PRE-FORUM FIELD TRIP

4 September 2004 (Saturday)

0730 Breakfast and check-out

0830 Orientation Briefing, Tugcan Hotel

0930 Visit to Gaziantep Archeological Museum to see the Belkis/Zeugma Mosaics

1030 Visit to Gaziantep Organized Industrial Area

Tour of Integrated Textile Industry (ASKO) and Integrated Plastic Industry (NAKSAN).

1200 Lunch, Hosted by Mr. Cahit Nakiboglu, Chairman, Gaziantep Organized Industrial Area

1400 Departure for Birecik Dam

1530 Visit Halfeti, Karaotlak resettlement area; Bald Ibis Growing Center

1700 Departure for Sanliurfa

1900 Check-in at Hotel Harran, Sanliurfa

2000 Dinner

 

5 September 2004 (Sunday)

0800 Breakfast

0900 Travel to Harran and visit the ancient city and irrigated sites near Harran

1100 Travel to Ataturk Dam

1300 Lunch at the Ataturk Dam, Hosted by GAP Administration

1400 Briefing by the GAP Administration, Tour of the Ataturk Dam

1530 Depart for Sanliurfa

1600 Visit outlet of Sanliurfa Water Tunnel

1630 Free time in Sanliurfa

2000 Dinner Hosted by General Directorates of> State Hydraulic Works (DSI)

 

6 September 2004 (Monday)

0730 Breakfast and check-out

1030 Departure to Sanliurfa Airport for Ankara (TK 767, Departs 1145)

1315 Arrive to Ankara-Esenboga Airport, Transfer to Hotel Bilkent and check-in

1430 Buffet Lunch at Bilkent Hotel, Ankara

1530 Free Afternoon, Voluntary tour to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

 

END OF PRE-FORUM FIELD TRIP

2000 Dinner, Hosted by Professor Veysel Eroglu,

 

 

DAY ONE OF FORUM - 7 September 2004 (Tuesday)

0800 Breakfast, on-site

 

OPENING SESSIONS

0930 – Inaugural Speeches

 

SESSION ONE

Keynote Speakers, Session Chair: Dr. Henry Vaux, Jr.

1030 The Importance of Transboundary Water Basin Management


1050 Principles and Concepts for the Management of Transboundary River Basins


1110 Cooperation in Managing Transboundary Water Resources: Evaluation Approaches and Experiences

1130 Roundtable: Questions and Answers

1200 Lunch - Hosted by Professor Ali Dogramaci, Rector, Bilkent University

 

SESSION TWO

Case Study - Euphrates and Tigris River Basins, Session Chair: Mr. Fred Cannon

1330 GAP as a Sustainable Development Project

1340 GAP as a Sustainable Water Resources Development Project

1350 Turkey’s Water Resources Management and Transboundary Rivers Policy

1400 Legal Aspects of Transboundary Rivers

1415 Roundtable: Questions and Answers

1500 Refreshment Break

 

SESSION THREE

Case Study - Columbia River Basin, Session Chair: Mr. Robert Sandford

1530 Challenges and Opportunities in Managing a Transboundary River


1550 Discussant: John Harrison, Northwest Planning and Conservation Council

1605 Roundtable: Questions and Answers

1700 Adjourn

1930 Dinner - Hosted by Mr. Muammer Yasar Özgül, President, GAP Administration

 

 

DAY TWO OF FORUM - 8 September 2004 (Tuesday)

 

SESSION FOUR

0700 Breakfast, on-site

Case Study - The Nile River Basin, Session Chair: Dr. John Pigram

0830 The Nile Basin: A History of Cooperation

0850 Basin-wide Shared Vision Program

0905 Subsidiary Action Program

0920 Roundtable: Questions and Answers

1000 Coffee Break

 

SESSION FIVE

Case Study - The Danube River, Session Chair: Alberto Garrido

1030 Protecting the Danube River

1050 Discussant: Mr. David Reeder, World Wildlife Fund

1105 Roundtable: Questions and Answers

1200 Lunch Hosted by the Government of Canada

 

SESSION SIX

Case Study - The Parana-La Plata System, Session Chair: Ariel Dinar

1330 Transboundary Dimensions in Managing The Parana-La Plata System

1405 Discussant: Silvia Rafaelli,International Technical Coordinator, Argentina

1420 Roundtable: Questions and Answers

1500 Coffee Break

1530 Reaction Panel

1645 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgement of Sponsors

1730 Adjourn

1930 Dinner Hosted by Ali Dogramaci, Rector, Bilkent University

 

 

OPTIONAL POST-FORUM FIELD TRIP
(at own expense)

 

9 September 2004 (Thursday)

0730 Breakfast and Check Out

0800 Trip to Cappadocia (Kapadokya)

Non-field trip participants depart Ankara

 

10 September 2004 (Friday)

Return from Cappadocia Trip

 

 

WECOME TO ANKARA

On behalf of the Advisory Committee I welcome you to Turkey and the 4th Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy. This year’s Forum includes a pre-conference field trip to inspect arrangements for transboundary river basin management in the Euphrates Basin and some of the antiquities of Upper Mesopotamia. An elective post-conference trip to Cappadocia will provide an additional opportunity to see and learn about some of Turkey’s rich history. As usual these trips offer an opportunity to interact with Forum participants as well as the opportunity to see first-hand some of the water management challenges and successes in this part of the world.

Two days of formal sessions and informal discussions will focus on lessons in transboundary river basin management. There will be specific presentations and discussions on five case studies: 1)the Tigris-Euphrates River System; 2) the Columbia River; 3) the Nile River; 4) the Danube River; and 5) the Parana-LaPlata River System. I hope you will find the discussions informative and interesting.

This year several local co-sponsors join with the primary sponsors, the Bank of America and the University of California, to make this Forum possible. These include: the Turkish Foreign Policy Institute, the Southeastern Anatolia Regional Development Administration (GAP),
the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI); and the Bilkent University. Representatives of these co-sponsors will be with us throughout the Forum. I hope you will make it a point to introduce yourself to these representatives and join with me in thanking them
for their support.

I trust that all of you will enjoy the field trips and that you will have a chance to see some of Turkey’s capital city of Ankara. The Museum of
the Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara is especially worth seeing and we will offer an elective field trip there the day before the Forum itself. May your stay in Ankara and elsewhere in Turkey be personally and professionally rewarding.