From 2005-01-26 to 2005-01-28

Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

Summary:
The outputs of the workshop will include:
1. comparison of ongoing national policy and legal reform in Africa, and their direct and indirect impacts on small-scale rural water development, use, and management
2. case studies on the impact of statutory and customary arrangements on communities' water development, use, and management, in particular by poor women and men
3. general and site-specific recommendations and guidelines for water management and legal pluralism that foster sustainable development for the poor in Africa, informed by experience in Asia and Latin America
4. a peer-reviewed publication of papers presented.

Organizers: The International Water Management Institute (IWMI); the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich; the Faculty of Law of the University of Dar-es-Salaam; and the South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Contact Name: Dr Barbara van Koppen
E-mail: b.vankoppen@cgiar.org
URL: http://www.nri.org/waterlaw/workshop.htm