination and fulfilling the objective of collaborative research mechanism among the RNs.

11. The Advisory Committee may review the existing collaborative research mechanism among the RNs and advise the ways and means to further improve it. AC-IRPID Agenda Item 6: Dissemination Mechanism on Exchange of Research Findings 12. With the objective to encourage the exchanges of research findings on an intra-node basis and inter-nodes basis, ICID CO has created a dedicated page on ICID web site for IRPID (https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/77) and also disseminated about IRPID activities through ICID News update and ICID News. 13. AC-IRPID will deliberate on mechanism to improve wider dissemination and exchange of research findings among RNs, NCs and other stakeholders. AC-IRPID Agenda Item 7: Establishment of Additional Regional Nodes

14. This year also, ICID requested the NCs to establish additional Regional Nodes, by circulating the IRPID Scheme in force, in regions, where the RNs are yet to be formed, keeping in view that new Regional Nodes, should be recognized on the basis of their willingness to be able to pursue the research activities from their own resources. The RNs should be proposed voluntarily, based on identified needs. It is necessary to set some guiding principles in defining the scope of Regional Nodes both in terms of its geographical location and region specific needs. 15. In 2019, the 69th IEC meeting approved in principle vide Resolution IEC-2/69, the establishment of Regional Nodes for North Africa proposed by Egyptian NC supported by NCs of Sudan and Morocco, Mediterranean Countries proposed by Italian NC and Central Asia and Caucasus Regions proposed by Tajikistan NC (TAJCID), while keeping in abeyance the proposal for establishment of a Spanish speaking Regional Node in Mexico consisting of Mexico and other Latin countries, with the initiative of Mexican NC. However,in 2019 at Bali,


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Indonesia, during the 70th IEC meeting, it was reported that the Moroccan NC would henceforth coordinate the setting up of RN in Africa.

16. The representatives of NCs of Italy and Morocco may apprise the Committee about the progress in the establishment of RNs in the proposed regions. AC-IRPID Agenda Item 8: Leveraging National Funding for Raising Financial Resources by RNs 17. One of the objectives of the IRPID is to support the NCs to receive adequate funding from their own governments. At Chiang Mai meeting of the Advisory Committee, the members were unanimous in their opinion that the NCs, through the outcomes of the Regional Nodes, sharing the best and new technologies, making use of various ICID communication channels, such as web pages, ICID News and Irrigation and Drainage Journal, were in the best position to leverage the research and development outcomes for their direct implementation in the field. They should be able to leverage their national funding sources by international collaboration. Although it is recognized that in many cases, the NCs may not be able to raise resources for international activities. In such cases, the Program can approach international funding mechanisms that support AWM activities. However, in order to attract such funding for the IRPID program, there is a need to have a good track record of successful outcomes. 18. Last year, the Committee discussed the means for raising financial resources, including securing supports from government, obtaining enterprise sponsorship and lobbying international organizations like FAO to support IRPID training and research programs. 19. The Committee may deliberate on the ways and means to RNs for raising financial resources and provide its recommendations to the RNs to act upon. AC-IRPID Agenda Item 9: Any Other Business 20. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 21. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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APPENDIX XI [PCTA Item 7.1]

AGENDA FOR THE 6TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON ENVIRONMENT (WG-ENV)


Strategy Theme: Basin

Presented by the Chair Year of Establishment: 2015 Completion of the Mandate: 2021 Mandate: (a) To provide guidance to policy makers, planners, designers, and managers in the irrigation and drainage sector on the following environmental aspects of irrigation and drainage systems: (i) physical, (ii) chemical, (iii) ecological, (iv) socio-economic, and (v) cultural; (b) To address concerns to the effects on local, regional and global common goods, such as climate, biodiversity and human health; (c) To work towards the management of a sustainable environment, through adapted practices, adequate policies and institutions, maximizing positive and minimizing adverse effects of irrigation and drainage systems. Website: https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/108

The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in May 2021.

In September 2021, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Prof. Feng Qian, Dr. Zha Yuanyuan - Young Professional, and Dr. Yang Shihong - Young Professional (China) for the membership of Working Group.

Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various

activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting.

The first virtual zoom meeting of WG-ENV was organized on 06 May 2021 wherein seven members were participated in the meeting. During the meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, review paper and case studies for the publication, etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152 Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

During virtual meeting, the group reviewed and updated the document keeping in view the mandate and availability of resources for achieving various activities (refer Annex 2). Vice Chair informed the group members on the present situation of review of the paper.

During the virtual meeting in October 2020, Vice Chair presented the draft content of the review paper comprising

the case studies concerning the “Positive Ecosystem Services from Irrigation and Drainage Systems” (Annex 2). The group widely discussed the content and accepted the content. The members were willing to contribute to the paper and be authors for the different sections and case studies. Vice Chair also invited members of group (including those who




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could not attend the Zoom meeting) to suggest a new case study, if they wish so. It was decided that the paper may be further developed into ICID technical paper and/or uploaded on the WG website.

It was decided that the writings of case studies (about 400-500 words) will be delivered to Vice Chair and thereafter, the sections will be circulated among the authors in March 2021. It was also agreed that final section of the manuscript will be an important synthesis and discussion, exploring key recommendations of the WG to make to the international community. Vice Chair further suggested that due to journal specifications, space may be limited to the most relevant examples or possibilities (refer https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15310361/homepage/forauthors.html).

During virtual meeting in May 2021, WG discussed widely the format of the publication whether it should be

organized based on ecosystem services or measures such as irrigation, paddy fields, controlled drainage etc. In addition, it was stated that there would be enough material for a special publication focusing on positive ecosystem services of irrigation and controlled drainage. It was decided that a discussion paper will be written first and after that a specific publication will be proposed to the Journal Irrigation and Drainage. The draft discussion paper will be written by the Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary, Dr. Yutaka Matsuno, Dr. Aynur Fayrap and Dr Carl Walters were willing to contribute to the writing and also all the group members are welcome to contribute to it. In March 2021, Dr. Michael van der Laan (South Africa) has informed that so far 9 case studies have been submitted and as follows:

(a) Reclaimed water as promising alternative for irrigation in Taoyuan – Ming Kai (b) Finland – controlled drainage and sub-irrigation are topical issues concerning the mitigation of GHG – Seija

Virtanen (c) Flood control (Paddy Dam) – Yutaka Matsuno (d) Micro-climate – Yutaka Matsuno (e) Eco-tourism (social effect of paddy rice landscape on communities) – Yutaka Matsuno (f) Use of irrigation as part of a saline mine water management strategy: A case study for the Vaal Basin, South

Africa – Michael van der Laan (g) Wastewater re-use case study: Angas-Bremer Water Management Area, South Australia – a case of

improving the environment through community conjunctive management of water resources – Richard G. Cresswell

(h) Eco-tourism case study: Ord River Scheme: Irrigation continues to under-perform, but irrigation infrastructure creates a #1 tourism attraction – Richard G. Cresswell

(i) Filtration of nitrate from groundwater using smallholder irrigation – Michael van der Laan Similarly, in February 2021, Dr. Giulio Castelli (Italy) has shown his interest and volunteered to cooperate for

writing the review paper on “Positive Ecosystem Services from Irrigation and Drainage Systems”. He also shared a case study on “Mesoclimate regulation induced by landscape restoration and water harvesting in agroecosystems of the horn of Africa” to Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. In June 2021, Dr. Giulio Castelli (Italy) has stressed once again about his interest to contribute a case study to the above paper. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Prof. Hatcho had volunteered to update the terms of Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) related to the activities of the WG-ENV and submitted the updated terms to the members for their suggestions. Since Prof. Hatcho has stepped down from the membership of the group, the issue of updating MTD was postponed to the next meeting. Chair may like to discuss with the members on updating MTD during the meeting.

During the virtual meeting in May 2021, Chair presented the draft of the content of the review paper comprising the case studies concerning the “Positive Ecosystem Services from Irrigation and Drainage Systems”. The members of the group made short presentations of their case studies as follows:

(a) Dr. Yutaka Matsuno (Japan) presented three case studies viz. 1. Flood control (Paddy Dam), 2. Micro-

climate, and 3. Eco-Tourism (Social effect of paddy rice landscape on communities); (b) Dr Giulio Castelli presented his case study concerning Micro-(meso) climate regulation due to

irrigation/water harvesting in Ethiopia; (c) Dr Carl Walters presented a case study concerning integrated catchment management; (d) Dr. Seija Virtanen presented a case study concerning the effects of controlled drainage and subirrigation

on greenhouse gas emissions; (e) Dr. Aynur Fayrap presented a case study from Turkey concerning controlled drainage effect on soil salinity.

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ICID Central Office has launched a new dedicated webpage for the WG and is accessible at - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/108 which is being updated regularly including new membership list, agenda, minutes and presentations made during the meeting. Members are encouraged to share information, knowledge & experience and provide papers, presentations, articles, reports etc. related to any outcome of the research or development efforts in the respective fields for uploading on the WG website for wider dissemination.

During Bali meeting, WG discussed about the organization of the workshop and considered arranging a Workshop on “Ecosystem services of irrigation and drainage systems” which would give members an opportunity to present and discuss various case studies of ecosystems services for inclusion in the review paper. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the group suggested that the organization of the future workshop will be discussed during the next meeting. Chair may like to discuss during the meeting about the organization of the workshop.

As the present tenure of the WG is going to be completed by 2021, it is envisaged to prepare a closure report of

the working group. Seeing the importance of the WG, the group members may also like to discuss its new mandate in the context of future needs and in the light of requirements of preparing scoping document. The group may discuss for either seeking extension of the term of the WG or setting up new WG with new mandate and recommend to PCTA/IEC for approval.

It was decided that the Working Groups should organize a virtual meeting or a video-conference in between two face to face meetings of the IEC in order to enable the group to take a view of the progress made on their activities and at the same time allow contributions from those members who are unable to attend the face to face meetings (refer item 2). Chair in consultation with the group members may discuss about the organization of next virtual meeting of the group during the meeting.

ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information.

Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex 1 [Appendix XI, Item 1]

A. Membership of the group at 2019 and 2020 meetings

Sl. No. Members Member

from

2019 2020 Participated in virtual meeting on 06 May 2021

Remarks Self Contributed

by mail Self Contributed by mail

1. Prof. dr. (Ms.) Charlotte de Fraiture, Chair (2016) (Netherlands)

2015 • •

2. Dr. Michael van der Laan, Vice Chair (South Africa) 2018 • • •

3. Dr. Seija Anneli Virtanen, Secretary (2018) (Finland) 2015 • • •

4. Dr. Choi, Joong-Dae (South Korea) 2015

5. Dr. Aynur Fayrap (Turkey) 2015 • •

6. Ir. Mohd Azmi Ismail (Malaysia) 2015 •

7. Dr. Muhammad Basharat Chaudhry (Pakistan) 2015

8. Dr. Fuqiang Tian (China) 2015 •

9. Mr. Mohammad Samiul Ahsan Talucder - Direct Member (Bangladesh)

2015

10. Dr. Yury Anatolyevich Mozhaiskii (Russia) 2016

11. Eng. (Ms.) P.M. Jayadeera (Sri Lanka) 2016

12. Mr. Usamah Hashim Witwit (Iraq) 2016

13. Prof. (Ms.) Eunmi Hong (South Korea) 2018 •

14. Dr. Ming-Kai Hsieh (Chinese Taipei Committee) 2018 •

15. Mr. Akhmadjonov Vokhidjon Mukhammedjonovich (Uzbekistan)

2019

16. Mr. Carl Walters (Australia) 2019 • •

17. Dr. Hao-Che Ho (Chinese Taipei Committee) 2019 •

18. Engr. Reynaldo L. Baloloy (Philippines) 2019 •

19. Dr. Yutaka Matsuno (Japan) 2020 • •

20. Dr. Kwang-Sik Yoon (South Korea)

2020 •

21. Dr. Giulio Castelli (Italy) 2020 •

22. Secretary General, ICID #2

No. Name Country Remarks 1. Prof. Feng Qian China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else

provisional member

2. Dr. Zha Yuanyuan - Young Professional China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

3. Dr. Yang Shihong - Young Professional China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

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Goals/ Strategies

Activities Outcomes / Outputs

Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018



Milestone for Year

2021

Goal A: Enable higher crop productivity with less water and energy

A6. Strategy: Improving performance of irrigation and drainage systems

6.2 Investigating and documenting positive and negative environmental impacts of irrigation and drainage systems also taking ecosystem services of aquacultures into account.

Guidelines / Case Studies

Structure for review manuscript on ecosystem services of irrigation and drainage

Workshop on ecosystem services of irrigated cropping systems

Published paper on ecosystem services of irrigated cropping systems

6.6 Improving communication among country members between annual ICID meetings

Online 1 x WebEx meeting

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APPENDIX XII [PCTA Item 7.2]

AGENDA FOR THE 4TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TIDAL AREAS (WG-SDTA)


Marrakesh, Morocco



Year of Establishment: 2017 Extended the completion of the Mandate: 2023

Mandate : (a) To understand the existing and potential challenges and opportunities of tidal areas for now and the future by figuring out underlying issues; (b) To raise awareness of the increasing risk on tidal areas due to global climate change and stimulate interdisciplinary discussions on impacts, mitigation, and adaptation; (c) To enhance survey, design techniques, and monitoring and management programs for the irrigation and drainage facilities, and apply to collect information about the tidal area environment around the world; (d) To identify sustainable development and management options in tidal areas, and find a balance between the conservation and development of tidal areas with acknowledgement of ecosystem services; and ( e) To join the international dialogues and organize international conferences and short courses to promote interdisciplinary and participatory land and water planning and management in tidal areas; and (f) To collaborate with other related working groups actively, and to exchange relevant experiences amongst NCs and support for developing, and least developed countries. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/109

Action Taken Report by Chair1

1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the Working Group at its last meeting held on 26 October 2020 (virtually). 2. The Egyptian National Committee of ICID (ENCID) has nominated Dr. Dina Salesh (Egypt) for the membership of WG. While Indian National Committee of ICID (INCID) has nominated Mr. Alok Paul Kalsi (India) for the membership of WG.

3. Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga (Japan), Secretary of the WG desired to step down from the Japanese National Committee (JNC-ICID) due to his transfer in another department. JNC-ICID will send new nomination/s for the membership of the WG.

SUPP: Vide e-mail of 04 November 2021 received from JNC-ICID and nominated Dr. Hiroki Minakawa (Japan) for the membership of WG in place of Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga.

4. During the virtual meeting on 20 July 2021, Mr. Paavan Kumar Reddy (India), Young Professional, selected as new Secretary of the working group.

5. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting. WG-SDTA Agenda Item 1.1: A brief report of Online/WebEx Meeting of the Group, 20 July 2021 6. The WG-SDTA organised its first virtual meeting on 20 July 2021. Dr. Rey-Chy Kao chaired the meeting which was attended by Dr. (Ms.) Hsiao-Wen Wang (Chinese Taipei Committee); Prof. Budi Santoso Wignyosukarto (Indonesia); Dr. Jeongryeol Jang (Korea); Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar (India); Mr. Paavan Kumar Reddy, Young Professional (India); Mr. Alok Paul Kalsi (India); Ms. Elena, Secretary to Chairman of the WG; and Dr. B.A. Chivate, Director (Technical), ICID Central Office, New Delhi. Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID has also attended the online meeting of the WG as Special Invitee. 7. During the virtual meeting, WG discussed the issues about the new membership; Action Plan 2030 (Road Map to ICID Vision 2030), International Workshop plan for 73rd IEC meeting & 22nd ICID Congress in October 2022 at Adelaide, Australia, Short Course on ‘Tidal Predication and Land Subsidence Prevention and Reclamation’ in 2021 & 2022; Side Event on ‘Global challenges of land subsidence in tidal areas and the integrated solution’ in 2021; Web-based seminars and e-Discussions in 2021-2022; updating MTD of the WG and prepare country paper (two-




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page) on ‘Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas’. In this regard, the online minutes of the WG-SDTA (https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/min_sdta_webmeeting.pdf) have been circulated to the members of the group for their information. Chairman may like to apprise the members during the WG meeting.

8. Based on the virtual meetings of the Working Groups (WGs)/Task Forces (TFs), Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs/TFs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with the Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. A dedicated webpage “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting” has been created where minutes of the virtual meetings of the WGs can be referred to.

ICID Action Plan 2030: Activities on Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas

9. At the virtual meeting (2020), WG reviewed the Action Plan 2030 (Road Map to ICID Vision 2030) based on the new mandate by updating the activities on sustainable development of tidal area issues and provided updated action plan for 2018-2023 as indicated in the Annex 2. During the first virtual meeting, it was noted that Chairman will revise Action Plan 2030 of the WG in consultation with members of the group. WG Chair will provide further update the program of Road Map to ICID Vision of the group, if any.

10. It was also noted that the international workshop (2019) papers, was to be reviewed in 2020 to select advanced papers for publishing a Special Issue in 2021. Further, Chair has revised the papers for reviewing in 2021 and will be published in 2022. In this regard, the WG has invited Professor Hsiao-Wen Wang (Chinese Taipei Committee) to join the organizing academic committee for reviewing papers based on her experiences of the previous publication of the Special Issue paper. WG Chair / Prof. Hsiao-Wen Wang will provide further updates during the WG meeting.

Upcoming WG Events

WG-SDTA Agenda Item 3.1: International Workshop on ‘Integrated Solution for Irrigation and Drainage Tails and Land Subsidence in Tidal Areas’ in 2022 at Adelaide, South Australia

11. It was decided that WG will organise an International Workshop on ‘Integrated Solution for Irrigation and Drainage Tails and Land Subsidence in Tidal Areas’ during the 73rd IEC meeting & 24th ICID Congress in October 2022 at Adelaide, Australia in place of 2021. In February 2021, ICID CO has requested Chair to share a brief announcement, like call for papers (scope, theme, sub-themes, identify speakers, deadlines for inviting abstracts/papers from authors etc.) for the international workshop of the WG. In this regard, Chair will discuss and collect the suggestions for preparation of the announcement/call for papers of international workshop with the members of the group as discussed during the first virtual meeting of the WG held in July 2021. WG Chair will provide further updates in this regard.

WG-SDTA Agenda Item 3.2: Short Course titled ‘Tidal Prediction and Land Subsidence Prevention and Reclamation’ in 2021

12. It was decided to organize a Short Course titled ‘Tidal Prediction and Land Subsidence Prevention and Reclamation’ in 2021 & 2022 at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. During the first virtual meeting of the WG, it was decided that the Short Course will be organised through online basis and share the certificate to the participants. Further, President Dr. Ragab Ragab emphasized that the training courses which are very important to young professionals and suggested the training courses might be free to the members, especially young professionals to motivate more members to join the course. In this regard, Chair will prepare ‘background note’ along with draft program (date/time) of the short course of training program. Chair will provide further updates during the WG meeting.

WG-SDTA Agenda Item 3.3: Side Event of the Working Group on SDTA in 2021

13. At last meeting (2020), the WG decided to defer the Side Event on ‘Global challenges of land subsidence in tidal areas and the integrated solutions’ (tentative). During the first virtual meeting of the WG held in July 2021, it was noted that Chair will prepare the announcement of the Side Event in consultation with members of the group. In this regard, Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WG-SDTA will take this responsibility for preparing the plan for the Side Event of the WG. Chair of the WG will provide further updates of the Side Event during the meeting.

WG-SDTA Agenda Item 3.4: Web-based seminars and e-Discussions

14. During the last meeting, The WG decided to organize a web-based seminar on ‘Drainage Capacity and Flood Disaster in Tidal Areas under a Variable and Changing Climate’ and e-Discussion on ‘Integration of Drainage Tail, Land Subsidence, Groundwater and management in Tidal Areas’ based on the mandate of the WG. During the first virtual meeting of the WG held in July 2021, Dr. Ragab Ragab, President of ICID suggested, deciding a certain month that the members of the WG would prepare the program for the web-based seminar (webinar) and e-discussions, in advance. Further, President Dr. Ragab also suggested that the WG may organize a Webinar which

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is a suitable time before starting the next IEC meeting to be held in November 2021 at Marrakesh, Morocco. Chair of the WG will prioritize planning activities with reference to topics of common interest among members ‘countries.

This year, the technical working groups of ICID have organised several webinars based on the mandate of the group which are available at <https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66> The group may discuss and suggest suitable topics along with names of expert for organizing webinars. Chair may provide further updates at the WG meeting.

Ground Water and the Land Subsidence on the Coastal Areas

15. During the last meeting, the WG discussed the issue related with ‘Ground water and the land subsidence on the coastal areas’ and agreed to pursue groundwater and land subsidence issues. Further, Dr. Ching-Feng Ding (Chinese Taipei Committee) presented on experience on ground water and land subsidence in Chinese Taipei Committee and Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga (Japan) was also presented on experience of land subsidence in Japan during the last meeting of the WG. Further, ICID Central Office requested WG Chair to identify a lead person to take further course of actions under this item. The Chair may apprise the members on further updates during the meeting.

Dissemination of activities of WG

16. At last meeting (2020), the WG updated the website http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/109 with new membership list, agenda, minutes, paper presentations, publications etc. It was noted that the members of the WG agreed to provide at least one-page of materials / articles / papers / presentations / reports. Accordingly, WG Chair requested the members of the WG to share information, knowledge & experiences and provide papers, presentations, articles, reports etc. related to scope of the WG to ICID CO for uploading on the WG website for wider dissemination and knowledge enrichment. Accordingly, the ICID CO has followed-up with the members and requested to provide the materials (papers, articles and documents) related to the mandate of the group. WG members may deliberate on evolving mechanism for sharing of information on regular basis.

Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

17. During the first virtual meeting, it was noted that Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga (Japan) has stepped down from membership of WG-SDTA. The Chair will select a new member for the MTD as Nodal person in the next meeting of the WG in November 2021 at Marrakesh, Morocco. Chair will apprise the members at the WG meeting.

A format for the 2-page ‘Country Note’ – Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas

18. In order to provide the 2-page country papers for the WG-SDTA, Ir. Henk Rizema (The Netherlands) contributed his country note on ‘Coping with Climate Change in a Densely Populated Delta: A Paradigm Shifts in Flood and Water Management in The Netherlands’ in 2020 and Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga (Japan) also contributed his country note on ‘Sustainable Development in Tidal Areas in Japan’ in 2021. ICID CO has again requested the members to share their two-page country papers for the WG. In this regard, a questionnaire in a format for the two-pages ‘Country Note’ (Annex 3) for preparing the document. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Any other business

19. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID Central Office vide e-mail dated 09 July 2021 <https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E> informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information.

20. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfil the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal <https://wip.icidevents.org/> in detail.

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A. Members and their attendance at 2019 and 2020 Meetings Sl. No. Members

Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Remarks

Self Contributed by mail Self Contributed by

mail

1. Dr. Ruey-Chy Kao (Chinese Taipei Committee), Chairman

2017 • •

2. Ir. Hj. Nor Hisham bin Mohd Ghazali (Malaysia), Vice-Chairman

2017 • •

3. Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga (Japan), Secretary

2018 • •

4. Dr. (Ms) Hsiao-Weng Wang (Chinese Taipei Committee )

2017 # # Young Professional

5. Prof. Budi SantosoWignyosukarto (Indonesia)

2017 • •

6. Prof. Zhang Zhanyu (China)

2017 • •

7. Dr. Jeongryeol Jang (Korea)

2017 • #

8. Mr. Paavan Kumar Reddy (India)

2017 • • Young professional

9. Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar (India)

2018 • •

10. Dr. Surat Thanusin (Thailand)

2018 • #

11. Secretary General, ICID

Observers/Permanent Observers

12. Ir. Henk Rizema (Netherlands)

2020

13. Dr. Jo Jin Hoon (Korea)

14. Mr. Robiyanto Hendro Susanto (Indonesia)

15. Mr. Harry Denecke (FAO)

A. New nominations received from the National Committees

Name Country Remarks

1. Dr. Dina Salesh Egypt Recommended as member, subject to his/her presence else provisional member

2. Mr. Alok Paul Kalsi India Recommended as member, subject to his/her presence else provisional member

3 Dr. Hiroki Minakawa in place of Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga.

Japan Recommended as member, subject to his/her presence else provisional member

-------------------------------- 1 Through representation

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ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WG-SDTA (revised in July, 2020)

Activity Outcomes/ Outputs

Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Milestone for Year

2023

Goal B: Be a catalyst for change in policies and practices

Strategy B1 :

Suppor-ting Deve-lopment of Appro-priate Policies

1.1 Promoting Sophisticated water-saving irrigation development with IOT and water-saving irrigation model techniques exchanges

Technical report, workshop proceedings and water industry web site

Preparing: Promoting demonstrative plan

Site tests demons-tration: Hardware const-ruction and software tests

Site tests demons-tration: Hardware, software and system control integrating process

Site tests plan: Workshop observation

Exami- nation Plan results & improvement

Examination Plan results & improvement

Examination Plan results &

Improvement; expand to other areas

1.2 Promoting up-to-date water-saving experience exchange

As above As above As above As above As above As above As above

As above

1.10 Sustain-able drainage management experience exchange

Internet of Things Water industry workshop

Web-based seminars on SDTA


Internet of Things Water industry workshop

Goal C: Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and technology

Strategy C4 :

Compile, Collate and Share Know-ledge

and Ex-periences

4.26 Special Issue of ICID Journal on SDTA

Special issue of IRD

Announcement of special issue, inviting authors etc.

Setup Review Committee for selected papers based on the workshops

Submission of final drafts

Review Papers: 2019 International workshop papers

1. Publish-ing Special Issue of IRD

2. 2021 Inter-national workshop “Integrated Solution for Irrigation and Drainage of Drainage Tails and Land Subsidence in Tidal Areas”

Review Papers: 2021 International workshop papers

Publishing Special Issue of IRD

Strategy C5 :

Dissem-ination of Data, Infor-mation, Tools, Know-ledge & Know How

5.8 Develop and maintain the ICID web site as a knowledge hub

On-line Develop and maintain the ICID web site as a SDTA knowledge hub

Update and maintain the ICID web site as a SDTA knowledge hub

Update and maintain the ICID web site as a SDTA knowledge hub

Goal E: Encourage research and support development of tools to extend innovation into field practices

Strategy E3 :

Develop and

3.2 The application for output of development tools from

Prepare tidal prediction and typhoon wave model

Prepare Short Course (2021)

Prepare “Tidal Prediction and Land Subsidence Prevention

Prepare “Nume-rical Simu-lation of estuary and drai-

Prepare “Numerical Simulation of estuary flood and


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Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Milestone for Year

2023

Promo-ting

Tools for AWM

academic institutions

and Recla-mation”

nage flood in Tidal areas”

coastal flow field”


Strategy F3: Technical Training of Young Profe-ssionals from Member Countries

3.7 workshop/Training Workshop on Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas

Technical transfer and internet information short course /training workshop

Scope, theme and announcement

Short Course/Training Workshop on SDTA

Short Course / Training Workshop on SDTA


Short Course / Training Workshop on SDTA

3.8 To launch e-Discussion on Sustainable Development

E-discussion E-discussion on Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas

e-Discussion on SDTA

e-Discussion on SDTA

e-Dis-cussion on SDTA

e-Dis-cussion on SDTA


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DRAFT FORMAT FOR ‘COUNTRY NOTE’

Title:

• Country Note – Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas in …….???

• Name of the country)

Author(s)

• Name, ______________________________________________________

• Designation, ______________________________________________________

• Organization, ______________________________________________________

• E-mail ID ______________________________________________________ CONTENTS:

(1) Introduction

(2) Topography/soils and natural characteristics’

(3) Climate and rainfall

(4) Sea conditions in front of the coast and river regimes

(5) Sustainable development and management options in tidal areas (design criteria for drainage and flood protection provisions)

(6) Risk on tidal areas due to changes in land use, land subsidence and impacts of global climate change (rainfall, river regimes, drought)

(7) Potential challenges and opportunities for development and management of tidal areas (8) …

Page limitation: Roughly 2 pages (1500 words) + 1 page for the table Note: (1) Please correct above items (add/delete) and improve as much as possible. (2) A informative table may

be generated to show important SDTA related statistics to get a glimpse of the SDTA in the country. The draft table is shown on the next page. (3) The Format for the Country Note is developed by Dr. Vijay K Labhsetwar in consultation with Prof Dr Bart Schultz.

Please see next page.

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Table: Important characteristics on SDTA in ??? (Name of the country) Note: Please fill-in the information as much as possible and leave out the rest

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Sl. No. Particulars Situation in 2020

Expected in 2050

Comments, if any

1 Topography: • area in ha • surface level in m+ MSL

2 Population

3 Value of public and private property

4 Rainfall in mm: • annual • 1 day 1* per 10 year

5 Sea level: • low tide • high tide • storm surge

6 River water level • low flow • average flow • peak flow

7 Land use in %

Urban area

8 Landfill or polder

Drainage system: • percentage of open water • discharge sluice and or pumping

station • capacity • preferred conditions • design conditions

9 Flood protection: • risk of failure

Rural area

10 Landfill or polder

11 Drainage system: • percentage of open water • discharge sluice and or pumping

station • capacity • preferred conditions • design conditions

12 Flood protection: • risk of failure

Agenda for the 4th Meeting of WG-MWSCD (72nd IEC) (Ver. Dated 2021-11-17)

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APPENDIX XIII [PCTA Item 7.3]

AGENDA FOR THE 4TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON MANAGING WATER SCARCITY UNDER

CONFLICT DEMANDS (WG-MWSCD) 28 November 2021, 08:45-10:30 hours (Session-I)

28 November 2021, 11:00-12:45 hours (Session-II) Marrakesh, Morocco




Extended in completion of the Mandate: 2023

Mandate: Collect information, knowledge and, where available, case histories on actions taken to manage water systems to accommodate a change in priority of water use or due to conflicting demands:(a) Information will be collected on three levels of water management; (i) National, (ii) area or basin; and (iii) local; (b) review and analyze information to determine any commonality; (c) prepare and present reports and/or case studies on recent development in the countries that are represented in the WG; (d) organise international workshop on the topic; and (e) prepare an overview paper on the topic for publication. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/110

WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 1: Action Take Report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in 2020 (virtually). 2. The Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Dr. Jing Liu & Ms. Haofang Yan as Young Professionals and Mr. Yu Yingduo from China for the membership of the group. While the Iraqi National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IRQCID) has nominated Mr. Ali Hassan Hommadi Altai (Iraq) for the membership of the WG.

3. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office has updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 2: Brief of the virtual meeting organized in August 2021 4. Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs/TFs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 5. In response, WG Chair Mr. Franklin E. Dimick (USA) has organized the First Virtual meeting of the group on 23 August 2021 wherein eight members participated. During the virtual meeting, Chair discussed various activities like Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, International Workshop in October 2022, updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD), publication, webinar/web-based seminars etc. The online Minutes of the WG-MWSCD have been circulated to the members of the WG for their information. The minutes of the virtual meeting of all technical working groups have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage (ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting) at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030: Status of activities on Managing Water

Scarcity under Conflict Demands 6. During the last meeting, the WG reviewed the Action Plan (Road Map to ICID Vision 2030) based on the mandate of the WG and updated it. The tenure of the WG has been extended by one year i.e. upto 2023 due to limited activities on account of COVID-19 pandemic leading to delay in orgnaising International Workshop of the WG titled ‘Managing on the Regional, State of Local Level, Water Scarcity Resulting from Conflicting Demands’. Further, the WG agreed to complete draft indices, guidelines and technical summary reports of the group in 2022 and finalize the same in 2023 based on the mandate of the WG. In order to develop fresh action plans for 2018-2022, WG may revisit the Action Plan appended to Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 and review the same during the WG meeting at Marrakesh, Morocco in November 2021 and update it till 2023 (refer Annex 2). In this regard, ICID Central Office created a new column i.e. ‘Milestone for Year 1 This will also include details of membership of WG as Annex




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2023’ in the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 of the WG activities for finalizing it during the next meeting and provide its input to PCTA. WG Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 4: Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

7. At last meeting (virtual), the group reviewed the status of updation of Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) and agreed to undertake updation of MTD terms related to mandate of the WG after the organisation of the international workshop of the group. During the virtual meeting, Dr. Takanori Nagano (Japan) requested the members to contribute the updating terms of MTD (https://icid.org/mtd.html) of the group. In this regard, Dr. Nagano has shared the documents to the members related to new technical terms based on the mandate of the WG. Dr. Nagano/WG Chair will provide further progress on updating MTD at the meeting.

WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 5: International Workshop on ‘Managing on the Regional, State or Local Level,

Water Scarcity Resulting from Conflicting Demands’ in October 2022 at Adelaide, Australia

8. During the last meeting, the WG discussed about the international workshop of the group which was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic situation. The WG agreed to hold the international workshop of the WG either during 72nd IEC meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (ARC) at Marrakesh, Morocco in 2021 or 73rd IEC meeting and 24th ICID Congress, Adelaide, Australia in 2022. In this regard, WG Chair Franklin Dimick has informed that the international workshop of the WG titled ‘Managing on the Regional, State or Local Level, Water Scarcity Resulting from Conflicting Demands’ will be delayed till the next meeting of the WG to be held during the 23rd IEC meeting and 24th ICID Congress in October 2022. Chairman may provide further updates of the workshop at the meeting.

WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 6: Status of draft indices and guidelines

9. During the meeting of the WG (2020), it was agreed that draft indices, guidelines and technical summary reports of the group will be completed in 2022 and finalized in 2023 based on the mandate of the group as per item 2 of the minutes of the WG. WG reviewed the Action Plan (Road Map to ICID Vision 2030) and provided latest updates about the fresh action plan for 2018-2022 as referred above item 3. Further, Mr. Amali Abraham Amali (Nigeria), member of the WG, volunteered to work for preparing the draft indices. In this regard, the guidelines will be developed in collaboration with other WGs with similar activities. In February 2021, ICID Central Office has requested Mr. Amali Abraham Amali and Chair Franklin Dimick to provide the latest status, if any. WG Chair/ Mr. Amali Abraham Amali may provide further updates in the matter during WG meeting. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 7: Exchange of Information, Knowledge & Networking

WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 7.1: Website of the WG 10. At last meeting (virtual in 2020), the group could not discuss this item due to paucity of time. During the Bali meeting, the WG has appreciated the efforts of Dr. Jaepil Cho (Korea) for updating the website of the group. Further, the working group updated new membership list, agenda, minutes, presentations, documents etc. in the WG website https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/110. WG has requested the members to provide interesting article (s), papers, presentations, documents related to the mandate of the WG for uploading on the ICID website for wider dissemination. In response, Dr. Jaepil Cho has created a group library through Zotero services which is available at https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447892/wg-mwscd/items/MP4XYU3T/library and shared this information to members of the WG for updating newly added items. WG Chair Dr. Franklin E. Dimick / Dr. Jaepil Cho will provide further update in the matter during WG meeting. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 7.2: Webinar/ Web-based Seminar

11. In order to promote the Webinars of the WG, an interesting topic of the Webinar on ‘Dividing the Waters: A History of Litigation in the Truckee River Basin and the Hope for the Future’ was delivered by Ms. Terri Edwards (USA)2 on 28 May 2021. Ms. Terri Edwards was the Speaker and Mr. Clarke Ballard (Australia) & Dr. Jaepil Cho (South Korea), members of the WG, were the Panelists of the Webinar. During the webinar, Ms. Terri Edwards made a presentation on ‘Dividing the Waters: A History of Litigation in the Truckee River Basin and the Hope for the Future’ and provided an overview of decades of contentious litigation over the Truckee River system and focused on two Federal rules that have provided innovation in meeting the demands placed on the River – the Newlands Project Operating Criteria and Procedures (OCAP) and the Truckee River Operating Agreement (TROA). Following link https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/149 may be accessed for more information of the webinar of the WG. 12. Further, the WG organized another Webinar on ‘Suitable Water, Crops and Land Management for Water Stressed Regions’ which was delivered by Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID and member of the WG on 17 June 2021. 2 Ms. Terri A. Edwards (E-mail: [email protected]) is the Area Manager of the Lahontan Basin Area Office in Carson City, Nevada,

USA. She oversees the management of Bureau of Reclamation facilities located throughout northern Nevada and eastern California. Her responsibilities include management of a wide variety of water resource issues related to the Newlands Project – as well as the Truckee River Storage Project, Washoe Project and Humboldt Project.

