<p> Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative</p><p>Supporting Secondary Urban Centres in the Lake Victoria Region to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals</p><p>Workshop to Develop Capacity Building Framework </p><p>16-18 October 2006</p><p>Provisional Programme</p><p>DAY 1 Monday, 16 October 2006</p><p>Inaugural Session </p><p>Master of Ceremony: Robert Goodwin, Chief Technical Adviser, LVWATSAN</p><p>9.00-9.10 Welcoming Remarks </p><p>Albert Diphoorn, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT</p><p>9.10 – 9.20 Introduction to the Workshop: Background, purpose and approach</p><p>Graham Alabaster, Programme Manager, LVWATSAN Plenary Session I : Maximising the regional benefits of LVWATSAN Chair: Graham Alabaster, Programme Manager, LVWATSAN Rapporteur: Iole Issaias, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT</p><p>9.20 – 9.25 Introducing the regional character of LVWATSAN</p><p>Session Chair Learning from the capacity building experiences of the Swedish Lake Victoria Initiative 9.25 – 9.40</p><p>Gertrude Ngabirano, Regional Programme Officer, The Lake Victoria Project, Swedish Embassy, Nairobi</p><p>9.40 – 9.55 Capacity building experiences of the Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Co-operation (LVRLAC)</p><p>Julius P. Ayo Odongo, Secretary General, LVRLAC</p><p>Plenary Discussions 9.55 – 10.25</p><p>10.25 – 10.40 TEA BREAK Plenary Session II: Panel Discussion on Local Capacity Building Needs Panel members will be required to make short statements on: - What are the local capacity building gaps in the towns? - Recommendations on actions to be implemented to address the situation? - What contribution can LVWATSAN make to bridge the capacity building gaps? Panel Facilitator: Prof. Eric Odada, University of Nairobi Rapporteur: Pireh Otieno, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT</p><p>10.40 – 10.45 Introduction of Panel and Issues to be addressed</p><p>By Panel Facilitator 10.45 -11.55 Panel Discussions Panel Members (10 Minutes each) Petronilla Ogut, Chief Technical Manager, Lake Victoria South Water Services Board Susan Kajura, Ugandan Women’s Efforts to Save Children (UWESO) Sonko Kiwanuka, Managing Director, WSS Services (U) Ltd Chagaka Kalimbia, Managing Director, Bukoba Water and Sewerage Company Andrew Rian’ga, Executive Director, Kisii Network for Ecological Agriculture and Development Lillian Lwakatare, SACCOs Unit, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania</p><p>11.55-12.30 Plenary Discussions</p><p>12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH Plenary Session II: Presentation of thematic papers Chair: Daniel Adom, Chief Technical Adviser, Water for African cities Programme, UN-HABITAT Rapporteur: Pireh Otieno, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT</p><p>14.00 - 14.10 Strengthening utility management in small urban centers Alex Gisagara and Jackson Opwonya, National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda</p><p>14.10 – 14.20 Plenary Discussions</p><p>Engaging and strengthening small and private contractors through PPP in 14.20 – 14.30 Municipal service delivery for Local Economic Development Kumbwaeli Salewi, Regional Programme Manager, ILO</p><p>14.30 – 14.40 Plenary Discussions</p><p>14.40 – 14.50 Strengthening Capacity for pro-poor governance in the provision of water and sanitation services in small urban centers: Examples from Asia Andre Dzikus, Programme Manager, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT</p><p>14.50 – 15.00 Plenary Discussions</p><p>15.00 – 15.10 Strengthening gender mainstreaming and inclusion of vulnerable groups in water and sanitation services in secondary urban centers Joke Muylwijk, Executive Director, Gender and Water Alliance</p><p>15.10 – 15.20 Plenary Discussions</p><p>Strengthening Capacity for Urban Catchment Management in small urban 15.20 – 15.30 areas: The Case of Densu Basin </p><p>Ronald Abrahams, Densu Basin Officer, Ghana</p><p>15.30 – 15.40 Plenary Discussions Strengthening Capacity for Advocacy, Information, Education and 15.40 – 15.50 Communication and Building Partnership with Local Authorities James Ohayo, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT</p><p>15.50 – 16.00 Plenary Discussions Group Work Session I: Developing A Capacity Building Framework for LVWATSAN</p><p>Facilitator: Rapporteur General:</p><p>16.00 – 16.05 Briefing on Group Work</p><p>Facilitator</p><p>16.05 - 17.45 Work in Groups (Tea/Coffee will be served between 16:30 – 16:45)</p><p>Group I: Local Economic Development; Pro-poor Water Governance</p><p>Group Coordinator: Kumbwaeli Salewi, Regional Programme Manager, ILO Group Advisers: Kwame Asubonteng, PPP Policy Specialist, UNDP/BDP/PPPUE Gulelat Kebede, Training and Capacity Building Branch, UN- HABITAT Moses Banda, Chief Manager, Credit and Business Development, K-Rep Bank Lillian Lwakatare, SACCOs Unit, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania