Resilient Cities Leaders Forum November 4th 2015 Amsterdam RAI

Draft Summary November 10th 2015

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Introduction | Resilient Cities Leaders Forum -RCLF Amsterdam International Water Week (AIWW) Resilient Cities Leaders Forum (RCLF) 2015 contributes to the debate on how cities think about global risks, mitigate them and strengthen resilience. Concrete cases were presented by the cities with focus around the following themes:

1. Designing with water 2. Water partnerships 3. Blue economy 4. Resilient financing 5. Resilient governance

The main role of the RCLF was to support discussions from a variety of perspectives, with emphasis on comprehensive strategies for water resilience and urban planning. Cities shared their successes as well as challenges concerning 2 central questions: ‘What’s currently happening?’ and ‘What is next?’ The centrally positioned round table sessions in the afternoon were introduced by the keynote speaker Mr. Dominic Waughray - Senior Director and Head of Environmental Initiatives of the World Economic Forum. Following the keynote introduction, the in-depth round table discussions begun. Each round table session was hosted by an acknowledgeable chairman. City leaders shared their achievements and challenges associated with their city’s water resiliency. The main objective of the round table sessions was to share and discuss specific challenges and opportunities associated with each city’s case, as well as to introduce a fresh perspective for embracing resiliency.

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09:00-10:00 | AIWW Conference Keynotes on Urban Resilience and adaptation to climate change Moderator of the RCLF, Mr. Henk Ovink (Special Envoy for International Water Affairs Kingdom of The Netherlands) welcomed all the guests and introduced the program. The first keynote of the day was John Batten (Global Water and Global Cities Director, ARCADIS, USA). John leads a global team and travels around the world with a focus on improvement of the quality of life by creating a safe and sustainable environment. He shared stories from all over the world and showed through example that sometimes good solutions first need a crisis. He ended with a notable video from SF Sewers: You Can’t Live A Day Without Me. This video was used to help introduce a younger audience to the importance of a functioning sewer system and their Sewer System Improvement Program. “That’s a great water secured city – the City of Amsterdam” (John Batten) Mr. Wim Kuijken (Delta Program Commissioner, The Netherlands), the next keynote speaker started with a movie on how The Netherlands responded to its countries challenges. The Delta Program2015 was introduced. It must improve the current situation and prepare for the future with respect to flood protection and fresh water supply. Next was the introduction of the keynote panel. 4 pitches from different regions. Mr. Michiel Haersma Buma (Chairman, Delftland Regional Water Authority, The Netherlands) begun with a movie on Amsterdam & Innovation. Thereafter Prof. Janusz Zaleski (Director Project Coordination Unit, World Bank Poland) shared the regional issues of mid Poland. On a positive note, the extreme weather is giving the area nice summers, however they are still prepared. Their new Flood Protection Project is focused on dealing with extreme rainfall and river flood protection. The third pitch was Mr. Vijay Padmanabhan (Technical Advisor for Water and Urban, Asian Development Bank). He showed the costs associated with climate change and the investment plans of ADB. The 4th presenter was Bud Ris (City of Boston/Green Ribbon Commission, Advisor, USA), who shared the story of Boston’s improvement from having the dirtiest harbor to having the cleanest. Boston is a booming waterfront city, but there exists a lot of critical vulnerabilities to a rising sea and a hurricane track encroaching on Boston. It requires new mapping and a new way of financing. “You only get money after a storm” (Bud Ris) Wim Kuijken asked Bud Ris how he thinks to involve the people. How to make them aware of the dangers, challenges and the need for improvements. This was an important question that brought up a lively discussion that was brought into the Round Table Sessions later that day. Final words of Henk Ovink. Pleased all five subjects of the day were discussed and welcomed everybody back for the city pitches later that day 11:45.

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11:45 – 13:05 | Resilient Cities Current efforts of cities on the topic of resiliency

All city representatives seated on the front row. After a short kick-off by Henk Ovink each city pitched its case within 4 minutes, starting with Copenhagen, then Amsterdam, Barisal, Boston, Brisbane, Bydgoszcz, Cape Town, Gdansk, Jakarta, Lisbon, Miami, Poznan, Rotterdam, Toronto and surprisingly ended with more improvised pitches from audience members representing Kampen, Venice and Cities of India. AMSTERDAM, Mr. Dr. ir Gerhard van den Top, Chairman Amstel, Gooi & Vecht Regional Water Authority: Examples of cooperation as Amsterdam Rainproof and waterproof Westpoort are shared. Waterproof Westpoort study investigated the water resistance of the port of Amsterdam. The water level in the port area will increase by approximately 1.80 meters with respect to the water level. The main challenges are associated with the financing models and scaling up of the ongoing projects.