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President Dr. Ragab and Vice President Hon Franklin E. Dimick (USA), Chairman of the WG, were Speaker and Panelist of the Webinar. During the webinar, President Dr. Ragab made a presentation on ‘Suitable Water, Crop and Land Management for Water Stressed Regions’ (https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/webinars/webinar_17062021_ragab.pdf). The webinar addressed a number of approaches and covered the following aspects such as (a) increasing water supplies (rainfall harvesting and use of non-conventional water resources); (b) suitable and more water use efficient irrigation systems and strategies; (c) suitable crops including less water consuming and non-conventional crops; (d) suitable land management to save water (conservation tillage, mulching, precision farming and other methods); (e) use of models as management tools to save water and assess the impact of climate change on irrigation requirement, growth season length and yield. The webinar explored the deep root of water scarcity, fresh water availability per capita for one century, 1950 – 2050, the challenges facing water resources under possible future climate change, projected impacts of climate change, applications of hydrological models, water situations in arid and semi-arid regions and rainwater harvesting using different techniques. A dedicated website has been established by the ICID Central Office wherein the recording of all webinars are accessible at – http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. Chair will provide further updates at the WG meeting.

WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 8: Any other business

WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 8.1: ICID Members' Profile Section 13. As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID Central Office vide e-mail dated 09 July 2021 <https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E> informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 8.2: Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP) 14. ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfil the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal <https://wip.icidevents.org/> in detail. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 8.3: Launch of JRC EDORA Call for Tender 15. ICID Central Office has received an email of 22 July 2021 from Ms. Katrin Ehlert (WMO) regarding launch of Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Observatory for Resilience and Adaptation (EDORA) https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/edora/php/index.php?id=201 by European Commission with the aims at developing drought impact and risk assessment, conduct drought management, adaptation and policy review, and enhance cooperation between drought. In this connection, a tender in two lots has also been issued through the EU e-Tendering platform (https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=8673) - (a) the development and implementation of a drought impact database, risk management methodology and drought risk atlas, and (b) an in-depth assessment of drought management plans and climate adaptation policies in Europe. In this regard, ICID Central Office shared the information with the members of the WG and if interested, to get in touch with Katrin Ehlert, WMO (E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]) for further updates. WG-MWSCD Agenda Item 8.4: The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 16. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), World Fish, FAO and ICID jointly organised a session on ‘Fish friendly Irrigation’ during SIWI World Water Week on August 24, 202. Vice President Hon. Chaiwat Prechawit (Thailand) represented ICID in the session and made presentation on Fish Friendly Irrigation in Thailand. The link of the recording of the presentation made by VPH Chaiwat is available at <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fZzE-KcRqbR9j8gX3YOSy1VWDIrmBjfk/view?usp=sharing>. During the Session, IWMI has suggested that they would like to discuss more on this topic with ICID. Further, ICID Central Office has requested the WGs to look into the aspect of possible inclusion of this activity in the work body activity. If required, WG may like to ask VPH Chaiwat/IWMI to share more details and make presentation during WG meetings. WG Chair may provide further updates at the WG meeting.


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Annex 1 [Appendix XIII, Item 1]

A. Members and their attendance at 2019 and 2020 meetings

Sl. No. Members

Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Remarks

Self Contributed by mail Self Contributed

by mail

1. VPH Franklin E. Dimick (USA), Chairman

2017

2. Mr. V.C. Ballard (Australia), Vice-Chairman

2017

3. Dr. Jaepil Cho (Korea), Secretary

2017

4. PH Ragab Ragab (UK)

2017

5. Mr. Veysel Yidiz (Turkey)

2019 # Provisional Member

6. Mr Amali Abraham Amali (Nigeria)

2018

7. Dr. Jan Ming-Young(Chinese Taipei Committee)

2018

8. Dr. Takanori Nagano (Japan)

2017

9. Dr. Hesham Mostafa Mohammed Ali (Egypt)

2018 # Provisional Member

10. Ir. David Florentino (Philippines)

2019 Provisional Member

11. Dr. Mikiko Sugiura (Japan)

2019

12. Dr. Shivaji T. Sangle (India)

2020

13. Ms. Leila Eamen (Canada)

2020

14. Mr. Watchara Suiadee (Thailand )



B. New nominations received from the National Committees

Sl. No.


1 Dr. Jing Liu China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

2 Ms. Haofang Yan, Young Professional China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

3 Mr. Yu Yingduo, Young Professional China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

4 Mr. Ali Hassan Hommadi Altai Iraq Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

# Through representation


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Annex 2 [Appendix XIII, Item 2]

ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WG-MWSCD


Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019


Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Milestone for Year

2023


Strategy B2 : Promoting Risk Management

Encourage entities to reduce risks of water scarcity by planning for competing demands Look for existing indices related to water scarcity

Increased water reliability; Increased understanding of consequences of water scarcity / Links to articles & papers related to water scarcity

Final review article summarizing country case studies related to addressing water scarcity

Complete final

document on summarizing all activities

of WG-MWSDC related to

Risk Managemen

t

?

Strategy B4 : Encouraging Development of Drought Management Policies

4.1 Advocating role of agricultural drainage under drought

Advocacy material

Evaluate National /international level country papers

Evaluate National papers on area/ basin and local level country papers

? ?

4.2 Manging with limited water under drought

Technical report/ Guidelines

Complete final

technical paper on Managing

Water Scarcity Under

Conflicting Demands

?

4.3 Develop guidelines on drought risk management strategies

Guidelines Finalisation of the draft guidelines

Release the finalised guidelines

Updation of guidelines

Complete final review paper on Final review document

?

Strategy B7: Advocate for Maintaining Balance between Development and Environment

7.1 Compile best practices in irrigation and drainage in the world on managing water caused by competing demands

Report First meeting of WG

Host workshop at ICID Canada

Prepare summary report on ICID Canada workshop

Final review article summarizing country case studies related to addressing water scarcity/ Conduct an international workshop for the WG (include appropriate data from workshop in final technical paper)

Prepare review article summarizing country case studies related to addressing scarcity on state and local levels

Complete final

document summarizing all activities

of WG-MWSCD

?

Agenda for the 6th Meeting of WG-CLIMATE (72nd IEC) − (Ver. Dated 2021-10-28)

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APPENDIX XIV [PCTA Item 7.4]

AGENDA FOR THE 6TH MEETING OF THE

WORKING GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT (WG-CLIMATE)




Year of Establishment: 2015 Extended the completion of the Mandate: 2021

Mandate: (a) To share the information about prediction of the global and regional climate change and climate variability; (b) To explore and analyse the implications of climate change and climate variability for agricultural water management including irrigation, drainage, and flood control; (c) To promote archiving useful information and case studies on climate change for practical use in improved impact assessment and adaptation development; (d) To enhance discussion on climate change and water management at national and regional scales among the stakeholders including academician, practitioners, decision makers, media as well as farmers and water users in a region; and (e) To join the international dialogue on Climate change and water management. Website: https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/111 WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting. 2. The Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) has nominated - Mr. Sunil Kumar, Dr. Man Singh, Dr. Ashish Pandey (India) while the Nepal National Committee of ICID (NENCID) has nominated Mr. Tikaram Baral (Nepal) for the membership of the working group. During the virtual meeting of WG-CLIMATE held on 11 August 2021, Prof. Ashish Pandey (India) and Mr. Tikaram Baral (Nepal) have introduced themselves and WG accepted them as member of the group. In September 2021, Chinese National Committee (CNCID) has nominated Dr. Jiabin Wu, Dr. Xu Lei, and Ms. Linlin Fan – Young Professional (China) for the membership of the group.

3. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 2: Brief of the virtual meeting organized in August 2021

4. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and to request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with the Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 5. The first virtual zoom meeting of WG-CLIMATE was organized on 11 August 2021 wherein fifteen members participated in the meeting. During the meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, publication of the WG, scoping document for the establishment of new WG etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting”. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of activities on climate change and

agricultural water management

6. The Chair presented the report on the action taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in October 2020. The group reconsidered the Action Plan on the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, modified it and confirmed the expected activities for the Goal B and D of the WG under the Action Plan (Annex 2). The group briefly reviewed the minutes of 2020 virtual meeting and recognized the importance of the work on climate change with a mention of the recently published AR6 by IPCC.






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7. During the virtual meeting in August 2021, Dr. Ragab Ragab, President of ICID (UK) suggested that the Chair of the WG-CLIMATE to prepare some material as early as possible for the ICID News about the UN IPCC Climate Report published on August 9, 2021, and how ICID will address the issues raised in the report. Accordingly, Chair Dr. Ray Shyan Wu prepared and shared the article titled “The emphasis on agricultural water management in the IPCC Climate Report 2021 and the role of the ICID” for dissemination through ICID News. Central Office published the article in the ICID News which is accessible at https://icid-ciid.org/member/news

WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 3.1: Publication of the outcomes of the WG 8. During the meeting in October 2020, all the WG members were invited to contribute to the publication. The document is expected to consist of five chapters. Chair Dr. Ray Shyan Wu suggested that the editing work of the publication be arranged as follows: – (a) Prof. Sue Walker was assigned to be the responsible editor to Chapter 1, (b) Dr. Nozar Ghahreman was responsible for Chapter 2, (c) Dr. Waleed Hassan for Chapter 3, (d) Dr. Jih-Shun Liu for Chapter 4, and (e) Chapter 5 would be the conclusion and will be written when all the previous chapters are finished. It was agreed that one new chapter of collecting the regional/ community case studies will be added to the document and all the WG members were requested to make their contribution. Each paper of case study will be of 3 to 5 pages. 9. In April 2021, Chair sent the guidelines to all members and requested them for more attribution. In June 2021, Central Office once again requested all members to contribute a case study for the publication. During the virtual meeting in August 2021, after discussion, the group noted that experts’ review was also needed. However, as there was little progress on the publication, the group reviewed the table of contents of the publication and suggested a change of plan. After discussion during the virtual meeting in August 2021, it was proposed that a final output will still be presented, whether in the form of book and/or other publications such as a review paper or case study to be published in a Journal. Many members offered to contribute but suggested that a settled framework and timeline will be necessary. It was proposed that every member should be responsible for the task and a certain delivery. Table of contents of the publication is shown as Annex 3. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 4: Exchange of information, knowledge & networking

WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 4.1: Website of the WG

10. During the virtual meeting, the group noted that Dr. Fuqiang Tian, the head of the WG Website Managing Team, had shared members CVs, group photos, workshop materials, publications for uploading on WG website. Chair Dr. Wu thanked Dr. Tian for his efforts and asked him to continue the work of improving the WG website. Chair also encouraged members to share their ideas about the website and give feedback to Dr. Tian. In March 2021, Dr. Fuqiang Tian has shared the following materials/ articles for uploading on the WG website:

(a) Current status and recent trend of irrigation water use in China by Songjun Han, Fuqiang Tian, and Long Gao

(b) Supply and Demand Forecasting of Water Resource Coupling System in Upstream Yangtze River under Changing Environmental Conditions by Sijing Lou, et. al.

(c) Definition and Application of a Computational Parameter for the Quantitative Production of Hydroponic Tomatoes Based on Artificial Neural Networks and Digital Image Processing by Diego Palacios, et.al.

(d) How cutting-edge technology can sustain Africa food security-Abdella by Maduka Nweke

(e) Global Warming Could Make Life in Tropics Impossible by Amy Norton Health 11. Central Office uploaded all the materials on WG website which is accessible at - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/111. Members are encouraged to share interesting articles/ documents/ reports/ presentations related to the mandate of the group for uploading on WG website. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 4.2: Webinar/ Web based seminar 12. Webinar/ Web-based seminars are the new way to reach wider audience through video conferencing. Members are requested to take a lead in organizing Webinars in consultation with Central Office. Members can also invite specialists to deliver talks on important topics of interest. Members may decide the broad topics and a tentative schedule to organize these Webinar. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 5: Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) 13. During the virtual meeting, the group noted the progress of updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) shared by Dr. Waleed Hassan Abou El Hassan, the team leader for MTD. Dr. Waleed Hassan requested all WG members to review the final draft and provide their comments/ feedback. Dr. Watanabe appreciated the enthusiastic and careful work of the team for MTD lead by Dr. Waleed Hassan. Dr. Watanabe had requested the MTD team to

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show its implication in comparison with the glossaries or dictionaries edited by other organizations like IPCC and UNESCO. 14. During last meeting of the WG, Dr. Hassan informed the group that he has been working on the draft of the MTD and will share the final version to TF-MTD after compilation of feedback/comments from WG members. In January 2021, Central Office requested Dr. Hassan to share the latest/ updated version of MTD to all members for their comments. Dr. Hassan will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 6: Expected performance in the WWF9 15. The 9th World Water Forum (WWF9) is planned to be held during 21-26 March 2022 in Dakar, Senegal. ICID has set up TF-WWF9 under chairmanship of PH Dr. Saeed Nairizi for finalising ICID contribution to WWF9. The WG Chair may discuss with the members about possible contribution of the WG on the climate-change related activities of ICID for reporting to TF-WWF9 for further action. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 7: Work Plan and Scoping Document for the establishment of new group 16. As the present tenure and mandate of the WG comes to closure in 2021, WG decided to propose a new WG. The current mandate was submitted by Dr. Watanabe (the then WG Chair) in 2015 and Dr. Wu appreciated for his efforts. During the virtual meeting in August 2021, the group discussed and reviewed the draft Scoping Document of WG-CLIMATE prepared by the Chair in consultation with Vice Chair and Secretary. After discussion with the members and in order to differentiate WG-CLIMATE from other WGs with similar names, the group decided to name the new WG as “Agriculture Water Management under Changing Climate”. However, due to the delay of the publication, the timeline of the WG needs to be reconsidered. The Chair welcomes any suggestion on the document and will decide if the group applies for one-year extension or submits the proposal of the new WG to the IEC by the end of the year. Scoping Document of the new WG on “Agriculture Water Management under Changing Climate” is given as Annex 4. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-CLIMATE Agenda Item 8: Any other business 19. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 20. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex 1 [Appendix XIV, Item 1] A. Members and their attendance at 2019 and 2020 meetings

Sl. No. Members Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Remarks

Self Contributed by mail


1. Dr. Ray Shyan Wu, Chairman, 2020 (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2015 • • • •

2. Dr. Tian Fuqiang, Vice Chair, 2020 (China)

2015 • • •

3. Dr. Waleed Hassan M. Abou El Hassan, Secretary, 2020 (Egypt)

2015 • • •

4. VP Prof. Dr. Choi, Jin-Yong (South Korea)

2015 • • •

5. Dr. Nozar Ghahreman (Iran) 2015 • • • 6. Mr. Michael Davidson (USA) 2015 • 7. Dr. Mika Tähtikarhu (Finland) 2015 • 8. Eng. (Ms.) Talatha Janaki Meegastenna

(Sri Lanka) 2016 • • •

9. Mr. Atin Kumar Tyagi – Direct Member, JISL (India)

2016 #2 • •

10. Mr. Jafer Kathom Alwan Alamiryi - Young Professional (Iraq)

2016 #

11. Eng. Nermeen Essam El-Tahan – Young Professional (Egypt)

2017 • •

12. Ms. Dilek Demirel Yazici (Turkey) 2017 • • 13. Dr. Jih-Shun, Liu (Chinese Taipei

Committee) 2018 • • •

14. Prof. Sue Walker (South Africa) 2018 • • • 15. Engr. Reynaldo L. Baloloy (Philippines) 2019 • • 16. Dr. Kumiko Tsujimoto (Japan) 2020 • 17. Dr. Takanori Nagano (Japan) 2020 • 18. Prof. Anna Dalla Marta (Italy) 2020 • 19. Dr. Anton Urfels - Direct member

(Germany) 2020 •

20. President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) 2021 21. Secretary General, ICID # # Observers/ Permanent Observers (i) Dr. Tsugihiro Watanabe(Japan) • • (ii) WMO representative (iii) IWMI Representative • (iv) FAO Representative


No. Name Country Remarks 1. Mr. Sunil Kumar India Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member 2. Dr. Man Singh India Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member 3. Dr. Ashish Pandey India Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 11 August

2021 4. Mr. Tikaram Baral Nepal Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 11 August

2021 5. Dr. Jiabin Wu China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member 6. Dr. Xu Lei China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member 7. Ms. Linlin Fan – Young

Professional China Recommended as member, subject to her presence else provisional member

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Annex 2 [Appendix XIV, Item 3]

ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WG-CLIMATE

Goal/ Strategies








B2. Strategy: Promoting Risk Management Approaches

B3. Strategy: Integrated irrigation and drainage management

3.2 Organize introduction of the cases to be applied to other regions

Compilation of Cases

2 Case Studies in humid region (introduction in WG Meeting)

2 Case Studies in arid/semi-arid region (introduction in WG Meeting)

2 Case Studies on unique examples (introduction in WG Meeting)

Extra Case Studies and comparison of the cases (introduction in WG Meeting)

Integration to conclude in general

B6. Strategy: Helping development of climate change adaptation strategy

6.1 Develop Guideline for Water Management Practices under Changing Climate

Guidelines General policy and table of contents are decided

First draft of the core parts

Release the First Draft Guidelines in WIF3

Release the Final Draft Guidelines

6.2 Prepare Position Paper on Smart Water Management for Mitigating Climate Change

Position Paper

2nd Workshop on Post Paris 2015

3rd Workshop on Post Paris 2015

Discuss in a Side Event and Release the Draft in WIF3

6.3 Develop position paper on adaptation to climate change

Position Paper

Communication with International Organizations

Communication with International Organizations

Release the First Draft Paper in WIF3

Release the Final Draft

Goal D: Enable cross disciplinary and inter-sectoral engagement

D2. Strategy: Develop technical documents in non-technical language

2.1 Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts

Brief Guidelines with Compilation of Case Studies

2 Case Studies with focus on technical background and uncertainty (introduction in WG Meeting)

2 Case Studies with previous year’s focus plus economic and social aspects (introduction in WG Meeting)

2 Case Studies with previous year’s focus plus financial and institutional arrangement (introduction in WG Meeting) and Introduction of state-of-the- art methodologies and their outcomes in WIF3

2 Case Studies with previous year’s focus plus interest groups (introduction in WG Meeting)

Release the Brochure


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DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tentative Title of the publication (tbd):

Guide to Innovated Irrigation and Drainage Management under the Changing Climate

Contents (Draft)

C.1 General Introduction

1.1 Overview of the changing climate as one of the most serious global issues

1.2 Agricultural water management as a mean to adapt to weather and climate

1.3 Outline of the recent problems in agriculture and water use due to the climate change

C.2 Impacts of climate change on agricultural water management

2.1 Global climate change

2.2 Impacts of climate change on basin hydrology and water resources

2.3 Impacts of climate change on agricultural production

2.4 Impacts of climate change on irrigation and drainage

2.5 Case studies on climate change impacts on agricultural water management

C.3 Adaptation to changing climate in agricultural water management

3.1 Adaptation in agricultural production

-crops -cropping pattern -cultivar and breeding -GM

3.2 Adaptation with irrigation and drainage management

-expansion of irrigation, -on-farm water management practices, -application method,

-drainage improvement

3.3 Countermeasures to climate change damages

-warning system, -damage compensation, - insurances

3.4 Institutional modification to adapt to climate change in agricultural water management

-governmental policy, -facility design criteria, -management organization

3.5 Case studies on adaptation to climate change in agricultural water management

C.4 Smart water management against the climate change

4.1 Smart agricultural water management as an innovated technology - overview

4.2 Smart water management for adapting to the changing climate

4.3 Smart water management for mitigating the climate change and for sustainable production

C.5 Case studies on climate change impact on agricultural water management and adaptation

C.6 Conclusion - Guide to Innovated Irrigation and Drainage Management under the Changing Climate

6.1 Information, technologies, and preparedness

6.2 Integrated and innovated assessment of climate change impacts

6.3 Preparation and attitude of establishment of adaptation strategy to changing climate

6.4 Promotion of smart water management

(Appendices if necessary)

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Annex 4 [Appendix XIV, Item 7]

WORKING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE WATER MANAGEMENT UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE (WG-CLIMATE)

DRAFT SCOPING DOCUMENT

(Prepared by Ray-Shyan Wu in consultation with Central Office and with

contributions as received by e-mail from various specialists)

1. Introduction

The ICID congress themes highlighted that the climate change needs to be recognized as an added stress on the increasingly uncertain complex and interlinked issues of rural development and food security under demographic changes, overstretched environmental and natural resources. As we still lack sufficient knowledge to better understand what is going on and what can be predicted in climate change with reasonable accuracy and cannot wait until whole understandings of the future climate change and its impacts are known. Challenges due to the climate change should be considered as another driving force to improve the irrigation and drainage system. It is therefore necessary to factor known impacts of climate change in all processes of planning, design, implementation, operation, maintenance and management of the irrigation and drainage activities. According to the Fifth Assessment Report of IPCC, it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of global warming and the IPCC AR5 comprehensively assessed observed changes in the climate system based on available observational datasets. AR6 moves step forward with process-based understanding of climate change build on fundamental physical science.

The world has already warmed by 1 °C since pre-industrial times, due to human activity. On current trends, it is likely to pass the 1.5 °C mark between 2030 and 2052, which stresses on an urgent development of and efficient implementation of adaption measures based on present available information, including infrastructure improvement and institutional reorganization, design criteria revision and management strategy for the extreme events. Even many researches have been carried out all over the world with number of useful outcomes in terms of better availability of information related to climate, state-of-the-art techniques to evaluate and predict impacts of climate change including adaptation measures. Still, it is felt that the challenges due to climate change in the irrigation, drainage and other relevant sectors would be long lasting which calls for focused and concerted efforts from all stakeholders.

With these situation and understandings on climate change and increased role of irrigation and drainage in achieving food security in the present situation, ICID as the platform for promoting the irrigation and drainage sector is under obligation to organize a semi-permanent or standing working group on climate change for the coming decades. ICID Working Group (hereafter referred as “Working Group” or “WG”) on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management (hereafter referred as “WG-CLIMATE”), which was established in 2005. The Working Group was established in 2005 with the name of “WG on Global Climate Change and Irrigation“, by well-designed coordination of a devoted leader Dr. Mark Svendsen. In 2007, it was renamed as “WG on Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management” with refining the target area expanding from just “irrigation” to the wider scope “water management”. The establishment was based on the recognition that the looming climate change and its likely impacts on water management for agriculture require cooperation cutting across institutional and disciplinary boundaries. This was aiming at

(a) developing arena where relevant players or stakeholders may communicate and collaborate for intensification of data collection networks,

(b) research into methodologies to downscale the climate impacts on water and agriculture,

(c) review of the operation of storage systems, enhancing soil water storage with water harvesting structures, and

(d) sharing knowledge and information

Every third year ICID triennial Congresses are organized to discuss and evaluate the upcoming and dynamic changes within the water sector in the entire world. The 22nd ICID Congress main theme was “Securing Water for Food and Rural Community under Climate Change”. As it shows explicitly, the climate change is one of the most serious and urgent issue for human society and global environment. The theme was organized in the context that improving irrigation and drainage systems and rural development would play a key role in achieving the rural water and food security under impending climate change, especially in the developing countries. Under this theme, two congress questions were raised and the one related to climate change was “How Irrigation and Drainage play an important role in Climate Change Adaptation?” with three sub-questions: 1) Understanding Impacts of Climate Change on Land and Water Use, 2) Revisiting Design and Operation Criteria for Irrigation and Drainage Facilities, and 3) Managing Frequent Floods and Droughts. Similarly, 23rd ICID Congress organized at Mexico City in October 2017 with main theme “Modernization of Irrigation and Drainage towards a New Green Revolution” and two questions “Water Productivity, Revisiting the concepts in light of water, energy and food nexus” and “State of knowledge of irrigation techniques and practicalities within given socio-economic settings”. The adaptation of precision irrigation system using new technologies such as ICT, IoT, remote sensing, control system and modeling is the way toward modernization of irrigation and drainage under green revolution to combat water scarcity.

In the past decade, the WG-CLIMATE has performed well in the context of climate change impact on irrigation and drainage system and needs to be continued with updated objectives and mandate with focus on climate change adaptation, mitigation and smart agricultural water management.


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2. Formal Mandates

The WG set up the mandate to review the progression of and predictions for Global Climate Change (GCC) variability and to explore and analyze the medium-term implications of climate change variability for irrigation, drainage, and flood management. It stimulates discussion and raises awareness of water related GCC issues within the ICID network and at national scales among scientists and policy makers. The WG collaborates with global partners like UN System wide Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) under the leadership of WMO.

2.1 The WG Mandate 2005

(a) To review the progression of and predictions for Global Climate Change (GCC) and climate variability,

(b) To explore and analyze the medium-term implications of climate change and climate variability for irrigation, drainage, and flood control,

(c) To stimulate discussion and raise awareness of water-related GCC issues within the ICID family,

(d) To stimulate discussion at national scales among scientists, policy makers, and, through the media, the general public on GCC and water, and

(e) To join the international dialogue on GCC and water

2.2 The WG Mandate 2015

(a) To share the information about future prediction of the global and regional climate change and climate variability,

(b) To explore and analyze the implications of climate change and climate variability for agricultural water management including irrigation, drainage, and flood control,

(c) To promote archiving useful information and case studies on climate change for practical use in improved impact assessment and adaptation development,

(d) To enhance discussion on climate change and water management at national and regional scales among the stakeholders including academician, practitioners, decision makers, media as well as farmers and water users in a region,

(e) To join the international dialogue on Climate change and water management.

2.3 Activities and outcomes

The WG personnel are approved and recommended by the national committee of ICID member and permanent observers. At the occasion of the WG meeting in the IEC in October 2015, the countries of members include Japan (Chairperson), Chinese Taipei (vice-chairperson), China (Secretary), and members from South Africa, Indonesia, Spain, Turkey, and Korea. The Secretary General of ICID is a member, and Representatives of WMO, IFPRI, IWMI and FAO are the permanent observers.

The WG has organized the workshop on climate change almost every year taking the opportunity of IEC of ICID. In the workshop, activities and outcomes of the WG members and observers were presented and shared for their further challenges. Especially, in the First World Irrigation Forum, held in Mardin, Turkey in 2013, the WG co-organized the Workshop “Management of Water, Crops and Soils under Climate Change”. There, seventeen contributions both oral and posters were presented. The main outcomes of the workshop include; 1) It was obvious from the presentations with global evidence that the climate change is a fact not a fiction and the skepticism about the climate change is reversing to believing in, 2) The current extreme weather events of drought, floods, hurricanes, tornados, and cyclones are becoming regular visitors more than ever, and 3) In agriculture industry, the impact is visible through the change in sowing and harvest dates, length of growing season, water availability for irrigation, evapotranspiration and the shift in agro-climatic zones. The papers presented covered a wide range of climate change impact and offered solution to counter the impact through adaptation and mitigation measures. These covered the introduction of new water management techniques (e.g. SRI for Paddy Rice), new drought tolerant crops (e.g. Bambara groundnut), reducing greenhouse gases (NH4, N2O) through lowering the groundwater table, and reservoir management. The results also indicated that farmers are now familiar with the changing climate and are adjusting their activities accordingly. (Source: Summary Report of First World Irrigation Forum)

Dr. T. Watanabe (Honorable Chairperson) served as the general reporter for the main theme (Question 58) of ICID 22nd Congress “How Irrigation and Drainage play an important role in Climate Change Adaptation”. The outcomes consist of climate change impact assessment via suitable scenarios, models and applications. Design and operation criteria for irrigation modernization, improvement and planning via facilities and institutions for food and water security under climate change. The activities of the WG-CLIMATE for 2017 to 2021 are only for the Goals B and D of ICID vision 2030, also activities involved in the whole process of the ICID activities due to the characteristics of climate change. The strategies involved integrated irrigation and drainage management, helping development of climate change adaptation strategy, develop guideline for water management practices under changing climate, prepare position paper on smart water management for mitigation and adaptation of climate change, develop integrated impact assessment of climate change with case studies and apply to other regions.


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2.4 71st IEC Virtual Meeting (2020)

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone and the irrigation sector is no different. Given the emerging situation of COVID-19, many meetings have been postponed until the situation comes under control. With this difficult situation, members were requested to make full use of web-ex platform for virtual meeting to ensure regular contribution from the WG members as well as to discuss and initiate follow-up actions emerging from the minutes of the previous WG meeting and review the progress of the action points. Accordingly, in order to organize the WebEx Meetings, Webinars and e-Discussions, ICID Central Office requested Chairs of the workbodies to initiate the processes. The following activities and actions were taken in WebEx meetings.

(a) Updated the membership of WG-CLIMATE. Dr. Ray Shyan Wu was elected as the new Chair, Dr. Fuqiang Tian, as the new Vice Chair, and Dr. Waleed Hassan as the new Secretary.

(b) Forward the publication planning “Guide to Innovated Irrigation and Drainage Management under the Changing Climate”.

(c) Continuation in exchange of information, knowledge & networking via updating website of the WG and Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD).

(d) The present tenure of the WG as established in 2015 comes to a closure in 2021. The WG decided to propose a new updated mandate proposal and scoping document.

3. Proposal for reconstitution of WG

Based on the current climate change issue and challenges and the new role ICID is to play in sustainable development, review of past activities and outcomes of the WG, the mandate, scope and timelines for reconstitution of WG are defined as follows:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the working methodology of WG is also affected and new WG decided to continue virtually. WG propose a new name of group with same basic theme i.e. “Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management”. The new WG decided to continue the previous work as affected by COVID-19 with updated mandate up to 2028.

3.1 The WG new Name:

“Agriculture Water Management under Changing Climate “

3.2 The WG Main Objectives:

The original objectives of the WG are still relevant and to be carried over:

(a) To prepare the arena and develop network for cooperation cutting across institutional and disciplinary boundaries. It include sharing the useful information, applicable methods, and case studies (both successful and unsuccessful).

(b) Focus on information exchange and interconnectedness development in the community, compilation and archiving of experiences and case studies on climate change impact assessment and adaptation strategy from all over the world.

(c) Develop more understanding in an integrated manner with focus on inter-sectoral and trans-boundary approach.

3.3 Updated Mandate 2021:

Since climate change future projections are much more precise and reliable with higher temporal and spatial resolution and development of models for assessing the impacts and designing adaptation measures are being accelerated. Therefore, it is a need of time to develop an integrated approach to address challenges of complex climate change and climate variability as assessment and adaptation planning at local scale. So keeping in view the climate change adaptation and mitigation for agricultural water management at local scale, the following updated mandate is proposed.

(a) To explore and analyze future prediction of the global and regional climate change variability and its implications for agricultural water management

(b) Exchange useful information and experience from successful and unsuccessful case studies at local scale on climate change for practical use in improved impact assessment and adaptation development

(c) To prepare “Guide to Innovated Irrigation and Drainage Management under Changing Climate” for knowledge sharing about climate change adaptation, mitigation for smart agricultural water use

(d) To enhance interaction on climate change mitigation and adaptation for agricultural water management at national and regional scales among the stakeholders including academician, practitioners, decision makers, media as well as farmers and water users in a region,

(e) To join the international dialogue on climate change and water management.


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3.4 Relevance of the Working Group:

The relevance of the WG can be specified as follows:

(a) The topic of climate change and water management is relevant to the vision and mission of ICID and of higher interest for its members, especially in the developing countries that are sensitive and vulnerable to climate change;

(b) The WG is expected to contribute to effective implementation of the strategy theme Basin and to other strategy themes for that matter;

(c) It may be expected that, in the coming period, climate change impact and adaptation strategies be factored in all processes and activities of irrigation and drainage.

3.5 Existing gap that the Working Group is expected to fill

Almost all other ICID Working Groups and Task Forces have a related scope of climate change, especially WG-CROP, WG-ON-FARM, WG-WFE-N, WG-SDTA, WG-ENV, WG-CAFM, WG-DROUGHT, and WG-BIO-ENERGY. The Working Group will coordinate these groups for sharing information, collaborating works and enhancing discussion about climate change as cross cutting issue.

3.6 Expected collaboration with other International Organizations

International Organizations (ADB, FAO, IFPRI, IWMI, WB, WMO etc.) can contribute to the activities of the WG as Permanent Observers (PO). On the other hand, presentations on the works and achievements of the WG could be presented at the occasion of events organized by International Organizations. 4. Work Plan

4.1 Scope:

The WG is expected to investigate, analyze, and disseminate information on new developments and to formulate recommendations. The plan is with respect to:

(a) The progression of and predictions for climate change and climate variability

(b) The medium-term adaptation strategies of climate change and climate variability for irrigation, drainage, and flood control

(c) The water environment issues relating to climate change within the scope of agricultural water management activities within ICID

(d) The international dialogue on climate change and agricultural water environment between regions and countries.

A proposal for the six-year rolling plan is shown in Appendix A. 4.2 Target audience:

The target audience for this working group will be meteorologists, farmers, managers of irrigation schemes, researchers, consultants, government officials, and staff of international organizations working on the topic. 4.3 Outputs The expected outputs can be expected from this WG:

(a) Sharing knowledge and experiences with and by the representatives of NCs, and disseminating this knowledge within their country;

(b) Presenting condensed overview of existing key reports (IPCC, UNESCO, WMO, etc.), national adaptation guidelines and other relevant publications on the topic;

(c) Organizing or co-organizing at least one workshop, seminar or symposium in every two years at occasion of an international ICID meeting; and

(d) Distributing ICID experiences in practice for adaptation to climate change in irrigation, drainage and flood sector 4.4 Timelines While climate change is a very important and complex issue to deal with in the management of agricultural water sectors, it is recommended that the term of this WG will be set further for next six years up to 2027. The timeline would have to be based on the scope of work and the expected outputs. Details of the timeline would have to be formulated and refined at the meetings of the WG. 4.5 Collaborators and dissemination strategy 4.5.1 The WG would have to base its activities on an open attitude with a clear scope for invitation of outsiders. 4.5.2 The dissemination strategy would have to be based of reaching those who can apply the findings and


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recommendations of the WG in their research and especially in policy development, decision making and implementation in practice.

