ANNEX

Agenda

Wed 28 Oct

09:00 - 10:00	Registration
10:00 - 11:00		Inaugural session
		Er Suresh Shirke
		Director, WALMI
		Mr Ian Makin
		Research Leader, Design & Operations, IWMI
		Mr Thierry Facon
		Technical Officer, Water Resources
		Development & Management Service, FAO
		Mr Thierry Rieu
		Head of Irrigation Division, Cemagref
		Er S.T. Deokule
		Former Secretary of Irrigation, Maharashtra, India
11:00 - 11:30	Tea break
11:30 - 11:45		Introduction to ITIS 5
		Dr Daniel Renault
		ITIS Co-ordinator, IWMI

Wed 28 Oct

SESSION 1

MODERNIZATION IN INDIA

CHAIRMAN Ian Makin, IWMI

Panel members

Dr Jesda - Thailand; Mr Khalaj - Iran; Dr Shirke - India

11:45 - 12:15

Modernization of irrigation system operation management by way of canal automation in India

Mr A.B. Mandavia

Chief Engineer

Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd

12:15 - 12:45

Evaluation of the Bhadra system rehabilitation programme (Kartanaka)

Dr R. Sakthivadivel

Senior Irrigation Specialist

IWMI

12:45 - 13:30

Panel discussion

Wed 28 Oct

SESSION 2

MODERNIZATION AROUND THE WORLD

CHAIRMAN Thierry Facon, FAO

Panel members

Mr Alexander Reuyan - Philippines; Dr Goddalyadda - Sri Lanka; M. J. Plantey - France

14:30 - 15:00

Canal modernization in the Indus Basin irrigation system

Prof G. Skogerboe

Director, IWMI Pakistan

15:00 - 15:30

Modern water control and management practices in irrigation: impact on performance

Dr Charles M. Burt

Director, ITRC (CAL. POLY)

15:30 - 16:15

Panel discussion

Wed 28 Oct

SESSION 3

PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT IN MODERN IRRIGATION

CHAIRMAN Daniel Renault, IWMI

16:45 - 17:00	Role of water user associations and policy to support modernization programmes	Hervé Plusquellec Former World Bank Senior Irrigation Advisor
17:00 - 17:45	Participatory management activities in Maharashtra	Er S.G. Shirke Director, WALMI

17:45 - 18:15	Presentation of the Majalgaon modernization project and introduction to the field visit	Er A.B. Mahendrakar Irrigation Department

Thu 29 Oct	FIELD VISIT
7:00 - 19:00	Field visit to the Majalgaon project

Fri 30 Oct

WORKING GROUP SESSION

		Chairman	Co-chairman
G1	Engineering	P.W. Vehmeyer	K.V.G.K. Rao
G2	Evaluation	A.K. Chakraboti	T. Rieu
G3	Institutional approach	G.W.E. Skogerboe	J. Plantey
G4	Training and capacity-building	T. Facon	A. Benhamou

9:00 - 12:30

Working group discussions

	AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION
13:30 - 15:30	Presentation of the groups' conclusions
	CHAIRMAN Ian Makin, IWMI

	CONCLUDING SESSION
CHAIRMAN	Dr M.A. Chitale, Maharashtra Water & Irrigation Commission, Former Secretary General of ICID

16:00 18:00

Special interventions

Special interventions	Subjects
WALMI	Activities at WALMI, Aurangabad (Video)
Herve Plusquellec Former Senior World Bank Advisor	Toward an agenda in irrigation modernization
Thierry Facon, FAO	Irrigation modernization in training programmes

17:00 17:30

Synthesis, conclusion and closure of the workshop

M. Daniel Renault ITIS Co-ordinator, IWMI	Synthesis
M. Thierry Rieu (on behalf of ITIS Network)	Concluding words and perspectives
Er S.G. Shirke Director, WALMI	Concluding words
Er S.T. Deokule Chief Guest	Concluding speech
Dr M.A. Chitale ICID	Presidential address
Prof A.R. Suryavanshi	Vote of thanks