Sustainable Water Management in Cities.

Sustainable Water Management in Cities: Engaging stakeholders for effective change and action. 13-17 December 2010. Zaragoza, Spain

Participants

The conference convened around 200 experts, local government officials, media specialists, key water operators, political representatives of cities and stakeholder groups from four continents. International agencies represented will include UN-Water members and partners including UN-Habitat and its Global Water Operators' Partnership Alliance (GWOPA), the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO (IHP), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication. The general public of the host city will also be encouraged to participate through three open evening sessions.

Political Representatives
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Abdus Sattar Salim Councilor Ward-9 Chittagong City Corporation Bangladesh
Asadullo Gulomov Deputy Prime Minister Republic of Tajikistan Republic of Tajikistan
Betty Lourdes F. Tabanda Councillor City of Baguio Baguio, Philippines
Cristóbal Punina Lozano Vice-minister of Water Ministry of Water Quito, Ecuador
Daniel Amartey Mensah Municipal Chief Executive Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly Accra, Ghana
Daniel Chisenga Mayor Lusaka Lusaka, Zambia
Dinizulu Kumalo Percival Sechemane Chief Executive Rand Water Johannesburg, South Africa
Eulogio Mejía Marenco Mayor Granada, Nicaragua Granada, Nicaragua
Guillermo Vivanco Dueñas Vice-Minister of Building and Sanitation Ministry of Housing, Building and Sanitation of Peru Lima, Peru
Imtiaz Inayat Elahi Mayor Islamabad, Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan
Isidro Martinez Perez Councillor Municipality of Santa Tecla Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Jerónimo Blasco Councillor of Culture, Environment, Civil participation and Major Projects Zaragoza City Council Zaragoza, Spain
Juan Alberto Belloch Mayor Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain
Juan Carlos Álvarez Cabrero Mayor Coca Segovia, Spain
Luz Estrella Rodríguez de Zúniga Mayor Municipality of Apopa Apopa, El Salvador
Madyeina Diouf Mayor Kaolack Kaolack, Senegal
Manuel Calderón Chévez Mayor Municipality of León, Nicaragua León, Nicaragua
María Dolores Campos Delegate Councillor in Infrastructure and the Water Cycle Zaragoza City Council Zaragoza, Spain
Mazen Saleh Abdel-Rahman Rayyan Head of Water Resources Management Division Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) Aqaba, Jordan
Mominur Rashid Amin Private Secretary to Honourable Mayor Chittagong City Corporation Bangladesh
Rafael Izquierdo Director of the Water Institute of Aragon Government of Aragon Zaragoza, Spain
Rahmatullo Tavarov Deputy Mayor Dushanbe Tajikistan
Stephen Kabuye Mayor Entebbe Entebbe, Uganda

Public Administration
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Aadarsh Gurung Executive Member Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) Nepal
Amadeo Jensana Director of Economic Programs and Cooperation Casa Asia Barcelona, Spain
Amarildo Fernández Estela Director, Directorate of Water Quality National Water Authority Lima, Peru
Arjun Narsing Rayamajhi Chief Executive Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) Nepal
Astrid Garcia Graells Head of Unit  Environment and Sustainability Agency, Zaragoza City Council Zaragoza, Spain
Carmen Bedoya Economic Programs and Cooperation Casa Asia Barcelona, Spain
Gloria Almario Department of Environmental Management Municipal Corporation of Cali, Colombia Cali, Colombia
Guillermo Martínez-Taberner Coordinator of Economic Programs and Cooperation Casa Asia Barcelona, Spain
Imani Kasisi Executive Director Water and Environmental Sanitation Projects Maintenance Organization (WEPMO) Tanzania
Javier Celma Director of the Environment and Sustainability Agency Zaragoza City Council Zaragoza, Spain
Jesús Sanz General Director Casa Asia Barcelona, Spain
Josep Casaus Director of Communication Casa Asia Barcelona, Spain
Leticia O. Clemente  Budget Officer and Chairperson of the Local Finance Committee City of Baguio Baguio, Philippines
Lisane Tais Longhi Head of the Department of Drainage and Stormwater Management Municipality of Porto Alegre Porto Alegre, Brazil
M. Akmal Jamali Deputy Program  Manager-PITD Baluchistan Rural Support Programme Pakistan
Magda Vânia Corrêa Carmona Engineer, Department of Drainage and Stormwater Management Municipality of Porto Alegre Porto Alegre, Brazil
Malgorzata Gajecka Head of Department of Municipal Management City of Lodz Office Lodz, Poland
Manuel Omedas Head of the Planning Office Ebro River Basin Authority Zaragoza, Spain
Pedro Ralda Responsible for Sponsoring Casa Asia Barcelona, Spain
Ricardina Cardenas Director of Environmental Office Ministry of Housing, Building and Sanitation of Peru Lima, Peru
Rodrigo Perpétuo   Belo Horizonte City Hall Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Ruby K.C Programme Officer Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) Nepal
Sônia Knauer Water Resources Manager Municipal Secretary of Environment, Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Suzzy Abaidoo Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing Accra, Ghana
Tomasz Jakubiec Manager of the Division of City Development Strategy Bureau of Entrepreneurship and Investor Relations, Lodz City Council Lodz, Poland
Victor Bueno Chemist Environment and Sustainability Agency, Zaragoza City Council Zaragoza, Spain