COPENHAGEN, Mr. Jes Clauson – Kaas, Chief consultant at HOFOR: A great success for Copenhagen. Their 1.3 billion - 20 year - storm water plan is approved only a couple days ago. But the challenge starts from there. Financing, ownership, stakeholders and utilities are subjects to think about. “But making a plan is always a good start” BARISAL, Ms. Nandita Basu Director City Planning Department Barisal: The Venice of the East. The city lies along the river delta and is susceptible to flooding problems. A highly vulnerable city, currently with a lot of challenges regarding resilience. The city recognizes the need to prepare for climate change. The aspects of good governance as well as proper actions for the urban area are of main concerns. BOSTON, Mr. Bud Ris Senior Advisor, Barr Foundation, Green Ribbon Commission: The city faces the serious challenge of sea level rise by 2 m or 100yr flood plain. The Downtown Boston area is associated with a 1-2% annual chance of flooding. The main innovation area becomes an inundation area! What is the most optimal solution? Getting the public and private parties engaged? How do we finance prevention and protective measures? BRISBANE, Mr. Dr. Piet Filet: The city experiences two main extremes of climate change, namely severe drought and extreme flooding. In the case of Brisbane, the city was not prepared when a freak storm tore apart the Brisbane River. A beautiful city, with subtropical surroundings and beach, but unfortunately the city has a lot of challenges to overcome. More committed leadership, long term thinking and a council that collaborates and works together is needed. “We are here to learn from you” BYDGOSZCZ, Represented by Mr. Rafal Bruski, Mayor of Bydgoszcz, Case presented by: Mr. Grzegorz Boroń, Director Water Management and Environmental Protection: A city in between 2 famous Polish cities: Poznan & Gdansk, located on cross section of inland waterways, 2 rivers and 2 important international waterways. The big challenge is dealing with rainwater. Main future activities for the city include: developing water transport of the Vistula River, revitalization of the waterways, investing in the public space in the city center, putting the canal on the UNESCO list and activate tourism. “We are looking for a partner in rainwater management”.

CAPE TOWN, Mrs. Belinda Walker, Alderman City of Cape Town: With an increased population of 30% in the last 10 years, a high unemployment rate and extreme weather conditions, this city has a lot of challenges. Hotter, dryer, more wind and storms. The city needs to improve coastal management and start implementing their climate adaptation plan. With a good exchange rate, Cape Town hopes to manage these challenges with aid from global investors. “The Table Mountain will be an island again”. GDANSK, Mr. Wiesław Bielawski, Deputy Mayor for Urban Policy of City of Gdansk a Delta and Port City on the Baltic Sea. The strong winds from storms and flash floods from rivers are the primary priority for protection. Historically the city has been always strongly connected with water. Due to the geopolitical changes the main (water) economic functions are experiencing huge shift. Socio – economic JAKARTA, Mr. Dr. Ir. Purba Robert Sianipar, senior advisor to Ministry on Economics and Maritime: City of 14 million inhabitants experiencing a water safety crisis sensitive to flooding from the sea and rivers. There is not

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enough clear water and the city needs to transform threats into opportunities in order to discover long term solutions for flooding threats. The main challenges include: establishing a vision for organizing cooperation between various government departments, developing capacity and knowledge management, budget organization and optimization, developing protection in harmony with nature. LISBON, Mr. José Silva Ferreira, City of Lisbon, Project Director Lisbon Drainage Master Plan: A very old city,

with 200000 visitors every day is struggling to keep up with their huge drainage basin, old unitary and sanitary

systems. Most of it is more than 60 years old, some even more than 80. A strong need to rehabilitate the large

drainage network. A new masterplan is made and the city starts working on it next year. There biggest challenge

in financing, coming from European Investment Bank, Horizon 2020 and governmental funds.

MIAMI, Mr. Dr. Philip Stoddard, Mayor, City of South Miami: High rise buildings located at sea-level and water

infiltrating Miami from all directions (even from below) slowly destroying the city as a whole. Most of Miami will

be submerged by the end of the century from the projected 2 meter rise in sea level. According to the Mayor of

South Miami the city must protect the economic areas and give the rest back to nature (he gave Henk Ovink a

piece of vulnerable rock, and stated “this is the ground on which Miami is built”). The city needs a business case

for resiliency and Singapore will be our great example. “Failing the plan is planning to fail”

POZNAN, Mr. Jacek Jaskowiak, Mayor of Poznan and Mr. Rafal Przybyl, Regional Manager VASTINT: The biggest city of Poland with the lowest unemployment rate, green surroundings with forest, rivers and lakes. The quality of life is very important. To maximize use of the green and blue elements, the city needs a Blue & Green Strategy. The case of Copenhagen city is a good example in the opinion of the City Mayor. One of the main priorities is to use the existing river and bring back the water to the city. City of Poznan wants to use the Dutch experience and implement water within the urban environment. The city also supports cooperation between the public and private sectors. Currently, private investor VASTINT already works together with the city on one of the pilot developments, namely the Portowo project, which focuses on the water front of the river and was further explained by Rafał Przybył, VASTINT, Inter IKEA group from Poland. TORONTO, Ms. Emmy Scholten, Deputy Consul General at Netherlands Consulate Toronto: A fast growing city with 2, 5 million people and 11 km of waterfront, thought to be the most resilient city. The Toronto Metropole is expanding every year and is expected to have 9 million inhabitants by 2025. One challenge includes the construction of 40. 000 houses for redevelop of the city. B “It is time to learn from each other and to do it right. The Dutch approach of Room for the River and in particular Nijmegen Lent project is something we want to learn from. ” ROTTERDAM, Mr. Arnoud Molenaar, Climate Proof’s manager at City of Rotterdam, 100 Resilient Cites Chief Officer: The city of Rotterdam has been working on resilience for a decade. It is time for the next step. The role of governance is changing. People have their own successful ideas and we want to know how to upscale. Citizens are taking more responsibility and offering initiatives, with a great example including the Zomer Hof Quarter project. Mr. Arnoud Molenaar ends with 2 questions: 1. How resilient is our governance? And 2. Which governance do we need to be resilient? KAMPEN, Mr. Gerrit Han Veldhoen, Alderman Water and Spatial Planning City of Kampen: The City of Kamen is here to increase their network and to invite everyone for the Hanzedagen in June 2017 in Kampen. “Water is always our best friend” VENICE, Mr. Hermes Redi, Director Cosorzio Venezia Nouva: Venice was fighting with water for centuries. There is a huge problem that must be addressed, especially due to rising sea levels. There are plans for intervention in order to protect the city and to increase investment into social development. The Venice delegation is present at the RCLF to share experiences. NEW DELHI, cities in INDIA, Mr. Kulwant Singh, UN-HABITAT: A country wide Smart Cities program covering 300 cities in India is currently in development. They use urban planning as a new intervention to help manage with extreme draughts and floods. There are more than 4000 cities in development, but the government must focus on the 500 most important cities.

