1. Basin Leader Meeting
Topic Working Groups: The Basics
Sophie Nguyen Khoa
& the Challenge Program Management Team,
& the Challenge Program Management Team
Challenge Program on Water and Food
Vientiane,
Vientiane Lao PDR
18 January 2011

2. What is a TWG? What it is not?
• Community of people sharing • Topic in one basin ‐ even
interest on a topic though of high interest from
• A mechanism to foster the basin perspective
th b i ti
learning & produce outputs • A one‐off initiative like a study
across basins (e.g. synthesis,
( g y , tour in several basins
IPG) • Additional funding to do your
• An interface between the research in your project/basin
CPWF and the global
CPWF d th l b l • A blueprint to do cross‐basin
community research
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• Diverse and wide range of • A ‘command & control’
A command & control
models for implementation approach
• An iterative learning process

3. Cross basin
Cross-basin learning
Cross‐basin
learning through
TWGs
BDC

4. CPWF with TWG CPWF without TWG
• More than 6 basin • A set of basin research
research programs programs
• More synthesis outputs • Lack of synthesis
• Contribution to key research, outputs
messages at program and • Difficulty to draw
global level program & global
• Enhanced cross‐basin messages from basin
f b i
learning, fasten progress outputs‐outcomes
• Increased exchange • Focus on basin research
Focus on basin research
between CPWF & global & implementation
community

5. What is a TWG in Practice? (WHO)
h i i i ?( )
• AC
A Core Team
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‐ TWG Leader (min. of 30 days/yr)
‐ MT‐contact person: TWG MT‐Lead
MT‐contact person: TWG MT‐Lead
‐ Basin champions
‐ Possibly external experts
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• A Larger Community
‐ I t
Interested people within the CPWF
t d l ithi th CPWF
‐ Interested people outside the CPWF

6. What is a TWG in Practice? (HOW)
h i i i ?( )
• Role of the TWGL with core team in
demonstrating that it’s worth engaging in it
(buy‐in, engagement) – b ild
(b i t) build on the added‐value
th dd d l
of the TWG
• Needs to be inspiring
Needs to be inspiring
• Internal and external communication
• T b di
To be discussed with you…
d ith

7. First set of Topic Working Groups
• Resilience of water & food systems (Resilience)
l f &f d ( l )
• Multiple‐Use of water (Multiple‐Use)
• Gl b l D i
Global Drivers of change (Global Drivers)
f h (Gl b l D i )
• Learning to Innovate (L2i)
Criteria for selection:
‐ interest in the majority of CPWF basins
‐ potential for impact beyond basin level

8. Strengths vs. Challenges
Strengths vs Challenges
• Innovation
I ti
• Built on interest
• Flexibility, adaptability
Fl ibili d bili
• Diversity (size, scope, etc.)
• Seeking commonalities amongst numerous and
various approaches/methods applied (e.g. Multiple‐
Use TWG)
Use TWG)
• …

9. How could a successful TWG look like?
H ld f l TWG l k lik ?
• Growing bigger: more people joining the group
Growing bigger: more people joining the group
(within and/or outside the CPWF)
• Attracts interest in the global community profile
Attracts interest in the global community, profile
on the global agenda
• Attracts extra funding as a result of growing
Attracts extra funding as a result of growing
interest
• Model or results used by other programs such as
Model or results used by other programs such as
CRP5

10. CGIAR CRP5 Draft Proposal

11. Emerging Topics
Emerging Topics
• Benefit sharing mechanisms
Benefit sharing mechanisms
• Research to Policy (Africa)
• Spatial analysis
S ti l l i
• Modeling
• RWM
• Other emerging topics from the BL meeting
(open space for further discussion on Thu)

12. A role for the BLs
A l f h BL
• BLs are part of this mechanism
BLs are part of this mechanism
• Interface between the TWGLs and the championing
project teams
project teams
• Contribute to internal communication e.g. report
on interest and new ideas of project teams
on interest and new ideas of project teams
• Contribute to motivating and getting buy‐in from
project teams
project teams
• …

13. How would this translate into your BDC?
How would this translate into your BDC?
What, Who & How?
• What?: which topics in your basin? Including emerging
topics
p
• Who?: who are the potential champions?
• How?: how to make this happen, how to keep the
pp , p
momentum and how to support champions
‐ What is the role of the Basin leaders?
‐ What is the role of the project teams?