NED University of Engineering & Technology

University Road, Karachi-75270, Tel: 99261261-8 Fax: (92-21) 99261255 Email: noman@neduet.edu.pk & managerphwi@neduet.edu.pk

Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute (PHWI)

A Comprehensive Course for Professionals in Water Sector On

WATER LAW COURSE OBJECTIVE The course is designed for professionals to understand the existing legal environment around water (international, national, provincial and local) and implications for water governance, management and conservation in Pakistan. COURSE PARTICIPANTS This course is designed for lawyers, researchers, writers, journalists, leaders and thinkers working in the water sector, as well as water professionals, managers, engineers, hydrologists, government officials (especially those in Irrigation Departments and water utilities) as well as natural scientists, social scientists, geographers and historians of water. FACULTY Mr. Ahmad Rafay Alam, Dr. Noman Ahmed, Ms. Simi Kamal, Dr. Patricia Wouters, Mr. Feisal H Naqvi and Dr. Hassan Abbas. TIME: 18 hours of lectures (over 5 days) including field visit DATES: 30 August – 3 September 2019 VENUE: NEDUET, University Road, Karachi INVESTMENT: Rs. 30,000 per participant (including all sessions and field trip, course materials, lunch and tea during the sessions) COURSE COORDINATION Coordinator: Ms. Kausar Hashmi Email: managerphwi@neduet.edu.pk Tel: (92-21) 99261261-68 Mobile: 0333 3256370 Website: http://www.neduet.edu.pk Registration form attached

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COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1 30 August

Friday

Day 2 31 August Saturday

Day 3 1 September

Sunday

Day 4 2 September

Monday

Day 5 3 September

Tuesday

Class 1 Introduction (Course objectives and learning outcomes) Pakistan’s water balance

Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), disputes and arbitration

Water Infrastructure and relevant laws

Field Trip Sharing Learning Experiences, Tests and quiz (in class and to be completed later)

Tea Break Class 2 Introduction to

International Water Law (UN Watercourse Convention, “Equitable Use”)

Water laws of Pakistan 2 (Provincial and Local Government laws, KWSB Act, water laws in other statutes)

Water-Energy-Food nexus and water conservation

Field Trip Closing Session Summing up Certificate ceremony

Lunch Break Class 3 Locating Water Law

(Explaining the interdisciplinary nature of the subject)

Prov. water disputes (Rau Commission, CJ Commission, Water Accord & IRSA, NWFP/WAPDA Arbitration)

Thinking and reading time (trainers available)

Field trip Departures

Tea Break Class 4 Water laws of

Pakistan 1 (Constitutional provisions, structure of water institutions)

Outstanding water issues: Indus Delta, Urban Water, Pollution and Degradation of Water Bodies

Thinking and reading time (trainers available)

Field trip Departures

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LEAD TRAINERS Ahmad Rafay Alam is a Yale World Fellow and partner at Saleem, Alam & Co., a law firm specializing in the water, energy, natural resources and urban infrastructure sectors. Mr. Alam is an expert in environmental law in Pakistan and regularly advises private sector as well as the Federal and Provincial Governments, multilateral funding organisations and international and national NGOs. He has served as Chairman of the Lahore Electric Supply Company and Lahore Waste Management Company, Vice Chairman of the Urban Unit and Member of the Punjab Environmental Protection Council. He currently serves as a Member of the Pakistan Climate Change Council and the Lahore Groundwater Commission as well as on the Hisaar Foundation Think Tank on the Rational Use of Water. Prof. Dr. Noman Ahmed is an architect and planner by profession. He obtained his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Dawood College/NED University, Karachi and a Masters degree in city planning from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. He also obtained postgraduate training in Urban and Regional Planning from the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan and Centre for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. Noman obtained his Ph.D. from Loughborough University, UK. He is a well-known researcher and writer on urban water. Ms. Simi Kamal is the head of Programs at Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), the Founder of Hisaar Foundation and of several other for-profit and non-profit organizations and networks. She is on the Board of the International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka) and served on Technical Advisory Committee on the Global Water Partnership (Sweden) for 9 years. Educated at the University of Cambridge, she has 37 years of experience in water sectors, environment, climate change, food security, inclusive development, poverty alleviation, women’s empowerment and gender equality.

LEAD TRAINERS

Advocate Ahmed Rafay Alam,

Expert in Environmental Law

Prof. Dr. Noman Ahmed,

Architect and Urban Planner

Simi Kamal, Water Specialist &

Founder of Hisaar Foundation

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SUBJECT SPECIALISTS

Dr. Patricia Wouters, Professor

of International Water Law,

Dundee, UNESCO & Xiamen

University China

Feisal H Naqvi, Advocate of the

Supreme Court & Senior Partner

Bhandari Naqvi Riaz

Dr. Hassan Abbas, Hydrologist,

Commission on Science &

Technology for Sustainable

Development in the South

ASSOCIATES TO THE COURSE

Ms. Afia Salam and Mr. Zulfiqar Halepoto

Building under-construction

PANJWANI-HISAAR WATER INSTITUTE (PHWI)

The Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute (PHWI) is a collaborated effort of NED University, Panjwani Charitable Foundation and Hisaar Foundation. The PHWI aims to stimulate and inculcate innovative water education, research and training that is multidisciplinary in nature and integrates the currently isolated nodes of engineering and social science in Pakistan’s water sector, and which recognizes all the linkages between water users, water uses and different stakeholder groups to promote informed policy and actions at all levels. The institute offers academic programs and research opportunities that will greatly benefit business, industry, government and society by producing scientists, engineers and infrastructure professionals urgently required to meet the mounting challenges faced by Pakistan. The institute is designed for excellence in both academics and training the required person power to propel water management in the 21st Century.

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REGISTRATION FORM

Reg.No.

Full Name: ________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth: o Month, Day, Year ___________________

Gender: o Male o Female

Address:__________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

Email: _______________________________________________________________

Mobile Number (s):____________________________________________________

Telephone Number (work/home): ________________________________________

Education/Qualification: ________________________________________________

Current Profession: o Designation: __________________________________________________

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Areas of Interest: __________________________________________________________ o Payment: Pay Order in the name of Director Finance NEDUET TEMRS:

All course fee exclusive of accommodation and travel cost to the venue.

For out station participant: we would provide logistics support nearest to the venue. Please send your request Mr. S M Tariq via email or contact on starique@neduet.edu.pk(92-21) 99261261-68 (ext: 2380 & 2443).