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14:00 – 15:15 | Resilient Cities Leaders Forum, introduction of themes

Henk Ovink opened the Forum by welcoming the keynote speaker Mr. Dominic Waughray from the World Economic Forum (WEF). Dominic’s talks awoke the audience with facts and figures regarding climate change and water security. He further showed the link between water stress and cities and established water crisis is high on The Global Risk Report of 2015. “It is about alliance building and round tables discussions like ` these! There is no ‘they’, that brings ‘us’ together!” “It does not happen organically, we must jump!” “The art of politics is to create conditions of change before change exists”. “Create awareness to get issues on the political agenda and always have a good story” Henk Ovink continued with the introduction of the 5 themes and their table chairman’s. Each chairman is welcomed to briefly introduce their table before the tables starting their discussions of 1, 5 hours. DISIGNING WITH WATER by ROELOF BLEKER: After the rebuild of a fireworks accident in his city, he was surprised by the power of rebuilding and the rebuilding by design. Design makes people enthusiastic and creative when it comes to rebuilding. WATER PARTNERSHIPS by CAROLIEN GEHRELS: “Why is it so natural for the Dutch to collaborate?”. We had to keep the water out! Every city has its own disasters. Stories help, so does art. She shares the great ‘Waterlight’ pop-up art show by artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. BLUE ECONOMY by TEUN MORSELT: MORSELT shares a quote of Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian-American economist: “Sometimes we have to destroy something to be able to create”. RESILIENT FINANCING by STEFAN NIJWENING: How do we engage the public? By small initiatives and large investments. RESILIENT GOVERNANCE by GERHARD VAN DEN TOP: It is about reconnecting the city! 15:15 – 15:50 | High level Round Table discussions session 15:10 – 16:00 | Firs Reflections of the discussions DISIGNING WITH WATER: We need 100 year thinking. We cannot solve problems with just one technique. We need to integrate grey, blue, green thinking and design. WATER PARTNERSHIPS: The Golden Triangle EXAMPLES of Water partnerships: 1. CEOs of land owners from a climate group in Boston to reach CO2 reduction for there companies 2. Network of big industrial companies in South Africa that use water throughout the country with the goal to reduce water use; coca cola, mining companies BLUE ECONOMY: Water enriches lives. Threats must become opportunities. A city must be sustainable enough to invest in. Cities need integrated approaches and must only invest if the economy supports it. RESILIENT FINANCING: You need good projects. But what is a good project? Willingness of banks is needed and ‘out of the box’ ideas. It is about sharing risks and sharing goals. Do not think in 5 year goals, we need more than that. There must be a stable balance between regional and national politics and the private sector must be present at the table. RESILIENT GOVERNANCE: We must link up with the new young generation. There are one million ideas on building resilience. 16:00 – 16:45 | High level Round Table discussions session 16:45 – 17:10 | Plenary interactive discussion: reflections and conclusions

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10 most important points as output from The Resilient Cities Leaders Forum are listed DISIGNING WITH WATER:

1. Designing with water equals designing with people 2. Design is much more complex: Integrate blue, green, grey infrastructure and integrate with added

value economic drives WATER PARTNERSHIPS:

3. The golden triangle becomes a 5 point star: government, finance, academic, private businesses, nature and with the citizens in the middle

4. City-to-city learning has to be very specific between cities with the same challenges. Find your similar

city!

BLUE ECONOMY: 5. Water is an economic entity. A real price (with no subsidies) must be put on water.

The most effective place to put a price on water is on irrigation 6. Value of water changes.

RESILIENT FINANCING:

7. Water, urban, finance, academic and governance must be grouped together more often to get a higher level of understanding

8. Best practices projects, describe the process and share the evaluation Distinguish small from big projects and let's not forget about public funding

RESILIENT GOVERNANCE:

9. Not only cost benefits, but multiple benefits: cost benefit must show the full range of benefits 10. Design an institutional integrated program: Government must be more flexible

“We are on a journey, it is important to communicate risk!” (Gerhard van den Top) ADDITIONAL REMARKS from audience:

11. We have to start communicating risk 12. Include the digital communication of the young generation 13. Business as usual is not any more an option! 14. What we have talked about today has to go mainstream 15. We have to provide hope

17:10 – 17:15 | Closing Session by Henk Ovink 17:15 – 17:20 | Group Photo 17:20 – 18:00 | AIWW Final Key Note

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Attachment I: Detail notes themes table discussions DISIGNING WITH WATER Chair: Mr. Roelof Bleker, the Chairman of the Regional Water Authority Rivierenland Reporter: Kai-Feng Chen

1. With no resilience, we will fail. 2. One of the main tasks today is to build up a Public – Private Partnership and make a firm combination

with all of the involved stakeholders. 3. Government should think of methods to raise public awareness towards the facts of climate change.