4.6 Core Group and Members This draft has been circulated among the members of WG-climate. Comments received from the members of the WG have been included in this scoping document. The Core Group consists of:

Convener (Chair): Prof. Ray-Shyan Wu (Chinese Taipei Committee)

Vice Chair: Dr. Fuqiang Tian (China)

Secretary: Dr. Waleed Hassan M. Abou El Hassan (Egypt)

Members: Prof. Sue Walker (South Africa)

Prof. Choi, Jin-Yong (South Korea)

Mr. Jafer Kathom Alwan Alamiryi (Iraq)

Eng. Janaki Meegstenna (Sri Lanka)

Ms. Dilek Demirel Yazici (Turkey)

Dr. Jih Shun Liu (Chinese Taipei Committee)

Eng (Ms.) Nermeen Essam El-Tahan (Egypt)

Engr. Reynaldo L. Baloloy (Philippines)

Dr. Kumiko TSUJIMOTO (Japan)

Dr. Mika Tähtikarhu (Finland)

Dr. Nozar Ghahreman (Iran)

Mr. Michael Davidson (United States of America)

Dr. Takanori NAGANO (Japan)

Direct Member: Dr. Anton Urfels (Germany)

Observer: Prof. Dr. Tsugihiro WATANABE (Japan)

Provisional Member: Prof. Anna Dalla Marta (Italy)

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Appendix A

SIX YEAR ROLLING PLAN

Item of Mandate 2021

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Mailing the Scoping Document to participants (current WG Climate)

Chairperson, Vice-Chair and Secretary of WG Climate

Comments on Scoping Document, Web meeting

Finalizing Scoping Document and detailing of Work plan on 72st ICE

Chairperson, Vice-Chair and Secretary

Invitation to NC for nominations and information

Central Office

Submission of nominations and information National Committees

Meeting in 24th Congress, Adelaide, Australia

Members and Permanent Observers. Electing Chairperson, Vice-Chair and Secretary

Finalize Climate Change guide book Selected / nominated members

Meeting in 74th ICE Beijing China Members and Permanent Observers

Meeting in 25th Congress Andhra Pradesh State, India

Members and Permanent Observers

Side event with workshop on AR6 topics Selected members

Meeting in 76th ICE Sydney Australia Members and Permanent Observers

Meeting in 77th ICE TBA Members and Permanent Observers

Side event with workshop on topics Selected members


Side event with workshop on topics Selected members


Position paper on key issues related to the Climate Change Smart Agricultural Water Management


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APPENDIX XV [PCTA Item7.5]

AGENDA FOR THE 3RD MEETING OF THE WORING GROUP ON ADAPTIVE FLOOD MANAGEMENT (WG-AFM)


Marrakesh, Morocco

Strategy Theme: Basin Presented by the Chairman

Year of Establishment: 2018 Completion of the Mandate: 2024

New Mandate of the WG:

(a) To motivate ICID National Committees in various countries to set up their National Working Groups, (b) To provide guidance to compile, publish, update and/or translate documents on adaptive flood manage-

ment; (c) To promote inter-disciplinary exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking

on the topic for proper understanding of the technological developments in the subject; (d) To organize seminars at ICID Congresses and meeting to enhance deeper understanding of adaptation

to floods and coping with floods including community participation with focus on impact of floods on agri-culture water management;

(e) To prepare a paper on “Adaptive Flood Management” for publication in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD); (f) To finalize a book on ‘Adaptive Flood Management

Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/112 WG-AFM Agenda Item 1: Action Taken Report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in 2020 (virtually). 2. Nepal National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (NENCID) has nominated Dr. Maheswor Shrestha (Nepal) for the membership of the WG. 3. The Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Engr. Duan Cheng, Dr. Hui Lu and Dr. Zhong-kai Feng from China for the membership of the WG.

4. Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga (Japan), Vice-Chairman of the WG desired to step down from the Japanese National Com-mittee (JNC-ICID) due to his transfer to another department. JNC-ICID will send new nomination for the member-ship of the WG. The Working Group will select a new Vice-Chairman of the WG in the next meeting of the group. SUPP: Vide e-mail of 04 November 2021 received from JNC-ICID and nominated Dr. Hiroki Minakawa (Japan) for the membership of WG in place of Dr.lkuo Yoshinaga.

5. Based on the virtual meetings of the Working Groups (WGs)/Task Forces (TFs), Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), Pres-ident of ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has commu-nicated with the Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary of the WGs to organize virtual meeting. However, no virtual meeting of WG could be organised. A dedicated webpage https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152 has been created where minutes of the virtual meetings of the WGs can be referred to.

6. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office has updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting. WG-AFM Agenda Item 2: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Activities of the WG





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7. During the last meeting, the WG reviewed the Action Plan (Road Map to ICID Vision 2030) based on the new mandate by updating the activities on adaptive flood management issues considering the effects of COVID-19 in delaying some activities. In February 2021, ICID Central Office has requested the Chairman of the WG to final-ise/provide latest updates action plan of the group for 2018-2023 (Annex 2). WG Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-AFM Agenda Item 3: Publication of the Working Group on ‘Adaptive Flood Risk Management’

8. At Mexico, it was decided that the WG will publish a document titled ‘Adaptive Flood Risk Management’ as publication of the WG based on the workshop papers and country presentations on floods along with the country case studies, covering both structural and non-structural aspects of flood management as part of the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030. In this regard, the members of the group have made their presentations for publication of the WG as case studies. During the last meeting of the WG held in 2020, Dr. Kamran Emami, Chairman of the WG, briefed about the publication on ‘Adaptive Flood Risk Management’. After discussion, it was decided to include some more case studies on flood management from Hungary, Japan, Morocco and Malaysia in the publication of the WG. 9. In February 2021, ICID Central Office has requested the members of the WG, including NCs of Hungary, Japan, Morocco and Malaysia to share their country case studies on flood management for inclusion in the publication of the WG. In response, Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga (Japan) and Mr. Tamas Toth (Hungary) have shared case studies on ‘Past Flood Disaster Damages, and Past – Future Flood Countermeasures in Japan’ and ‘Potential Application of Natural Runoff Attenuation Features in Flood Management’ for inclusion in the publication of the WG. Chairman will provide further updates in the WG meeting.

10. Chairman of the WG, submitted a paper entitled ‘Adaptive Flood Risk Management’ which was published in the ICID Journal on Irrigation and Drainage in January 2020 (Volume 69, Issue 2) and available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ird.2411 WG-AFM Agenda Item 4: Closure Report of the erstwhile WG-CAFM

11. During the last meeting, Chair Dr. Emami informed that the Closure Report of the erstwhile WG-CAFM has already been prepared and will be submitted to ICID Central Office for circulation amongst members of the group. In this regard, ICID Central Office has requested the WG Chair Dr. Emami to share the closure report of the erstwhile WG-CAFM so that it can be circulated to the members for their comments / suggestions, if any. In response, Dr. Emami shared the closure report of the WG which is not complete. Further, ICID CO has again requested Dr. Emami to send the complete closure report of the erstwhile WG-CAFM. WG Chair will provide further updates in the meeting. 12. After finalization the closure report of the erstwhile WG-CAFM, it will be uploaded on the WG website for records. WG-AFM Agenda Item 5: Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

13. In order to review the updating multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) of the WG, the ICID Central Office has requested the members of the group to review the MTD terms related to the mandate of the group and provide their views/suggestions, if any to WG Chair, with a copy to ICID CO. WG Chair will provide further progress on updating MTD at the meeting.

WG-AFM Agenda Item 6: Dissemination of information – Website

WG-AFM Agenda Item 6.1: Website of the WG 14. The WG website (https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/112) has been updated with the membership list, agenda, minutes, paper presentations, publications etc. Members are requested for their active participation in the activities of the WG and facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to keep themselves up-to-date with new developments in the various aspect of drainage. Members are also requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the website of the WG-AFM. Members may like to discuss and evolve methodology for sharing of information and updation of WG website. In order to ensure regular contribution of the members, WG is encouraged to make full use of Zoom platform for virtual meetings in between face-to-face meeting during IEC. WG-AFM Agenda Item 6.2: Webinar/ Web based seminar

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15. The WG supported the suggestions of organizing webinars to promote sharing of vast experience available with ICID fraternity. The ICID CO requested members to provide their suggestions on the topics, based on the mandate of the WG, on which webinar can be considered along with name of the relevant experts who could be contacted to develop webinars. This year, the technical working groups of ICID have organised several webinars based on the mandate of the group which are available at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. The group may discuss and suggest suitable topics along with names of expert for organizing webinars.

WG-AFM Agenda Item 7: Presentation on Floods (Country Case Studies) 16. It is customary in the WG meeting that a professional/expert from the host national committee make a presen-tation on Floods (Country case studies). This year host NC is Moroccan National Committee of ICID (ANAFIDE) this year. The country paper normally covers the flood situation in the host country, major flood events in the past with focus on recent floods in the country. ANAFIDE has been requested to nominate a suitable professional/expert for making such a presentation in the working group meeting. WG Chair/ ANAFIDE representative will update the mem-bers in the WG meeting. WG-AFM Agenda Item 8: Any other business


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A. Members and their attendance at 2020

Sl. No. Members

2020 Remarks

Member from (Year) Self Contributed

by mail

1 Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran), Chair (2010) 1999

2 Dr. Ikuo Yoshinaga (Japan), Vice-Chair 2018

3 Ms. Sahar Norouzi – Young Professional (Iran), Secretary 2018

4 Engr. Syed Mahmood-ul-Hassan (Pakistan) 2018 # Contributed in

2018

5 Eng. Hind Massoud (Sudan) 2018

6 Mr. Ahmad Bin Dakur (Malaysia) 2018 Attended the meeting in 2018

7 Engr. Abdullah Hassan Hussein (Somalia) 2018 Attended the

meeting in 2018

8 Mr. Maurice Roos (USA) 2006

9 Mr. Olli-Matti Verta (Finland) 2011 # Contributed in 2018

10 Mr. R.K. Agarwal (Direct member), WAPCOS India Limited

2014 Attended the

meeting in 2018

11 Mr. Marcel Marchand (Netherlands) 2011

12 Dr. Arthon Suttigam (Thailand) 2012

13 Dr. Rozalija Cvejic (Slovenia) 2014

14 Dr. Abdelilah Taky (Morocco) 2018

15 Dato’s Ir. Mohd Azmi Bin Ismail (Malaysia) 2019

16 Dr. Akie Mukai (Japan) 2020

17 Mr. Tamá Tóth (Hungary) 2020

18 Secretary General, ICID # B. New Nominations received from the National Committees

Sl. No. Name Country Remarks

1 Dr. Maheswor Shrestha Nepal Recommended as member, subject to his/her presence else provisional member

2 Engr. Duan Cheng China Recommended as member, subject to his/her presence else provisional member

3 Dr. Hui Lu China Recommended as member, subject to his/her presence else provisional member

4 Dr. Zhong-kai Feng as Young Professional

China Recommended as member, subject to his/her presence else provisional member

5 Dr. Hiroki Minakawa in place of Dr. lkuo Yoshinaga

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Annex 2 [Appendix XV Item 2]

ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WG-AFM


Milestone for Year

2017


Milestone for Year

2019


Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for

Year 2022

Milestone for

Year 2023


Strategy B5 : Encouraging Development of Drought Management Policies

5.1 Develop Guidelines on Flood Risk Management strategies

Guidelines Release first draft guidelines

Release of the finalized guidelines

Updating of the guidelines

?? ??

5.3 Publication of the WG on Adaptive Flood Risk Management

Report Finalization and publication of report

?? ?? ??

Goal C: Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and technology Strategy C3 : Promoting Regional Cooperation

3.3 Organise internal/ international workshop on flood management

Proceedings of the workshop

Invite member countries and IOs like WMO, ICOLD, IAHR, APFM etc. (discussion in WG meeting)

Workshop Workshop Workshop ?? ?? ??

4.25 Case studies on flood mitigation measures

Technical report

Finalise and publish first set of case studies

Finalise and publish second set of case studies

?? ?? ??


Strategy F3: Technical Training of Young Professionals from member countries

3.10 To launch e-Discussion on Flood Risk Management

Outcome e-Discussion on Flood Risk Management (discussion in the WG meeting)

To invite member countries/IOs for e-Discussion on Flood Risk Management

Organise a Side Event in WIF3

?? ?? ??


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APPENDIX XVI [PCTA Item 7.6]

AGENDA FOR THE 3RD MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE IN THE STATES UNDER

SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION (WG-IDSST) 28 November 2021, 08:45-10:30 hours (Session I) and 11:00-12:45 hours (Session II)

Marrakesh, Morocco



Year of Establishment: 2018 Completion of the Mandate: 2024 Mandate: (a) to develop and strengthen the network among the countries of transition on the basis of establishment of monitoring and evaluation of common problems in the States and bring it to the attention of decision-makers in states; (b) to create database and exchange of information about changing situation in Irrigation and Drainage in these States and to attract global and national attention to existing trends affecting global and national food security and wellbeing of rural population; especially related to climate change and ability to adapt to it; (c) to promote implementation of IWRM and broad-basing of stakeholders by popularizing the case studies and best practices explaining the real content of IWRM principles; (d) to monitor the ecological situation in the transition states, including problems of closed basin (Aral Sea, Lake Chad, Lake Victoria, Caspian Sea), rivers deltas, salinization and water logging, land desertification etc.; (e) to collect appropriate advance irrigation and drainage technology for use in transition states and its dissemination through capacity building; to promote involvement young specialists as providers of these innovations; pay specific attention to use of RS technology in I&D; (f) to promote farmer’s and WUAs training to create awareness about agricultural water management; (g) to increase the efficiency and functioning of the WG, intensify collaboration with other countries to share best practices and experience for development of irrigation and drainage in the States under socio-economic transformation.

Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/114

WG-IDSST Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in October 2020. 2. The group may discuss about the election of a new Vice Chair for the working group. Chair in consultation with Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.


OBITUARY It is with the deepest regret to inform the passing of Prof. Dr. Victor A. Dukhovny, Vice President Hon., ICID on 14 August 2021 at the age of 88. ICID Central Office express most sincere condolences to his family, colleagues and friends. As you may remember the bestowing of ICID's first World Irrigation and Drainage (WID) Prize in 2013 upon VPH Prof. Dukhovny, in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of water management, irrigation and drainage, when it was instituted in 2013 with the launch of ICID's flagship event 'World Irrigation Forum (WIF)' in September 2013 in Mardin, Turkey. VPH Prof. Dukhovny had a long and memorable association with ICID as its office-bearer, chair of Special Work Team on Aral Sea Basin (ST-ARAL) and Vice Chair of WG-IDSST. He has contributed several scientific and technical papers at ICID Conferences which continue to be the reservoirs of knowledge for the young researchers and scholars in water sector. We will miss Prof. Dukhovny not only as an outstanding scientist, a profound thinker, an extraordinary mentor, a wonderful person, but as a friend we loved so much and the one, who loved and cared for ICID from the deepest of his heart.



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SUPP: Vide email of 16 November 2021, WAPCOS Limited has nominated Mr. Rajni Kant Agrawal in place of Dr. Rajinder Kumar Gupta for the membership of the WG.

Vide email of 19 November 2021, Chair VPH Prof. Peter Kovalenko has recommended Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov for the position of Vice Chair of WG-IDSST. Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov, former secretary of the working group has taken part in almost all meetings of the working group and has independently organized and conducted meetings of the working group. Chair further informed that Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov was a participant in the development of a new mandate for the IDSST working group and he is familiar with all the problems that WG need to solve. The group members may like discuss during the meeting and elect a new Vice Chair. WG-IDSST Agenda Item 2: Brief of the virtual meeting organized in April 2021 3. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the monthly virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 4. The group organized the virtual meeting on 23 April 2021 however, due to lower participation of the members, the group discussed informally about the various activities of the group. During the virtual meeting, Vice Chair made an interesting presentation and discussed the activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting”. Chair will provide further at the meeting. WG-IDSST Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Activities in the States under socio-

economic transformation 5. During the virtual meeting, the group reviewed the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 under the activities in the states under socio-economic transformation and confirmed the “Road Map” with additions made by Dr. Peter Yakube Manjuk and Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov. The group may discuss and update the Road Map seeing the future activities in the states under socio-economic transformation (refer Annex 2). WG-IDSST Agenda Item 4: Discuss and develop work plan based on new mandate 6. During the virtual meeting, it was emphasized that the WG have to concentrate more attention on development of information exchange which is common task given in WG’s work plan for 2020-2022 (refer Annex 3). Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia (SIC ICWC) prepared a special window in CАWater-Info portal for the WG to organize a platform or exchange information on monitoring and evaluation of common problems. This was planned for 2019 and currently ready to use and accept any information in two languages (English and Russian). ICID Central Office in February 2021, encouraged all members to visit the website and exchange their information. SIC ICWC is also ready to send the template to the interested members of WG for creating their country profiles. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IDSST Agenda Item 4.1: Develop and strengthen the network among the transition states 7. At the virtual meeting, it was proposed to link and merge the WG-IDSST with INBO network wherein Dr. Dinara Ziganshina (Deputy Director SIC ICWC) provided a brief report about the INBO network. Dr. Ziganshina briefed the members on the activities of the Network of Water Management Organizations from the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia which was established in 2008 to exchange ideas, experiences and information on water management issues with a view of revitalizing scientific and practical capacity of water management in the EECCA region (e.g., 86 organizations from 13 countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia). SIC ICWC representative will provide further updates at the meeting. Also other opportunities for creating partnerships and increasing synergies will be discussed (e.g. with UNESCO IHP program and its national committees, with Expert Platform on Water Security, Sustainable Development and Future Studies, http://cawater-info.net/expert-platform).



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WG-IDSST Agenda Item 4.2: Database of I&D in the states in transition 8. During Bali meeting, Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov explained that the I&D base in countries with economies in transition is all about information on I&D situation in the countries - problems, ways to solve these problems, technologies to improve governance, and so on. Members agreed that within the framework of this section, the working group will carry out a set of experience, technologies, an assessment of the situation, etc. The information received will be provided to all interested countries in accordance with their interests. 9. Dr. Shukhrat circulated the materials on irrigation and drainage in the Central Asia and invited members to share their country experience in dealing irrigation and drainage. He also informed that the experience of each country both in the development of irrigation and drainage, and in solving the problems that countries face are different. Most of them are common problems however, not all problems are solved equally successfully. Each country had its own development path, and each country had its own experience in overcoming problems. Dr. Kenjabaev will provide further updates at the meeting.

WG-IDSST Agenda Item 4.3: Case studies and best practices of IWRM 10. During virtual meeting, it was suggested that the members of the WG to consider Dr. Ziganshina’s proposal for improvement of the WG network and take actions for implementation of tasks (b) and (c) given in WG’s Work Plan for 2020-2022. In February 2021, ICID Central Office requested Mr. Momir Vranes to share the experience of Australia on IWRM, especially on water payments and water market that might be of interest for the members of WG countries however, response is awaited. ICID Central Office also requested Mr. Dilshod Kimsanov to consider the activities of the NCID of Tajikistan, as well as introduction of innovative water-saving technologies, which were presented during the Bali meeting however, response is awaited. 11. In March 2021, Dr. Kenjabaev has encouraged all members of the group to share the information about the activities on promoting IWRM, Irrigation and Drainage as well as to share their experiences in order to include in the special window. Dr. Kenjabaev will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IDSST Agenda Item 4.4: Monitor and evaluate the ecological parameter in transition countries 12. During the last meeting, Dr. Sokolov demonstrated a program, initiated by the President of Uzbekistan - Shavkat Mirziyoyev on “Priaralye - A Zone of Environmental Innovations and Technology”. The Chair informed that SIC ICWC has organized a collection of experiences from different states (Israel in Negev, China in Gobi, Jordan in dry desert - Sahara) in the development of similar area as dried bottom of the Aral Sea (so called Aralkum) and introduced such experiences for broadening the auditorium of specialists. 13. In March 2021, Dr. Kenjabaev has circulated the information about the collection of experiences leveraging innovative technologies in the deserts of China, Israel and Libya is available at http://www.cawater-info.net/library/rus/inf/51.pdf (in Russian). He informed that the translation of the report into English version is available once there is a request. He also apprised that the results of expeditions to the dried bed of the Aral Sea in 2019-2020, specialist from SIC ICWC will give a presentation during the next WG meeting. The portal CAWater-Info has a special window International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage that can be used for WG in order to exchange information on monitoring and assessing common problems (in English and Russian). Dr. Kenjabaev will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IDSST Agenda Item 4.5: Capacity building in transition countries 14. In February 2021, Dr. Shimizu publicized the information about successful organization of the online Training Course TU (Tottori Univ.) - JICA training from 1-19 February wherein seven participants joined viz. three from Tajikistan, one each from Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. Although the training was conducted on-demand style, participants were able to deepen their understanding through questions to each lecturer. The training guidance movie is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HKAu2PWUk4sf_g-V5fbFRnSQB4xlwQXX/view?usp=sharing. Dr. Shimizu will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IDSST Agenda Item 4.6: Organization of next virtual meeting of WG 15. It was decided that the Working Groups should organize a virtual meeting or a video-conference in between two face to face meetings of the IEC in order to enable the group to take a view of the progress made on their activities and at the same time allow contributions from those members who are unable to attend the face to face

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meetings (refer item 2). Chair in consultation with the group members may discuss about the organization of next virtual meeting of the group during the meeting. WG-IDSST Agenda Item 5: Any other business 16. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 17. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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MEMBERS AND THEIR ATTENDANCE AT 2019 and 2020 MEETINGS

No. Members Member from (Year)

2019 2020 Remarks

Self Contributed by mail Self Contributed by

mail

1. VPH Prof. Peter Kovalenko, Chairman (Ukraine) 2018 #2 • •

2. Dr. Shavkat Makhmudjanovich Kenjabaev, Secretary (Uzbekistan) 2020 •

3. VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba (Egypt) 2018 • •

4. Dr. Rajinder Kumar Gupta - Direct Member, WAPCOS (India) 2018 • •

5. Dr. Katsuyuki Shimizu (Japan) 2018 • • •

6. Engr. Peter Yakube Manjuk (Nigeria) 2018 •

7. Mr. Rafaquat Ali (Pakistan) 2018

8. Dr. Alexander Solovyev (Russia) 2018 # •

9. Eng. W.B. Palugaswewa (Sri Lanka) 2018

10. Dr. Hassan Abu Bashar (Sudan) 2018

11. Mr. Baratov Rustam Okilovich (Tajikistan) 2018

12. Dr. Andrii Shatkovskyi (Ukraine) 2018 #

13. Mr. Momir Vranes (Australia) 2019 • • •

14. Dr. (Ms.) Ya-Wen Chueh (Chinese Taipei Committee) 2019 • •

15. Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov, (Uzbekistan) 2018 • • •

16. Secretary General ICID # #

Permanent Observers

(i) IWRA (Prof. Daene C. McKinney)

(ii) FAO Representative

(iii) World Bank representative

New nomination received from Direct Member, WAPCOS Limited


1 Mr. Rajni Kant Agrawal (in place of Dr. Rajinder Kumar Gupta), Direct Member - WAPCOS Limited

India Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

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ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 - ACTIVITIES OF WORKBODIES

Goals/ Strategies







Responsibility


The Development of drip irrigation systems and technologies in countries.

Irrigation and water use efficiency in small-scale farms

Widespread adoption of water- saving

technologies in countries

Countries experience on methods and approaches for effective irrigation on small farms

1. Overview of water-saving technologies in countries.

2. Exchange of experience

1. Overview of experience on methods and approaches for effective irrigation on small farms in countries.


Methods and tools to reduce unproductive losses in irrigation. Assessment of water availability in Central Asia based on WUEMOCA

Methods and approaches for effective irrigation on small farms


Publication Technical paper

A review of the experience of leading

countries in the effective management of water resources

Overview of scientific advances in countries to reduce unproductive losses in irrigation.


C1. Strategy:

Providing Knowledge- sharing Platform for AWM

Professionals

3.1 Develop and strengthen the network

Establishment of communication between countries on the rapid exchange of information Web- Portal

organization.

Exchange of experience between countries on the effective management of water resources

Exchange of experience between countries on methods and tools to reduce unproductive losses in irrigation.

3.2 Database on irrigation and drainage in the countries of transition

Database on irrigation and drainage in the countries of transition


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Goals/ Strategies







Responsibility


5.1 Interaction between countries in studies of remote monitoring of water resources and water use

Introduction of remote sensing and remote control of water use and water resources management

Research and exchange of experience between countries in the widespread introduction of remote sensing in monitoring water metering at water bodies

Research and exchange of experience between countries in the widespread introduction of remote sensing in monitoring irrigated fields and crops


F3. Strategy:

Technical Training of Young

Professionals from Member Countries

Organize training Workshop

Training Workshop

Organize

Training

Workshop

Organize Training Workshop

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WG-IDSST WORK PLAN

Activity Outcomes/ Outputs 2020 2021 2022

(a) to develop and strengthen the network among the countries of transition on the basis of establishment of monitoring and evaluation of common problems in the States and bring it to the attention of decision-makers in states;

Created Web-Portal for continuous communication between countries

1. Based on the Web Sit CAWATER.Info http://cawater- info.net/water_world/i ndex.htm create an ICID window, WG IDSST. 2. Exchange of information on monitoring and evaluation of common problems.

Web Portal Development

Web Portal Development

(b) to create database and exchange of information about changing situation in Irrigation and Drainage in these States and to attract global and national attention to existing trends affecting global and national food security and wellbeing of rural population; especially related to climate change and ability to adapt to it;

A database was created based on the CAWATER.Info Portal http://cawater- info.net/water_world/inde x.htm

1. Exchange of experience and information between countries on changing situations in irrigation and drainage in countries. 2. Information in countries in irrigation and drainage due to climate change.

1. Exchange of experience and information between countries on changing situations in irrigation and drainage in countries.

2. Information in countries on adaptation of irrigation and drainage and agriculture to climate change.

1. Exchange of experience and information between countries on changing situations in irrigation and drainage in countries.

(c) to promote implementation of IWRM and broad-basing of stakeholders by popularizing the case studies and best practices explaining the real content of IWRM principles;

Publication Widespread adoption of IWRM principles in countries

Overview of countries' experiences in implementing IWRM

Obstacles in countries in implementing IWRM

(d) to monitor the ecological situation in the transition states, including problems of closed basin (Aral Sea, Lake Chad, Lake Victoria, Caspian Sea), rivers deltas, salinization and water logging, land desertification etc.;

Overview of environmental monitoring results in countries, including closed basins problems

Collection of monitoring information and facilitate in their implementation


2. Exchange of experience and decision

(e) to collect appropriate advance irrigation and drainage technology for use in transition states and its dissemination through capacity building; to promote involvement young specialists as providers of these innovations; pay specific attention to use of RS technology in I&D;

Countries have access to information from other countries through the Web-portal on advanced technologies in irrigation and drainage. Young professionals trained to spread innovation

Overview of advanced water-saving technologies and remote sensing tools in countries


Overview of scientific advances in countries to reduce unproductive losses in irrigation.


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Activity Outcomes/ Outputs 2020 2021 2022

(f) to promote farmer's and WUAs training to create awareness about agricultural water management;

Training materials and modules prepared for farmers and WUAs in countries

A review of existing methods, approaches, technologies that allow effective management of irrigation water at the level of WUA farms.


Preparation of training modules from each country for training farmers and WUAs on advanced water use technologies

(g) to increase the efficiency and functioning of the WG, intensify collaboration with other countries to share best practices and experience for development of irrigation and drainage in the States under socio-economic transformation.

Develop and strengthen the network

Establishment of communication between countries on the rapid exchange of information Web- Portal organization.

Exchange of experience between countries on the effective management of water resources

Exchange of experience between countries on methods and tools to reduce unproductive losses in irrigation.

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APPENDIX XVII [PCTA Item 7.7]

AGENDA FOR 1ST MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON WATER FOOD ENERGY NEXUS (WG-WFE_N)


Marrakesh, Morocco



WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 1: Action Taken Report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in 2020 (virtually).

WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 2: Introducing of the new Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus by the

Chair 2. At the 71st International Executive Council (IEC) meeting held in October 2020 (virtually), Chair Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) presented the report based on the finalized Scoping Document for the new Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus (WG-WFE-N)2. The Council accepted the recommendation of the PCTA to establish a new Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus (WG-WFE-N)3 under the thematic area ‘Basin’. ICID vide Notification No. 1 of 2021 dated 5 February 2021 notified establishing of Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus (WG-WFE-N) with the following new mandate and invited National Committees (NCs) to nominate suitable experts/professionals for the new WG. New mandate of the WG:

(a) to exchange information, knowledge, and experience, as well as networking on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus topic in order to be up to date with new developments, methods and approaches. This can be the basis for a possible position paper on key issues on the nexus.

(b) to prepare an overview document on the state of the art on improving water use efficiency and productivity within the nexus.

(c) to produce a document of impact of climate change and possible use of non-conventional less water consuming crops

(d) to prepare an overview document on the state of the art on model applications as useful management tools for water, crops, field and energy management within the nexus

(e) to prepare and present reports on case studies on recent developments in the countries that are represented in the WG; and from presented cases of the workshops

(f) to organize international workshops, seminars or symposia on the Nexus topic. (g) to implement ICID 2030 vision

3. In response, the following new nominations have been received for the membership of the working group on water food energy nexus (WG-WFE-N).

Dr. Noppadon Kowsuvon (Thailand) Dr. Deepak Khare (India) Mr. Watchara Suiadee (Thailand) Dr. Man Singh (India)

Mr. Chaisri Suksaroj (Thailand) Mrs. Narges Zohari (Iran) Prof. Cheh-Shy Ting (Chinese Taipei Committee) Dr. Mahdi Sarai Tabrizi (Iran)

Dr. Peng-Jui Wang (Chines Taipei Committee) Mr. Lu Hui (China) Mr. Carl Walters (Australia) Dr. Junzeng Xu (China)

Mr. John William O’Connor (Australia) Mr. Liangsheng Shi as Young Professional (China) Prof. Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey (Nepal) Asst. Prof. Dr. Piyatida Ruangrassamee (Thailand) as Observer

4. The updated membership of the WG is given at Annex 1 (see the electronic version for the latest list). Any new nominations for the membership received during the meeting will be dealt suitably after the meeting. Further,

1 This will also include details of membership of WG as Annex 2 The updated Scoping Document for a new Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus (WG-WFE_N) was prepared by Chair President Prof. Dr. Ragab

(UK); Vice-Chairman VPH Lauire C. Tollefson (Canada); and VP Dr. K. Yella Reddy (India) as members of the ‘Core Group. 3 IEC Resolution 2/71: Organizational and Technical Matters of ICID [sr. no. 1]


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the revised mandate of the Scoping Document (SD) for a new WG-WFE-N (Annex 2) has been circulated to members of the group for their comments/suggestions, if any.

5. ICID CO has received the information from Chinese National Committee of ICID (CNCID) and Japanese National Committee of ICID (JNC-ICID), vide their emails of 30 August and 09 September 2021 that Mrs Gao Hong (China), who is the member of the WG, retired from their organisation and Dr. Kazumi Yamaoka (Japan), who is also the member of the WG, retired from JNC-ICID. SUPP: Vide email of 04 November 2021 received from JNC-ICID nominated Mr. Yukiya Saika (Japan) in place of Dr. Kazumi Yamaoka.

WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 2.1: Select new Vice-Chair of the WG

6. VPH Laurie C. Tollefson (Canada), Vice-Chairman of the WG, stepped down from the Vice-Chairman of the group. In this regard, VPH Tollefson was the Vice-Chair (2009-2020) of the WG. Contribution of VPH Laurie Tollefson for the WG-WATER & CROP will always be remembered. 7. The WG will elect its new Vice-Chairman in consultation with members of the group in the next meeting of the group in 2021

WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 2.2: A brief report of the Virtual / WebEx meeting of WG, 03 June 2021 8. Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs/TFs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 9. WG Chair Dr. Ragab Ragab (President, ICID) has organized the First Virtual meeting of the group on 03 June 2021 wherein twelve members participated. During the virtual meeting, Chair discussed various activities like Scoping Document in terms of the mandate of the WG activities and the work plan, contributions from the members of the WG publication, upcoming ICID events etc. ICID Central Office has been circulated the minutes of the WG to members of the group which is available at https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/min_wfen_webmeeting.pdf.

10. Further, the Second Virtual meeting of the WG was held on 14 September 2021 wherein twenty members participated. During the meeting, Chair discussed various activities of the group like 3-year Rolling Plan based on the scoping document of the WG, review of the new membership, multi-functionality of water use in paddy (Rice) cultivation for the technical report of the group, international workshop on ‘The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Application’ in 2022, updating multilingual technical dictionary (MTD), ICID-IWRA Collaboration etc. ICID Central Office has also been circulated the minutes of the second virtual meeting WG to members of the group which is available at https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/min_wfe-n_webmeeting.pdf Minutes of the virtual meetings of all technical work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting” (https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152). Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030: Activities on Water-Food-Energy-Nexus 11. During the last meeting (2020), WG reviewed the activities such as Goals/Strategies, Actions, Outcomes/Outputs, Milestones and assigning Lead Persons as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 and updated it. During the first virtual meeting of the WG, the ICID Central Office has requested the members of the WG to select the area of interest as shown in the 3-year rolling work plan based on the scoping document of the WG-WFE-N. In this regard, ICID CO has received the responses from Vice President Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy), Dr. P. Soman (Direct Member), JISL (India); Prof. Won-Ho-Nam (Korea), Dr. Peng-Jui Wang (Chinese Taipei Committee), Mr. Carl Walters (Australia), Mr. John William O’Connor (Australia), Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey (Nepal), Dr. Man Singh (India), Dr. Mahdi Sarai Tabrizi (Iran), Mr. Lu Hui (China) and Mr. Liangsheng Shi as Young Professional (China) for the activity of the WG as Annex 3. Chair will provide further updates of the WG at the meeting. WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 4: Multi-functionality of water use in paddy (Rice) cultivation 12. During the last meeting, the WG decided to bring out a ‘Technical Report’ based on papers contributed by its members in areas such as : (a) efficient use of water in crop production, (b) crop water models, (c) multifunctional water use in paddy, and (d) rain water harvesting and energy crops. The report is a consolidation of contributions and collection of information from members on these topics under the mandate of the group. NCs of China, Indonesia, Philippines and Italy have already been presented their papers for the technical report of the WG.

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13. Accordingly, ICID CO has requested the members/NCs from Australia, Chinese Taipei Committee, Egypt, Korea, India, and Thailand to contribute their papers in the area of ‘Multi-functionality of water use in paddy (Rice) cultivation’. In response, Prof. Zeinab Hussein Behairy (Egypt), Dr. P. Soman (India), and Ir. Felipe Dantas (Australia) members of the WG, have shared their papers titled “Rice Story in Egypt”, “Drip irrigation and fertigation technology for rice production leading to higher water productivity” and “Australian Rice Market” as contribution based on the experience as ‘multi-functionality of water use in paddy rice cultivation’ for inclusion in the Technical Report of the WG. These reports have been shared to Chair and Secretary of the WG. 14. Further, ICID Central Office has requested to Vice President Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy) and VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy (India) to submit their contribution on ‘Multi-functionality of water use in paddy (Rice) cultivation’ for inclusion in technical report of the WG. Chair will provide further updates at the WG meeting.

WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 5: Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

15. During the virtual meeting (2020), it was noted that Dr. P. Soman (India), who is coordinator to undertake the task of reviewing and updating the terms of MTD of the WG, would be replaced in the next meeting of the WG based on the new mandate for a new WG on Water Food Nexus (WG-WFE-N). Further, ICID Central Office has requested the members of the WG to submit their nomination as Coordinator for the MTD of the group. Chair may provide further updates during the meeting.

WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 6: International Workshop on ‘The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation

and Examples of Application’ 16. During the last meeting (2020), it was proposed that the four international workshops (WG-IOA, WG-M&R, WG-MWSCD and WG-WFE) of the WGs would be held during 72nd IEC face-to-face meeting either at Marrakesh, Morocco in 2021 (Option 1) or 73rd IEC meeting & 24th ICID Congress, Adelaide, Australia in October 2022 (Option 2). 17. Further, Chair of the WG briefed the members about 12 abstracts have already been received and reviewed by the Review Committee based on the International Workshop titled ‘The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Application’4 of the WG. During the second virtual meeting of the WG, Chair informed that the International Workshop of the WG would be organized during the 24th ICID Congress & 73rd IEC meeting to be held in October 2022. Chair may apprise the members during the meeting. WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 7: ICID-IWRA Collaboration 18. During the virtual meeting of the WG held in October 2020, it was noted that the Chair informed the members about the collaboration between national and international organizations like International Water Resources Association (IWRA), International Water Association (IWA), and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) etc. which can cover under the umbrella of new working group based on the new mandate for strengthening the activities of the group such as (i) Organization joint seminars/workshops, and (ii) bring out a Special Issue of the Journal based on the selected papers from the WG workshops/seminars, possibly with financial support from other. In February 2021, ICID CO has requested the Chairman of the WG to share further updates / latest status of the activities planned under this collaboration. Chair may like to discuss this matter with the members during the meeting. WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 8: Publications of the Working Group 19. It was noted that the Working Group considered to publish a few selected papers from the past International Workshops (2013, 2015 & 2019) with the support from IWRA. These selected papers of the past International Workshops of the WG could be considered for publication in the ICID Journal and/or Technical Report of the WG referred to item 4. During the Bali meeting (2019), the Australian representatives was presented their papers in the international workshop of the WG where these papers were considered for the publication in the Special Issue of I&D. Based on the status of the ‘Technical Report’ of the group, Chair Dr Ragab has suggested the contributors to submit their papers for compilation. In this regard, the contributors might have submitted their papers for inclusion in the ‘Technical Report’ of the group. 20. During the virtual meeting of the WG held in October 2020, Chair of the WG informed the members about the latest version of SALTMED software and published a paper titled ‘SALTMED publications in Irrigation and Drainage’ (Virtual Issue, 20 May 2020) which is available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1531-

4 As a reference, the theme of the International Workshop of the WG is “The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of

Application”, with the sub themes: (i) Water-Food-Energy nexus at field, regional and country scales. Examples of applications; (ii) How the Environment and ecosystem services benefit from the Nexus; (iii) Economic analysis of food production within the nexus; (iv) Management practices that promote the Nexus; and (v) Institutional and Governance issues in implementing the Nexus.

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0361.saltmed-publications and uploaded on the WG website for use by to its members. Chair will provide further updates, including share the draft finalized ‘Technical Report’ of the WG at the meeting.

WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 9: Exchange of information, knowledge & networking –website WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 9.1: Website of the group

21. ICID established a new website of the WG and is accessible at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/147. Members are requested for their active participation in the activities of the WG and facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to keep themselves up-to-date with new developments in the various activities of the group. Members are also requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the website of the WG. Members may discuss and evolve methodology for sharing of information and updation of WG website. In order to ensure regular contribution of the members, Working Group is encouraged to make full use of Zoom platform for virtual meetings in between face to face meeting during IEC. The Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 9.2: Webinar / Web-based Seminar 22. The WG supported the suggestions of organizing webinars to promote sharing of vast experience available with ICID fraternity. The ICID CO requested members to provide their suggestions on the topics, based on the mandate of the WG, on which webinar can be considered along with name of the relevant experts who could be contacted to develop webinars. 23. This year, the technical working groups of ICID have organized several webinars based on the mandate of the group which are available at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. The group may discuss and suggest suitable topics along with names of expert for organizing webinars. WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 10: New sub-topic ‘Water Use and Productivity’

24. During the last meeting, it was noted that the water requirements of the greenhouse crops are still estimated in a traditional way and there is a need to work out the actual water requirements for various crops under greenhouse conditions. In this regard, the progress was discussed and advised to prepare the details and review through web-based meetings. In March 2020, ICID CO requested the Task Team (TT)5 to take lead, develop a one-page ‘Concept Note’ and a short action plan with responsibilities assigned to undertake activities under this item. PH Dr. Saeed Nairizi (Iran) / Chair of the WG will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-WFE-N Agenda Item 11: Any other business 25. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 26. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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5 Task Team members - VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy (India); (ii) PH Dr. Saeed Nairizi (Iran); (iii) VPH Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK); and (iv) Dr. Chung-Feng, Ding

(Chinese Taipei Committee). Dr. Chung-Feng, Ding was presented a research paper titled ‘Greenhouse cultivation of Cherry Tomato and Asparagus in Taiwan’. While Mr. Syaiful Mahdi (Indonesia) had emphasized on the importance of ‘Effective Rainfall’ in crop water requirement as part of the rain-fed agricultural water management.


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Annex 1 [Appendix XVII, Item 1]

A. Members and their attendance at 2019 and 2020 Meetings

Sl. No. Members Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Remarks


by mail 1. PH Dr. Ragab Ragab,

Chairman (UK) 2007 • •

2. Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Secretary (2010) (India)

2009 #6 •

3. Dr. Marco Arcieri (Italy) 2014 • • Contributed by mail

4. Ir. Adang Saf Ahmad (Indonesia)

2015 •

5. Dr. P. Soman (Direct Member), JISL

2015 • Contributed by mail

6. Prof. Won-Ho Nam (Korea) 2017 • • Contributed by mail 7. Dr. Chung-Feng, Ding

(Chinese Taipei) 2018 • • Contributed by mail

8. Prof. Dr. Zeinab HussienBehairy (Egypt)

2018 • • Provisional Member (2018)

9. Eng. Karshiyev Rustum Jurayevih (Uzbekistan)

2019 Provisional Member (2019)

10. Mr. Felipe Dantas (Australia) 2019 • Provisional Member (2019)

11. Secretary General, ICID # # Permanent Observers

1. FAO representative 2. Mr. Herbert H. Van Lier,

CIGR

3. Prof. D. Wrachien (Italy) 4. ICRISAT representative

Observer 1. Mr. Syaiful Mahdi (Indonesia) 2015 • • Observer

B. New Nominations received from the National Committees Sl. No. Name Country Remarks

01. Dr. Noppadon Kowsuvon Thailand Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

02 Mr. Watchara Suiadee Thailand Recommended as member, subject to his presence

else provisional member

03. Mr. Chaisri Suksaroj Thailand Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

04. Prof. Cheh-Shy Ting Chinese Taipei Committee Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

05. Dr. Peng-Jui Wang Chinese Taipei Committee Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

06. Mr. Carl Walters Australia Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

07. Mr. John William O’Connor Australia Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

08. Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey Nepal Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

09. Dr. Deepak Khare India Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

10. Dr. Man Singh India Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

11. Mrs. Narges Zohari Iran Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

12. Mr. Lu Hui China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

13. Dr. Junzeng Xu China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

14. Mr. Liangsheng Shi (YP) China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

15. Dr. Mahdi Sarai Tabrizi Iran Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

16 Asst. Prof. Dr. Piyatida Ruangrassamee as Observer Thailand Recommended as member, subject to his presence


17. Mr. Yukiya Saika in place of Dr. Kazumi Yamaoka Japan Recommended as member, subject to his presence




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UPDATED SCOPING DOCUMENT

WORKING GROUP ON WATER, FOOD AND ENERGY NEXUS (WG-WFE_N)

1. Introduction The limited water resources, the increasing demand on food for ever increasing population and the climate change impact are great challenges we are all facing. These challenges require, a number of approaches related to water, crop and field management. Integrated management is the way forward. This can be achieved by considering integrated management within the Water-Food-Energy Nexus. The Working Group on Water and Crops has been focusing on improving the irrigation efficiency and water productivity and over the years this WG produced the FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56 which is now widely used all over the world to estimate the crop water requirement. In the last two years, the WG has moved a step further to include the energy element within the water and crops relation and conducted its first workshop in Bali in 2019 and this year a second workshop is planned in Morocco in December 2020. The work related to the nexus has just started and will require more efforts and activities in years to come. Given, the mandate of the WG on Water & Crops came to its end. It is timely to build on what it has achieved over the past years and adopt a new vision of integrated management. For that reason, the WG W&C would like to adopt the Water-Food-Energy Nexus as a new line of activity and to be named, as Working Group on Water, Food and Energy Nexus (WG WFE_N). ICID at present has no WG that carries this name and no WG is focusing on WFE Nexus. This will be a unique WG with very topical line of activity.

Although the Nexus concept is not new, it is hard to find practical examples. The WG aims to develop approaches by which we can advise on “how to produce more crop per drop per kilowatt energy and per unit area of land”. This will require more efficient irrigation systems (e.g. Drip – Micro Irrigation) and water saving approaches such as deficit irrigation (regulated deficit irrigation or Partial Root Drying Method, PRD) and subsurface drip irrigation. The WG will focus on such water saving approaches.

With respect to activities, broadly speaking, the following aspects are of major importance:

(a) interaction between the three elements of the Nexus (b) improving the irrigation water use efficient and water productivity; (c) developing water saving approaches (d) Improving the current methodologies of estimating the irrigation water requirement (e) Promoting non-conventional less water consuming crops (quinoa, amaranth, barley, …etc.) (f) Promoting the use of models as management tools.

2. Objectives 2.1 The WG aims

(a) to develop approaches by which we can advise on “how to produce more crop per drop per kilowatt energy and per unit area of land”,

(b) to promote the efficient use of water in crop production, (c) to provide models and input to test crop-water-energy models, (d) to develop techniques to balance water supply against water demand, (e) to promote the multifunctional use of water especially in paddy (rice) cultivation, (f) to investigate the adaptation of agriculture to climate change and to promote low input agriculture. (g) to contribute to effective implementation of the ICID vision 2030.

2.2 Relevance of the Working Group to the scope of the “On Farm” Thematic Area The WG activities are related to the field scale management of water crops and energy and complements the work of the other two WGs, the WG on sustainable on-farm irrigation system development (WG-SON-FARM) and the WG on use of non-conventional water resources for irrigation (WG-NCWRI). There is no overlapping or duplication between the three WGs. Each WG has different mandate and activities. To our knowledge, there is no WG based on WFE Nexus.

The new WG has taken good note of the activities of these work bodies when preparing this Scoping Document. 3. State of knowledge on the topic 3.1 The outgoing WG (W&C) has conducted one workshop on Water-Food-energy Nexus last year in Bali, Indonesia during the ICID annual meeting and planned another one this year in Morocco during the ICID annual meeting. Several sources of information were gathered and more is expected to build a capacity in this new area. Several organizations are interested in the topic, such as FAO, ICARDA, ICBA, IWMI and national organizations.


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3.2 Mandate of the Working Group

Mandate of the Working Group is based on the specific niche that this WG can fill in this area and can be formulated as follows:

(a) to exchange information, knowledge, and experience, as well as networking on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus topic in order to be up to date with new developments, methods and approaches. This can be the basis for a possible position paper on key issues on the nexus.

(b) to prepare an overview document on the state of the art on improving water use efficiency and productivity within the nexus.

(c) to produce a document of impact of climate change and possible use of non-conventional less water consuming crops

(d) to prepare an overview document on the state of the art on model applications as useful management tools for water, crops, field and energy management within the nexus

(e) to prepare and present reports on case studies on recent developments in the countries that are represented in the WG; and from presented cases of the workshops

(f) to organize international workshops, seminars or symposia on the Nexus topic. (g) to implement ICID 2030 vision

3.3 How is the Working Group expected to collaborate with the other International Organizations? International organizations can contribute to the activities of the WG by nominating Permanent Observers (PO). On the other hand, presentations of the work and achievements of the WG can be presented at the occasion of events organized by international organizations. 4. Work Plan The WG is expected to investigate, analyze, and disseminate information on new developments and to formulate recommendations. The plan is:

(a) to exchange information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus topic in order to be up to date with new developments, methods and approaches. This can be the basis for a possible position paper on key issues on the nexus,

(b) to prepare an overview document on the state of the art on improving water use efficiency and productivity within the nexus,

(c) to produce a document of impact of climate change and possible use of non-conventional less water consuming crops,

(d) to prepare an overview document on the state of the art on model applications as useful management tools for water, crops, field and energy management within the nexus,

(e) prepare and present reports on case studies on recent development in the countries that are represented in the WG; and from presented cases of the workshops,

(f) to organize international workshops, seminars or symposia on the Nexus topic. 4.1 A proposal for the three-year rolling plan is shown in Appendix A. 4.2 Target audience The target audience for this working group will be managers of irrigation schemes, researchers, consultants, manufacturers, government officials, farmer’s representatives and a Team of international organizations working on the topic. 4.3 Outputs The expected outputs are those listed above under Work Plan 4.4 Timelines As the Water-Food-Energy Nexus is a very important topic. In the light of its role in supporting the global food production, it is recommended that the initial term of this WG will be set at 5 years. The timeline would be based on the scope of work and the expected output. Details of the timeline would be formulated and refined during the inaugural meeting of the WG.


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4.5 Collaborators and dissemination strategy 4.5.1 The WG would have to base its activities on an open attitude with a clear scope for invitation of outsiders that are

interested in the topic on a Permanent Observer (PO), or ad hoc basis. 4.5.2 The dissemination strategy would have to be based of reaching those who can apply the findings and

recommendations of the WG in their research and especially in policy development, decision making and implementation in practice.

4.5.3. All members and observers of the former WG-WATER & CROP will be automatically members and observers of

the new WG except they are not eager anymore to pursue. The remaining members will be nominated by the NCs, assessed and accepted by the WG.

4.5.4. Each National Committee is allowed to nominate four professionals related to drainage provided one of them is

preferred to be a young professional.

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Appendix A

THREE YEAR ROLLING PLAN (TO BE REVISED)

Item of Mandate 2020 2021 2022 2023 Actor(s)

Mailing the Scoping Document to participants (current WG W&C)

Convener

Comments on Scoping Document, Participants

informal meeting

Finalizing Scoping Document and detailing of Work plan Convener

Invitation to NC for nominations and information Central Office

Participants informal meeting

Submission of nominations and information National

Committees

1st Meeting Sydney, Australia Members and Permanent Observers

Exchange of information, knowledge, experience, networking


Reporting on the two workshops on case studies related to Water-Food-Energy Nexus.


Preparation and presentation of reports on water saving approaches, improving water use efficiency and productivity


Collect and review models, approaches, techniques, methodologies, literature, guidelines, codes of practice, etc.


Prepare an overview document on the state of the art on model applications

Selected / nominated members

2nd Meeting in China, including Workshop


Produce a document of climate change impact and the possible use of non-conventional less water consuming crops

Selected members

Formulation of recommendations

Selected / nominated Members

Position paper on key issues related to the Water-Food-Energy Nexus


3rd Meeting including a Workshop


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ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF NEW WG-WEF-N (TO BE REVISED)

Goals/ Strategies Activities Outcomes/

Outputs Milestone for Year 2018






Resolution Lead Person

Strategy 5: Supporting water productivity enhancement

5.3 Develop guidelines on efficient use of water in crop production

Guidelines Outline of guidelines – introduction

Release the first draft guidelines

Finalise the draft guidelines and publish

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Merge Item 5 and B1. Dr Marco Arcieri (Italy)

Strategy B1: Supporting Development of Appropriate Policies

1.13 Technical Report on Efficient Use of Water in Crop Production

Report Prepare the first draft report for discussion

Release the second draft report

Finalise the draft reportand publish

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Dr Marco Arcieri (Italy)

Strategy C3: Promoting Regional Cooperation

3.2 International Workshop/seminar on ‘Improving Water Productivity in the frame work of Water Energy Food Nexus’

Workshop pro-ceedings

Announce-ment of workshop

Orgnaising Workshop in Canada

Publication of papers in the Special Issue of the Journal

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

VPH Laurie C Tollefson (Canada)

Strategy D2: Developing Technical Documents in Non-technical Language

2.2 Crop – Water-Energy Nexus

Technical Report

Workshop Workshop Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Dr K Y Reddy (India)

Strategy E2: Strengthening Extension Services with AWM information

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Dr Nader Heydari (Iran)

Strategy E3: Developing and Promoting Tools of AWM

3.1 Support research and development of modelling tools

Develop-ment of suitable Models, Sensors, Tools for field use

Prepare action plan

Draft report on various developments

Consolidation and final report

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Dr Ragab Ragab

Strategy F3: Technical Training of Young Professionals from Member countries

3.9 Training on Crop Water Models Aqua Crop

Conduct Training workshops

Training workshops

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

Tbc next meeting

All Members are responsible.


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Updated activity table on Three Year Rolling Plan of the WG contribution by Members

S.No. Activity

Contributors Output type Completion

date (approx.) mm/yyyy

Remarks

01. To prepare an overview document on the state of the art on improving water use efficiency and productivity within the nexus

• Zeinab Behairy • John O’Connor • Ragab • Man Singh • Mahdi Sarai Tabrizi

Document/Report Dr. Vishnu can help with some of the review work together with other colleagues who will be associated with this activity

02. To produce a document of impact of climate change and possible use of non-conventional less water consuming crops

• Ragab • Hui LU • Marco Arcieri

Document/Report

03. To prepare an overview document on the state of the art on model applications as useful management tools for water, crops, field and energy management within the nexus

• John O’Connor • Ragab • Man Singh • Liangsheng Shi • Mahdi Sarai Tabrizi • Marco Arcieri

Document/Report To prepare an overview document on the state of the art on agricultural intelligence and mobile APP for water, crops and field

04. To prepare and present reports on case studies on recent developments in the countries that are represented in the WG; and from presented cases of the workshops

• Chung-Feng Ding • Peng-Jui Wang • Zeinab Behairy • Carl Walters (and

colleagues) • Won-Ho Nam • Peng-Jui Wang • Mahdi Sarai Tabrizi

Document/Report Carl - Will be pursuing the App Development to support energy, water use decisions and look forward to arranging the presentation and reporting on this at the Workshop with my colleagues

05. To organize international workshops, seminars or symposia on the Nexus topic. Adelaide, Australia

• Ragab & All Carl Walters

Proceedings October 2022

Carl - Happy to arrange and ensure we have a workshop on this topic in Adelaide, I will be on organizing committee for the Congress. Dr. Vishnu can help to design the program in consultation with the team

06. Internal Presentations: WG meeting, Marrakesh, Morocco

• Chung-Feng Ding • Peng-Jui Wang • Man Singh • P. Soman

PPT presentations November 2021

07. International Workshop Presentation Adelaide, Australia

• Chung-Feng Ding • Peng-Jui Wang • Man Singh • Won-Ho Nam • Peng-Jui Wang • P. Soman • Hui LU

PPT & Proceedings October 2022

08. WG output publication close to the end of its mandate. Compilation of the different outputs presented in the above activities.

• Ragab & ALL ICID Book June 2023

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APPENDIX XVIII [PCTA Item 8.1]

AGENDA FOR THE 28TH MEETING OF THE ICID JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD (EB-JOUR)


Marrakesh, Morocco

Strategy Theme: Knowledge


Year of Establishment: 1994 Mandate: (i) To ensure with the (Joint) Editor(s) that the Journal is published in accordance with editorial policies; (ii) To select and recommend to IEC, through PCTA, the appointment of (Joint) Editor(s), Associate Editors and Members; (iii) To review and update editorial policies when required, to conform with the developing ICID objectives; (iv) To address and resolve issues pertaining to the Journal; and (v) To review guidelines for authors, manuscript reviewers and book reviewers and liaise and coordinate with ICID workbodies. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/124 EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1: Action Taken Report by Chair (from Editor, Chairman)1 1. The Chairman’s Report for 2020 has been disseminated to the members of EB-JOUR before the meeting. Various points emerging from the report will be presented at the beginning of the meeting and will be discussed during the meeting.

2. Chairman in consultation with the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

3. The 2020 Journal Impact Factor that has been released by Clarivate’s Web of Science in July, 2021. The 2020 Impact Factor for our journal IRD has increased to 1.328, a 10.5% increase from 2019 (1.202). Notably, the total citations have increased from 1482 in 2019 to 2126 in 2020. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.1: Special Issues

1. One Special Issue has already been published this year. This is:

A special issue with selected papers of the Third World Irrigation Forum. It has been published as Issue 70.3.

2. Three other special issues are expected to be published during 2021 or 2022. These are:

(a) The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is preparing a Special Issue with papers based on their projects in irrigation. To be published as a Supplemental Special Issue in 2021 or 2022.

(b) The WG-SDTA will prepare a third sponsored Special Issue based on the papers presented during its meetings and workshops. To be published in 2021 or 2022.

(c) The Chairman received a proposal for regular special issue on 2 August 2021. The proposed topic is ‘Smart Irrigation’. Two alternatives are being considered. One is to publish about six articles as a collection in a regular issue. If the number of manuscripts accepted is substantially larger than six, we publish them in two regular issues. This can minimise the delay of normal submissions caused by publishing a regular special issue. When the submissions to the special issue is large with high quality, we may test to publish a regular special issue. The comments from the Editorial Board are welcome and the chairman will give follow-up.

EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.2: Virtual Issues 4. M/s. Wiley-Blackwell has started with the publication of Virtual Issues. These are published online only, in which papers on a certain topic that have already been published, are published together. The first Virtual Issue was published in May of 2020. The 17 papers in this Issue are based on the SALTMED model that has been developed by Dr. Ragab Ragab.




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5. A second Virtual Issue with selected papers by Prof. em. Bart Schultz has been published in December 2020.

6. Two Virtual Issues are in preparation, with selected papers focusing on modernization of irrigation systems and climate change, respectively. Both issues are expected to be published this year. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.3: French resumés 7. The expectation of checking the French texts in the papers is within one month. Usually, this goal can be achieved smoothly. In some occasional cases, it takes longer than expectation, with few exceptions of two to three months. 8. Our goal is to shorten the time between acceptance in principle to publication online because it takes substantially longer time for our journal than the companion journals. This may discourage the potential authors to submit their works to our journal, leading to a loss of good authors. The Editorial Board wishes the ICID Central Office arrange the issue more efficiently or consider seeking other choices (for example, using editing service). EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.4: Recognition to the reviewers 9. As a convention, the Guest Editors and Reviewers of 2021 will be recognised in the First Issue of 2022. Since the end of 2018, the Joint Editors and Associate Editors that handled the review process have been mentioned at an appropriate place of the published paper. Reviews are also listed in PUBLONS when reviewers would wish so. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.5: Review process 10. For quite a few papers there are still significant delays before a final decision on publication can be taken. Regular checks by the Chairman and the Joint Editors are being done to prevent this as much as possible. The rapid changes in the publishing world require that the time for the review process be kept as short as possible. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.6: Best Paper Award 2021 11. The Best Paper is selected by the Chairman in cooperation with the Joint Editor, Associate Editors, and Editor Emeritus of the Journal. In 2020, five regular issues and two sponsored special issues have been published resulting in a total of 133 papers. Out of the 133 papers, 7 papers were shortlisted based on one paper of each issue. Among these 7 papers, the judgements of the referees showed this year the differences as we became used to. However, the overall results for three papers were clearly better than for the others, of which one was selected as the best. The Best Paper Award is in the form of a citation plaque along with a cash prize of US$ 500 or US$ 800 in the form of Gift Books (Wiley Publications), which the awardees will have an option to choose. The winner of the ‘Best Paper Award 2021’ will be announced during the 2021 IEC Plenary Meeting on 26 November 2021. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.7: Membership 12. Three new nominations have been received during the year. It concerns the nomination of Prof. Wenyong Wu (China) as a board member and Prof. Rameshwar S. Kanwar (USA) & Dr. Wang Zhen (China) as an Associate Editors. CVs have been received. It is recommended that these nominations ‘in principle’ will be accepted by the Editorial Board. If an addition nomination is received, the Chairman will give follow-up. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 1.8: Selection of a Secretary for Editorial Board 13. The Chairman of EB-Journal proposed to select a Secretary for the Editorial Board from the editorial members for assisting the Chairman and helping the routine tasks such as answering the enquires from authors etc. The Editorial Board will select a Secretary for the EB during the meeting. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 2: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030: Action Points of Editorial Board 14. During the Bali meeting (2019), the implementation of the Action Points of the Editorial Board with respect to the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 were presented (refer Annex 2) of the Agenda. In general, the progress is better than committed. During the virtual meeting in 2020, the updated Action Plan (Road Map to ICID Vision) from 2018-2022 has been approved by PCTA/IEC. EB-JOUR Agenda Item 3: Distribution of the Journal among the ICID membership 15. This year is the third year under the 5th Agreement with Wiley (2019-2025) with M/s. Wiley-Blackwell, UK. Under this agreement, the major change compared to the previous Agreements is that all individual members of National Committees are entitled to receive ‘Online accesses to the Journal.


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16. The number of subscriptions for 2021 are: 1617 ‘online only’; 106 ‘online + print’ and 89 ‘print’ only, which makes overall total as 1812. The ‘Direct Members’ and ‘Young Professionals’ (receiving ICID scholarship) have been added to the list receiving ICID Journal.

EB-JOUR Agenda Item 4: Issues related with M/s Wiley-Blackwell 17. The publisher is constantly keeping up with the new developments. This implies, for example:

(a) better information related to the submission of papers;

(b) provision of a list of names of potential reviewers to the Joint or Associate Editors when they handle a certain paper;

(c) possibility to make a video clip to promote a submitted paper;

(d) better information at the Wiley web page of the Journal to handle the review process, to record the progress on the submission of papers and to record the downloading of papers by readers.

EB-JOUR Agenda Item 5: Any other business

17. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 18. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail. 19. Wiley has granted permission to the Chinese Taipei Committee of Irrigation and Drainage (CTCID) to translate IRD abstracts into Chinese as per their request.

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Annex 1 [Appendix XVIII, Item 1]


Sl. No Members Member

From

2019 2020 Remarks


by mail

1. Prof. Dr. Jiusheng Li (China), Chairman (2021) 2012 • • • •

2. Prof. Dr. Kristoph-Dietrich Kinzli P.E. (USA), Joint Editor (2012) 2010 • •

3. Prof. Graziano Ghinassi (Italy), Joint Editor (2021) 2015 • • • •

4. President Hon. Dr. Bart Schultz, Editor Emeritus (2021) (The Netherlands)

2002 • • • •

5. Prof. Jin-Young Choi (Korea), Associate Editor 2017 • • • •

6. Asst. Prof. Dr. Anna Dalla Marta (Italy), Associate Editor (2021) 2021 • • • •

7. Dr. Biju George (Australia), Associate Editor (2014) 2013 • • •

8. Prof. Dr. Ir. Nick C. van de Giesen (The Netherlands), Associate Editor (2013)

2007 • • •

9. Dr. Mohsin Hafeez (Pakistan), Associate Editor 2019 • • • •

10. VPH Laszlo Hayde (Hungary), Associate Editor 2015 • • • •

11. Dr. Poolad Karimi (Iran), Associate Editor 2016 • • •

12. Dr. Takanori Nagano (Japan), Associate Editor 2018 • • • •

13. Asst. Prof. Keigo Noda (Japan), Associate Editor • • •

14. Prof. Waldo Ojeda-Bustamante (Mexico), Associate Editor (2014) 2014 • • •

15. Prof. Saleh Taghvaeian (USA) Associate Editor (2014) 2014 • • •

16. Dr. Severine Tomas (France), Associate Editor 2017 • • •

17. Mr. Bernard Vincent (France), Associate Editor 2010 • • •

18. Prof. Daniele de Wrachien (Italy), Associate Editor 2001 • •

19. Dist. Prof. Dr. Ray-Shyan Wu (Chinese Taipei Committee), Associate Editor

• • •

20. VPH Prof. Dr. Dia El Din Ahmed El Quosy (Egypt) 2018 • • •

21. Dr. Luis Garcia (USA) 2018

22. Ir. Simon Howarth (UK) 2014

23. Dr. Marcel Kuper, (France) 2009 • • •

24. Dr. Vijay Labhsetwar (ICID Central Office) 2006 • • • •

25. Dr. Muhammad Latif (Pakistan) 2002 • • •


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Sl. No Members Member

From

2019 2020 Remarks


by mail

26. Dr. Mohammad Javad Monem (Iran) 2011 • • • •

27. Mr. Brent Paterson (Canada) 2013 • • •

28. Prof. Dr. –Ing. Klaus Röttcher (Germany) • • •

29. VPH Larry D. Stephens (USA) 2001 • • • •

30. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Amin bin Mohd Soom (Malaysia) 2009 • • •

31. Er. B.A. Chivate, Director (India), ICID CO 2019 • • • •

32. Dr. Sahdev Singh, Director (KM), ICID CO 2019 • •


Sl. No. Name Country Remarks

1 Prof. Wenyong Wu China Nomination along with CV received from China National Committee of ICID

2 Prof. Rameshwar S. Kanwar USA Nomination along with CV received from US National Committee of ICID

3 Dr. Wang Zhen China Nomination along with CV received from US National Committee of ICID

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Annex 2 Appendix XVIII, Item 2]

ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTION POINTS OF EDITORIAL BOARD


Realised for 2017

Realised for 2018 Realised for 2019




Goal B: Be a catalyst for change in policies and practices Strategy B1 : Supporting Development of Appropriate Policies

1.6 To devote one issue of IRD to the ICID Action Plan with invited papers of high level authors

IRD Special Issue Invitation of authors

Publication in one of the regular issues

Published as Issue 69.2

Goal C: Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and technology Strategy C4 : Compile, Collate and Share Knowledge and Experiences

4.1 To publish high quality papers in the journal Irrigation and Drainage (IRD) on new developments in irrigation, drainage and flood management

About 70 papers per year published in five

issues.

5 Issues of IRD

72 papers published

5 Issues of IRD 78 papers published

5 Issues of IRD

86 papers published

5 Issues of IRD Significantly more

papers 2 virtual issues

5 Issues of IRD 5 Issues of IRD

4.2 In addition to the regular issues to publish sponsored special issues on an ad hoc basis

No sponsored special issue

SITIDAL SIDRAIN SIAFRICA + SIMONTPELLIER

SICHINA

One or two sponsored

special issues

One or two sponsored special issues

4.3 To maintain good working relations with a professional publisher. At present John Wiley & Sons

Two working meetings

Two working meetings. Renewal of the

Publishing Agreement, with John Wiley & Sons

Two working

meetings


by Microsoft Teams

Two working meetings by

Microsoft Teams


Goal C: Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and technology Strategy C5: Dissemination of Data, Information, Tools, Knowledge and Know How

5.3 Increase the outreach of IRD Journal

5.4 Increase number of unique visitors to IRD’s pages at Wiley

On-line 62,231 58,769 58,918 46,000 48,000 50,000

5.5 Increase number of downloads of IRD papers

55,715 52,219 68,000 72,380 30,000 32,000

5.6 Increase number of institutions with access to IRD via a Wiley License

5,533 6,373 7,073 7,257 4,700 4,800

5.7 Increase number of low-cost or free access to current content to developing world institutions

7,669 7,911 6,193 6,696 5,000 5,100

5.15 Improvement in the citation index (CI) and in the altimetric scorer (AC)

CI:0.707 AC:3%

CI:1.027 AC 49.7%

CI:1.202 AC:23.8%

CI:1,328 AC:8%

CI:0.9 AC:9%

CI:1.0 AC:10%

Goal E: Encourage research and support development of tools Strategy E6: Dissemination of Useful Research Outputs

6.3 To publish high quality papers in the journal Irrigation and Drainage (IRD) on new developments in irrigation, drainage and flood management

Publication of IRD Journals




SIACTIONPLAN Publication of IRD Journals



Agenda for the 4th Meeting of WG-HIST (72nd IEC) − (Ver. Dated 2021-11-22)

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APPENDIX XIX [PCTA Item 8.2]

AGENDA FOR THE 4TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON HISTORY OF IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE AND

FLOOD CONTROL (WG-HIST) 28 November 2021, 14:00-15:45 hours (Session I) and 16:15-18:00 hours (Session II)

Marrakesh, Morocco




Mandate: (a) To motivate ICID National Committees in various countries to set up their National Working Groups on History; (b) To provide guidance to compile, publish, update and/or translate documents on history of irrigation, drainage, and flood management; (c) To promote inter-disciplinary exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic (agricultural, political, socio-economic, climatologically and geographical, aspects) for proper understanding of the technological developments on the subject; (d) To organize seminars at ICID Congresses to enhance awareness of Water history; (e) To prepare a paper on “Historical Water Sustainability” for publication in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD) Journal; (f) To finalize a book on “Historical Water Sustainability”; and (g) To encourage member countries to produce documentaries on Water History. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/125 WG-HIST Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by the Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting. 2. In June 2021, Nepal National Committee (NENCID) has nominated Mr. Krishna Prasad Nepal for the membership of the working group. In September 2021, Chinese National Committee (CNCID) has nominated Dr. Chen Jing, Dr. Dai Xiaoping – Young Professional, and Mr. Gao Lihui – Young Professional (China) for the membership of the working group.


4. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair to organize virtual meeting however, no virtual meeting of the WG could be organized. A dedicated webpage “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting” has been created where minutes of the virtual meetings of the WGs can be referred to. WG-HIST Agenda Item 2: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 - Activities on history of irrigation, drainage

and flood control 5. During virtual meeting in October 2020, the group discussed the Road map to ICID Vision 2030 and provided latest updates to PCTA for inclusion of History Seminar during 2022 meeting. It was also decided to organize an International Workshop on the above topic during upcoming Congress. The 70th International Executive Council (IEC) vide Resolution IEC-2/70 had approved the Action Plan 2018-2022, including activities identified by Regional Working Groups (RWGs) and Working Groups (WGs) under PCSO and PCTA, committed to be achieved over a period of five years. In order to develop fresh action plans for 2018-2022, WG may revisit the Action Plan appended to Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 and review the same during virtual meeting and update it till 2023 (refer Annex 2). Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-HIST Agenda Item 3: Publication on “Historical Water Sustainability” 6. During virtual meeting in October 2020, the group decided to finalize the editing process of the Working Group publication titled “Historical Water Sustainability” by the end of March 2021. In response to Central Office, President





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Hon. Peter Lee (UK) has shared the edited chapters of the publication to ICID Central Office for finalization. The group also proposed to organize a virtual meeting by the end of March 2021 for discussion on publication of the group. Accordingly, Central Office requested Chair Dr. Kamran Emami to organize the virtual zoom meeting however, no virtual meeting of the WG could be organized. 7. As suggested by Dr. Kamran Emami, ICID Central Office contacted Prof. Laszlo Hayde (Hungary) and requested for contribution of a chapter from Hungary and he has kindly shared the chapter "Historical Background that Laid the Foundations for Sustainable Agriculture in Hungary" in September 2021. Similarly, in response to Central Office’s request, Mr. Ashok Kumar Kharya, Chief Engineer, National Water Academy, Central Water Commission (India) shared the chapter “The History of Irrigation Development in India” for inclusion in the publication. Both the authors have prepared and shared the chapter within a short time. ICID Central Office sent the draft version of the chapters to an expert for editing purpose. The final contents of the chapter of the publication “Historical Water Sustainability” is as follows:

(a) Sustainable Development and Water Resources - Ali Bagheri and Peder Hjorth (b) Sustainability of Chinese Civilization and Water Conservation (c) The Roles of Management in Sustainability of Irrigation Systems - Charles L Abernethy (d) History of Irrigation in Thailand and its Sustainability (e) Qanats of Iran: Sustainable Water Supply Systems - Ali Asghar Semsar Yazdi and Majid Labbaf Khaneiki (f) The Beemster, A Drained Lake That Already Proved to be Sustainable for more than 400 Years - Bart

Schultz (g) The History of Irrigation Sustainability in Malaysia - The Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and

Drainage (MANCID) (h) Historical Water Sustainability: Lessons to learn from Japanese experiences - Nobumasa Hatcho and

Yutaka Matsuno (i) Creative Sustainability in the Context of History - Kamran Emami (j) The Grand Canal (later The Cavour Canal) - Antonio Linoli (k) Water History and Sustainability in Indonesia - A. Hafied A. Gany (l) Innovation and intuition in hydraulic engineering: A brief history of hydraulic engineering in Central Europe (m) Sustainable irrigation in South Africa: Evidence from history - Lani van Vuuren (n) Can the Dutch keep their polders dry? Impact of changes in land use and climate on water management

and flood protection of the polders in The Netherlands - Bert Toussaint and Bart Schultz (o) The History of Irrigation Development in India - Ashok Kumar Kharya, Ravi Bhushan Kumar, Chaitanya

K.S. (p) Historical Background that Laid the Foundations for Sustainable Agriculture in Hungary – Laszlo Hayde

8. As decided by the group in May 2021, Central Office with the help of an expert edited the final version of the chapters’ and shared the edited final version along with the editor’s observations to Chair Dr. Kamran Emami for final approval before publishing however, response from the Chair is awaited. Chair will provide further updates on the publication at the meeting. SUPP: In November 2021, Mr. Ju-Chang Kim (South Korea) has contributed a paper titled "History of Irrigation and Tideland Reclamation in Korea" for its inclusion in the publication. Chair Dr. Kamran Emami has suggested to include the same in WG publication. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has sent the paper to Dr. Vijay Labhsetwar for editing purpose and after editing, it will be included in the final publication. WG-HIST Agenda Item 4: Exchange of information, knowledge and networking – Website 9. Chair encouraged members to present any new documentary produced on water history and also requested members to send relevant materials/ documents/ articles to ICID Central Office for uploading on the WG’s website. In June 2021, Central Office requested members to share articles/ documents/ reports/ presentations related to the mandate of the group for uploading the same on ICID website. 10. Webinar on “Learning from Historical Irrigation and Drainage Structures” was organized on 19 February 2021 by the Irrigation and Water Forum, British Section of ICID. The rapid changes that are taking place around the world caution us to learn from history. Central Office disseminated the information about organization of webinar and invited professionals to participate in the webinar. Dr. Kamran Emami, Vice President, ICID and Chairman of WG-HIST delivered lecture on the ICID publication "Historical Water Sustainability" while Dr. Marco Arcieri, Vice President, ICID delivered lecture on “Aqua Augusta: A System of Aqueducts from the First Century B.C. serving the Roman Empire”. A dedicated website has been established by the ICID Central Office wherein the recordings of all webinar is accessible at – https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.



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WG-HIST Agenda Item 5: Review of World Historical Irrigation Structures (WHIS) and WSH Program 11. In the year 2021, sixteen nominations have been received from the National Committees viz. China (3), India (4), Iraq (2), Japan (2), Mexico (1), South Korea (2), Sri Lanka (2). All the nominations were sent to Panel of Judges for evaluation. Members may take initiative by encouraging nominations for WHIS as it is providing opportunity to publicize ICID name and encourage general public to participate in managing such systems. A dedicated website has been introduced by ICID Central Office wherein all the approved structures of WHIS is accessible at – https://icid-ciid.org/award/his/44. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-HIST Agenda Item 6: Any other business 12. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 13. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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No. Members Member

from (Year)

2019 2020 Remarks


by mail

1. Dr. Kamran Emami, Chairman (Iran) 2017 • • • •

2. Eng. Ahmed Awad Hag Abd-Elnabi (Egypt) 2017 •

3. VPH Dr. Laszlo Hayde (Hungary) 2017 • •

4. VPH Dr. A. Hafied A. Gany (Indonesia) 2017 • •

5. Engr. Sirika Ahmad Abubakar (Nigeria) 2017 • •

6. VPH Dr. Gerhard Backeberg (South Africa) 2017

7. VPH Chaiwat Prechawit (Thailand) 2017 •

8. Mr. Charles L. Abernethy (UK) 2017 •

9. Dr. Ahmed Adam Ibrahim (Sudan) 2018

10. VPH Prof. Dr. Dia El Din Ahmed El Quosy (Egypt) 2018 •

11. Dr. Sinite Yu (Chinese Taipei Committee) 2018 • • •

12. Dr Ju-Chang Kim (South Korea) 2019 • • •

13. Dr. Masaomi Kimura (Japan) 2020 •

14. Dr. Yutaka Matsuno (Japan) 2020 •

15. Dr. Shivaji Sangle, Director Member – MWRRA (India) 2020 •

16. Mr. Wang Li (China) 2020 •


Permanent Observers

18. Dr. Ir. M. Ertsen (IWHA)

19. Dr. Ing. Klaus Rottcher (Germany) • • •

20. Dr. (Mrs.) B. Dolfing (The Netherlands)



1 Mr. Krishna Prasad Nepal Nepal Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

2. Dr. Chen Jing China Recommended as member, subject to her presence else provisional member

3. Dr. Dai Xiaoping – Young Professional

China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

4. Mr. Gao Lihui – Young Professional


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Goals/ Strategies Activities Outcomes/

Outputs Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021



Responsibility


C1. Strategy: Providing Knowledge-sharing Platform for AWM Professionals

1.2 International conference/ workshop/ seminar on History

Workshop Proceedings

Workshop/ seminar on Historical Water Sustainability

Workshop/ seminar (Bali)

Workshop/ seminar

Workshop/ seminar


3.10 International conference/ workshop/ seminar

Workshop Proceedings

C4. Strategy: Compile, Collate and Share Knowledge and Experiences

4.5 Publication on Historical Water Sustainability

Publication Compile lessons learned from WHIS/ WSH

Finalize the publication on Historical Water Sustainability

4.6 World Historical Irrigation Structures (WHIS)

Register of WHIS

Nomination/ evaluation / update register

Nomination/ evaluation /update register

Nomination/ evaluation / update register; Exhibition at WIF3



Nomination/

evaluation /update register

Nomination/

evaluation /update register

4.7 World Water System Heritage (WSH) Program

Register of WSH



Nomination/ evaluation / update register, Exhibition at WIF3



Nomination/

evaluation / update register

Nomination/

evaluation / update register

C5. Strategy: Dissemination of Data, Information, Tools, Knowledge and Know How

5.10 Documentaries on Water history

Encouraging the member counties to produce documentaries on water history by presenting the prize on the best documentaries






5.11 Updating the WG-HIST website

Online Uploading the relevant documents

Uploading the relevant documents





E4. Strategy: Research on History of Irrigation and Lessons Learned from the past

Preparing the conclusion chapter for the WG publication




Finalizing the editing process

E6. Strategy: Dissemination of Useful Research Outputs

6.1 Prepare a paper on combination of old methods and new technologies

Presenting the first paper in the WG workshop and other seminars

Presenting the second paper in the WG workshop and other seminars

Presenting a paper for the journal of Irrigation and drainage

Presenting a paper for the journal of Irrigation and drainage


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APPENDIX XXI [PCTA Item 8.4]

AGENDA FOR THE 4TH INFORMAL MEETING OF THE WORING GROUP ON VALUE ENGINEERING (WG-VE)


Marrakesh, Morocco


Presented by the Chairman WG-VE Agenda Item 1. Action Taken Report by Chair1

1. Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran), Chairman of the Working Group on Value Engineering (WG-VE) will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the group at its last meeting held on 04 October 2020 (virtually). 2. The Iranian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IRNCID) and Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) have nominated Mr. Saeed Pourshahidi (Iran) as Young Professional and Mr. Gao Lihui (China) for the membership of the group.

3. Based on the virtual meetings of the Working Groups (WGs)/Task Forces (TFs), Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with the Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. However, no virtual meeting of the WG could be organized.

4. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office has updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

WG-VE Agenda Item 2. Introduction of the Scoping Document for a new Working Group on Value

Engineering 5. The erstwhile Task Force on Value Engineering (TF-VE) had completed its tenure in 2017. Vice President Dr. Kamran Emami (Iran), Chairman of the group presented the draft Scoping Document (SD) with the revised mandate for a new Working Group on Value Engineering (WG-VE) in 2017 at Mexico. Further, the revised mandate of the WG-VE was reviewed and updated during the Saskatoon (2018), Canada meeting. Based on the revised mandate for the Scoping Document of the new WG, members were requested to share their suggestions/views, if any. The revised mandate for the Scoping Document of the new WG is as given below. Revised Mandate of the WG-VE:

(a) To motivate ICID National Committees in various countries to set up their National Working Groups.

(b) To provide guidance to compile, publish, update and/or translate documents on Value engineering projects (irrigation, drainage, flood management, and river engineering);

(c) To promote inter-disciplinary exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic;

(d) To organize seminars at ICID Congresses and meeting to enhance awareness of importance of Value Engineering;

(e) To prepare a paper on “Application of Value Engineering in Irrigation and Flood Projects” for publication in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD);

(f) To finalize a book on Application of Value Engineering in Irrigation and Flood Projects”.

(g) To encourage member countries to produce papers on Value Engineering case studies 6. As per the decision taken by the 70th IEC meeting held in Bali, Indonesia, vide its Resolution No. IEC-2/70, the International Executive Council (IEC) approved the establishment of Working Group on Value Engineering (WG-VE) under Strategy Theme ‘Knowledge’. However, the PCTA recommended the establishment the new WG, subject



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to circulation of the revised Scoping Document (SD) for getting support of at least 10 National Committees (NCs) to nominate experts/professionals from their countries to participate in the activities of the Working Group. Presently, there are eight members, including two provisional members of the group. Based on the three informal meetings of the WG held in the last years, the revised Scoping Document for a new working group is still awaited. 7. In February 2021, ICID Central Office again requested WG Chair Dr. Emami to share the revised Scoping Document of the Working Group on Value Engineering so that it can be circulated to the NCs/Members of the group for inviting the nominations for a new WG along their comments/suggestions, if any. The draft scoping document of the WG-VE will be finalized during the meeting and will be put up to PCTA/IEC for its approval.

WG-VE Agenda Item 3. Publication of the Working Group

8. During the Mexico meeting held in October 2017, the erstwhile Task Force on Value Engineering (TF-VE) decided that TF would bring out a publication entitled ‘Value Engineering for Saving in Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Projects’, including case studies on value engineering of irrigation projects from different countries- Canada, Iran, Japan, USA etc. Accordingly, WG Chair VP Dr Emami shared draft publication of the TF-VE for finalization and further dissemination. The publication of the TF-VE titled ‘Value Engineering for Saving in Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Projects’ has since been finalized with input from ICID CO, WG Chair and Members of the WG. 9. In September 2021, ICID CO has uploaded an e-publication of the TF on the ICID/TF website (https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/TF_VE_e-Publication2021.pdf) and disseminated it to National Committees, Chairs & members of the Workbodies/Task Forces and other stakeholders of ICID. WG-VE Agenda Item 4: Closure Report of the erstwhile TF-VE 10. During Bali meeting held in September 2019, it was decided that WG Chair would submit closure report of the erstwhile TF-VE to ICID Central Office for circulation amongst members of the TF for their views and comments, if any. In February 2021, ICID CO has requested WG Chair Vice President Dr. Emami to share the closure report of the TF so that it can be circulated to the members for their comments / suggestions, if any. After finalization, the closure report of the erstwhile TF-VE will be uploaded on the website of the TF-VE for records. WG Chair will further updates in the WG meeting. WG-VE Agenda Item 5: Dissemination of information – Website

11. ICID established a new webpage of the WG-VE which is accessible through https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/127. Members are requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the website of the group. 12. In order to promote value engineering, Chair Dr. Kamran Emami shared a paper entitled ‘Value Engineering Opportunities and Challenges’ based on the worldwide experience of effective, efficient and long-term application of Value Engineering (VE), which was published in Irrigation and Drainage Journal (Volume 69, Issue 2, and April 2020) is now available at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/127. Chairman may like to discuss with the members of the group during the meeting.

WG-VE Agenda Item 6: Webinar /Web-based seminar 13. The WG supported the suggestions of organizing webinars to promote sharing of vast experience available with ICID fraternity. The ICID CO requested members to provide their suggestions on the topics, based on the mandate of the WG, on which webinar can be considered along with name of the relevant experts who could be contacted to develop webinars. This year, the technical working groups of ICID have organised several webinars based on the mandate of the group which are available at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. The group may discuss and suggest suitable topics along with names of expert for organizing webinars. WG-VE Agenda Item 7: Any other business 14. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 15. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water

https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/TF_VE_e-Publication2021.pdf

https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/TF_VE_e-Publication2021.pdf






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management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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NOTES FOR CHAIRPERSON: 1. Draft minutes of this meeting to be submitted to ICID Secretariat at Marrakesh, Morocco after the meeting.

2. Chair to participate and present the WG report to PCTA meeting on 29 November 2021.



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Sl. No. Members

Member From (Year)

2019 2020 Remarks


by mail

1. Dr. Kamran Emami, Chairman (2013) (Iran)

2012 • •

2. Mrs. Remziye Yildiz Gulagaci, Vice-Chairman (2013) (Turkey)

2013 • Contributed by e-mail in 2020

3. Ir. Nor Hisham M. Ghazali, Secretary (2013) (Malaysia)

2013 •

4. Mr. Francois Brelle (France)

2013 • Contributed by e-mail in 2020

5. Mr. Suman Sijapati (Nepal)

2014 • •

6. Dr. Toshihiko Kuno (Japan)

2014 • •

7. Dr. Yawen, Chueh (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2018 • Provisional Member

8. Mr. Delbert Smith (USA)




1. Mr. Saeed Pourshahidi as Young Professional

Iran Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

2. Mr. Gao Lihui China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

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APPENDIX XXII [PCTA Item 8.5]

AGENDA FOR THE VIRTUAL 5TH MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE FOR UPDATING AND MAINTENANCE OF

MULTILINGUAL TECHNICAL DICTIONARY (TF-MTD) 26 November 2021, 14:00-15:45 hours


Presented by the Chair


Mandate: (a) To identify priority chapters and terms frequently referred/ consulted by AWM professionals; (b) To consult/invite professional organizations to collaborate in enriching chapters/terms; (c) To identify experts/work bodies to review terms/chapters; (d) To encourage NCs in preparation and building of additional translations along with English/French; (e) To identify interesting pictures/diagrams suitable to illustrate various terms, where required, and (f) To make it accessible on web/ mobile. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/128

Summary Update 1. In the previous virtual meeting of TF-MTD, the task force members (Annex 1) agreed to focus on the possible update of the current English edition by checking the chapters and terms to see if any chapter/ terms need to be modified, new terms to be added, any term to be deleted as well as the inclusion of any photos, diagrams, link, etc. It was also reported by the members that now 855 terms/words in total have been selected to be modified (additions, deletions, or modifications), including 120 words from WG-CLIMATE, 477 words from WG-M&R, 100 words from WG-IDM, and 165 words from WG-SON-FARM. Additionally, based on keyword analysis of ICID reports and publications of the last decade, about 223 keywords using their relative frequency of occurrence had been selected and provided by ICID Central Office and this list has been expanded since then.

Further Progress of MTD

2. A priority list of MTD topics has been prepared as attached (Annex 2). Members were requested to continue to update the terms related to their chapters of the MTD and provide the same to the Chair of TF as well as to ICID Central Office. Chair suggested that Dr Masaomi Kimura could work on the updation of preferred chapters, particularly related his expertise in irrigation and drainage history. Membership status is given in the Annex.

Translation of MTD in various local languages 3. The Chair suggested that once the English updation is completed, translation of the updated MTD in different languages can be considered by respective NCs facilitated by the Central Office. Mr. Ian Makin suggested and agreed by the members that individual Working Groups can also request relevant NCs to translate their new update of English version into different languages, so as to keep the update of different language versions in an effective way, but this will largely depend on the WGs that need to contact the relevant NCs for the translation into their language versions.

Dissemination and Maintenance of MTD

4. MTD has been maintained in a database managed by the ICID Central Office and is also available on ICID website. Individual requests from the users as and when received are also processed on a regular basis.

Any other business 5. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information.




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A. Attendance of members at 2018 and 2019 meetings 7.

Sr. No. Members Member

from

2018 2019 Remarks


by mail

1. VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chair (China) 2017 • • •

2. Ms. Mary Jean M. Gabriel, Chair, WG-IDM (South Africa) 2017 • •

3. Dr Yu-Chuang Chang from WG-IOA (Chinese Taipei)

2017 • • •

4. Dr. A.K. Randev, Chair, WG-SON-FARM (India)

2017 • •

5. Mr. Bernard Vincent, Chair, WG-SDRG (France)

2017 • • •

6. VPH Ian Makin, Chair, WG-M&R (Sri Lanka)

2017 • •

7. Dr Masaomi Kimura (Japan) 2020

8. Representative of FAO

9. Representative of IWMI •

10. Representative of ADB

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Priority wise listing of MTD Chapters

Category 1 Category 2 Category 3

(5) Head works;

(WG-IDM)

(2) Hydrology;

WMO, UNESCO, IAHS

(1) General (statistics, units etc.);

(6) Design of irrigation canals;

(WG-IDM)

(3) River hydraulics; (4) Reclamation;

(7) Canal structures;

(WG-IDM)

(10) Pumping stations (lifting devices);

(14) Construction materials;

(8) Project water management;

(WG-IDM)

(18) Soil and water conservation; (15) Construction techniques and equipment;

(9) Wells and drilling; (22) Systems analysis; (19) Environmental impacts;

(11) Irrigation systems and distribution of irrigation waters;

(WG-IOA)

(24) Project planning; (21) Computer technology;

(12) On-farm water management;

(WG-SON-FARM)

(23) Hydraulic research;

(13) Design and construction of drainage systems;

(WG-SDRG)

(25) Climate change

(16) Automation in irrigation, drainage and flood control systems;

(WG-M&R)

(17) Operation, maintenance and management;

(WG-M&R and IDM)

(20) Flood control; (WG-CAFM)

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APPENDIX XXIII [PCTA Item 8.6]

AGENDA FOR THE 6TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT,

TRAINING AND EDUCATION (WG-CDTE) 28 November 2021, 14:00-15:45 Hours (Session-I); 28 November 2021, 16:15-18:00 Hours (Session-I)

Marrakesh, Morocco



Year of Establishment: 2015 Extended completion of the Mandate: 2027

Mandate: (i) Coordinate and guide the knowledge management activities of the Commission and the capacity development activities by various WGs : (a) Compile the status of training and educational programmes offered in different regions; & (b) Compile the Educational Programs being offered in irrigation and drainage in different regions; (ii) Identify the training and education requirements, and identify gaps in available training programs, explore the feasibility of developing e-learning program and prepare guidelines for their development to support education and training programmes; (iii) Explore the scope of use of IT in capacity development including distant learning, and implement where feasible; (iv) Make available various tools required for sustainable development; (v) Oversee the establishment and functioning of a Technical Support Unit for supporting NCs; and (vi) Facilitate the process of balancing education and training requirements, and provision of training services. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/129 WG-CDTE Agenda Item 1: Action Taken Report by Chair

1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in 2020 (virtually). WG-CDTE Agenda Item 2: Review the mandate and membership of the WG 2. During the first virtual meeting of the WG held on 1st April 2021, the Chairman reviewed the mandate of the WG and proposed to merge mandate at serial number (i) and (ii), since activities under these items may be overlapping. However, it was decided to relabeling them as sub-activities under (i), as (a) and (b), instead of merging as shown in the above mandate of the WG. 3. In February 2021, ICID Central Office has invited nominations from the National Committees (NCs) for the membership of the WG. In response, the following new nominations have been received for the membership of the working group.

• Mr. Jeff Camkin (Australia) • Prof. Jiesheng Huang & Ms.Li Ruoxi as Young Professional (China) • Dr. Moshin Hafeez (IWMI, Pakistan) • Mrs. Narges Zohari (Iran) • Ms. Rasha Sarmed (Iraq)

4. Mr. Hasan Basri Yuksel (Turkey) informed that he would continue his membership in the WG. Further, he has prepared a paper on capacity building activities in Turkey as contribution. ICID CO has shared his request to WG Chair for information.

5. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be processed suitably after the meeting.

WG-CDTE Agenda Item 3: Brief of the first virtual meeting organized in April 2021

6. Based on the virtual meetings of the Working Groups (WGs)/Task Forces (TFs), Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK), President of ICID discussed various activities of the WGs/TFs during the second monthly meeting with ICID Central Office on 07 June 2021. President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the WGs and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting.



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7. The first virtual meeting of WG-CDTE was organised on 1st April 2021 wherein seven members participated. During the meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the group as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, YP training & educational programmes and workshops, webinars, e-discussions etc. The online Minutes of the WG-CDTE have been circulated to the members of the WG for their information. The minutes of the virtual meeting of all technical working groups have also been uploaded on a dedicated webpage (ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting) at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

WG-CDTE Agenda Item 3.1: Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) 8. During the virtual meeting, the working group proposes to undertake MoUs with academic institutions/NCs for promoting the capacity development, training and education programmes. WG Chair may like to discuss with members at the meeting. WG-CDTE Agenda Item 4: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of Activities 9. The group reviewed the Action Plan on the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 based on the mandate by updating the activities on capacity development, training and education issues (refer Annex 2). During the virtual meeting, the group requested the members to take initiative and identify themselves with particular topic(s) in the revised Action Plan of group (2021-2024) for its implementation. Further, the members of the WG has been requested to share updated list of training institutes/organizations & educational programs, offered in irrigation and drainage in their countries as contribution. In response, Dr. Wen-Pin Shu (Chinese Taipei Committee), member of the WG, has shared a list of training institutes in Chinese Taipei. Chair will provide further updates at the WG meeting. WG-CDTE Agenda Item 5: Promoting capacity development, training and education

WG-CDTE Agenda Item 5.1: Training Programs for YPs at Marrakesh, Morocco (ANAFIDE) 10. As a part of the Capacity Development Training Programme, ICID in association with the Moroccan National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ANAFIDE) is planning to organize a five-day training programme from 19-23 November 2021 at the Zephyr Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco. The theme of the Young Professionals Training Programme is “Micro Irrigation Systems to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts” and six sub-themes are – (i) Theme 1: Planning and Feasibility Study – Climate Change and Irrigation Techniques; Theme 2: Benefits of participatory approach in development and design – Design of drip irrigation systems; Theme 3: Management and Financial constraints – Operating and maintenance (O&M) of drip irrigation systems; Theme 4: Introduction of Service Centres – Repair, access to spare parts and irrigation monitoring; and Theme 5: Water Accounting; and Theme 6: Risk Based, Site-Specific, Irrigation Water Quality Guidelines will be organised. Fifteen (15) young professionals (YPs) have been nominated from NCs for the training programme who are involved in agricultural water management (AWM) within African countries. The aim of the training programme is to provide an opportunity to the African Young Professionals (AfYPs) to have a broader and also in-depth exposure to emerging irrigation technologies and management scenarios considering the urgent need for a sustainable climate change-resilient agriculture sector. A detailed information of the Conference is available at http://5arcid.ma/en/about/. The ANAFIDE representative/Chair may provide further updates during the meeting of the WG. WG-CDTE Agenda Item 5.2: 3rd African Young Water Professional’s Forum (Af-YWPF) held in October

2020 (virtually) 11. The 3rd African Young Water Professionals Forum (Af-YWPF) was organized from 19-21 October 2020 (virtually) under the platform of Cairo Water Week (CWW) at Cairo, Egypt. The three-day event brought together 61 Young Professionals from across Africa who participated in the forum meeting, training workshop, and other activities in convergence with the Cairo Water Week to allow Young Professionals to engage with experts, and stakeholders in the water sector through interactive sessions, hands-on training workshops as well as seminars/sessions. Organized on the theme of “Water Security in Arid Regions: The Road to Dakar 2021” the forum was supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones, and Dry Lands (ACSAD), Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources, and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR), Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med), and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Having attracted more than 4500 members, the African Young Water Professionals Forum (Af-YWPF) has become an important platform on the African continent for the capacity development of future leaders in water-related sectors. Outside training programs, workshops, and conferences, the forum exists as an e-Forum (Af-YWPeF) on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12143964/) to keep the active engagement of members and to facilitate knowledge sharing.


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12. During the Forum, President Hon. Felix B. Reinders (South Africa), and Er. Ashwin B Pandya, Secretary-General of ICID in the opening session briefed the participants about ICID, its mission, vision, and the establishment of the African Young Water Professionals Forum (Af-YWPF) over the years. Further, Executive Director Harish K. Varma delivered a keynote address on the topic “Water Security from a Global Perspective” with a special focus on arid regions in the closing session (access http://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/nup2020_10.pdf) for more information). Representative from ENCID/Chair may provide further updates during the meeting. WG-CDTE Agenda Item 5.3: 4th African Young Water Professional’s Forum (Af-YWPF) during Cairo

Water Week 2021, October 2021 13. The 4th African Young Water Professional’s Forum (Af-YWPF) will be conducted in a semi-virtual format during the scheduled timeframe from 24-28 October 2021 during Cairo Water Week 2021 (CWW 2021) under the theme ‘Water, Population, and Global Change: Challenges and Opportunities”. The Forum will be convened during Cairo Water Week from 25-27 October 2021. The participating Young Water Professionals will also be able to take advantage of the on-line offerings provided during Cairo Water Week to engage with other experts and stakeholders in the water sector. A detailed information of the Forum is available at https://www.cairowaterweek.eg/ for the participants. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-CDTE Agenda Item 5.4: Short terms training courses like WALMIs in India 14. During the virtual meeting, it was noted that there are several Water & Land Management Institutes (WALMIs) in India. It is proposed to bring all these Institutes under one umbrella to guide the capacity development activities. These institutes conduct training courses of various duration for national / international participants, such training courses can also be organized upon request from NCs. Possibility of awarding certificates for short courses can be explored. WG Chair may provide further updates at the meeting. WG-CDTE Agenda Item 6: Dissemination of Knowledge – Website

15. The WG website (http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/129) has been updated with the membership list, agenda, minutes, paper presentations, publications etc. Members are requested for their active participation in the activities of the WG and facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to keep themselves up-to-date with new developments in the various aspect of drainage. Members are also requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the website of the WG-CDTE. Members may like to discuss and evolve methodology for sharing of information and updation of WG website. In order to ensure regular contribution of the members, WG is encouraged to make full use of Zoom platform for virtual meetings in between face-to-face meeting during IEC. 16. During the virtual meeting, members are requested to share their short CVs (150-200 words) along with passport size photographs for uploading on webpage of the WG for dissemination / record.

WG-CDTE Agenda Item 7: E-learning programmes as a capacity development tool

17. ICID e-Learning platform is one of the initiatives to strengthen the capacity building activities. In order to achieve the objectives, ICID always encourages/ supports professionals from member NCs to join the e-Learning programs organized by various partners. In this regard, ICID supported the idea of development of e-Learning programs as a part of capacity development mandate and to make efforts to gather information on existing e-Learning models on subjects related to agricultural water management (AWM) as well as identify the gaps and compile inventory of national institute and education and training centres through the WG members and the NCs. The following two e-learning training programmes of ICID i.e. (i) Online Certificate Couse on Dam and Network Safety Assurance; and (ii) Online Certificate Couse on Micro Irrigation Systems (MIS) have been launched by ICID:

(a) Online Certificate Course on Dam and Network Safety Assurance: ICID in collaboration with the Aqua Foundation Academy (India) organized Online Certificate Course on ‘Dam and Network Safety Assurance’. The course was meant for the professionals directly engaged in the works of maintaining and managing the irrigation and multipurpose projects having headworks in form of storage structures of various sizes and associated water distribution networks for providing water to the beneficiaries. The course aimed at improving the skills of the professionals entrusted with the responsibility of directly managing the facilities and ensuring their safety as well as reporting the status to a higher level of management (access https://www.damsafety.co/ for more information). More than 200 participants from all over the world participated in the course in two batches.

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(b) Online Certificate Course on Micro-Irrigation Systems (MIS): ICID in collaboration with the National Water Academy of India and two international industry leaders - Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd and Netafim Irrigation Private Ltd also organized Online Certificate Course on ‘Micro-Irrigation Systems (MIS)’ (access http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/135 for more information). The faculty team includes world renowned micro-irrigation experts and field research specialists on adoption of drip and sprinkler systems by farming communities. Micro-irrigation Systems (MIS) are fundamentally designed and operated to economize water application in crop fields. The course covered all aspects of MIS, including Agronomic, Engineering and Management. More than 100 participants from all over the world participated in the MIS course. President Er. Felix B. Reinders (South Africa) inaugurated the Online Micro-Irrigation System (MIS) Course through a Webinar on ‘Rationale for Water Saving in Agriculture and An Overview of the Micro Irrigation Systems Course’ on 07 October 2020.

WG-CDTE Agenda Item 8: Webinar/Web-based seminar

18. The WG supported the suggestions of organizing webinars to promote sharing of vast experience available with ICID fraternity. The ICID CO requested members to provide their suggestions on the topics, based on the mandate of the WG, on which webinar can be considered along with name of the relevant experts who could be contacted to develop webinars. 19. This year, the technical working groups of ICID have organized several webinars based on the mandate of the group which are available at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. The group may discuss and suggest suitable topics along with names of expert for organizing webinars. WG-CDTE Agenda Item 7: Any other business 20. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 21. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex 1 [Appendix XXIII, Item 1] A. Members and their attendance at 2019 and 2020 Meetings

Sl. No. Members

Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Remarks Self Contributed


1. VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba (Egypt), Chairman

2020 •

2. Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar, Vice-Chair

2020 • •

3. Dr. Rajendra S. Poddar (India), Secretary

2020 • •

4. Eng. Abu Obieda Babiker Ahmed Hassan (Sudan)

2016 • • Provisional Member

5. Er. Ashok Kumar Kharya (India)

2020 •

6. Dr. Shinji Fukuda (Japan)

2016 # • Provisional Member

7. Dr. Wen-Pin Shu (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2016 • •

Provisional Member

8. Dato’ Ir. Haji Hanapi Bin Mohamad Noor (Malaysia)

2018 • • Provisional Member.

9. Mr. Gaforzoda Bahkrom (Tajikistan)

2018 • #

10. Dr. Akie Mukai (Japan) 2019 • Provisional Member 11. Secretary General, ICID •

B. New Nominations received from the National Committees

Sl. No.


1. Mr. Jeff Camkin

Australia Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

2

Prof. Jiesheng Huang and


3. Ms.Li Ruoxi as Young Professional


4. Dr. Moshin Hafeez (IWMI)

Pakistan Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

5. Mrs. Narges Zohari

Iran Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

6. Ms. Rasha Sarmed

Iraq Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member


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Annex 2 [Appendix XXIII, Item 4] ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WG-CDTE

Goal Activity Outcomes/ Outputs Milestone for Year 2021 Milestone for Year 2022 Milestone for Year 2023 Milestone for Year 2024


C5. Strategy: Dissemination of Data, Information, Tools, Knowledge and Know How

5.1 Guide and support organization of seminar/ workshops etc. by WGs and NCs

Networking and exchange of knowledge (development of knowledge portal)

• Establishment of more WG-YP's WhatsApp Groups NC-wise for E-discussion and knowledge exchanges

• Encouraging of Establishment of Asian, European, and American Young Professional's Forum

• Emails to encourage all NC's and WG's to organize more webinar and training activities and keep us informed about any activities (jointly with CO)

• Meeting with WG's heads for discussions options for capacity development and road map in this direction

• E-discussion and Webinars at NC's levels, regional and global levels



5.2 Awareness of role of ICT in capacity development

Webinars • Organizing webinars/Discussion, • collection and analysis of information • dissemination of recommendations

• Organizing webinars/ Discussion

• collection and analysis of information

• dissemination of recommendations

• Organizing webinars/Discussion • collection and analysis of information • dissemination of recommendations

• Organizing webinars/ Discussion

• collection and analysis of information

• dissemination of recommendations


E1. Strategy: Support Improving Research Prioritization in the Countries

1.3 Overseeing activities of Technical Support Unit (TSU)

• Capacity development and technical support to NC

• Diagnostic studies/ Research needs assessments (RNA)

• Encouraging Pilot farm for innovative technologies • Encouraging more joint research • Collecting information about best pilot farms in the

world • Emails to NC’s, WG's and partners about the TSU and

services could be provided from ICID experts • Research needs assessments (RNA)

o Email's for WG's and NC's, research centres and international experts

o Design of Questionnaire for RNA

Analysis of the data collected (RNA) . Final report of RNA Technical support services for NC's and partners

Regular Regular


F1. Strategy: Enhancing Institutional Capacity Development of

1.1 Provide technical support of National Committees, member and non-member of ICID (TSU)

• Study tours • Diagnostic studies/

Research needs assessments (RNA)

• Preparing programs for study tours to pilot farms upon request from NC's and others

• Emails to NCs for Nomination of experts

• Preparing programs for study tours to pilot farms upon request from NC's and others

• Emails to NC's for Nomination of experts

Regular Regular


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Goal Activity Outcomes/ Outputs Milestone for Year 2021 Milestone for Year 2022 Milestone for Year 2023 Milestone for Year 2024 Member Countries

1.2 Assisting to find capacity gaps in NC (TSU)

• TNA Reports • Collecting information from NC's and Training Centres (letters and emails)

o Information about regional Training Centres o TNA at regional levels

• Questionnaire to NC's

• Data collections • Data analysis • Finalisation and release

of TNA report

•Dissemination of final report • Actions for training based on TNA

report

• Actions for training based on TNA report

1.7 Contribute in the process of reorganization of NCs (TSU)

• Webinar • Group discussions

• Online webinars about role of TSU for NC's

F2. Strategy: Support Capacity Development Activities of Member Countries

2.1 Facilitate donor NCs support joint research, invitations training, YP support program, or membership subscription in certain period (TSU)

Technical Report Finalisation and dissemination of technical report Sending emails and letters from CO to NC's Dissemination of TSU reports (if any)

Regular Dissemination of TSU reports(if any)

Regular Regular

2.2 Report on capacity development needs, available training courses, gaps, institutes which can provide training to fill gaps etc.

