Indonesia Water Partnership

On 9 December 2009 Indonesia Water Partnership organized Multi stakeholders dialogue on Role Sharing and Coordination in WRM , as a peak event after two rounds of smaller scale meetings addressing the subject. The dialogue was held in Sapta Taruna Hall of Ministry of Public Works and attended by 59 participant from all water resources sectors.

Conclusion of the dialogue :

• When positive progress have been achieved, there is a clear need to continuously develop commong perception and interpretation on the implementation of Water Resources Law and the related legislations at river basin level;
• It is also very important to accelerate the development of strategic plans for river basin water resources development and management, and to accelerate the formation of River Basin Councils in all river basins in the country not later than 2010 ;
• Considering the maginitude of challenges to implement IWRM related to the size of the country and the rising demands it is important to study the necessity of restructuring water management organization nationally. It is indicated that IWRM can be implemented more effectively if some functions presently spread in different Ministries can be integrated under one new Ministry of Water Resources. It is expected that a more definitive recommendation can be prepared for the preparation of a new Cabinet Government in 2014.