This would help build trust from the public and ensure a plan that would definitely help in the future. 4. Aside from the engineers and governmental officers, who are discussing water issues on table, users

should be included in the process. A good example is in South Africa, creating a user platform, collecting opinions from the water users.

5. Government should make the private sector work with them, including networking, connecting each sector.

6. The most important aspect to raise awareness from the public is to tell “good stories”, and let them know the stories are happening..

7. Sometimes we face a problem with water design that a design is fit for one aspect but not the other. We have to think deeper and come up with a more integrated solution.

8. Each country has their own challenges and solutions. It’s always useful to see what the others have done and learn from it, but don’t forget to consider the local situation and take it into account.

9. Due to groundwater over used, Jakarta is facing land subsidence. Northern part of Jakarta is under sea level. Building dikes is one of the solutions. Shape of it also considers national pride.

10. Case in Boston is aiming to prevent problems by design rather than rebuild by design, and educate public awareness of water as a self-related problem.

11. Similar case could also be found in Hamburg, Germany as flood adaptation. 12. Lisbon has a 100-year plan, which is assigned to a better life for future generation. In this plan, solutions

will be combined with residents and make the area more attractive by taking temporal and spatial scale into account.

13. Sometimes we face public pressure and would like to think how could we attract political welcoming, the answer is that we should explain what the politicians are doing and set up scenarios to tell the true story. Design with people is also an important part, as it brings people and community on the table.

14. Countries facing water challenges should think ahead, (e.g. 100 year plan), and make a clear time frame.

15. We should make effort to come up with integrated approaches. 16. By setting up a national icon or introducing national pride into the designs, we could raise public

awareness. 17. Design with water is not only for beauty, but also for practical usage. 18. Designing with water is identical with designing with people, because successful designs will integrate

people and places. 19. Design should integrate blue, gray and green water usage, and add value economic drivers into it. 20. Our thinking today should go into mainstream and provide hope to the public.

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WATER PARTNERSHIPS Chair: Mrs. Carolien Gehrels, Director for the Big Urban Clients in Continental Europe, ARCADIS Reporter: Jeffery Liao At the beginning of group discussion, chairman divided the panel into four groups to make individual discussions. Later, the small groups came up with their concluded experiences in water partnership, the discussed were as follows:

1. Boston: Governments encourage entrepreneurs to compete in reducing CO2, by this initiative among CEOs, companies had gradually made the world a better place. (Government-Businesses)

2. South Africa: For example, the mining company communicates with the residents, by building the private network, providing communication chances to water users, everyone benefits from this. (Business-Community)

3. Dutch: Southern Mexico is prone to flooding because of its basin shaped topography, and lacking water during drought, which is an example without partnership. The solution to the problem is strategic partnership for economic growth.

4. South Africa: Awareness Campaign, examples - “ War on leaks” program, training youths for campaign. (Government-Academics)

5. Cape Town: Formal settlement must be done with full cooperation from community (which might not be easy), the longer it takes to communicate, the shorter time required for the project-- proactive community involvement.

6. Delft: Good informal relation, regional voluntary benchmarking. 7. Venice: Involve other Europe countries to think of solutions. 8. Milan: The Golden Triangle- Government, Academics and Businesses.

Finally, the group developed a picture best showing the relationship of water partnership:

- A five point star. Based on the golden triangle, adding Nature and Community, and putting citizens at the middle-- for that we cannot compete with the power of nature, and also by more conversations with the community can minimize the time required for the project; finally, people should be considered most during water partnership.

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BLUE ECONOMY Chair: Mr. Teun Morselt, Director Blueconomy Reporter: Ahmed Azab A discussion about resilient cities all over the world and how to deal with climate change issues; especially talking about “Blue Economy” was held between cities representatives, experts from different countries and young water professionals, and the conclusion of this discuss is as follows:

1. The concept of blue economy is known as the benefits from creating new oppertunities and innovative solutions, bringing forward the economy and attracts new businesses.

2. No one fights about the lack of water instead they fight for the economic issues related to it. 3. The nourishment of economy is considered a driver for growth and attracting more investors. 4. Water abundance enriches the cities and life. 5. If we have to do some work related to water we must talk about the economy. 6. People are paying a lot of money for water and green areas. 7. Local residence is very important to include in social works because it is the best source to get

information about the real problems in the area of study. 8. Seeking for low cost projects and structures is a very good idea to solve a lot of problems without

adding any extra budget on the government. 9. Water related investments are necessary but arealso so important to know whether the city will be

sustainable for the investment or not. 10. Municipality should encourage more social activities and give permissions to some projects that will aid

in preventing severe water hazards. 11. Pricing of water depends on the weather and either it is a tap water or sewage water system. 12. Water can be used to make a strong economy, using it in stewardship fields such as Heineken breweries

and transferring water to neighbors will improve the economy. 13. Also can be used in irrigation either by small or big companies. Excess rainfall should be exploited in

some works like building reservoirs that will collect the excess water from different areas like rooftops of houses and also from some inverted or V shaped roofs. Such water is considered a source for different economical projects.