Study report • Preparing questioner for TNA • Circulation of TNA • Data analysis

Finalisation and release of report

Training programs according to TNA at different levels

Training programs according to TNA at different levels

F3. Strategy: Technical Training of Young Professionals from Member countries

3.1 Develop on-line training and extension material to be used in support of improving irrigation practices and increasing water productivity

Proceedings of the program

• 4th Af-YWP-Forum (CWW2021- October 2021)-virtually

• YP training programme prior to 5th AfRC on I&D 16-23 November 2021 at Marrakesh, Morocco

Regular Regular Regular

3.3 Establishment of a distance learning mechanism

E-learning modules Identification of topics and resource person/institutes for development of E-earning modules

Development of E-learning modules and is wider dissemination

Development of e learning modules and its wider dissemination Identification of additional topic etc.

Development of E-learning modules and is wider dissemination

3.4 Capacity development/ training program on request from NCs

Training of professionals • Organizing yearly African Young Professional forum

• Organizing yearly African

Young Professional forum

• Training for IYP-e-Forum during 73rd IEC Meeting and 24th ICID Congress will be held in 2022 (rescheduled) at Adelaide, Australia, Committee on Irrigation

• Organizing yearly African Young Professional forum

• Training for IYP-e-Forum during 74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) will be held during 16-22 April 2023 in Beijing, China.

• Training for IYP-e-Forum 75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress will be held in November 2023, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India

• Organisation of regional training program once a year

• Organization of African Young Professional forum every year


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Goal Activity Outcomes/ Outputs Milestone for Year 2021 Milestone for Year 2022 Milestone for Year 2023 Milestone for Year 2024

3.5 An online directory of institutes providing formal degree/s in Irrigation and Drainage

Online course • Collection and analysis of information

• Signing MOU's with relevant institutions for diploma or Msc degree

• Updating of information • Online courses



F5. Strategy: Providing Technical Support to NC’s (TSU)

Upon request from NC's • Study tours

• Diagnostic studies • Tailor made training

Upon request from NC's • Study tours • Diagnosis studies • Tailor made training

Upon request form NC's • Study tours • Diagnosis studies • Tailor made training

Upon request from NC's • Study tours • Diagnosis studies • Tailor made training


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APPENDIX XXIV [PCTA Item 9.1]

AGENDA FOR THE 6TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SUSTAINABLE ON-FARM IRRIGATION

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (WG-SON-FARM) 27 November 2021, 08:45-10:30 hours

Marrakesh, Morocco

Strategy Theme: On-Farm


Year of Establishment: 2016 Extended completion of the Mandate: 2025 Mandate: (a) On-farm irrigation structures and water distribution system networks are properly designed, installed, managed and maintained; (b) Soil moisture is monitored, technical and management measures for enhancing the water infiltration and retention capacities of soils are investigated and implemented; (c) Trade-offs among on-farm irrigation technologies, socio-economic and environmental benefits are optimized; (d) Innovative local institutional arrangements are developed and promoted for operation and maintenance; (e) Top-notch scientific and development relevant research is conducted and its results are translated into actionable recommendations. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/121

Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in July 2021. 2. As recommended by the group, ICID Central Office has requested the National Committees of Egypt, China, and Sri Lanka to send new nomination for the membership of the group. In response, in December 2020, Egyptian National Committee (ENCID) has nominated Dr. Gamal Mohamed Elkassar (Egypt), while in July 2021, Indian Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) has nominated Dr. (Ms.) Neelam Patel and Dr. Ashish Pandey (India) in place of Mr. Sher Singh for the membership of the group. In September 2021, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Dr. Guan Guanghua, Prof. Luo Yufeng, and Prof. Yao Bin (China) for the membership of the working group.


Brief of the virtual meetings organized in September 2021 4. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 5. In response, the group under the Chairmanship of Dr. Randev has organized the zoom meeting on 09 September 201 wherein sixteen members participated. During the virtual meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, publications, presentations, webinars, 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference, International workshop etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting”. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of activities on sustainable on-farm irrigation

6. During previous meetings, 9 presentations have been made by the WG members – six presentations in Mexico (2017) and three presentations in Bali (2019). As proposed by Mr. Carl Walters, a paper entitled “improved decision making on overhead spray irrigation systems” was presented by Mr. Chris N, and Mr. Nick O in the Joint Session at Bali. In February 2021, ICID Central Office has contacted Dr. Teoh Chin Chuang (Malaysia), Mr. Taku Mori (Japan), and Prof. Chang Eon Park (South Korea) to finalize their paper. In response, Mr. Taku Mori from Japan has re-





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submitted the revised version of position paper that will be presented in the Marrakesh meeting. Dr. Teoh Chin from Malaysia and Dr Chang Eon Park from South Korea will update about the status of their respective papers. 7. As per Road Map (Annex 2), next presentations to be made up in 2022 on position, overview and technical papers, as three papers and one article have been proposed, which will be discussed and decided in the next WG meeting at Marrakesh. Members may think of developing either of the paper/ article. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

WG-SON-FARM Minutes Item 3.1: Publications of the group 8. Previous publications, pending for a long period of time are (i) “Improvement of On-Farm Irrigation Systems using simple water control, measuring and application devices” and (ii) Micro Irrigation for small holders and greenhouses”. Response from Er. Felix Reinders, Former President, ICID regarding finalisation of paper is awaited. Dr. Hossein Dehghanisanij from Iran is finalizing a paper entitled “Micro Irrigation under Saline conditions” and he will give updates on the paper at the meeting. During the virtual meeting held on 09 September 2021, Chair Dr. Randev has informed that he will contact once again President Hon. Felix Reinders to expedite the publication. 9. In February 2021, ICID Central Office has requested members of the group to share the information of their publications specifically in ICID Journal or others too, to the Chair as well as to the ICID Central Office for uploading on WG website however, response is awaited. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Collection and collation of micro and sprinkler data 10. The updated table of sprinkler and micro area (in descending order) is available at <https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/sprinklerandmircro.pdf> Chair encouraged members of the group to regularly provide the latest information to ICID Central Office for updating the table regularly. In February 2021, Central Office has requested members to share the latest updated information pertaining to their country to ICID so that the datasheet can be updated regularly.

Dissemination of activities of WG 11. ICID Central Office in February 2021 requested members to access the new website of the working group - http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/121 which is being updated regularly including new membership list, agenda, minutes and presentations made during the meeting. Members are encouraged to share information, knowledge & experience and provide papers, presentations, articles, reports etc. related to any outcome of the research or development efforts in the respective fields for uploading on the WG website for wider dissemination. 12. Dr. Grazino Ghinassi, Researcher, Dept. of Agriculture, Univ. of Florence, Italy, delivered a Webinar on “Smart Technology to reduce energy consumption for water spreading and pipe production in hose reel sprinkler irrigation” on Dec 5, 2018. Prof. Yaohu Kang from Geographic Sciences and Natural Resource Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a Second Webinar entitled “Importance of Micro irrigation to improve water use efficiency in relation to food production” showing importance of micro irrigation in the world on July 29th, 2019. 13. As agreed during the last virtual meeting, Mr. Carl Walters and his team delivered 3rd Webinar entitled “Organization of Irrigation Automation Systems” on July 22nd, 2021. The speakers and panellists of the events were: Dr. Iven Mareels - Director of the Centre for Applied Research, IBM Australia, Dr. Danlu Guo - Research Associate at the Infrastructure Engineering Department at the University of Melbourne, Er. Paul Byrnes - Director of PAQUA Consulting, and Er. Damien Pearson - Global Business Development Manager with Rubicon Water. This webinar has highlighted the contribution of many institutions including University of Melbourne, in the irrigation modernization project by developing the required innovations that lead to saving of water simultaneously taking care of environmental parameters. ICID Central Office disseminated the information and requested members to participate in the Webinar for enhancement of their research / development work. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.


14. At Bali meeting, members of the WG were acquainted with list of chapters of the MTD and requested to undertake review of the concerned terms under chapter of the WG depending on their domain of expertise and suggest changes/ modifications and additions of new term(s), if any along with pictures, links and videos related to respective term(s). ICID Central Office requested members to undertake the review of the concerned terms under chapter related to mandate of the WG. However, the item was not discussed in 2020 meeting due to paucity of time. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

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10th International Micro Irrigation Conference in 2022, Morocco 15. Earlier, the 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (IMIC) was planned to be held in September 2022 in Agadir, Morocco. However, due to postponement of the Australia event i.e. 24th Congress in October 2022, ANAFIDE has agreed to discuss the rescheduling of 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference during their internal meeting and will inform the result, soon. 16. 10th IMIC on the theme “Micro Irrigation in the era of technology innovation and digital transformation” has direct relation with the mandate of the WG, hence all WG members need to participate actively in this international conference. Either Position, or Overview or technical paper, as per detailed program of the conference may be developed and presented. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

International Workshop on Micro Irrigation Systems Impacting

Agricultural Growth and Farm Incomes, 2023 17. As decided in the WG virtual meeting held in September 2021, internal workshop has been proposed to be changed to International Workshop with the same theme so as to make it more comprehensive enabling more participation of international Scholars. WG members may discuss during the meeting modalities of organisation of international workshop. Authors of previous papers (as 3 papers were received) will be informed accordingly once modalities are finalised.

Any other business 18. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 19. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex 1 [Appendix XXIV, Item 1]

A. Membership of the working group at 2019 and 2020 meetings

Sl. No.

Members Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Participated in virtual meeting ( 09 September

2021)

Remarks



1. Dr. A.K. Randev, Chairman, 2016 (India)

2015 • • • •

2. Mr. Carl Walters, Vice Chair, 2016 (Australia)

2015 • • •

3. Mr. Suman Sijapati, Secretary, 2016 (Nepal)

2015 • •

4. Dr. Graziano Ghinassi (Italy)

2015 • • • •

5. Mr. Hassan Shantia (Iran) 2015

6. Dr. Chen, Ching-Tien (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2015 • •

7. Mr. Bashu Dev Lohanee (Nepal)

2015 •

8. Dr. Hossein Dehghanisanij (Iran)

2015 • •

9. Mr. Siboniso Phillip Mkhaliphi (South Africa)

2015 •

10. Mr. Ömer Faruk Akbulut (Turkey)

2015 • •

11. Dr. Zhang Guohua, Young Professional (China)

2016

12. Prof. Chang Eon Park (South Korea)

2016 • • • •

13. Dr Yu-Min Wang (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2018 • • • •

14. Prof L.B. Roy, Direct Member (India)

2018 • •

15. Mr. Taku Mori (Japan) 2019 • •

16. Dr. Teoh Chin Chuang (Malaysia)

2019 • •

17. Mr. Dilip Yewalekar, Direct Member, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL)

2020 • •


Observers

(1) Mr. M.S. Sudhakar (Direct Member), JISL (India)

(2) Mr. Abijit Joshi (Direct Member), JISL (India)

Permanent Observer

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B. New nominations received from National Committee


1. Dr. Guan Guanghua China Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 09 September 2021

2. Prof. Luo Yufeng China Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 09 September 2021

3. Prof. Yao Bin China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

4. Dr. Gamal Mohamed Elkassar Egypt Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

5. Dr. Neelam Patel India Recommended as member as she participated in the virtual meeting on 09 September 2021

6. Dr. Ashish Pandey India Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 09 September 2021

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Goals/ Strategies


Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Responsibility


A1.Strategy: Modernizing irrigation systems

1.3 Prepare country overview papers

Papers Prepare two country overview papers

Prepare one country overview paper

Prepare two country overview papers

Prepare one over view paper

A5.Strategy: Supporting water productivity enhancement

5.1 Prepare how to do thematic documents ready

Technical Document

Prepare one how-to-do document





Prepare one thematic document

5.2 Develop a position paper on key issues on sustainable on-farm irrigation systems

Position paper

Prepare first draft paper

Finalize the position paper

Prepare second draft paper

Finalize the position paper

Prepare one position paper.


C3.Strategy: Promoting regional cooperation

3.9 Organize international workshop, seminar or symposium


First internal Workshop

Organization of the 9th International Micro Irrigation Conference (IMIC) in January 2019 at Aurangabad, India

Hosted 9th International Micro Irrigation Conference (IMIC) in January 2019 at Aurangabad, India

- Second workshop

Third workshop.

C4. Strategy: Compile, collate and share knowledge and experiences

4.20 Database on sprinkler and micro irrigation in the world

Database Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating data base

4.27 Research article on state of the art for publication in Irrigation and Drainage Journal

Study report Prepare one article

Publication in Journal

Prepare one article

Publication in Journal

Prepare one article

Prepare one article

Goal E: Encourage Research and Support Development of Tools to Extend Innovation into Field Practices

E2. Strategy: Strengthening Extension Services with AWM information

E5.Strategy: Compilation of Global Data Sets on Irrigation and Drainage

5.1 Datasets for irrigated area


Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

5.2 Datasets for Pressurised Irrigation Systems


Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database.

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APPENDIX XXV [PCTA Item 9.2]

AGENDA FOR THE 3RD MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON USE OF NON-CONVENTIONAL WATER

RESOURCES FOR IRRIGATION (WG-NCWRI) 27 NOVEMBER 2021, 08:45-10:30 HOURS

MARRAKESH, MOROCCO

STRATEGY THEME: ON-FARM Presented by the Chair


Mandate: To exchanging knowledge, experience and data as well as networking on the topic in order to be up- to- date with new developments, methods and approaches; to preparing comprehensive reviews and prospects with respect to different aspects of NCWR. Producing technical manuals, guidelines or standards with respect to all NCWR including waste water, drainage water and saline/brackish water; to organizing international workshops, seminars and meetings on the NCWR topic, to producing documents on successful case studies with the new developments with respect to NCWR presented by the members from different countries; to enlarging the membership of the WG by encouraging more member countries where the use of non-conventional waters is a common practice for irrigation management. Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/123 WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meetings. 2. The Indian National Committee (INCID) has nominated Dr. Ashish Pandey and Dr. Sunil D. Gorantiwar (India) for the membership of the group. Similarly, Nepal National Committee (NENCID) has nominated Ms. Jigyasha Rai Yangkhurung (Nepal) while Chinese Taipei Committee (CTCID) has nominated Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan (Chinese Taipei Committee) for the membership of the group. During the virtual zoom meeting held on 5 August 2021, Ms. Jigyasha Rai Yangkhurung and Dr. Shu-YuanPan were present and introduced themselves. The group accepted them as member of the WG. In September 2021, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Prof. Qi Xuebin (China) for the membership of the group. 3. Chair of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

4. Dr. Sunil is expected to make a presentation. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 2: Brief of the virtual meeting organized in August 2021 5. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 6. The first virtual zoom meeting of WG-NCWRI was organized on 05 August 2021 wherein eight members were participated. During the meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, organization of workshop on NCWR, Capacity Building Training etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting”/ https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/min_ncwri_webmeeting.pdf. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Activities on non-conventional water

resources for irrigation 7. The group discussed the progress of ongoing activities as per the mandate of the WG. After discussion, WG proposed to revisit the action plan for the year 2022 as part of the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 (Annex 2). Two activities have been started since Bali Meeting in 2019 viz. (a) case study document - the use of non-conventional




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waters in different countries - Dr. Tasuku Kato was responsible for preparation of the case studies; and (b) the draft document of reclaimed water irrigation guideline - Dr. WU Wenyong was responsible. 8. During virtual meeting in August 2021, Chair Dr. Wu has informed that he finished drafting document of reclaimed water irrigation guideline and introduced the content of the draft. All members were expected to participate in reviewing and revising the draft document. The final version is expected to be finished by end of November 2021. Dr. Tasuku Kato introduced the progress of preparation of the case studies. Dr. Tasuku Kato expect members to submit native case study files, and also he planned to contact with members’ so as to complete the draft by the end of this year. In August 2021, Dr. Ashish Pandey shared case study “Water sources in Non-conventional use (brackish, saline, urban waste water, agricultural waste water)” to Dr. Tasuku Kato, and Chair Dr. Wu shared case study on “Irrigation with Unconventional Water Resources in China: Review and Development Strategy” to Dr. Tasuku Kato. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 4: Discuss and develop work plan based on new mandate WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 4. 1: Prepare a state-of-the-art document on use of NCWR 9. During virtual meeting, it was reported that Dr. Tasuku Kato was responsible for preparation of the case study document on the use of non-conventional waters in different countries. In August 2021, Dr. Kato has requested members to submit information related to country area, water sources in non-conventional use, crop type and criteria of water, scale of command area etc. for preparation of the document. In response, Dr. Tapas Biswas has shared the filled-in information. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 4. 2: Developing manuals/ standards with respect to NCWR 10. During Bali meeting, it was suggested to prepare reclaimed water irrigation guideline for ICID and suggested that the guideline should include the parts of evaluation, feasibility allocation, crop classification, irrigation technology, monitoring and assessment. Dr. WU Wenyong kindly accepted the responsibility for preparation of the draft document and for this purpose he invited members to participate in the guideline preparation. Dr. Wenyong has informed that he is contacting the responsible member for preparation of draft guideline for reclaimed water irrigation for ICID. 11. During the virtual meeting in August 2021, Chair suggested to draft the guideline document of brackish water irrigation in 2022. President Dr. Ragab (UK) suggested that the Chair should contact Dr. Ms. Anna Tedeschi (Italy) to discuss about the possibility of preparing the guideline based on FAO guideline. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

12. During the virtual meeting in October 2021, Chair reported the progress of guideline for reclaimed water irrigation. Chair will introduce the final version of the guideline for reclaimed water irrigation according to revisions of members. The final version will be proposed to central office. Chair will discuss with members to fix the guideline to be developed from 2022.

13. Dr. Anna will introduce the draft outline of the guideline “brackish irrigation for crop production (to be fixed)”, and give suggestions how to organize and promote the guideline edition. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 4. 3: Organizing international workshop on NCWR topics 14. During the virtual meeting in August 2021, Chair suggested to organize a Workshop on “Use of non-conventional water resources for irrigation” during the 24th ICID Congress to be held from 03-10 October 2022 at Adelaide, South Australia. President Dr. Ragab suggested for a one-day Workshop and asked the Central Office to contact the National Committees, and prepare for the announcement for the Workshop. Dr. Tapas Kumar Biswas shared helpful advices on the preparation of the Workshop. Dr. Tapas Biswas (Australia), Dr. Ashish Pandey (India), Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan (Chinese Taipei Committee), Dr. Tasuku Kato (Japan). Ms. Jigyasha Rai Yangkhurung (Nepal) have kindly volunteered and agreed to contribute to the workshop. 15. In August 2021, Central Office invited members to volunteer and join either as a member of the Organizing Committee and/ or contribute to the workshop.

16. In October 2021, Chair discussed the Workshop organization issues with members, and volunteers were expected to prepare for relative files of the Workshop separately. Dr. Tapas will introduce the draft flyer of the workshop. Members will discuss and give suggestions for the draft flyer. The flyer is expected to be finished before December 10 , and propose the final versions to central office


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WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 4. 4: Publication of the erstwhile WG-PQW 17. During virtual meeting in October 2021, Dr. Kato reported the progress of case studies and introduced the draft version. Dr. Kato will report the latest progress of the case studies file, and which is expected to be finished in the end of this year.

WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 4. 5: Capacity building training and workshop 18. During virtual meeting in August 2021, President Dr. Ragab introduced future activities of the WG i.e. Capacity Building Training to train users on NCWRI to be held in 2022. After discussion, Dr. Tapas Biswas (Australia), Dr. Ashish Pandey (India), and Dr. Tasuku Kato (Japan) were volunteered as Member of Organizing Committee for the training. The group also proposed to request members to volunteer as contributor to the training. Accordingly, in August 2021, Central Office circulated the invitation and requested members to volunteer and join as member of Organizing Committee and/ or contribute to the workshop. 19. During virtual meeting in October 2021, the group took about the training courses to users, which should include reclaimed water irrigation, brackish water irrigation, rain harvest and use in dryland, drainage water recycles and reuse, etc. Chair discussed members to recommend appropriate professors who can spare time to give lessons. 20. Chair suggest that Dr. Sunil is responsible for the training agenda, and propose draft training agenda in the WG meeting if possible, or give oral suggestions if time limited. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 4. 6: Organization of next virtual meeting of WG 21. It was decided that the Working Groups should organize a virtual meeting or a video-conference in between two face to face meetings of the IEC in order to enable the group to take a view of the progress made on their activities and at the same time allow contributions from those members who are unable to attend the face to face meetings (refer item 1).. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 5: Presentation and exchange 22. During virtual meeting in August 2021, the newly nominated members’ viz. Dr. Ashish Pandey shared case study “Water sources in Non-conventional use (brackish, saline, urban waste water, agricultural waste water)” , Ms. Jigyasha Rai Yangkhurung (Nepal) made an interesting presentation titled “Status irrigation and the use of NCWRI in Nepal” while Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan (Chinese Taipei Committee) made a good presentation titled “Non-conventional Water Reuse in Agriculture Towards a Circular Water Economy: Perspective and Prospect”. Chair appreciated them for making stimulating presentations. Members are encouraged to make a presentation related to the mandate of the group during the meeting. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 6: Selection of Vice Chair and Secretary of the WG 23. At the virtual meeting in August 2021, Chair proposed to elect Vice Chair and Sectary of the WG and for this purpose he invited candidates for the two positions. The group may discuss and elect Vice Chair and Secretary during the meeting. 24. In September, Chair sent E-mail to call all members to be as candidates who should prepare personal V.C. sent to Chair. After election with the help of the central office, Vice Chair and Sectary need to be selected.

25. In October virtual meeting, the chair recommended to elect Dr Tapas Biswas from Australia for the position of vice chair. Dr Biswas was requested to make a short remark and subsequently he was appointed as the vice chair of this WG. WG-NCWRI Agenda Item 7: Any other business 26. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 27. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion



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in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex 1 [Appendix XXV, Item 1] A. Members and their attendance at 2019 and 2020 meetings

No. Members Member from (Year)

2019 2020 Participated virtually in

August 2021 Remarks


by mail

1. Dr. Wenyong Wu, Chairman, 2021 (China)

2018 • • •

2. Dr. (Ms.) Anna Tedeschi (Italy) 2018 • •

3. Prof. Tapas Kumar Biswas (Australia)

2018 • •

4. VPH Dr. Samia El-Guindy (Egypt)

2018

5. Dr. Mohamed Shaban M. Abu Salama (Egypt)

2018

6. Dr. Hussein Abdel Halim El Gammal (Egypt)

2018

7. VPH Dr. Karim Shiati (Iran)

2018 •

8. Dr. Tasuku Kato (Japan) 2018 • • •

9. Dr. Seung Heon Lee (South Korea)

2018

10. Dr. Muhammad Munir Ahmad (Pakistan)

2018 • •

11. Prof. Leon van Rensburg (South Africa)

2018

12. President Dr. R. Ragab (UK)

2018 • • •

13. Mr Mohamed Ouhssain (Morocco)

2019 • •

14. Dr Ratan Chand Jain (India)

2019 • •

15. Dr Chihhao Fan (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2019 •

16. Secretary General, ICID #2 #

Permanent Observers

17. FAO representative

18. ICBA representative (UAE)

B. New nominations received from the National Committee/ Committee


1. Dr. Ashish Pandey India Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 05 August 2021

2. Dr. Sunil D. Gorantiwar India Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 05 August 2021

3. Ms. Jigyasha Rai Yangkhurung Nepal Recommended as member as she participated in the virtual meeting on 05 August 2021

4. Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan Chinese Taipei Committee Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 05 August 2021

5. Prof. Qi Xuebin China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

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Goals/



2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Milestone for Year

2023

Milestone for Year

2024

A7. Strategy: Using Wastewater or Poor-Quality Water for Irrigation

7.1 Compile best practices for sustainably managing and using non-conventional water resources

Case studies State-of-the-art document on use of NCWR

7.2 Contribute to the establishment of national policy for re-use of treated wastewater in irrigation

Position Paper Publishing a Paper of Reclaimed water irrigation in China

7.3 Participate in research on the development of sewage

Guidelines Reclaimed water irrigation guideline


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APPENDIX XXVI [PCTA Item 10.1]

AGENDA FOR THE 7TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF

IRRIGATION/ DRAINAGE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (WG-IOA) 28 November 2021, 14:00-15:45 hours (Session I) and 16:15-18:00 hours (Session II)

Marrakesh, Morocco

Strategy Theme: Schemes

Submitted by the Chairman


Scope: The WG will investigate, analyse and disseminate information and knowledge on following issues: (1) Legal Framework and Organizational Structures of Water User Association for Water Supply Services including- (a) institutional and organisational requirements for sustainable operation and maintenance of irrigation/drainage systems, (b) improvement of organisational arrangements for management, operation and maintenance of irrigation/drainage systems, (c) financing of operation and maintenance of irrigation/drainage schemes, (d) approaches and requirements for water regulatory authorities, land property questions, water rights, and (e) roles, responsibilities and requirements for sustainable Water Users Associations (WUA); (2) Participatory Irrigation Management and Irrigation Management Transfer covering (a) approaches and conditions for successful Participatory Irrigation/Drainage Management (PIDM), and (b) approaches and conditions for successful irrigation/ drainage management transfers (IDMT), including legislation and institutional requirements for transfer of responsibilities and/or ownership of irrigation and drainage systems to water users associations; and (3) Public Private Partnership, and Mechanism for Cost Recovery covering (a) possibilities of and requirements for successful Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in irrigation/drainage, and (b) methods and mechanisms for charging of irrigation/ drainage services and determination of level of cost recovery. Webpage: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/115 WG-IOA Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in July 2021. 2. The Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) has nominated Dr. Neelam Patel and Dr. Sunil D. Gorantiwar (India) for the membership of the working group. During the virtual meeting of WG-IOA held on 23 July 2021, Dr. Neelam Patel and Dr. Gorantiwar were present and introduced themselves and WG accepted them as member of the group. In September 2021, Chinese National Committee (CNCID) has nominated Dr. Niannian Yuan – Young Professional (China) for the membership of the group.

3. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting. WG-IOA Agenda Item 2: Brief of the virtual meetings organized in March and July 2021 4. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the monthly virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 5. In response, the group under the Chairmanship of Dr. Hafied Gany has organized the first zoom meeting on 16 March while the second zoom meeting on 23 July 2021. During the virtual meetings, Chair discussed various activities




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being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, preparation of chapters and time schedule for the final report of the WG, organization of international workshop, etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting”. Brief of the virtual meetings were as follows:

6. Considering the overall time frame and the availability of time for discussion of the draft report of WG-IOA through virtual meetings and/or webinars, the WG agreeg to encourage active participation of the members of WG-IOA and collaborative supports of other ICID Working Groups, Task Forces and Central Office of ICID, as per the following time frame:

(a) Completion of final draft will be done after incorporating the Report and Papers of last International Workshop of WG-IOA on Public and Private Partnership (PPPs) in Irrigation and Drainage Operation and Maintenance toward Sustainable Irrigated Agricultural Water Management, which would be conducted at the 72nd IEC meeting of ICID in Marrakech, Morocco from 24-28 November 2021.

(b) Discussion of the final draft through the 8th meeting of WG-IOA at the 73rd IEC meeting of ICID in Adelaide Australia in October 2022.

(c) Finalization of the Final Report, publish and launch the report during the 74th IEC meeting of ICID, 16-22 April 2023 in Beijing, China - will be done by means of e-Publication after necessary editing and formatting with the support of Central Office of ICID.

(d) Alternatively, due to one reason or another, reserve to launch the Final Report during the 75th IEC meeting of ICID in November 2023 in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India, which is still within the time frame of WG-IOA.

WG-IOA Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of activities on institutional and

organizational aspects of irrigation 7. During virtual meeting, the group reviewed and discussed the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 as part of the activities on institutional and organizational aspects of irrigation (Annex 2). Understanding the overall situation of COVID-19 pandemic all over the world, the group felt that it is not possible to achieve overall target of WG-IOA and suggested an update concerning WG-IOA under Strategy C4 (activity 4.11) as part of Road Map of to ICID Vision 2030. Chair in consultation with the members may update the Road Map as per the extension of the completion of the mandate. WG-IOA Agenda Item 3. 1: Publication of the WG 8. During the virtual meeting, Working Group members proposed that the provisional topic of final report of IOA would be “Institutional and organizational reform in irrigation and drainage sector for sustainable agriculture water management”. Dr. Qazi Tallat Mahmood Siddiqui (Pakistan) volunteered to help in preparing the draft of the general structure of the Final Report (Completion of Mandate of WG-IOA) and distribute the draft through e-mail to the members of WG-IOA for subsequent discussion during the quarterly virtual meeting and subsequently sharing the responsibility for preparation of the draft report among the members of WG-IOA. In January 2021, Central Office contacted Dr. Qazi Tallat Mahmood Siddiqui and requested to prepare the draft of the general structure of the Final Report (Completion of Mandate of WG-IOA) and distribute the same to members of WG-IOA for subsequent discussion during the virtual meeting however, response is awaited. 9. Working Group also agreed to compile all the “Outputs” as per Road Map for supporting the completion of its mandate in 2021, by virtue of “investigate, analyse and disseminate information and knowledge among the issues of IOA such as Legal Framework and Organizational Structures of WUA, PIDM, IDMT, and PPP in irrigation/drainage”. Members were of the view that COVID-19 pandemic delaying various activities of the WG and the final report of WG-IOA is likely to be delayed and would need extension till the 74th IEC and WIF4 in 2023 at Beijing China ( or possibly beyond till 75th IEC and 25th Congress at Vishakhapatnam, India in November/December 2023). 10. In January 2021, Central Office requested all members to contribute to the activities of the group as per Road Map for supporting the completion of its mandate. In response, in July 2021, VPH Ding Kunlun (China) has shared the draft of the Chapter 4 titled “Observed Impacts of PIM” to Chair. Similarly, Mr. Taku Mori (Japan) has shared the draft of the chapter 2 titled “Legal Frameworks” as contribution to the final report to Chair.



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11. During the virtual meeting on 23 July 2021, Dr. Sunil D. Gorantiwar (India) offered to contribute to the chapter- 3 “Participatory Irrigation / Drainage Management (PIDM) and Irrigation / Drainage Management Transfer (IDMT)” while Dr. Neelam Patel (India) offered to contribute to the chapter 6 “Way Forward and Recommendations”. Chair welcomed and appreciated them for the offer. In July 2021, Central Office shared the summary and country papers of the Symposium held in 2017, as reference materials to Dr. Sunil and Dr. Neelam and requested them to prepare the draft chapter in consultation with the Chair. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IOA Agenda Item 4: Presentation by the Working Group Members 12. Webinar titled “General Challenges of Irrigation Schemes Management under Different Scales: With Special Consideration on Institutional and Organizational Aspects of System Management” was delivered by Chair Dr. Hafied A. Gany on 21 January 2021. The webinar was about the general observation on mediation of underlying challenges of irrigation schemes management under different scale of land holding condition of the farmer in the small medium and large irrigation areas by considering appropriate institutional and organizational arrangement toward sustainable management of irrigation for improving resilience of irrigated agriculture with sustainable agricultural productivity. Irrigation management under the small, medium and large irrigation schemes are being continuously challenged by inappropriate irrigation efficiency due to poor maintenance of irrigation infrastructures under the poor management performances of WUAs, and competitive use of irrigation water. 13. The webinar explored several systems with different scale schemes, including adaptation to climate change and population dynamics by implementing ‘Smart Irrigation Management System (SIMS)’ using advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICT)’ through sustainable capacity building, extension services as well as research and development support services. A dedicated website for the webinar has been established by the Central Office wherein all recordings are available at - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/66. Members of the group are encouraged to volunteer and make a presentation during the meeting on the topic related to the mandate of the working group. WG-IOA Agenda Item 5: Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) 14. Dr. Yu Chuang Chang (Chinese Taipei Committee), the member of WG-IOA was assigned to represent the WG-IOA during TF-MTD meeting. However, due to paucity of time, the item was not discussed in 2020 and postponed to the next meeting. In January 2021, Central Office requested members of the group to get in touch with Dr. Chang and contribute in updating the Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD). Dr. Chang will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IOA Agenda Item 6: International Workshop on “Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) in Irrigation

and Drainage Operation and Maintenance toward Sustainable Irrigated Agricultural Water Management”, November 2021, Marrakesh

15. The International Workshop on "Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Irrigation and Drainage Operation and Maintenance towards Sustainable Agricultural Water Management” planned during 5th AfRC and 71st IEC at Marrakesh, Morocco had to be postponed due to postponement of 5th AfRC to 2021 due to global COVID-19 pandemic situation. For effectiveness of the workshop, the group agreed to implement face-to-face workshop instead of virtual meeting on the upcoming ICID events either in Morocco in 2021 or Australia in 2022. The workshop which entitled Public-Private-Partnership (PPPs) in Irrigation and Drainage Operation and Maintenance toward sustainable Irrigated Agricultural water management, which is one of the three consecutive workshops based on Mexico Symposium 2017 as foundation for providing materials related with important part of mandate of WG-IOA and hence this workshop is highly important to implement before the final report on mandate of WG-IOA be completed. 16. In consultation with the Chair, in June 2021, Central Office contacted the author(s) of the abstract(s) and requested them to prepare their full-length paper for the International Workshop and submit the same to Chair. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IOA Agenda Item 7: Any other business

17. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information.




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Sl. No. Members

Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Participated in virtual meeting

(March/ July 2021)

Remarks



1. VPH Dr. Hafied A. Gany, Chairman (Indonesia)

2015 • • • • •

2. Dr. Keigo Noda, Vice Chairman (Japan)

2020 • •

3. Mr. Taku Mori, Secretary (Japan)

2020 • •

4. Mr. Hasan Basri Yuksel (Turkey)

2015 •

5. Mr. Philip J. Riddell (UK) 2015 •

6. VPH Ding Kunlun (China) 2015 • • •

7. VPH Franklin Dimick (USA) 2015 • • •

8. Mr. Abdullahi Abdul Rahman (Nigeria)

2015 •

9. Dr. Yu-Chuan Chang (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2016 •

10. Dr. Qazi Tallat Mahmood Siddiqui (Pakistan)

2017 • •

11. Eng. Sabreen Abdalradha Charloob Obied Subah (Iraq)

2020 •

12. Eng. Raghad Sami Aljanabi (Iraq)

2020 • •

13. Secretary General, ICID #2 # B. New nominations received from the National Committee


1. Dr. Neelam Patel India Recommended as member as she participated in the virtual meeting on 23 July 2021

2. Dr. Sunil D. Gorantiwar India Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting on 23 July 2021

3. Dr. Niannian Yuan – Young Professionals China Recommended as member, subject to her presence else provisional member

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Goals/ Strategies


Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019


Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for year

2022

Milestone for year

2023


A4. Strategy: Promoting institutional reforms

4.1 Introduce suitable institutional setup

Guidelines Prepare the first draft report

Finalise the draft report & publication

A6. Strategy: Improving performance of irrigation systems

6.3 Facilitate policy analysis for improved water governance with a focus on agricultural water management and sustainable rural development.