Media and Communication experts
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Aleksandra Hac Journalist Gazeta Wyborcza Lodz, Poland
Alida Pham Communications advisor UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Delft, the Netherlands
Andres Molano Editor El Tiempo Bogota, Colombia
Cheikh Tidiane Fall Director of Communication and Cooperation Water Supply Company of Senegal Dakar, Senegal
Cristina Monge Outreach director ECODES Zaragoza, Spain
Dalia Abdel-Salam Environment and Water Editor Al Ahram Hebdo Newspaper Alexandria, Egypt
Kanisius Dursin Senior Editor Sinar Harapan Daily Jakarta, Indonesia
Kasuba Mulenga Chief Reporter-News Zambia Daily Mail Lusaka, Zambia
Mary Ama Kudom-Agyemang Water and Environmental Journalist Public Agenda Accra, Ghana
Marcel van den Heuvel Advisor UN-Habitat Consultant The Netherlands
Miguel Iturbe Match Director El Heraldo de Aragón Zaragoza, Spain
Patricia Hotchkiss Bakir Communicator Independent Consultant Jordan
Petra Brussee Communications officer IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre The Netherlands
Randall I. Brenes Consultant for Media and Event Management World Bank Consultant Vienna, Austria
Roel R. Landingin Journalist Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Manila, Philippines
Stephen Kiwanuka Media and Communication Officer Entebbe City Council Entebbe, Uganda
Syeda Amna Nasir Jamal Journalist Dawn and The News International Lahore, Pakistan
Ulrike Kelm Communications and Media expert UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPAC Zaragoza, Spain

Stakeholders
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Clara Presa   ECODES Zaragoza, Spain
Evidalia  Fernández President Small Tanners Association of Villapinzón Bogota, Colombia
Maria Jesus Cajal Coordinator of the Water Alliance ECODES Zaragoza, Spain
Victor Viñuales Director ECODES Zaragoza, Spain

Water Operators
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Dominique Demessence Business Development Director AGBAR Barcelona, Spain
Long Naro Deputy General Director Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mbaruku A. Vyakweli Corporate Communication Manager Nairobi Water Company Kenya
Moabi Mosotho Petlane Acting Chairperson Rand Water Johannesburg, South Africa
Nadia Abdou Chairperson Alexandria Water Company Alexandria, Egypt
Samir Bensaid Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Water and Sanitation (IEA) Office National Eau Potable du Maroc (ONEP) Rabat, Morocco
Shaukat Mahmood Deputy Director   Water and Sanitation Agency Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Senyo Theodore Amengor Chief Operations Officer Aqua Vitens Rand Ltd./Ghana Water Company Ltd. Accra, Ghana
Sylvain Usher Executive Secretary African Water Association (AfWA) Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Vardan Melkonyan Technical director Armenian Water and Sewarage Armenia
William Muhairwe Managing Director National Water and Sewerage Corporation Uganda