14. Some cities like Mexico City paying for recharging groundwater with treated wastewater. 15. Increasing the local awareness through social media and volunteers is a valuable step towards reducing

the water scarcity. 16. In some countries, there are no water management authorities to organize the use of water, so these

countries suffer from severe problems in water shortages and contamination. 17. Food industries use water as a raw material and therefore also involved in the production process, so

many products depends mainly on water.

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RESILIENT FINANCING Chair: Mr. Stefan Nijwening, Regional Water Authority Vechtstromen Reporter: Chrysoula Papacharalampou Private/Public Partnerships (PPP) and their ability to finance water-related projects in different parts of the world was the focal point of the discussion. The participants agreed that the problem in financing water related resilient projects don’t lie on the lack of available funds either from the public or private sources. It’s the lack of quality projects that hinders the realization of projects for resilient cities. Essentially, a project’s quality reflects its bankability; thus, a project needs to represent a good business case. This mainly relates to the needs of the private sector (e.g. banks). Regarding the public sector, the need for ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking and solutions was stressed. Apart from their creativity though, governments should show their ambition to realize big projects, confirm their commitment to excellence and liability to performance over the life cycle of the project and use robust financial tools for forecasting return on investment and risk management. Cities around the world appear to lack technical ‘know-how’ on projects’ development, especially in relation to financing. Indeed, experience from real case studies shows that it is a rather challenging process. This is mainly because the financial program of each project should be tailored-made to the needs of the city and the project itself. Following a structured approach to their financing program, cities can convince the private sector to invest in their projects over the realization time of the project, which ranges from 10 to 15 years. In more detail, they need to convince private investors that their political scheme is reliable and their agenda will prioritize the project’s investment over its life cycle. Both thinking and application processes of the project need to align with the city’s resilient planning, in order to ensure cash flows and reduce risks. Accounting for the value of land and including the findings of the project’s financing program could prove a useful technique. Relevant examples from projects in other sectors (e.g. railways, roads) can be helpful in this process. From their point of view, cities wish to get an in-depth understanding of the way the financial institutions function and prioritize their investment decisions. By obtaining this knowledge, they would be feeling more confident to develop ambitious projects and approach the private sector for collaborative actions. In addition, new earning models for cities were discussed. It is important to engage the citizens in the financing process of water-related resilient projects. The introduction of taxes relating to water-related investments or project realization could be an effective measure. A number of activities to facilitate the PPP and financing of water resilient projects were suggested, as listed:

1. More interdisciplinary discussion: Water professionals need to get in touch with bankers and city planners and decision-makers in order to exchange their views of resilient water projects and gain mutual understanding of perspectives.

2. Learning by doing: Discussion needs to include practical examples and case studies. Through real case studies the participants can gain insights on what a good or bad project proposal consists of.

3. Share good practice on financial solutions via a platform, using visualization techniques and a menu of solutions: A step-by-step methodology on ‘how-to’ would be useful.

4. Distinction of projects upon their size and financing. 5. Tips on public funding techniques: based on successful examples. Knowledge exchange on how citizens

can be encouraged to pay taxes related to the realization of water resilient projects.

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RESILIENT GOVERNANCE Chair: Mr. Gerhard van den Top, chairman of the Amsterdam Regional Water Authority Reporter: Carolien Caspers The round table discussion was opened by Mr. Gerard van den Top, who explained the structure of the discussion and asked each of the cities representatives to give the main challenge(s) for their city and also to share a positive element. Main challenges

1. On the one hand governance/policy/legislation in the national or regional or even at city level is behind on what is currently needed and done in the cities. On the other hand jurisdiction should also be outside city boundaries.

2. Leadership issue; the short term visions of government that switches with each new election vs the long term agenda and the long term passion of the citizens.

3. Awareness gap; disasters give momentum, but how to keep everyone (public, private and government) engaged in between disaster events?

4. Appropriate funding; tax and beyond. 5. Cooperation between stakeholders; it is not only a water issue but it goes further than that: multilevel,

multisectoral + multi - stakeholder cooperation. Positive elements

1. 'Polderen'; get all people involved from the start; multi - stakeholder investment. 2. Copenhagen case; it is possible to get, within just a few years, both financial and political approvement

for the storm water management implementation. 3. Focus on the good stories; focus on common grounds and common values with stakeholders. 4. Tools like social media and visualization (e.g. global forest mapping, linking to other maps) 5. Youth networks; provide new way of thinking and insights.

After the break the discussion lead to the formation of the principals for resilient governance. Institutions should reflect these principles. Principes of Resilient governance

1. Integrated approach. Multiple benefits and costs across water, energy, food, health. Multilevel, multisectoral + multistakeholder cooperation.

2. New capacity and flexibility. 3. Responsiveness; ability to engage with local initiatives. 4. Guidance; to set the boundary conditions (e.g. spatial dimensions) to these initiatives, that fit to the

demand. 5. Risk awareness, to manage the expectations; risk becomes part of the outcome and all people need to

get used to idea of risk. 6. Openness; no final design at take-off, allow new insights on the way. 7. Continuity; to surpass the political x year term. Concrete suggestions: a resiliency agenda and a local

delta commissioner, independent of any political affiliation. 8. New political cycles; it is more feasible by linking up with other initiatives. Proposal: Network

governance. These principles can also be addressed in the cities of the corresponding representants.

