ORGANIZATIONSRiver Basin
Organizations

NARBO was announced at the 3rd World Water Forum

Goverment
Organizations

Development
Cooperation
Agencies

Regional
Knowledge
Partners

Inter Regional
Knowledge
Partners

in March 2003 and officially established in February 2004
to promote IWRM in riverbasins throughout Asia.

MEMBER’S COUNTRIES

Total 19 countries

Associate
Members

Australia|Bangladesh|Bhutan|Cambodia|India|Indonesia
Japan|Korea|Lao PDR|Malaysia|Mongolia|Myanmar|Nepal|Pakistan
People's Republic of China|Philippines|Thailand|Sri Lanka|Viet Nam

CATEGORY and NUMBER of MEMBERS

Total 94 organizations

River Basin Organizations

36

Government Organizations

25

Regional Knowledge Partners

23Inter Regional Knowledge Partners

9Development Cooperation Agencies

1

NARBO OFFICIALSChairperson

Vice Chairperson

Mr. Imam Santoso

Mr. Udaya R Seneviratne

Director General, Directorate of Water Resources,
Ministry of Public Works and Housing,
Republic of Indonesia

Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Sri Lanka

Secretary General

Deputy Director General (Specialist Sector), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment, Malaysia

Mr. Junji Miwa
Vice President : Japan Water Agency

NARBO Secretariat

Dato' Dr. Md. Nasir bin Md. Noh|Email| info@narbo.org

Japan Water Agency

Asian Development Bank

Mr. Jun Utsunomiya

http://www.adb.org/|URL|http://www.narbo.jp/

info@narbo.org
http://www.water.go.jp/

Asian Development Bank InstituteCenter for River Basin Organizations and Management

Dr. Masahiro Sugiura

Mr. Isnugroho
isnugroho@crbom.org

msugiura@adbi.org
http://www.adbi.org/

http://www.crbom.org/
As of October 2019

GOAL and OBJECTIVE

IWRM Training

The goal of NARBO is to help achieve Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in river basinsthroughout Asia. NARBO’s objective is to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of River Basin
Organizations (RBOs) in promoting IWRM and improving water governance, through training and theexchange of information and experience among RBOs and their associated water sector agencies

Training courses are organized for capacity development of RBOs in implementing IWRM among member organizations. Since 5th Training in Viet Nam,
NARBO has been using “IWRM Guidelines at River Basin Levels” which waslaunched by UNESCO in 2009 as a main training textbook. Outcomes of thetraining have been contributed to establish IWRM plan in their river basins.

and knowledge partner organizations in Asia, and to advise on the establishment of RBOs in Asia.

ACTIVITIESThe 7th IWRM Training (Sri Lanka)

NARBO is holding various activities to achieve our goals.

Twinning Program
NARBOʼs Twinning Program is a program toexchange staff among members to exchange information and experiences among members for
improving water resources management. This
program is very useful in exchanging technology
and sharing practical solution on IWRM. Twinning
Program is one of the features of NARBO activities.

Information Sharing Activities
NARBO shares useful information onIWRM in river basins, good practices andlessons learned through website andpublications.

News LetterWeb Site
http://www.narbo.jp/Annual ReportHigh level meeting and International Seminar
NARBO conducted international conferences such as ʻ1st NARBO IWRM Executive Retreat on Leadership in River Basinsʼ and ʻNARBO International Seminar on
Corporate RBOs in Asiaʼ in 2011. Intensive discussions were made among highlevel officials, RBO leaders and water champions. Basically, we agreed that i)
Importance of good leadership and the value of dialogue and networking;and ii) Necessity of better documentation of experiences of basin-level IWRM
in Asia and working together through NARBO in sharing knowledge and goodpractices.

Thematic Workshops
Thematic Workshops are organized in response to memberʼs needs for
NARBO activities, focusing on the specific themes. We have conductedworkshops on Water Allocation and Water Rights, Sustainable Management for Water Resources Infrastructures and Water-Related Disaster andits Management. Action programs which were summarized at each workshop as a result of the workshop were proposed to each organization, andit was incorporated into their activities.

Field trip in Twinning Program (Japan)

Study visit
in Thematic Workshop

RBO Performance Benchmarking
To stimulate performance improvement of RBOs and allow practicalexchange of experience, Performance Benchmarking is carried out
among NARBO members using on-line database and web interface for a
NARBO Benchmarking Service are being developed.
Workshop on PerfomanceBenchmarking

1st NARBO IWRM Executive Retreat
on Leadership in River Basins(Indonesia)

General Meeting
NARBO General Meeting is held in every two years,and reviews the past two years activities andapproves new action program and ManagementTeam. Workshop and Study Visit to look for solutionson specific topics are also held. It is also an important opportunity to share knowledge and experience of each member organization and make thebest use of the consultation to Knowledge Partners.

The 5th General Meeting (ThaiLand)

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