Experts
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Alberto Galvis Sanitary Engineer Cinara Institute, University of El Valle Cali, Colombia
Alison Duffy Research Project Officer Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland United Kingdom
Alistair Sutherland Applied anthropologist Natural Resources Institute in the UK -Greenwich University United Kingdom
André Luiz Lopes da Silveira Director Hydraulic Research, Federal University of the State of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil
Antonio Embid Professor of Water Law University of Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain
Barbara Anton Project Coordinator, Water European Secretariat ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Germany
Bernardo Requena Director of Social Development Andean Development Corporation (CAF) Caracas, Venezuela
Bertha Darteh SWITCH Accra Learning Alliance Facilitator Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Accra, Ghana
Carmen Tirado Professor University of Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain
Carolina Nuñez Assistant to the Mayor Municipality of Apopa Apopa, El Salvador
Carolina Tobón Researcher Institute for Environmental Studies (IDEA), National University of Colombia Bogota, Colombia
César Romero   San Valero Foundation Zaragoza, Spain
Colin Green Professor of Water Economics Middlesex University United Kingdom
Fon Evaristus Environmentalist Hydra Project International Cameroon
Georgy Petrov   Head of the Hydropower Laboratory Institute for Water Problems, Academy of Sciences Republic of Tajikistan
Geraldo Magela Costa Associate Professor Minas Gerais Federal University Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Gloria Lucia Alvarez Director Environment Solutions (APIA) Bogota, Colombia
Gordon McKay Professor Harvard University United States of America
Gunther Merzthal Coordinator of the SWITCH project in Peru IPES Promoción del Desarrollo Sostenible Lima, Peru
Heloisa S M Costa Associate Professor Minas Gerais Federal University Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Javier del Valle Melendo Professor University of Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain
Jesse DeMaria-Kinney Environmental Sustainability Specialist Independent consultant Spain
Joaquín García Lucea Head of Unit University of Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain
Julius Tendong Project Coordinator Action Centre for Rural Community Development (ACERCD) Cameroon
Kala Vairavamoorthy Director of the School of Global Sustainability, Scientific Director of SWITCH University of South Florida, SWITCH Florida, United States of America
Khaled AbuZeid Regional Water Program Manager Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) Alexandria, Egypt
Linda M. Whiteford Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Strategic Initiatives University of South Florida Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Lucia Molinos Professor University of Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain
Marc Soutter Senior Scientist Swiss Federal Institute of Technoloy (EPFL) Switzerland
Mohamed Elrawady Water Resources Specialist CEDARE Alexandria, Egypt
Monica Sanz Galindo Leader SWITCH-UNAL project Institute for Environmental Studies (IDEA), National University of Colombia Bogota, Colombia
Monika  Dziegielewska-Geitz SWITCH Facilitator for the case of Lodz University of Lodz Lodz, Poland
Nieves Zubalez   Fundación San Valero Zaragoza, Spain
Nilo Nascimento Department of Engineering and Water Resources Minas Gerais Federal University Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Peter Rogers Professor Harvard University United States of America
Ramon Barberán Professor University of Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain
Raúl Bello Pérez   Zaragoza City Council Zaragoza, Spain
Sandra Rontree Managing Director Global Water Smart United Kingdom
Susan Leal Senior Fellow Harvard University United States of America
Suzanne Ogden Professor Northeastern University United States of America
Tomás Sancho Vice-President World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) Zaragoza, Spain
Viktor A. Dukhovny Director Scientific Information Centre of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission of Central Asia Republic of Uzbekistan

UN-Water members and partners
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Alberto Tejada-Guibert Director a.i. Division of Water Sciences UNESCO Paris, France
Arjun Thapan Special Senior Advisor for Infrastructure and Water, Office of the President Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines
Bert Diphoorn Director of the Human Settlements Financing Division and Chief of the Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch UN-HABITAT Nairobi, Kenya
Carol Howe SWITCH Project manager UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Delft, The Netherlands
David Coates Environmental Affairs Officer Inland Waters, Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) Montreal, Canada
Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu Environmentalist United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Bonn, Germany
Jens Berggren Director World Water Week Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Stockholm, Sweden
Josefina Maestu Coordinator UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPAC Zaragoza, Spain
Juan Felipe Hunt Director International Labour Organization (ILO) Office in Spain Madrid, Spain
Mohan Peck Senior Sustainable Development Officer United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) New York, United States of America
Monica Garcia Quesada Research Fellow IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science Dundee, United Kingdom
Per-Arne Malmqvist Scientific Director Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Stockholm, Sweden
Pireh Otieno National Project Officer, Water for African Cities Programme UN-HABITAT Nairobi, Kenya
Roberto Martinez Hurtado Economist, Environment Directorate OCDE Paris, France
Thomas Van Waeyenberge Programme Manager for Institutional, Press and NGO relations Aquafed Brussels, Belgium
Timeyin Uwejamomere Senior Policy Analyst, Urban issues WaterAid London, United Kingdom

Organizers and support
Name Surname Position Organization City, Country
Andrea Van der Kerk University Fellow University of Amsterdam The Netherlands
Ewen Le Borgne Programme Officer IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre The Netherlands
Guery Cardenas Garcia University Fellow University Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain
Helena Caballero Adviser on Water and Environment UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPAC Zaragoza, Spain
Jean de la Harpe Programme Officer IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre The Netherlands
Jeroen Warner Assistant Professor with the Disaster Studies Group Wageningen University The Netherlands
Jochen Eckart Graduate Research Assistant School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida Florida, United States of America
Joep Verhagen Programme Officer IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre The Netherlands
John Butterworth Programme Officer IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre The Netherlands
Karis McLaughlin University Fellow University of East Anglia United Kingdom
Lidia Serrano Tur Technical projects officer Instituto de Derechos Humanos de Cataluña Barcelona, Spain
Martina Zambrano University Fellow University of La Sapienza Rome, Italy
Monica Garces Administrative Assistant UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPAC Zaragoza, Spain
Papa Ansoumana Moustapha Mane Intern UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPAC Zaragoza, Spain
Piers Cross Senior Advisor in Water and Sanitation UN Habitat Consultant South Africa
Pilar Gonzalez Information management and awareness raising expert UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPAC Zaragoza, Spain
Sara Delgado Office Assistant UNO-IDfA/UNW-DPAC Zaragoza, Spain

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