The idea is to build upon these principles in the COP21 in Paris next month and on the Adaptive Futures conference in May 2016 in Rotterdam.

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Attachment II: Registered participants (103) Please note: there are ca. 20 participants who were attending the Forum and are not listed below

I. Designing with water

Table chairman Mr. Roelof Bleker, Chairman of the Regional Water Authority Rivierenland Reporter Kai-Feng Chen

Name Organization/ Function City, Country

1 Mr. Rafal Bruski Mayor City of Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz/ Poland

2 Mr. Grzegorz Boroń Director Water Management and Environmental Protection City of Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz/ Poland

3 Ms. Dominika Muszyńska- Jeleszyńska

European Funds Department City of Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz/ Poland

4 Mr. Mateusz Balcerowicz Director Water Resources Management, Polish Ministry of Environment

Poland

5 Mr. Dirk van Peijpe Director, DE URBANISTEN, Consultancy Architecture & Planning

Rotterdam/ the Netherlands

6 Mr. Piet Dircke Global Leader Water Management, ARCADIS Consultancy

the Netherlands

7 Mr. Dr. Philip Stoddard Mayor City of South Miami Miami

8 Mr. Ing. Jose Silva Fereira Project Director Lisbon Drainage Master Plan Lisbon

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Mr. Purba Robert Sianipar Senior Advisor to Minister on Economics and Maritime, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs

Jakarta / Indonesia

10 Mr. Feirully Irzal Head, Spatial Planing and Landscape, Jakarta Planning and Development Board.

Jakarta

11 Mr. Jan Jaap Brinkman Deltares, part of Dutch Jakarta consortium involved in NCICD

Jakarta

12 Mr. David Waggonner Waggonner & Ball Architects,Principal

13 Mr. Herman Mondeel PMC-Leader Watermanagement, Witteveen en Bos

14 Mr Dick van den Bergh Policy adviser Water & Climate Change,Climate Adaptation Services

15 Mr. Prof. Colin Thorne Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences – The University of Nottingham

16 Ms. Betsy Otto Global Director, Water Program, World Resources Institute

17 Mr. Renato Hochgreb Frazão Director for Basic Sanitation Company of the engineer of the State of São Paulo

Sao Paulo

18 Ms. Esther van Geloven Sr. Commercial Officer, Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands -Miami

Observer

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II. Blue Economy

Table chairman Mr. Teun Morselt, Director Blueconomy Reporter Ahmed Azab

Name Organization/ Function City, Country

1 Mr. Wiesław Bielawski Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning City of Gdansk Gdansk/ Poland

2 Ms. Joanna Bach-Głowińska Gdansk Development Agency, City of Gdansk Gdansk/ Poland

3 Mr. Gerrit Jan Veldhoen Deputy Mayor for Water& Urban Planning, City of Kampen

Kampen/ the Netherlands

4 Mr. Cees Brugman Strategic advisor, City of Kampen Kampen/ the Netherlands

5 Mr. Alexander van den Bosch

Director European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP)

Belgium

6 Mr. Antonis Michael European Sea Ports Organisation, Senior Advisor, Environment, Health, Safety and Security, Co-ordinator EcoPorts

Belgium

7 Mr. Frank Goossensen Director Water & Client Development at ARCADIS Consultancy

the Netherlands

8 Mr. Wouter Vos Director KuiperCompagnons Consultancy Architecture & Planning

the Netherlands

9 Mr. Michiel de Lijster Senior Water Resources Specialist, Asian Development Bank

10 Mr. Dean Amhaus President & CEO, Milwaukee Water Council Milwaukee

11 Mrs. Anggia Satrini Director Planning, Ciliwung – Cisadane River Basin Authority

Jakarta

12 Mr. Gerard Blom Director Inland Water Systems) at Deltares the Netherlands

13 Mrs. Lykke Leonardsen Head of Climate Unit at City of Copenhagen Copenhagen/ Denmark

14 Mr. Tom Bakkum Innovation Lead Climate-KIC

15 Mr. Genivaldo Maximiliano de Aguiar

Chief Manager - Water and Electric Energy Department

Sao Paulo

16 Mr. Michiel Reynders Deputy Head of Mission, Netherlands Embassy Panama

Observer

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III. Water partnerships

Table chairman Mrs. Carolien Gehrels, Director for the Big Urban Clients in Continental Europe, ARCADIS

Reporter Jeffery Liao

Name Organization/ Function City, Country

1 Mr. Hermes Redi Director Cosorzio Venezia Nouva, Italy Civil engineering

Italy

2 Mr. Pierluigi Rossetto Thetis S.p.A., Italy Civil engineering

Italy

3 Mr. Bud Ris Senior Advisor Barr Foundation - Green Ribbon Commission

Boston

4 Ms. Belinda Walker Alderman City of Cape Town Cape Town

5 Ms. Nandita Basu Director City Planning Department Barisal Barisal

6 Mr. Gerbrand van Bork Ecorys, advisor Water and Climate finance, Barisal Barisal / the Netherlands

7 Mr. Hans Gehrels Expert advisor urban water management / Manager Sustainable Cities, Deltares

the Netherlands

8 Mr. Dr. Kulwant Singh Advisor, Urban Basic Services ,United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

9 Mr. Michiel Haersma Buma Dijkgraaf (Chairman) at Waterschap Delfland the Netherlands

10 Ms. drs. Hanneke Gieske Strategic advisor Unit Strategy and Innovation Regional Water Authority Delfland

the Netherlands

11 Mr. Major General A N M Muniruzzaman,

President Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) and Chairman Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC)

