31 August 2023Water as Leverage , Up-Scaling Workshop in Chennai
Water as Leverage organises a day of brain storm and knoxledge sharing to complement the opening of the Water Balance Pilot in Chennai. The Up-scaling Workshop includes a spectrum of stakeholders from Chennai, India and the global community and was organized to collectively envision next steps for up-scaling, securing and replicating Water as Leverage, in Chennai and globally.
The workshop was facilitated by Stephanie Jannsen, Deltares. Eva Pfannes, presented the Mylapore Historic Trail Flagship project. Representatives from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the Netherlands Embassy in India, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water together, Henk Ovink, Deltares, City of 1000 Tanks team and Chennai Resilience Center were present among others.
The workshop had the following objectives
• Learn from and be inspired by two Water as Leverage projects in Chennai: Mylapore Heritage Project and Neithal Muttukadu: Resilient Landscapes.
•Explore and identify challenges and opportunities towards next steps in implementing the Mylapore and Muttukadu projects.
• Connect Chennai with the world aimed at supporting and developing global actions for upscaling Water as Leverage for inclusive, integrated and sustainable urban resilience programs and projects.
website:
www.cityof1000tanks.org
project:
City of 1,000 Tanks - Water Balance Pilot
share on:
TwitterFacebookLinkedIn