Technical Paper

6.4 Develop generalized legal regulations (guidelines) and implementing changes in the public and private sectors of agriculture and water economies of the countries

Guidelines

6.5 Implementing changes in the public and private sectors of agriculture and water economies

Position paper

A8. Strategy: Encouraging Participatory Management of Irrigation Systems


C1. Strategy: Providing knowledge sharing platform for AM professionals

1.7 Organize Workshop, Seminar and Symposium


Symposium Symposium Symposium Symposium

C4. Strategy: Compile, collate and share knowledge

4.10 Condensed overview of existing key books, manuals,

Technical report

Release the first report

Release the second report

Release of final report


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Goals/ Strategies


Milestone for Year

2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019


Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for year

2022

Milestone for year

2023

and experiences

guidelines and other relevant publications on the institutional, organizational aspects of irrigation management

4.11 Overview paper on the state of the art on the IOA of I&D in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD)

Paper Paper; Workshop; Symposium.

Preparation of the draft of papers on IOA of IDM

Submission of the published paper by ICID-Wiley Publication: “Global Review of Institutional Reform……”

Submission of the published paper by ICID-Wiley publication: “Present Status and development …… to ICID Vision 2030 (AXEL IRD 2303)

Preparation of the draft of Final Report of WG-IOA (to be reviewed and discussed on 7th WG-IOA meeting, the 72nd IECM in Adelaide, July 2021)

Submission of the Final Report of WG-IOA (to be launched at the 73rd IECM in Beijing, September 2022).

4.12 Exchange of information and sharing knowledge through case studies on institutional and organizational

Case studies

Exchange of information




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APPENDIX XXVII [PCTA Item 10.2]

AGENDA FOR THE 7TH MEETING OF WORKING GROUP ON MODERNIZATION AND REVITALIZATION OF

IRRIGATION SCHEMES (WG-M&R) 28 November 2021, 14:00-15:45 hours (Session I) and 16:15-18:00 hours (Session II)

Marrakesh, Morocco




Scope of work: To investigate, analyse, disseminate information on new developments and to formulate recommendations with respect to: Planning and preparation for modernization and revitalization of irrigation schemes; Interaction between modernization, revitalization and required operation and maintenance; Cost sharing for modernization, revitalization and required operation and maintenance; Institutional and organizational framework required for modernization, revitalization and operation and maintenance; Methods and techniques of lining of conveyance and distribution canals; Canal control systems with respect to their automation, using internet, mobile communication and remote monitoring in canal operation; Modification to improve communication, operational capacities and flexibility in operation and maintenance of systems; Standardization and codes of practice in irrigation systems. Webpage: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/117

Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in August 2021. 2. The Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) has nominated Prof. Sunil D. Gorantiwar and Dr. Neelam Patel for the membership of the group. Chair wrote to the nominees inviting their participation and Dr Gorantiwar contributed during the zoom meeting in August 2021. 3. After virtual meeting held in August 2021, nominations from the Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) viz. Dr. YaLong Li, Dr. SHI Yuan, and Dr. Di Wu were received.


Brief of the virtual meeting organized in March and August 2021 5. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the monthly virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 6. The group under the Chairmanship of VPH Ian Makin organized the first virtual meeting on 22 March while the second virtual meeting was held on 23 August 2021. During the virtual meetings, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, organization of international workshops in Marrakesh in 2021, in Adelaide in 2022, guidelines for publication, international workshop in Beijing in 2023, position paper, developing norms of O&M of irrigation systems etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting”. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of activities on modernization and

revitalization 7. During November 2020, the group reviewed and discussed the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 (Annex 2). Due to COVID-19 pandemic, most of the activities were postponed and expected outputs scheduled for 2020 have been delayed. The 71st International Executive Council (IEC) held on 8 December 2020 approved the extension of the





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WG till 2023 based upon the recommendation of PCTA to enable completion of the current work and preparation of a proposal for a new WG to continue focus on improving irrigation and drainage services. WG-M&R Agenda Item 3. 1: Publication of the WG – Guidelines on modernization 8. Given the postponement of the proposed International Workshop that was expected to provide a framework for the main publication of the WG – (Guidelines on Modernization of Irrigation Services, with case studies) – the publication is rescheduled after the International Workshop in 2021. During discussions, the need for case studies of the application of asset management as a modernization strategy was raised. Dr. Shinji Fukuda (Japan) and Dr. Sanjay Belsare (India) offered to prepare a case studies. VPH Ian Making, WG Chair participated in the meeting of the WG-IDM held on 16 November 2020 during which Mr. Ali Elhaj (Sudan) offered to provide a case study of modernization in Sudan and he shared relevant documents of the Gazira scheme with the WG.

9. A draft outline for the proposed publication was circulated to the WG members prior to virtual meeting and discussed briefly during the meeting in August 2021. Mr. Joop Stoutjesdijk (The World Bank) highlighted the need for recognize that modernization requires more than canal lining and telemetry; and drew attention to the working teams of the World Bank who are working on preparing guidelines on irrigation modernization. Mr. Joop Stoutjesdijk indicated that the World Bank teams would be able to contribute to the development of the guidelines content. He also recommended Dr Martin Burton as a potential contributor on asset management processes. 10. Secretary General Pandya highlighted the need for modernization to include formal change management arrangements to facilitate the transformation of the capacity of irrigation and drainage sector stakeholders through the changes involved in working practices etc. Accordingly, SG Pandya prepared the initial draft on “Change management and revitalization of irrigation projects” and is given as Annex 3. 11. Ms. Mona Liza Delos Reyes (Philippines) requested guidance on the preparation of individual section of the Guideline publication. After a short discussion, Dr Delos Reyes confirmed her interest to be involved in developing the section on Diagnostic Approaches. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-M&R Agenda Item 3. 2: Position Paper on Key Issues on Modernization of Irrigation Schemes 12. Chair reported that President Ragab Ragab will be making a presentation during the 9th World Water Forum in March 2022. At present, the WG has not been asked to provide additional information for the presentation. WG-M&R Agenda Item 3. 3: Develop norms of O&M of Irrigation systems 13. Chair thanked Dr. Mona Liza Delos Reyes (Philippines) for her work in preparing the first draft of the questionnaire for the survey, and the members of the group who provided comments and revisions to the draft circulated earlier. The revised questionnaire was circulated before the virtual meeting.

14. During the virtual meeting, Central Office proposed to circulate the finalized questionnaire to ICID National Committees in a Google doc format. Secretary General Ashwin Pandya noted this would enable NCs to further distribute the questionnaire to individual projects or sub-national irrigation agencies, thus expanding the potential granularity of information obtained. Mr. Joop Stoutjesdijk suggested Central Office to consider using KoBo Toolbox (https://support.kobotoolbox.org/index.html) as an effective means of distributing the questionnaire and collating the information, including enabling separation of access permissions among people invited to complete different sections of the questionnaire. Central Office agreed to examine alternate survey tools and to convert the finalized questionnaire into a suitable format. VPH Ian Makin agreed to revise the questionnaire template to enable multiple returns from national committees and sub-national units or individual schemes. Accordingly, ICID Central Office gone through the format of the questionnaire and is in the process of circulating the formatted questionnaire to all National Committees as a Google form. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-M&R Agenda Item 3. 4: Condensed overview of Key books, manuals, and Guidelines 15. Chair VPH Ian Makin noted the list of publications provided by members of the WG which are accessible through https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/117. Chair encouraged all members of the working group to provide a short write-ups of any titles they propose for inclusion in the list of recommended publications. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Exchange of information, knowledge & networking 16. Chair informed the members of the WG that the Nepal National Committee (NENCID) has requested a presentation on Modernization as part of their regular virtual meetings. VPH Ian Makin has kindly agreed to work with NENCID to develop and make the requested presentation during November 2021.

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Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) 17. During the virtual meeting in August 2021, Dr. Mohsen Barahimi (Iran) confirmed that he is working on the translation of MTD into Persian of the definitions of canal automation and will submit it to TF-MTD. Chair VPH Ian Makin proposed that Dr. Mohsen Barahimi may represent the WG on the TF-MTD as he is actively working on the MTD definitions. As suggested, ICID Central Office requested the Chair of TF-MTD about the proposal to allow Dr. Mohsen Barahimi (Iran) to join their activities as representative of the WG-M&R. Dr. Mohsen Barahimi will provide further updates at the meeting.

International Workshop on Modernizing Irrigation Services, November 2021,

Marrakesh 18. ICID Central Office confirmed that the Marrakesh meeting will be orgnaised as scheduled during 24 to 30 November 2021. An International Workshop, hosted by the WG-M&R, is scheduled in the morning of 25th November and the business meeting of the WG is scheduled in the afternoon of 28th November. 19. Chair summarized the responses from authors to the request for confirmation of paper preparation and potential participation in the Morocco meeting. As many authors have not been able to commit to the paper or participation, Chair proposed that the proposed International Workshop (25 November) be rescheduled as a shorter (90 minutes) event with presentations of completed papers either on-site or by video link. ICID Central Office indicated that this would be acceptable. 20. During the virtual meeting, Dr Sunil Gorantiwar and Dr Sanjay Belsare showed their interest to prepare a case study on piped irrigation in Maharashtra. Dr Alok Sikka (IWMI) suggested the Maharashtra upgrades may not be ready for reporting on actual outcomes of piped irrigation systems, but IWMI will be ready to assist in evaluating the outcomes. Mr. Joop Stoutjesdijk (World Bank) suggested a potential case study could be developed based on World Bank investment program in West Bengal, including new institutional arrangements for management of the systems involved. A case study may be available for inclusion in the Adelaide or WIF4 event. Ms. Petra Schmitter (World Bank) noted that the Marrakesh workshop would be an opportunity to highlight the INSPIRE network. ICID Central Office supported the proposal to include a formal presentation of the INSPIRE Network. Chair VPH Ian Makin agreed to contact all authors to indicate the option to participate in-person or virtually and to request submission of completed papers. Chair also agreed to work with the Central Office and the Morocco team to finalize arrangements for the International Workshop. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Adelaide 2022 – WG meeting and workshop – publication of results of survey findings, review of progress towards guidelines document

21. During the virtual meeting in August 2021, ICID Central Office confirmed that the Adelaide event has again been rescheduled to 3rd October 2022 due to COVID related travel restrictions. WG agreed to propose an International Workshop on Modernization during Adelaide event. The workshop would aim to present (i) the findings of the survey (item 3.3) and (ii) an advanced draft of the proposed Guidelines on Modernization (Item 3.1). Chair also proposed that a call for papers will need to be issued in the coming months to attract abstracts for the event. Chair VPH Ian Makin in coordination with ICID Central Office and host Australian NC will confirm the workshop and will draft call for abstracts with schedule for submission, review, and confirmation of acceptance. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Beijing – WIF4 – 2023 – International Workshop and publication of Guidelines on Modernization of Irrigation and Drainage

22. During March virtual meeting, the WG agreed that the draft of the Guidelines on Modernization will be presented during the World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) in Beijing during an International Workshop. A proposal for the workshop format will be discussed during the next meeting of the WG including forming an action plan and team to lead the preparations. The group also proposed to discuss preparation of International Workshop after the Marrakesh workshop during the WG business meeting on 28th November 2021.

Any other business 23. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 24. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their



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information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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No. Members Member

from (Year)


March/ August 2021

Remarks Self Contributed


1. VPH Ian Makin, Chairman (UK)

2015 • • • •

2. Dr. Dong Bin, Vice Chairman (China)

2015 • •

3. Engr. Muhammad Sani Bala, Secretary (Nigeria)

2015 • • •

4. Mr. Mehrzad Ehsani (Iran) 2015 • 5. Ir. Eko Subekti (Indonesia) 2015 • 6. Dr. Kwang-Sik Yoon (South

Korea) 2015 • • • •

7. Mr. Mohd Yazid bin Abdullah (Malaysia)

2015

8. Dr. Brian T. Wahlin (USA) 2015 • • 9. Mr. Usman-e-Ghani

(Pakistan) 2016 Informed that due

to some urgent work, unable to attend

10. Dr. Ali Omran Ali (Iraq) 2016 11. Dr. Sanjay Belsare (India) 2017 • • • 12. Mr. Jan Potgieter (South

Africa) 2018 •

13. Prof. Dr. Tarek Ahmed El-Samman (Egypt)

2018 • •

14. Dr. Chih-Hung Tan (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2018 •

15. Dr. Shinji Fukuda (Japan) 2018 • • • 16. Omid Moridnejaad – Young

Professional (Iran) 2018

17. Ms. Mona Liza Delos Reyes (Philippines)

2019 • • • •

18. Engr. Reyne B. Ugay (Philippines)

2019 • • • •

19. Dr. Toshihiko Kuno (Japan) 2020 • • 20. Mrs. Zaineb Mohammed

Akram (Iraq) 2020 Provisional

Member 21. Dr. Mohsen Barahimi (Iran) 2020 • 22. Mr. Dinesh Bhatt (Nepal) 2020 • • 23. Secretary General, ICID # #

Permanent observers (i) Mr. Alan Kendall Clark (UK) 2015 (ii) FAO Representative 2015 #2 (iii) World Bank representative (Dr.

Petra Schmitter) 2021 •

(iv) IWMI representative (Mr. Alok Sikka)

2021 •



1 Prof. Sunil D. Gorantiwar India Recommended as member as he participated in the virtual meeting in August 2021

2 Dr. Neelam Patel India Recommended as member, subject to her presence else provisional member

3 Dr. YaLong Li China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

4 Dr. SHI Yuan China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

5 Dr. Di Wu China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

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Annex 2 [Appendix XXVII, Item 3]

ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WORK BODIES Goals/ Strategies









Responsibility


A1. Strategy: Modernizing irrigation systems

1.4 Preparation and presentation of Case studies

Compilation of Case Studies

6 Case Studies

5 case studies presented

9 Case Studies

Selected case studies to address key missing aspects

1.5 Prepare an overview paper on State of the Art on Modernization of Irrigation Systems

State of the Art Paper

State of the Art Paper

State of the Art Paper re-arranged

1.6 Develop Guidelines for Modernization of Irrigation systems

Guidelines (This to be reviewed and possibly revised in Mexico 2017)

Release Guidelines in WIF3

Release Guidelines

A2. Strategy: Improving O&M of Irrigation Systems

2.1 Advocacy paper to draw attention to the needs of adequate resources for O&M

Advocacy paper

2.2 Develop norms of O&M of Irrigation systems

Technical Report


B1. Strategy: Supporting development of appropriate policies

1.9 Prepare position Paper on Key Issues on Modernization of Irrigation Schemes

Position/Policy Paper of ICID

Release in Adelaide in 2022


C1. Strategy: Providing knowledge sharing platform for AWM professionals

1.5 Organize Workshops, Seminar and Symposium on modernization


Main Theme of Congress, Inputs to Congress

Full-day workshop on modernization

Conference Session in Adelaide in 2022


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Goals/ Strategies









Responsibility


F4. Strategy: Developing and sharing AWM knowledge

4.4 Condensed overview of Key books, manuals and Guidelines

Book Overview


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Annex 3 [Appendix XXVII, Item 3.1]

CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN MODERNIZATION AND REVITALISATION OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS

Ashwin B Pandya, Secretary General, ICID

ABSTRACT

1. Irrigation projects are long lasting enterprises spanning over decades and generations. As the time passes, the project develops certain practices and idiosyncrasies some may be relevant in past but may pose constraints in the present or future context. Modernisation and revitalization of the project attempts to make a departure from established practices and thereby causes a disruption in some of the practices and workflow processes. Managing such change is vital for success of the effort of modernization. If the change is not managed in a systematic way, the project suffers on account of non-adoption of the new practices and also creates a lack of enthusiasm for future similar efforts. 2. Change happens in multiple ways which are intertwined forming a complete project. The changes may come from

(a) Technological upgradations leading to introduction of new technologies and solutions in hardware and

software forms for better service delivery and enhancing safety and sustainability of the project components.

(b) Management systems upgradations which are oriented towards defining new management structures and workflow processes in managing the service delivery processes. Often times, this may require re-orientation of the involved manpower and also newer methods of data collection and reporting.

(c) Socio-economic changes which are oriented towards making the social structures amenable to better utilization of available resources amongst the beneficiaries. The changed economics of the crop production and returns necessitate changes in the beneficiary behaviour to re-establish the project viability and also assure economic prosperity of the beneficiaries.

3. Each of the above factors are not independent and strongly influence each other in myriad ways. It is, therefore, necessary to understand interactions between them. These interactions form constraints in respect of each of the interventions mentioned above. If the interventions are planned taking into account these constraints, the rate of success will be much better. 4. Any modernization and revitalization project has to be adopted by the management groups and the beneficiary groups for the same to achieve success. Capacity of these groups to absorb the changes introduced is very vital parameter for planning a modernization project. The capacity upgradation is a step wise process. The size of step in getting the changes absorbed is a vital aspect of design. It requires a thorough study of existing practices and capacities of the management and beneficiary groups. Selection of appropriate solutions is necessarily derived from such a study. This will enable the planner to introduction phases and the efforts required at each step for making the groups ready for the next step. 5. Each modernization and revitalization project should have an appreciation of change management processes that will be required for the selected interventions. The work plan will have to be prepared taking cognizance of the factors discussed above. Time lines of implementation of modernization projects are also required to be adjusted accordingly. Modernization projects often serve as demonstration prototypes and oftentimes, the beneficiaries have the tendency to revert back to their original practices once the project finances and technological inputs are withdrawn at the end of project cycle. Real success of a Modernization and Revitalisation project lies in its permanent absorption by the communities and desire to replicate the same in other similar projects elsewhere.

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APPENDIX XXVIII [PCTA Item 10.3]

AGENDA FOR THE 6TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT (WG-IDM)





Scope: (a) assessment of consumptive use of water for irrigation and resulting water balance at system level; (b) water demand management according to available resource(s) and system capacity; (c) assessment of water loss in various components of irrigation systems, appraisal of water made available for another use downstream (non-consumptive); (d) ground water development and management for irrigation including conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in irrigation, artificial recharge of aquifers from canals "losses" and "excessive" irrigation; (e) water measuring methods and devices and relevant technology (flow rates and volumes); (f) drivers for and resistances at system level to improve irrigation management; (g) social issues to be considered along with technical and economical ones; (h) management of multi-use hydraulic systems, and interdependence between uses; (i) performance evaluation of irrigation schemes and benchmarking; (j) ways towards economic performance enhancement (cost reduction and efficiency improvement). Website: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/118 WG-IDM Agenda Item 1: Action taken report by Chair1 1. The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in October 2020. 2. The Egyptian National Committee of ICID (ENCID) has nominated Dr. Gamal Mohamed Elkassar for the membership of the working group, Dr. Gamal participated during the first virtual meeting held in July 2021 and his membership was accepted. In September 2021, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Prof. Huang Jiesheng, Prof. (Ms.) Chen Jing, Dr. Liu Jing - Young Professional (China) for the membership of the working group.

3. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting. WG-IDM Agenda Item 2: Brief of the virtual meeting organized in July 2021

4. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated with the Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting. 5. Accordingly, the first virtual zoom meeting of WG-IDM was organized on 2 July 2021 wherein about seven members participated. During the meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, publications, updating MTD etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152.

WG-IDM Agenda Item 3: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of activities on irrigation

development and management 6. During virtual meeting, the group reviewed and updated the activities as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 (refer Annex 2). The WG agreed to discuss the status of various activities and will report the progress to Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA).





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7. A6 Strategy 6.7: In March 2021, Mr. Ahmet Seren (Turkey) shared the Technical Report on “Drivers and Social Resistances within the Systems to Improve Irrigation Management in Turkey” to Chair and Secretary for comments/ suggestions while Eng. Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elhaj (Sudan) had already shared the documents in respect of works done in Gezira Irrigation Scheme in Sudan. In February 2021, Central Office requested VPH Ian Makin about collaboration with his WG in this activity and in response, VPH Makin informed that he is touch with the Chair and members of UK about possible information on UK experiences. 8. B1 Strategy 1.14: Report on south-south cooperation for capacity development in the field of irrigation management - WG Chair Ms. Mary Jean Gabriel (South Africa) informed the progress on capacity development in African region in consultation with the African Regional Working Group (AFRWG). Chair will write a brief report and share additional information on this matter. 9. B3 Strategy 3.1: Assess methods and develop guidelines on relevant water balance approach - Dr. Amgad Elmahdi shared the table of contents of publication titled “Guidelines on relevant water balance approach” to Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of WG on 8th February 2021 and the same was circulated in the meeting. 10. D2 Strategy 2.3: Investigating and documenting the social and economic impacts of irrigation systems – In July 2021, Dr. Akie Mukai (Japan) informed the Chair that she was working on the assignment and will submit the same in due course of time. Dr. Akie Mukai (Japan)/ WG Chair will provide further updates in the meeting. 11. C1 strategy 1.3: Organize workshop, seminar and symposium on Water Balance Approach – Since there is no update, as suggested by the Chair, in August 2021, Central Office has requested WG members to share their views directly to Chair on this matter. WG Chair will provide further updates, if any during the meeting. WG-IDM Agenda Item 3.1: Publication of the WG

12. Goal C4 - Strategy 4.17 titled “Overview paper on the Irrigation Development for publication in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD)” by Dr. Ming-Young Jan (Chinese Taipei) is under preparation. During the virtual meeting in July 2021, the group noted that Dr. Ming-Young Jan was unable to attend the last two virtual meetings, the group agreed to contact him by email on the matter. Dr. Ming/ WG Chair will provide further updates during the meeting. 13. Chair invited all members of WG to provide their inputs to other two documents entitled “Norms and standards of irrigation development” and “Condensed overview of existing documents and practical examples on water balance approach”. As suggested by the WG Chair, Central Office once again circulated documents to the WG members on 27 August 2021 and requested them to deliver suggestions and inputs on the documents directly to Chair.

14. Dr. Katsuyuki Shimizu (Japan) reported that he modified the second draft report titled “Investigating and providing information on the positive amenities, services and goods provided by irrigation systems” based on the comments by Chair and Vice-Chair. As agreed during the virtual meeting in July 2021, Dr. Shimizu shared the final version to Chair, Vice Chair and Central Office. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

WG-IDM Agenda Item 4: Presentation by the working members 15. During the virtual meeting in July 2021, Prof. L.B. Roy (India) offered that he will make a presentation in the next meeting and the group agreed. Accordingly, on 8 September 2021, Prof. Roy shared the final paper titled "Study of ET0 by using Conventional and Soft Computing Techniques in the Eastern Gandak Project in Bihar, India – A Case Study" to Chair and Central Office. Chair and Central Office encourage members of WG to make presentations related to mandate of the WG at the next meetings. WG-IDM Agenda Item 5: Exchange of information, knowledge & networking -website

WG-IDM Agenda Item 5.1: Website of the group 16. ICID established a new website of the WG and is accessible at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/118. Members are requested for their active participation in the activities of the WG and facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to keep themselves up-to-date with new developments in the various aspect of drainage. Members are also requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central



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Office for uploading on the website of the WG. In order to ensure regular contribution of the members, Working Group is encouraged to make full use of Zoom platform for virtual meetings in between face to face meeting during IEC. WG-IDM Agenda Item 5.2: Webinar

17. An interesting Webinar titled “Role of ICT Technologies for sustainable irrigation management and scheduling (MENA Region-Case studies)” was delivered by Dr. Amgad Elmahdi, Head of MENA Region-IWMI (member of WG-IDM) while Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ersoy Yildirim, Dean of Eskisehir Osmangazi University (Turkey) delivered presentation on “Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Application in Irrigation Projects in Turkey” on 7 April 2021. Taking into consideration of above webinar, Chair and Secretary have proposed to organize series of webinar viz. case study of South Africa, Asian countries, etc. 18. Webinar/ Web-based seminars are the new way to reach wider audience through video conferencing. Members should take a lead in organizing Webinars in consultation with Central Office. Members can also invite specialists to deliver talks on important topics of interest. Members may decide the broad topics and a tentative schedule to organize these Webinar.

WG-IDM Agenda Item 6: Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) 19. Dr. Shimizu shared the Excel file with the sheets for (5) Headworks, (6) Design of irrigation canals, (7) Canal structures, (8) Project Water Management, and (17) Operation, maintenance and management. In each sheet, he has included the candidate technical terms to be added in the revised MTD. Central Office circulated the above sheets to all members and requested them to add the terms in consultation with Dr. Shimizu. Similarly, Dr. Amgad Elmahdi (Australia) has also volunteered for contribution in Arabic. 20. In February 2021, ICID Central Office requested Dr. Amgad Elmahdi (Australia) to volunteer to contribute in Arabic translation and also encouraged WG member to contribute to update the MTD. ICID Central Office suggested Dr. Amgad to get in touch with the Egyptian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID) for the latest version of the MTD translated into Arabic version. Accordingly, Dr. Amgad contacted ENCID for the latest version of the MTD. Dr. Amgad/ ENCID representative will provide further updates at the meeting. 21. In response to ICID Central Office’s request, in February 2021, VPH Ian Makin has informed that he is touch with the Chair and members of UK about possible updating MTD. VPH Ian Makin will provide further updates at the meeting. WG-IDM Agenda Item 7: Any other business


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Sl. No. Members

Member from

(Year)

2019 2020 Remarks



1. Ms. Mary Jean M. Gabriel, Chair (South Africa)

2015 •

•

•

•

2. Mr. Ahmet Şeren, Vice Chair (Turkey)

2016 •

•

3. Dr. Katsuyuki Shimizu, Secretary (Japan)

2015 •

•

•

•

4. Dr. Wu Jingwei (China) 2015

5. Ir. Mat Hussin Bin Ghani (Malaysia)

2015

6. Mr. Ming-Young Jan (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2015 •

7. Mr. Waleed Hassan (Egypt)

2015 •

•

8. Dr. Amgad Elmahdi (Australia)

2016 • •

•

9. Dr. Narges Zohrabi (Iran)

2016 •

•

10. Mr. Tariq Altaf (Pakistan)

2017

11. Prof. LB Roy – Direct Member (India)

2018 •

12. Eng. El Sayed El Yamani Ali Sarkees (Egypt)

2018

13. Dr. (Ms) Eman Ragab Mohamed Nofal (Egypt)

2018 •

•

14. Dr. Mukai Akie (Japan) 2020 •

15. Engr. Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elhaj (Sudan)

2020 •

•


#2

Permanent observers (i) VPH Ian Makin (UK) 2015 •

(ii) VPH Hafied Gany (Indonesia)

2015 •

B. New nomination received from the National Committee


1. Dr. Gamal Mohamed Elkassar Egypt Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

2. Prof. Huang Jiesheng China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

3. Prof. (Ms.) Chen Jing China Recommended as member, subject to her presence else provisional member

4. Dr. Liu Jing - Young Professional China Recommended as member, subject to her presence else provisional member

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ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ALLOCATION OF TASKS

Goal/ Strategies Activities Outcomes/ Outputs

Responsible person


A1. Strategy: Modernizing irrigation systems

1.1 Develop a program for introducing standards for irrigation systems

Standards for Irrigation and Drainage

Dr Ming-Young Jan / Ms. M J Gabriel

1.2 Report or case studies on recent development in Irrigation Drainage Management

Case studies Presented in WG meetings

Dr Narges Zohrabi

A6. Strategy: Improving performance of irrigation systems

6.1 Investigating and providing information on the positive amenities, services and goods provided by irrigation systems (in consultation with WG-ENV)

Technical Report Dr K Shimizu

6.7 Identify drivers and social resistances within the systems to improve Irrigation management

Report Mr. Ahmet Seren Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elhaj – to share experiences in the work done in Gezira Irrigation Scheme in Sudan Mr. Ian Makin (to assist)


B1.Strategy: Support development of appropriate policies

1.14 Report on South-South cooperation for capacity development in the field of irrigation management

Report Ms. MJ Gabriel

B3. Strategy: Integrated Irrigation and Drainage Management

3.1 Assess methods and develop guidelines on relevant water balance approach

Guidelines Dr. Amgad Elmahdi Mr. Ian Makin (to assist)


C1.Strategy: Providing knowledge sharing platform for AWM professionals

1.3 Organize Workshop, Seminar and Symposium on Water Balance Approach

Proceedings TBD

C4.Strategy: Compile, Collate and Share Knowledge and Experiences

4.9 Condensed overview of existing documents and practical examples on water balance approach

Technical Report Ms. MJ Gabriel

4.17 Overview paper on the Irrigation Development for publication in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD)

Technical Paper Dr. Ming-Young Jan

Goal D: Enable Cross Disciplinary and Inter-Sectoral Engagement

D2. Strategy: Developing Technical Documents in Non-technical Language

2.3 Investigating and documenting the social and economic impacts of irrigation systems

Technical report Dr. A Mukai

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APPENDIX XXIX [PCTA Item 10.4]

AGENDA FOR THE 6TH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON WATER SAVING IN IRRIGATED AREAS (WG-WATS)





Scope: (a) water accounting and irrigation auditing (and other ancillary uses); (b) irrigation water measuring devices; (c) assessment of water loss in various components of irrigation systems; (d) various methods and techniques used for water saving in irrigation; (e) policies and strategies for irrigation water saving; (f) charging for Irrigation Services; (g) success stories and best management practices in water saving; (h) tools and processes applied in irrigation water saving; (i) outreach of water saving technologies; and (j) WatSave Awards. Webpage: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/108

Action taken report by Chair1

The Chair will present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in September 2021.

The Indian National Committee (INCID) has nominated Dr. Man Singh and Dr. Deepak Khare in place of Mr. Kamal Kumar Jangid while Pakistan National Committee (PANCID) has nominated Dr. Muhammad Ashraf for the membership of the group. In February 2021, Prof. Kyung-Sook Choi (South Korea) has informed the Central Office about stepping down from the membership of WG-WATS and requested Korean National Committee (KCID) to nominate a new member for the group however, response from KCID is awaited.

On September 3, Eng. Mohanarajah has informed that he has retired from the service and suggested to contact

the Sri Lankan National Committee (SLNICID) for new nomination. Accordingly, Central Office has contacted SLNICID and requested to nominate a new professional for the group however, response is awaited. Similarly, in September 2021, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Prof. Qi Xuebin, Prof. Gu Tao, and Dr. Yujiang Xiong – Young Professional (China) for the membership of the working group.

During the virtual meeting held on 7 September 2021, the group considered the nominations of Dr. Deepak

Khare (India), Prof. Qi Xuebin (China), Prof. Gu Tao (China), and Dr. Yujiang Xiong – Young Professional (China) and approved them as they were present during the meeting.

Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the WG and the Central Office have updated the membership

of the WG as given at Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitably after the meeting.

Brief of the virtual meeting organized in September 2021

During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting.

The first virtual zoom meeting of WG-WATS was organized on 07 September 2021 wherein twelve members were participated in the meeting. During the meeting, Chair discussed various activities being undertaken by the WG as part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, publications, presentation by WatSave Award winners, updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD), completion of the mandate of the WG etc. Minutes of the virtual meetings of all work body have been uploaded on a dedicated webpage - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.





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Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 - Status of activities on water saving in irrigated areas

During virtual meeting in October 2020, the group reviewed the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 and updated it

(Annex 2). Chair will discuss with the members and provide further updates at the meeting. WG-WATS Agenda Item 3.1: Publication of the WG

(a) Best practices and successful story on water saving

In 2020, Dr. J. Stevens submitted a proposal on Virtual Irrigation Academy to improve irrigation water productivity. Chair requested Dr. Stevens to make a presentation around 10 minutes during the virtual meeting of WG-WATS. During the virtual meeting in September 2021, Dr. Stevens was not present hence, the group postponed it to next meeting. Chair/ Dr. Stevens will provide further updates at the meeting. (b) Policy and legal approaches to water saving

During the virtual meeting in 2020, the group discussed about the submission of the questionnaire and suggested to re-circulate the questionnaire once again to members of WG-WATS and NCs for getting necessary information. As suggested, ICID Central Office circulated once again the questionnaire in February 2021 with a request to fill-up as much available information as possible and send the filled-in questionnaire to Chair Mehrzad Ehsani/ Prof. Jianxin Mu.

During the virtual meeting in September 2021, the group discussed about the questionnaire and suggested ICID Central Office to circulate the questionnaire once again to National Committees and members of the group for filling up. Accordingly, ICID Central Office circulated the questionnaire to all National Committees and members of WG for filling up. Chair/ Prof. Jianxin Mu will provide further updates at the meeting. (c) Water Charging Policies:

As part of Road Map to ICID Vision 2030, the group discussed about the preparation of a technical book on water charging polices and mechanism to analyze the effect of water charges on water saving in agriculture. Chair Mehrzad Ehsani prepared the technical framework for “Agricultural Water Charging” which was circulated to National Committees for providing required information the circulated format. However, the group felt that response is not enough (at least information from 15 countries is still needed) to prepare the final report. In April 2020, ICID Central Office once again requested all those National Committees who are yet to submit their response to expedite the submission. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

During virtual meeting in 2020, members shared their countries policies for water charging. Dr. Tasuku Kato (Japan) informed that in order to support the farmers and agriculture, there is no water charging in Japan. In response to ICID Central Office’s request, in July 2021, Dr. Tasuku Kato has informed that he is preparing the Japanese case study and will submit the same in due course of time. Chair/ Dr. Tasuku Kato will provide further updates at the meeting. (d) State of the art on water saving:

In June 2021, Dr. Joe Stevens (South Africa) informed that he is still working on the article "State of the art on water saving" and will share the same with members for comments, however, response is awaited. Dr. Stevens will provide further updates in the meeting. (e) Condensed overview of existing key books, manuals, guidelines and other relevant publications on

water saving:

During virtual meeting, Mr. Mortaza Yazdekhasti updated on the status of overview of existing key books, manuals, guidelines and other relevant publications on water saving. In February 2021, ICID Central Office requested all members to share relevant publications related to the mandate of the group with Mr. Mortaza for wider dissemination. During the virtual meeting in September 20201, Mr. Mortaza once again requested members to share relevant publications related to the mandate of the group. Mr. Mortaza will provide further updates at the meeting.

Presentation by the WatSave Award winner(s)

For the year 2021, 15 nominations have been received for the WatSave Awards viz. Technology (6); Management (6); Young Professionals (2); Farmer (1) from 8 National Committees. All the nominations will be sent to Panel of Judges for evaluation and selection of the winner. The ICID Central Office will request the winners to make a presentation during the upcoming meeting.