Bangladesh

12 Ms Nchedi Maphokga-Moripe

Chief Director Global Cooperation and Strategic Partnerships, South Africa

South Africa

13 Mr. Nanco Dolman Leading Professional Water Resilience in Urban Areas, RoyalHaskoningDHV

the Netherlands

14 Ms. Meghan Jensen Director of Marketing & Membership, Milwaukee Water Council

Milwaukee

15 Ms. Corinne Trommsdorff IWA Urban Cities Specialist,

16 Mr. M. Donny Azdan Director of Water Resources and Irrigation Jakarta

17 Ms. Emmy Scholten Deputy Consul General - Netherlands Consulate Toronto

Toronto

18 Ms. Thessa Bos Deputy Consul of CG in Cape Town Cape Town / Observer

19 Mr. David de Waal Consul General Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Milan, Italy / Observer

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IV. Resilient finance Table chairman Mr. Stefan Nijwening, Expert Regional Water Authority Vechtstromen

Reporter Chrysoula Papacharalampou

Name Organization/ Function City, Country

1 Mr. Prof. Janusz Zaleski Director Project Coordination Unit, World Bank Poland

Poland

2 Mr. Mariusz Wisniewski Deputy Mayor City of Poznan Poznan/ Poland

3 Mr. Bartosz Guss Director Real Estate Department, City of Poznan Poznan/ Poland

4 Mr. Armand Ferreira Sustainable Finance team, ING Netherland the Netherlands

5 Ms. Karolina Wojciechowska Risk Analysis and Safety, HKVConsultancy the Netherlands

6 Mr. Benno Wiersma Hofman bouwgroep Netherlands, Development the Netherlands

7 Mr. Michal Wlodarczyk Manager, GARVEST Poland/ the Netherlands

8 Mrs. Mrs. Marianne Kleijnen Manager Real Estate SSH student accommodations in the Netherlands

the Netherlands

9 Mr. Prof. Guy Alaerts UNESCO-IHE Global

10 Mr. Piotr Czarnocki Department of Sustainable Development Green Economy and Adaptation to Climate Change, Polish Ministry of Environment

Poland

11 Mr. John Batten Global Water and Global Cities Director, ARCADIS Consultancy

U.S.A. Global

12 Ms. Griet Lambrechts Stad Antwerpen, projectleider klimaatadaptatie Antwerp

13 Mr. Vijay Padmanabhan Technical Advisor for Urban Development and Water,Asian Development Bank

14 Mr. Arun Mishra Executive Director, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSIIDC)

New Dehli

15 Mr. Untung Budi Santosa Daily Secretary of the National Water Resources Council

Jakarta

16 Mr. Hugo de Vries Project advisor Global Public Goods, Department of International Development, Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland – RVO

Observer

17 Dr. Jan Borkowski

Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in the Kingdom of the Netherlands Observer

Poland / Observer

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V. Resilient governance Table chairman Mr. Gerhard van den Top, Chairman of the Amsterdam Regional Water

Authority

Reporter Carolien Caspers

Name Organization/ Function City, Country

1 Mr. Jacek Jaskowiak Mayor City of Poznan Poznan/ Poland

2 Mr. Marcin Przylebski Head of Investor Relations Department,

City of Poznan

Poznan/ Poland

3 Mr. Arnoud Molenaar Chief Resilient Officer, Manager Climate Proof, City

Rotterdam

Rotterdam/ the Netherlands

4 Mr. Slawomir Jurczynski Member of the Board, Veolia Poland

5 Mr. Rafal Przybył Regional Manager VASTINT (Inter IKEA Property

Division)

Global

6 Mr. Gerard Hofman Owner, Hofman bouwgroep Netherlands the Netherlands

7 Mr. Wiebe Brandsma Head of Department of Economy and Society Province of Zuid Holland

the Netherlands

8 Mr. Dr. Piet Filet Convenor - Flood Community of Practice Brisbane Brisbane

9 Ms. Paulien Hartog Strategisch Adviseur , Waternet Amsterdam, Amsterdam Rainproof strategy

Amsterdam

10 Mr. Steven Trewhella Director Business Unit, Rivers Deltas & Coasts RH DHV Peterborough, United Kingdom

11 Ms Eustacia Bofilatos South Africa

12 Mr. Hans Aalderink Strategic advisor, Deltares

13 Mr. Prof. Rob Skinner Chief Executive Officer of Monash Water for Liveability,

Melbourne

14 Mr Albert Mmbidi Director: Official Development Assistance Department of Water & Sanitation, South Africa

South Africa

15 Ms. Mariëtte van Empel Senior Advisor World Resources Institute

16 Mrs. Hanna Surma City of Poznan, Poznan/ Poland / Observer

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Attachment III: Programme FINAL Programme Focus: Resilient Workshop & Resilient Cities Leaders Forum Wednesday, November 4th Edyta Wisniewska, Netherlands Water Partnership

Time Subject Location 09:00 – 10:00 AIWW Conference keynotes on Urban Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change Emerald Room

8:30 final preparations in the Emerald Room keynotes speakers and panelist are requested to be there at 8:30

09:00 – 09:05 Welcome and introduction by moderator Mr. Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs Kingdom of The Netherlands

