Welcome to the Regional Network of Water Knowledge Hubs!
KnowledgeHubs is the APWF’s network of regional water knowledge hubs. KnowledgeHubs was launched on 26 June 2008 at PUB Singapore's WaterHub (see program and the photo-report) during Singapore International Water Week. Each hub is a center of excellence committed to improving water security in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting knowledge sharing and championing feasible solutions for its priority water topic. Together, the hubs collaborate to generate and share knowledge and develop capacity in more than a dozen water knowledge domains.
More about KnowledgeHubs
The Collaborative Knowledge Hubs in the Network
Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 November 2009, Regional Launch Workshop of IWC as Knowledge Hub for Healthy Rivers and Aquatic Ecosystems
The International WaterCentre (IWC), in collaboration with ADB, is organizing a regional launch workshop of the IWC on 4-7 November 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. The event will launch IWC as the knowledge hub for healthy rivers and aquatic ecosystems and will provide an excellent opportunity for prospective clients of the hub to share lessons learned and challenges on river health assessment and improvement, as well as expectations for the knowledge and capacity development services to be offered by IWC. Regional and national partners, including other knowledge hubs, and prospective clients are invited to attend the launch workshop and to advise on IWC's operation, networking, scope of services, and delivery of useful services.
Marina Barrage, Singapore, 26 June 2009, APWF Governing Council Endorses 4 Additional Hubs
The APWF's Governing Council has endorsed 4 new APWF Regional Water KnowledgeHubs during its 5th Governing Council meeting held on 26 June 2009 at the Marina Barrage in Singapore. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES), the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), and the Japan Sanitation Consortium (JSC) were endorsed as knowledge hubsfor water and climate change adaptation in South Asia, groundwater management, transboundary water resources management, and sanitation, respectively. The four topics are of great importance to achieving water security in the region and were also endorsed by the APWF KnowledgeHubs in 2008. The APWF KnowledgeHubs congratulates and welcome the new knowledge hubs as centers of excellence in promoting knowledge sharing and championing feasible solutions for its priority water topics.
Singapore, 24 June 2009, APWF KnowledgeHubs Steering Committee Established
Three knowledge hub champions were elected to form an APWF KnowledgeHubs Steering Committee to facilitate communication and collaboration among hubs, secretariat, and supporting organizations, advise the secretariat in its work, demonstrate leadership in good networking practice, and help prepare KnowledgeHubs meetings. The election took place during the first Annual Progress Review Meeting of the APWF KnowledgeHubs held on 24 June 2009 in Singapore. The Steering Committee members are Vadim Sokolov of the Central Asia IWRM hub, Herath Manthrithilake of the IWMI hub, and Peter Oliver of the IWC hub.
ICHARM unveils KnowledgeHubs name plate, April 2009.
ICHARM staff met to mark their status as an APWF regional water knowledge hub for Disaster Risk Reduction and Flood Management by unveiling a plate at its entrance.