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Dissemination of activities of WG – Website of the group

In July 2021, Dr. P. Soman, Direct Member from Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL) has shared the published papers “Effect of drip irrigation and fertigation on the performance of several rice cultivars in different rice ecosystems in India” and “Evaluation of the performance of aerobic rice using drip irrigation technology under tropical conditions” for uploading on ICID website. Similarly, Dr. Mohamed ElHagarey (Egypt) has shared research article related to management of water and soil under desert conditions in Egypt, and the modification of the SWMR 101 machine. ICID Central Office has uploaded all the above papers/ articles on WG website which are accessible through link at - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/119.

Members are requested to exchange information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to be up to date with new developments, methods and approaches. Members are also requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the web site of the WG.


Prof. Kyung-Sook Choi (South Korea) who volunteered to update the Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

terms related to the mandate of the group has informed in February 2021 about stepping down from the membership of the group.

During the virtual meeting on 7 September 2021, after discussion, Dr. P. Soman (India) has kindly volunteered to update the MTD. However, vide email of 20 September 2021, Dr. Soman informed his inability to proceed with the work for two main reasons viz. (i) Access to the dictionary was highly restricted and even to get the document online is difficult. Also, it is not a one sitting job to go through the dictionary and make corrections. (ii) Lack of time along with official work is the other reason.

With some difficulty, he got few pages of the dictionary but found that the review can be done only in a stepwise manner. To do this way, the whole document should be available in one unit (download) for repeated access and revision. This process is difficult with the present arrangement of logging in every time and working on it. Moreover, he also informed that he works alone with no office assistance and can only spend little time daily/ weekly on this task. Dr. Soman requested to find an alternative member for this task. Chair may discuss with the members during the meeting.

Completion of the mandate and preparation of Scoping Document for the establishment of new WG

As the present tenure of the WG is going to be completed by 2021, it is envisaged to prepare a closure report

of the working group. Seeing the importance of the WG, the group members may also like to discuss its new mandate in the context of future needs and in the light of requirements of preparing scoping document. The Group may discuss for either seeking extension of the term of the WG or setting up new WG with new mandate and recommend to PCTA/IEC for approval.

Any other business

ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information.

Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of

irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.







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Sl. No.

Members Member from

(Year)


September 2021

Remarks



1. Mr. Mehrzad Ehsani, Chairman (Iran)

2015 • • • •

2. VPH Adama Sangare, Vice Chairman (Mali)

2015 • •

3. Mr. Mortaza Yazdekhasti - Young Professional, Secretary (Iran)

2016 • • •

4. VPH M. Hassan Amer (Egypt)

2015

5. Eng. S. Mohanarajah (Sri Lanka)

2015 Retired

6. Dr. P. Soman – Direct Member, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL)

2015 • • • •

7. Mr. Abijit Joshi – Direct Member, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL)

2015 • •

8. Prof. (Ms.) Kyung-Sook Choi (South Korea)

2015 • • • Stepped down

9. Dr. Joe Stevens (South Africa)

2016 •

10. Ms. Jianxin Mu (China)

2016 • • •

11. Mr. Yalçin Dalgin (Turkey)

2016 On 6 September 2021, informed about his inability to attend the virtual meeting

12. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed Sheikh (Pakistan)

2017

13. Prof. Michele Perniola (Italy)

2017

14. Dr. Tasuku Kato (Japan)

2018 • • • •

15. Dr. Ray-Shyan Wu (Chinese Taipei Committee)

2018 • • • •

16. Eng. (Ms) Hala Ramadan El-Sayed Ismail (Egypt)

2018

17. Dr. Mohamed ElHagarey (Egypt)

2018 • • Due to some reason, unable to join

18. Mr. Isomiddin Akramov, (Uzbekistan)

2019 •

19. Ir. Felipe Dantas (Australia)

2019 Due to some reason, unable to join

20. Engr. Rafat Nael Abdulghani Al-Intaki (Iraq)

2020 • •


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Sl. No.

Members Member from

(Year)


September 2021

Remarks




#2 #

Permanent observers

(ii) IWMI Representative

2015

(iii) FAO Representative 2015


Sl. No.


1 Dr. Man Singh India Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

2 Dr. Deepak Khare India Recommended as member as he present during the virtual meeting on 07 September 2021

3 Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

4. Prof. Qi Xuebin China Recommended as member as he present during the virtual meeting on 07 September 2021

5. Prof. Gu Tao China Recommended as member as he present during the virtual meeting on 07 September 2021

6. Dr. Yujiang Xiong – Young Professional

China Recommended as member as he present during the virtual meeting on 07 September 2021

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ROAD MAP TO ICID VISION 2030 – ACTIVITIES OF WORKBODIES Goals/



2017

Milestone for Year

2018

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020



A3. Strategy: Improving water saving techniques and technologies

3.1 Support Watsave award winner selection

Awards Presenting Annual Watsave Awards

Presenting Annual Watsave Awards




3.2 Best Practices and Successful Story on Water Saving

Documents Workshop on Watsave awards

Announcing annually for Watsave awards and selecting successful stories



Setting up 10 years respective work as the documents and

release by CO (2010 -2020)


B1. Strategies: Supporting development of appropriate policies

1.3 Disseminate the water saving award technologies

Workshop proceedings

1.4 Policy and legal approaches to Water Saving

Policies/ Document

Breakdown the works in the WG

-Workshop -Designing and preparing questionnaire to collect data

Collecting and reviewing relevant laws and regulations from NC

Providing first draft

Finalize the book on policies and

strategies drives on water saving

1.5 Water Charging policies

Position paper

Define responsibility in WG

Designing Standard questionnaire

Reviewing Water Charging procedure on NC

Providing first paper

Final Paper

1.11 State of the art on water saving

Journal Paper

Preparation of the draft of first paper

Submission of first paper for IRD

Preparation of the draft of second paper

Submission of second paper for IRD


C1. Strategies: Providing knowledge sharing platform for AWM professionals

1.1 Organize Workshop, Seminar and Symposium


Seminar/ Symposium on Water Saving

Workshop Workshop


4.8 Condensed overview of existing key books, manuals, guidelines and other relevant publications on water saving

Technical report

Release the first report

Release the second report

Release of third report


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APPENDIX XXX [PCTA Item 10.5]

AGENDA FOR THE 3RD MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON RAIN WATER HARVESTING (WG-RWH)


Strategy Theme: Scheme



Mandate: (a) Promote rainwater harvesting as a natural, local, and efficient source of water in accordance with the key principles of Rainwater Harvesting; (b) Conduct research and provide advice from a range of disciplines: rainwater harvesting, irrigation and agricultural practices including water management, land use planning, policy environments, and stormwater management; (c) Provide Rainwater Harvesting Codes of Practice suitable for urban and agricultural water use.

Webpage: http://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/120

Action taken report by the Chair1

1. The Chair will present the report on the action taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in November 2020. 2. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the working group and the Central Office has updated the membership of the WG as given in Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitable after the meeting. In September 2021, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) has nominated Dr. Ding Kunlun (China) for the membership of the working group.

3. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair to organize virtual meeting however, virtual meeting could not be organised. A dedicated webpage https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/152 has been created where minutes of the virtual meetings of the WGs can be referred to.

Work plan of the WG and Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – activities on Rain

Water Harvesting 4. During the virtual meeting in November 2020, the group members reviewed the Action Plan on the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 on the activities of rain water harvesting and updated it (refer Annex 2). It was proposed that action items for 2020 be taken forward to 2021 and 2022 seeing the situation of COVID-19 pandemic. Chair Geoff Harvey informed the members that the activities associated with the International Conference would now be carried out in 2022 in Adelaide (due to postponement of 24th ICID Congress to 2022 because of COVID-19 pandemic). Chair in consultation with the members may update the Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 i.e. Annex 2. As suggested by Chair, the Central Office has requested Mr. Michael Smit to prepare and circulate a report of the conference activities to all members however, response is awaited. 5. At the virtual meeting, Working Group proposed a new Activity 1.1 to prepare a paper for the next International Conference considering higher crop productivity and rainwater harvesting to be coordinated by Mr. Michael Smit (Australia). Discussion on this activity includes rainwater harvesting from new technologies, such as greenhouses and solar panels, the importance of different scales, potential negative impacts of rainwater harvesting on local waterways and the importance of water accounting. As suggested by Chair, Central Office requested Mr. Michael Smit to prepare the proforma document and circulate the same inviting members of the group to explain how they can contribute to the activities of the Action plan however, response is awaited. Mr. Michael Smit/ WG Chair Geoff Harvey will provide further updates at the meeting.

1 This will also include details of membership of WG as Annex 1




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Work jointly with the Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus on the practice of harvested rainwater utilization

6. Chair Geoff Harvey informed the members that the working group is closely working with the Working Group on Water Food Energy Nexus (WG-WFE-N) on the practice of harvested rainwater utilization. Central Office has requested Chair to liaise with WG-WFE-N. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Exchange of information, knowledge & networking 7. Members are requested for their active participation in the activities of the WG and facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to keep themselves up-to-date with new developments in the field of rain water harvesting. Members are also requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the web site of the WG - https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/120. 8. In order to ensure regular contribution of the members, WG is encouraged to make full use of Zoom platform for virtual meetings in between face-to-face meeting during IEC. Webinar/ Web-based seminars are the new way to reach wider audience through video conferencing. Members are requested to take lead in organizing Webinars in consultation with Central Office. Members can also invite specialists to deliver talks on important topics of interest. 9. A Webinar on “Rainwater Harvesting vs Traditional Catchment Storage” was organized on 15 July 2021 at 12:00 hour (IST) by Mr. Michael Smit and the recording the webinar is available at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/156. During the webinar, Michael Smit presented data on the relative efficiencies of a traditional rural catchment and rainwater harvesting based on similar volumes and frequencies of rain. The data suggests that in dry conditions rainwater harvesting is much more efficient at catching small rain events and storing small amounts of local water than traditional catchments. However, in wet conditions catchments can catch large rainfall events and store large amounts of water.

Presentation by the working group members 10. To share the knowledge of rain water harvesting in different member countries, the WG may invite a couple of presentations from the experts. WG may deliberate on the issue and suggest experts during the WG meeting. Members are requested to get in touch with Chair Geoff Harvey and make a presentation during the Morocco meeting.

Preparation of workshop and field trip during ICID Congress in 2022, Australia

11. During the virtual meeting in November 2020, after discussion, it was proposed to finalize the organization of workshop and field trip during 24th ICID Congress at Adelaide, Australia. In February 2021, Central Office has approached Chair Geoff Harvey and requested to initiate the organization of workshop in consultation with the group members however, response is awaited. Chair will provide further updates at the meeting.

Any other business 12. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 13. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.








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Sr. No. Members

Member From (Year)

2019 2020 Remarks



1. Mr. Geoff Harvey, Chair (Australia) 2019 • •

2. Mr. Michael Smit (Australia) 2019 • •

3. Ms. Kathleen Heuvel – Young Professional (Australia)

2019

4. Mr. Warren Helgason (Canada) 2019

5. Dr. A.K. Randev, Chairman, WG-SON-FARM (India)

2019 • •

6. Dr. Ratan Chand Jain (India) 2019 •

7. Prof. (Ms.) Elena Bresci (Italy) 2019 •

8. Mr. Hisham Ghazali (Malaysia) 2019

9. Mr. Bashu Dev Lohanee (Nepal) 2019

10. Ms. Mary Jean Gabriel, Chair, WG-IDM (South Africa)

2019 • •

11. President Dr. R. Ragab, Chairman, WG-WFE-N (United Kingdom)

2019 •

12. Dr. Puspa Raj Khanal (FAO) 2019 •

13. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tiwari - Director Member, MWRRA (India)

2020

14. Dr. Alok Sikka (IWMI) 2020 •


B. New nomination received from the National Committee


1. Dr. Ding Kunlun China Recommended as member, subject to his presence else provisional member

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Annex 2 [Appendix XXX, Item 2]


Goals/ Strategies Activities Outcomes/ Outputs

Milestone for Year

2019

Milestone for Year

2020

Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for Year

2022

Milestone for Year

2023

Goal 1: Enable higher crop productivity with less water and energy

WG Activity 1.1

Goal 2: Be a catalyst for change in policies and practices

WG Activity 2.1

Inaugural meeting work plan

Position standard

Innovation celebration

Goal 3: Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and technology

3.1 Organize international workshop, seminar or symposium

First workshop

Work plan Collect codes and legislation

Videos on best practices

Goal 4: Enable cross disciplinary and inter-sectoral engagement

WG Activity 4.1

Work plan Work with WG-WFE-N

Training modules

Goal 5: Encourage research and support development of tools to extend innovation into field practices

WG Activity 5.1

Goal 6: Facilitate capacity development

WG Activity 6.1

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Agenda for the 1st Meeting of WG-LDRG (72nd IEC) − (Ver. Dated 2021-10-28)

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APPENDIX XXXI [PCTA Item 10.6]

AGENDA FOR THE 1ST MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON LAND DRAINAGE (WG-LDRG)


Strategy Theme: Scheme Presented by the Chair

Year of Establishment: 2020 Completion of the Mandate: 2026 Mandate: (a) To promote drainage as part of integrated water resources management. In this regard exchange of information, knowledge and experience among the WG members in order to be up to date with new developments, methods and approaches. Prepare and present reports and/or case studies on recent developments in the countries that are represented in the WG; organise international drainage workshops; (b) To collect and review manuals, guidelines, codes of practice and standards on drainage schemes of various countries and prepare universal draft standards; (c) To promote sustainable approaches for drainage and related projects through a balanced integration of environmental, economic, and social and cultural aspects. In this regard nonconventional drainage methods such as bio-drainage, dry-drainage, controlled drainage and reuse of drainage water will be given due attention; (d) To prepare an overview paper on the state of the art on the topic for publication in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD); (e) To hold drainage conferences and workshops with collaboration of NCs and close collaboration to hold two International Drainage workshops (14th and 15th IDW); (f) Collecting data of the World Drained Area and keep it updated through WG members and NCs information according to Goal E, Strategy E5 (Compilation of Global Data Sets on Irrigation and Drainage), Clause 5.3 (Datasets for Drainage Area) of Road Map of ICID Vision 2030.

Website: https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/146

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 1: Introduction by the Chair1

1. Based on the recommendation of Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA), the 71st International Executive Council (IEC) in December 2020 approved the establishment of the new Working Group on Land Drainage (WG-LDRG) vide its Resolution IEC-2/71, subject to the interest from minimum 10 National Committees.

2. The Chair will provide a brief introduction and present the report on the actions taken on the decisions and proposals of the working group at its last meeting held in November 2020

3. In February 2021, Central Office has invited nominations from the National Committees for the new WG and in response, the following nominations have been received for the membership of the working group:

(a) Prof. Cheh-Shyh Ting (Chinese Taipei Committee) (b) Dr. Gehan Abdel Hakeem Sallam (Egypt) (c) Dr. Deepak Khare (India) (d) Mr. Ammar Al-Khafaji (Iraq) (e) Dr. Bancha Kwanyuen (Thailand) (f) Mr. Ekasit Kositsakulchai (Thailand) (g) Dr. Peter Johnson (United Kingdom) (h) Dr. Mangliyev Abdukhalil Abdusattorovich (Uzbekistan) (i) Prof. Wu Jingwei (China) (j) Dr. Tao Yuan - Young Professional (China) (k) Dr. Luo Wenbing - Young Professional (China)

4. Chair in consultation with Vice Chair, Secretary of the working group and the Central Office have updated the membership of the WG as given in Annex 1 (refer electronic version for latest list). New nominations, if any, for the membership received will be dealt suitable after the meeting.

5. During the second monthly meeting on 7 June 2021, ICID President Dr. Ragab Ragab (UK) discussed various activities of the ICID. During the virtual meeting, President Dr. Ragab has suggested ICID Central Office to contact the Chair/ Vice Chair/ Secretary of the working group and request them to organize at least two virtual meetings in a year apart from the physical meetings organized during the annual IEC meetings of ICID. Accordingly, ICID Central Office has communicated Chair/ Vice Chair and Secretary to organize virtual meeting however, but no virtual meeting




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of the WG could be organised. A dedicated webpage “ICID Workbodies Virtual Meeting” has been created where minutes of the virtual meetings of the WGs can be referred to.

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 2: Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 – Status of activities on drainage

6. The Road Map to ICID Vision 2030 needs to be updated in consultation with the members of the group seeing the new mandate of the working group (refer Annex 2). Chair will discuss updating the Road Map with the members during the meeting.

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 2.1: Publication of the WG

7. The group may like to discuss about bring out the publication of the working group besides exchange of information and overview of key books and other publications, collecting and reviewing manuals, guidelines, codes of practice etc. (refer Annex 3). Members may discuss further during the meeting.

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 3: Updating database on ‘Drained area in the world’

8. The updated database of drained area is available at https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/World-drained-areas.pdf Members are requested to share the latest drained area in consultation with their National Committee/ Committee to Central Office for updating it on ICID website.

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 4: Updating Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

9. The group members may discuss ststua of updating of Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) terms related to the mandate of the WG during the meeting.

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 5: Exchange of information, knowledge & networking - website

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 5.1: Website of the WG

10. ICID established a new website of the WG which is accessible at https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/146. Members are requested for their active participation in the activities of the WG and facilitate exchange of information, knowledge and experience, as well as networking on the topic in order to keep themselves up-to-date with new developments in the various aspect of drainage. Members are also requested to provide information, papers, presentation made on topics related to scope of work of the WG to the ICID Central Office for uploading on the website of the WG. Members may discuss and evolve methodology for sharing of information and updation of WG website. In order to ensure regular contribution of the members, WG is encouraged to make full use of Zoom platform for virtual meetings in between face to face meeting during IEC.

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 5.2: Webinar/ Web based seminar

11. Webinar/ Web-based seminars are the new way to reach wider audience through video conferencing. Members should take a lead in organizing Webinars in consultation with Central Office. Members can also invite specialists to deliver talks on important topics of interest. Members may decide the broad topics and a tentative schedule to organize these Webinar

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 6: Proposal for organization of 14th International Drainage Workshop

12. Earlier, the National Committee of Georgia had shown their interest for organizing the 14th IDW but status could not be ascertained as there was no representative from the National Committee of Georgia in 2020. However, representative from Russian National Committee (RuCID) explained that the Georgian proposal is on hold due to local re-organisation.

13. In February 2021, H.E. Mr. Zarobiddin Kosimi Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Arab Republic of Egypt has shown interest in organization of 14th International Drainage Workshop (IDW). In response, ICID Central Office has requested His Excellency to arrange to submit a proposal for hosting the 14th IDW through Tajikistan National Committee of ICID (TAJCID) however, filled-in proposal is yet to be received from them. Vice President Hon. Dr. Eng Mohamed A. Shehata Wahba, has kindly agreed to support and coordinate with His Excellency in preparation and the submission of the proposal and thereafter provide necessary guidance in the arrangements needed for the successful organization of the event. Chair/ Dr. Wahba will provide further updates at the meeting.

WG-LDRG Agenda Item 7: Any other business (with permission of Chair)

14. ICID Members' Profile Section: As a new initiative, ICID has launched a new website (https://icid-ciid.org) as part of ICID's 70th Anniversary Celebration to meet the new web technologies. One of the newly added web features provides WG members access to their profile section using their dedicated account. ICID CO vide email dated 9 July 2021 < https://icid.bmeurl.co/C7D4D2E > informed all members on how to access their


https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/World-drained-areas.pdf




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account and change their password to maintain accuracy. Members are requested to review and update their information using their credentials and help us to maintain accurate information. 15. Register on World Irrigation Projects (WIP): ICID has taken an initiative to document the development of irrigation projects in the world by establishing an online Register on “World Irrigation Projects (WIP)”. WIP will fulfill the need for a much-awaited global repository of information in systematic irrigation and agricultural water management. Irrigation projects having 5000 Hectares and above of Gross Command Area can submit their information for inclusion in the register. The irrigation projects approved by National Committee/ ICID Central Office for inclusion are entitled to Certification. Members are also requested to encourage all irrigation project owners, managers, and researchers across the world and especially in our member countries for contributing to the register. This facility is also extended to non-member countries if the information is received from an authorized agency. The review process and other details are outlined on the portal < https://wip.icidevents.org/ > in detail.

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Annex 1 [Appendix XXXI, Item 1] A. Membership of the working group

Sr. No. Members Country Year Remarks 1. Mr. Bernard Vincent France 2020 Chairman 2. Dr. Momon Sodik Imanudin Indonesia 2020 Vice Chairman

3. Mr. Fazal Rehman Kashif Pakistan 2020 Secretary 4. Ms. Wang Shaoli China 2020

5. Dr. Hao-Che Ho Chinese Taipei Committee


6. Eng. Mohamed Saleh El-Basyony Egypt 2020

7. Eng. Maiada Mohamed Anwar Egypt 2020 8. Eng. Dina Mahmoud Mohamed Ali - Young

Professional Egypt 2020

9. Mr. Mati Tonismae Estonia 2020 10. Ms. Helena Aijo Finland 2020

11. Dr. Gurbachan Singh India 2020 12. Prof. L.B. Roy – Direct Member India 2020

13. Dr. Ratan Chand Jain India 2020 14. Mr. Ardavan Azari Iran 2020

15. VPH Shinsuke Ota Japan 2020 16. Dr. (Ms.) Naoko Koshiyama Japan 2020

17. Dr. Natsuki Yoshikawa Japan 2020 18. Ir. Mohd Anuar Musardar bin Yusoff Malaysia 2020

19. Dr. Yurii Yanko Russia 2020 20. Prof. Aidan Senzanje South Africa 2020


B. New nominations received from the National Committee/ Committee

Sr. No.


1. Prof. Cheh-Shyh Ting Chinese Taipei Committee

Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

2. Dr. Gehan Abdel Hakeem Sallam

Egypt Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

3. Dr. Deepak Khare India Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

4. Mr. Ammar Al-Khafaji Iraq Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

5. Dr. Bancha Kwanyuen Thailand Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

6. Mr. Ekasit Kositsakulchai Thailand Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

7. Dr. Peter Johnson United Kingdom Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

8. Dr. Mangliyev Abdukhalil Abdusattorovich

Uzbekistan Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

9. Prof. Wu Jingwei China Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

10. Dr. Tao Yuan - Young Professional China Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

11. Dr. Luo Wenbing - Young Professional

China Recommended as member, subject to his/ her presence else Provisional Member

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Annex 2 [Appendix XXXI, Item 2]


Goals/ Strategies


Milestone for Year

2021

Milestone for year

2022

Milestone for year

2023

Milestone for year

2024

Milestone for year

2024

Milestone for year

2025

Milestone for year

2026



4.23 Collection and compilation of drainage irrigation data


Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Updating database

Goal E: Encourage Research and Support Development of Tools to Extend Innovation into Field Practices

E5. Strategy:

Compilation of Global Data Sets on Irrigation and Drainage

5.3 Datasets for Drainage Area


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Annex 3 [Appendix XXXI, Item 2.1] Six Years Rolling Plan of working group

Particulars/ Mandate 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Actor (s)

Mailing of Scoping Document to members of WG-SDRG and NCs Central Office

Comments receiving on Scoping Document Established Team

Finalizing Scoping Document and detailing of Work plan Established Team and Central Office

Invitation to NCs for nominations Central Office

Submission of nominations National Committees

1st Meeting, Approval of document and acceptance of nominees Members and Permanent Observers

Exchange of information and overview of key books and other publications Members and Permanent

Observers

Collecting data of world drained area Members and POs

Collaboration to organize the 14th International Drainage Workshop, if any Members, POs and

Central Office

Preparation and presentation of reports and/or case studies Members and POs

Collecting and reviewing manuals, guidelines, codes of practice, etc. Members and POs

2nd Meeting of WG in the next meeting of ICID, including Workshop Members and POs

Preparing ICID codes of practice and standards for drainage systems Some members

3rd Meeting of the WG Members and POs

Evaluation of WG activities and update mandates Some Members

Preparation of an overview paper on state of the art for publication in IRD Journal Some members

4th Meeting of ICID including Workshop Members and POs

Collaboration to organize the 15th International Drainage Workshop, if any Members, POs and

Central Office

5th Meeting of ICID Members and POs

6th Meeting of ICID including Workshop Members and POs

Planning for establishing the new WG Some Members

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Agenda for the 7th Meeting of SC-E-THEMES − (Ver. Dated 2021-11-09)

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APPENDIX XXXII [PCTA Item 13]

AGENDA FOR THE 7TH MEETING OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON THEMES, TOPICS AND WORK PLANS OF

FUTURE ICID EVENTS (SC-E-THEMES) 26 November 2021: 11.00 – 12.45 Hours

Marrakech, Morocco

Terms of Reference (ToR): (i) To deliberate and recommend the Themes, sub-themes of World Irrigation Forums and Theme and Questions of future Congresses, (ii) To set out format and technical contents of the Congress and WIFs, (iii) To review the technical outputs and outcomes and suggest follow ups, (iv) To work out the structure of meetings related to IEC, particularly the WGs at the ICID’s Annual Events, to make them more effective and (v) To draw Guidelines to make the WG meetings/sessions technically richer and beneficial to the stakeholders and industries by exploring the ways of combining the meetings of workbodies with areas of common interest or holding webinars, etc.

Members: (1) ) PH Dr. Gao Zhanyi, Chair (China, 2017); (2) VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chair, PCTA (China, 2017); (3) Mr. Ali Reza Salamat, Member, PCTA (Iran, 2017); (4) VPH Mr. Franklin E. Dimick, Chair, WG-MWSCD (USA, 2017); (5) VPH Dr. Mohamed Wahba, Chair, WG-CDTE (Egypt, 2017); (6) VPH Mr. Ian W. Makin, Chair, WG-M&R (UK, 2017); (7) VPH Bong Hoon Lee, Ex-Member, ITAC-23rd ICID Congress (Korea, 2017); (8) VP Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Member, ITAC-WIF3 (India, 2019); (9) VP Waseem Nazir (Pakistan, 2017) and (10) Er. Ashwin B. Pandya, Secretary General, ICID. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 1: ATR on the Minutes of the last Meeting of the Sub-Committee 1. Last year SC-E-THEMES did not conduct the meeting virtually or physically. Hence no minutes and ATR thereon to consider. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 2: To review the membership of the Sub-Committee 2. As per the notification No.15 of 2017 dated 24 November 2017, the Sub-Committee shall consist of the members as per the following composition:

(a) Technical Experts – one each drawn from ITAC for immediate past and future WIF and Congresses, within the span of six years.

(b) Two Experts nominated by PCTA. (c) Three Experts drawn from Technical Workbodies of ICID (d) Chairperson of SC will be nominated from amongst the members, by the President in consultation with

Secretary General. (e) The membership will be for a maximum of six years and the nominee of ITAC of past Event will be a

member for two years after the conclusion of that particular event. (f) The membership shall not exceed more than 10 members.

3. At Bali in 2019, the Sub-Committee reviewed the membership accordingly and recommended that in keeping with the above regulations, some members of the Committee should be changed. Technical experts from ITAC for WIF4 and 24rd ICID Congress should serve as the members of the SC. Accordingly, the following members from ITACs for WIF4 and 24th ICID Congress are suggested for the membership of the Sub-Committee:

• Mr. Momir Vranes, Chair, IACID – Member, ITAC for 24th ICID Congress • Mr. Cheng Mingzhong, Chair, CNCID – Member, ITAC for WIF4

4. The two experts from PCTA, VPH Dr. Ding Kunlun, Chair, PCTA and Mr. Ali Reza Salamat (Iran) shall be completing their six-year term as members of the PCTA with the conclusion of 72nd IEC meetings of ICID, as per ICID by-laws 3.8.1 (c). The fresh nominations in their places will be made in consultation with the Chair, PCTA post the 72nd IEC meetings at Marrakech on 30 November 2021. 5. The Sub-committee will review the membership based on the above guidelines.


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Sub-Committee Agenda Item 3: To work out the structure of meetings related to IEC, particularly the WGs at the ICID’s Annual Events, to make them more effective

6. The Sub-Committee will review the following recommendations and progress made at previous meetings:

(a) Organize online WebEx meetings prior to the main physical meeting to take care of all routine matters such as attendance, membership issues, publications etc.

(b) Organize shortened separate physical (face to face) meetings of the WGs for 90 minutes each in place of earlier 180 minutes.

(c) Organising a series of internal workshops (90 minutes) on the specific items related to the mandate of the working group and combining the outcome of these workshops to produce WG output/Report/Document as appropriate.

(d) Assign the time bound specific tasks emerging from the mandate of the WG to the members for effective results.

(e) Restructure the Plenary Session of IEC to allow the chairs/WGs to disseminate the work of their WGs to all stakeholders.

7. ICID Central Office has been requesting Chairs/ Vice Chairs/ Secretaries of workbodies to make full use of web-ex platform for virtual meeting so as to ensure regular contribution from the WG members as well as to discuss and to initiate follow-up actions emerging from the minutes of the previous WG meeting and to review the progress of the action points. In order to organize the WebEx Meetings, Webinars and e-Discussions, Chairs of the workbodies have been requested to send the ‘Expression of Interest’ to initiate the process. During the year, it has been found that a considerable number of virtual meetings have been organized, especially in view of the prevailing global scenario on account of COVID-19 pandemic. 8. The Sub-committee will review and discuss the existing structure of meetings related to IEC, particularly the WGs at the ICID’s Annual Events, to make them more effective. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 4: To draw Guidelines to make the WG meetings/sessions technically

richer and beneficial to the stakeholders and industries by exploring the ways of combining the meetings of workbodies with areas of common interest or holding webinars, etc. – To finalize the recommendations

9. The Sub-Committee will review the following recommendations and effects made previously:

(a) Organize combined meetings of the WGs for the duration of time saved from shortening the separate WG meetings, say of 180 minutes. This combined meeting could be in the shape of workshop/seminar/panel discussion on the common issues emerging from the mandate of the concerned WGs.

(b) While ICID has four strategy themes i.e. Basin, Knowledge, On-farm and Schemes; ‘On-farm’ has only two WGs; namely, WG-SON-FARM and WG-NCWRI; which can perhaps come together on trial basis to understand the actual working of the concept and the benefits thereof.

(c) Webinars (on-line) on the topics/areas of common interest of the concerned WGs could be held during the year.

(d) A lot of on-line coordination prior to the annual meetings among the Chairs/members would be prerequisite for successful combined meetings (workshop/seminar/panel discussion) at the time of IEC.

. 10. Based on the observation and outcome of the joint sessions held at Saskatoon, Canada and Bali, Indonesia, it would be useful to organize the joint session of WGs under each strategy theme with the highlight of holistic consideration of WGs’ mandate and activities for achieving the objectives of the strategy theme, and to improve the performance of activities of WGs and identify the necessity to setup new WGs under the strategy theme. 11. The Sub-Committee will review and discuss the ways of combining the meetings of workbodies with areas of common interest or holding webinars, and prepare to draw Guidelines. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 5: To consider the report of ITAC for 24th ICID Congress 12. The Sub-Committee will consider and discuss the report of ITAC for 24th ICID Congress.


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Sub-Committee Agenda Item 6: To consider the report of ITAC for WIF4 13. The Sub-Committee will consider and discuss the report of ITAC for WIF4. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 7: To review the Theme and Topics for 25th ICID Congress, 2023 14. The 71s IEC (virtual) meeting has approved the venue for the 25th ICID Congress as Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India in November/December 2023 hosted by the Indian National Committee of ICID (INCID) vide its Resolution IEC-3/71. Earlier, based on the recommendations of Sub-Committee and later by PCTA, the Council approved the following Theme and Questions for 25th ICID Congress vide Resolution IEC-2/69 at 69th IEC meeting at Saskatoon, Canada in 2018.

Theme: Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture Question 64: What alternative water resources could be tapped for irrigated agriculture? Question 65: Which on-farm techniques can increase water productivity?

15. Sub-Committee will work together with the Indian National Committee to modify the Theme and Questions, if required, according to the prevailing scenario. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 8: The Theme and Topics for 5th World Irrigation Forum (WIF5), 2025 16. The venue for the 5th World Irrigation Forum was fixed during the 71st IEC (virtual) meeting as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2025 hosted by the Malaysian National Committee of ICID (MANCID. The Sub-Committee may suggest topics for Theme and Sub-Themes for WIF5. The list of topics for Themes and Sub-Themes covered/decided up to WIF4, together with the Themes for World Water Forums (WWFs) up to 9th WWF are given at Annex. The suggested topics for the Theme and Sub-Themes for WIF5 will be provided at the meeting. 17. The members are invited to suggest topics for the Theme and Sub-Themes for WIF5. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 9: To review the outcome of WIF3 and Suggest Follow Ups 18. The Sub-Committee will review the outcome of WIF3 and suggest follow-ups. Sub-Committee Agenda Item 10: Any Other Business

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Annex [Appendix XXXII, Item 8]

LIST OF TOPICS FOR THEMES & SUB-THEMES FOR WIFS UPTO WIF4 AND THEMES OF WWFS UPTO WWF9

A. WORLD WATER FORUMs

First World Water Forum, 1997, Marrakech, Morocco Theme: Vision for Water, Life and the Environment in the 21st Century. Second World Water Forum, 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands Theme: From visions to action Third World Water Forum, 2003, Kyoto, Shiga & Osaka, Japan Theme: A Forum with a Difference Fourth World Water Forum, 2006, Mexico City, Mexico Theme: Local Actions for a Global Challenge Fifth World Water Forum, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey Theme: Bridging divides for water Sixth World Water Forum, 2012, Marseille, France Theme: Solutions for Water Seventh World Water Forum, 2015, Daegu and Gyeongju, Korea Theme: Water for our Future Eighth World Water Forum, 2018, Brasilia, Brazil Theme: Sharing Water Ninth World Water Forum, 2022, Dakar, Senegal Theme: Water Security for Peace and Development

B. WORLD IRRIGATION FORUMS

First World Irrigation Forum, 2013, Mardin, Turkey Theme: Irrigation and Drainage in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Food

Security Sub-Theme 1: Policy, Science and Society Interactions Sub-Theme 2: Challenges and Developments in Financing Irrigation and Drainage Sector Sub-Theme 3: Integrated Water Management Approaches for Sustainable Food Production Second World Irrigation Forum, 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand Theme: Water management in a changing world: Role of Irrigation for sustainable food production Sub-theme 1: Key actors in balancing water, food, energy and ecology Sub-theme 2: Managing impacts of climatic extremes with focus on floods and droughts Sub-theme 3: Key and smart actions to alleviate hunger and poverty through irrigation and drainage Third World Irrigation Forum, 2019, Bali, Indonesia Theme: Development for water, food and nutrition security in a competitive environment Sub-theme 1: Enabling policy environment for water, food and energy Sub-theme 2: Role of civil society and NGOs with focus on farmers and extension facilities Sub-theme 3: Improving agricultural water productivity with focus on rural transformation Fourth World Irrigation Forum, 2023, Beijing, China Theme: Modernization of irrigation schemes Sub-theme 1: Policy and strategy for modernization of irrigation schemes Sub-theme 2: Technology for modernization of irrigation schemes Sub-theme 3: Investment for modernization of irrigation schemes Sub-theme 4: Performance assessment of irrigation schemes

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