Agenda
8 December 2006
10:00 – 5:30
Opening session [ 10:00am - 11:15 ]
3 times 25 minute presentation
Keynote address - Water: From Problems and Issues to Questions of Law, Shri Ramaswamy Iyer, Former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India
Keynote on Commons : Professor Nirmal Sengupta, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
[powerpoint presentation]
Keynote on evolving water policies : Professor S. Janakarajan, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai
[powerpoint presentation]
11:30-1:00pm : Discussion
Evolving regulatory framework
2-3:15
Discussant: Malavika
Discourses in Water and Water Reform in Western India
Priya Sangameswaran, Fellow, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore
International dimensions
3:30-5:30
Discussant: Arkaja Singh
Water Law and Policy Reforms in South Africa : Implications for the Realisation of the Right to Water
Alix Gowlland, Research Fellow, International Environmental Law Research Centre, Geneva
The World Bank's Influence on Water Privatization in Latin America: The Experiences of Argentina and Bolivia
Andrés Olleta, Law Researcher, International Environmental Law Research Centre, Geneva
Dams, “development” and International Law
Radha D'Souza, Senior Lecturer, School of Law , University of Waikato , New Zealand
[powerpoint presentation]
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