09:05 – 09:15 Mr. John Batten, Global Water and Global Cities Director, ARCADIS, USA

09:15 – 09:25 Mr. W. Kuijken, Delta Programme Commissioner, The Netherlands

09:25 – 10:00 keynote panel introductions and discussion

Prof. Janusz Zaleski, Director Project Coordination Unit, World Bank Poland, Poland Mr. Michiel Haersma Buma, Chairman, Delfland Regional Water Authority, The Netherlands Mr. Bud Ris, City of Boston / Green Ribbon Commission, Advisor, USA Mr. Vijay Padmanabhan, Technical Advisor for Water en Urban, Asian Development Bank

10:00 – 11:25 Parallel workshop session 10:00 – 11:25 Remineralization

The goal of the workshop is to share the newest knowledge, sharpen discussions and to be a networking event for remineralization professionals worldwide.

Room G104

10:00 – 11:25 Reusability of Water Solutions in Delta Cities This workshop will focus on the obstacles that have to be removed in order to cross international boundaries in establishing optimal problem-solution combinations. To reach this goal, the questions asked above will be discussed with the participants in an interactive workshop

Room G102

10:00 – 11:25 Managing Urban Water in the Cities of the Future The workshop is intended to bring together water scientists and practitioners as well as urban leaders to discuss how the draft Urban Water Charter principles can be developed into a framework for action that drives change in the sector.

Room G103

10:00 – 11:25 Blue-Green Infrastructure for Resiliency, Energy and Food Panel discussion in groups from two point of views Focus 1. Investing in blue-green (natural) infrastructure at scale to benefit urban areas Focus 2. Building with Nature in urban areas

Room G105

11:30- 11:45 Registration KICK OFF Resilient Cities Leaders Forum Current Efforts of Cities on the Topic of Resiliency Please note: The estimated walking time from G- Rooms to reach the Emerald Room location of is ca. 10 min The delegates are requested to be there at 11:30

Please note: The estimated walking time from G- Rooms to reach the Emerald Room location of is ca. 10 min

11:45 – 13:05 KICK OFF Resilient Cities Leaders Forum Current Efforts of Cities on the Topic of Resiliency

Emerald Room

11:45 – 11:50 KICK OFF ‘Introduction: current efforts of Cities on the topic of resiliency, by Mayors and cities representatives; Henk Ovink, the Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

11:50 – 11:55 Amsterdam, the Netherlands 11:55 – 12:00 Barisal, Bangladesh 12:00 – 12:05 Boston, USA 12:05 – 12:10 Brisbane, Australia 12:10 –12:15 Bydgoszcz, Poland 12:15 – 12:20 Cape Town, South Africa 12:20 – 12:25 Gdansk, Poland 12:25 – 12:30 Jakarta, Indonesia 12:30 – 12:35 Lisbon, Portugal 12:35 – 12:40 Miami, USA 12:40 – 12:45 Poznan, Poland

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Time Subject Location 12:45 – 12:50 Rotterdam, the Netherlands 12:50- 12:55 Toronto, Canada 12:55- 13:05 Short discussion and closing by Henk Ovink

13:05 – 14:05 Lunch Served on the balcony (level +1) between exhibition halls 1 & 2. Please use the stairs in hall 1 to enter this balcony.

On the balcony (level +1) between exhibition halls 1 & 2.

14:05 17:20 Resilient Cities Leaders Forum Emerald Room

14:05-14:25 Registration Please note: The estimated walking time from the lunch location to reach the Emerald Room is

ca. 15 min

The delegates are requested to be Emerald Room at 14:05

Emerald Room

14:2514.30

Opening Session Mr. Henk Ovink, the Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

14:30 -14.40 Keynote presentation Climate change and water security Mr. Dominic Waughray, World Economic Forum (WEF)

14:40 -14:50 Q & A, discussion by Henk Ovink 14:515:15

Introduction of the afternoon, cities and five themes, Henk Ovink Designing with water; Water partnerships, Blue economy, Resilient financing; Resilient governance, and the table chairman’s, Henk Ovink

14:50 – 14:55 Designing with water, Roelof Bleker 14:55 – 15:00 Water partnerships, Carolien Gehrels 15:00- 15:05 Blue economy, Teun Morselt 15:05- 15:10 Resilient financing, Stefan Nijwening 15:10 - 15:15 Resilient governance, Gerhard van den Top 15:15–15:50 High level Round Table discussions session 15:50–16:00 First reflections of the discussions,

moderated by Henk Ovink together with Mr. Dominic Waughray, WEF

16:00 –16:45 High level Round Table discussions session 16:45 17.10 Plenary interactive discussion: reflections and conclusions from chairman’s and experts,

by Mr. Henk Ovink

17:10 – 17:15 Closing session, by Mr. Henk Ovink Everyone is invited to join the Final Key Note

17:15 - 17:20 Group Photo Stairs Outside the room

17:20 18:00 AIWW Final Key Note G104/G105

Moderated by Lennart Silvis, director Netherlands Water Partnership, the Netherlands

Attachment III: Brochure RCLF

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Colophon Content Edyta Wisniewska Netherlands Water Partnership, Water & Urban Text contributions: Hans Gehrels, Deltares Willemijn van Mossevelde, Waternet Young Water Professionals: Kai-Feng Chen Ahmed Azab Jeffery Liao Chrysoula Papacharalampou Carolien Caspers