Yusto P. Muchuruza, Executive Director, Kagera Development and Credit Revolving Trust Fund (KADETFU) Amrik Kalsi, UN-HABITAT Consultant</p><p>Group Rapporteur: (To be selected by the group)</p><p>Group 2: Utility management in small urban centers; Urban Catchment Management</p><p>Group Coordinator: Sonko Kiwanuka, Managing Director, WSS Services (U) Ltd Group Advisers: Chagaka Kalimbia, Managing Director, Bukoba Water and Sewerage Company District Water Engineer, Muleba Ruud Glotzbach, Water Resources Management Advisor, SNV- Tanzania Albert Keno, Town Engineer, Kisii Ronald Abrahams, Densu Basin Officer, Ghana Andrew Rian’ga, Executive Director, Kisii Network for Ecological Agriculture and Development</p><p>Group Rapporteur: (To be selected by the group)</p><p>Group 3: Advocacy - Information, Education and Communication and Building Partnership with Local Authorities</p><p>Group Coordinator: James Ohayo, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT Group Adviser: Julius P. Ayo Odongo, Secretary General, LVRLAC Hamisi Mboga, Secretary General, ALGAK Samuel Nyauke, Chairman, Homa Bay Environmental Watch Project Loi Kiobya, Community Development Officer, Bukoba Town Council Richard A. Kakwindi, Community Development Officer, Mutukula Catherine Solomon, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT Roselyne Mburu-Kamau, Consultant, UN-HABITAT</p><p>Group Rapporteur: (To be selected by the group)</p><p>Group 4: Gender mainstreaming and inclusion of vulnerable groups</p><p>Group Coordinator: Lucia Kiwala, Chief, Gender Mainstreaming Unit, UN-HABITAT Group Advisers: Joke Muylwijk, Executive Director, GWA Susan Kajura, UWESO Christine Kabigiza, Program Coordinator for Huduma Ya Watoto (HUYAWA) – Service for Children, Tanzania Julius Mogire, Area program Coordinator - Western Region, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Kenya Group Rapporteur: (To be selected by the group)</p><p>18.00- COCKTAIL/RECEPTION</p><p>DAY TWO Tuesday, 17 October 2006</p><p>09:00 – 09:15 Review of Day One Plenary Session III: Presentation of Capacity Building Case Studies Session Chair: Rapporteur: Strengthening Management Capacity of Local Authorities: Experience 09:15 – 09:30 of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)</p><p>Carol Kardish, Regional Manager, Africa and the Middle East International Centre for Municipal Development, FCM Pro-poor Public Private Partnerships for Municipal Service Provision 09:30 – 09:45 Kwame Asubonteng, PPP Policy Specialist, UNDP/BDP/PPPUE</p><p>Building Partnership for Solid Waste Management in Homa Bay Town 09:45 – 10.00 Samuel Nyauke, Chairman, Homa Bay Environmental Watch Project</p><p>10.00-10.15 Supporting urban agriculture Nancy Karanja, Regional Coordinator, Urban Harvest</p><p>10.15 – 10.30 Financing WATSAN-based enterprises: Activities of K-Rep Bank </p><p>Moses Banda, Chief Manager, Credit and Business Development, K-Rep Bank</p><p>10.30 – 11.00 Plenary Discussions 11:00 – 11:15 TEA BREAK</p><p>11.15 – 12.30 Group Work Session II: Work in Groups continue</p><p>12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH</p><p>Plenary Session III: Presentations of Progress of Group Work (10 Minutes each) Session Chair: Rapporteur: </p><p>14:00 – 14:40 Presentations of Progress of Group Work</p><p>By Group Coordinators</p><p>14:40 – 15:00 Plenary Discussions</p><p>15:00 – 15:05 Formation of Special 7 - Member Committee to prepare Draft Capacity Building Framework for presentation in closing plenary</p><p>15:05 – 17:30 Group Work Session III: Work in Groups Continue (Tea/Coffee will be served between 16:00 – 16:15)</p><p>DAY THREE Wednesday, 18 October 2006</p><p>09:00 – 09:15 Review of Day Two Plenary Session IV: Presentation of Capacity Building Activities of UN-HABITAT Session Chair: Rapporteur: Local Economic Development Programmes 09:15 – 09:30 Gulelat Kebede, Training and Capacity Building Branch, UN-HABITAT 09:30 – 09:45 Lake Victoria Region City Development Strategies Programme</p><p>Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Urban Management Programme , UN-HABITAT</p><p>09:45 – 10.00 Monitoring MDGs in the small urban centers of Lake Victoria Iole Issaias, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT 10.00 – 10.15 Plenary Discussions</p><p>10:15 – 10:30 TEA BREAK</p><p>10:30 – 12:30 Group Work Session IV: Work in Groups continue</p><p>12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH</p><p>Plenary Session V: Presentation of Group Findings Session Chair: Rapporteur:</p><p>14:00 – 15:00 Presentations of Group Work Findings (10 Minutes each)</p><p>15:00 – 15:15 Plenary Discussions</p><p>Closing Session</p><p>Presentation of Draft Capacity Building Framework 15:15 – 15:35 Robert Goodwin, Chief Technical Adviser, LVWATSAN</p><p>15.35 – 15.45 Next Steps Graham Alabaster, Programme Manager, LVWATSAN</p><p>Closing Remarks 15:45 – 15:55 Albert Diphoorn, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT</p>