Integrated Water Resource Management: governance models, distribution systems and on-farm irrigation (17-21/07/2017)

May31

Training programme (17-21 July 2017)

Day 1: IWRM-The Enabling Environment (Mon 17^thJuly)

(Khadra R.)

Time	Activity
08:30	Registration of participants
09:00	Opening session: Welcome address Presentation of the training program Presentation of the participants Presentation of the working-day
09:30	Water as a resource and a threat: Global Environmental Change and MDGs
10:15	Coffee-break
10:30	IWRM Concept and Basic Terms
11:15	Water Law and policies in Europe and Beyond
12:00	Public Participation
12:45	Water in Agriculture: PIM-A success story from Southern Italy
13:30	Lunch at IAMB
14.30	Visit of the IAMB campus: Laboratory of soil hydrology and environmental management Laboratoryof agricultural and environmental chemistry Hydraulic laboratory Experimental fields and illustration of technological prototypes developed to accompany the modernization
16:00	Plenary session: questions and insights
17:00	Closure of the day

Day 2: Water in agriculture: Design and performance analysis of distribution systems and interaction with on-farm networks (Tues 18^thJuly)

(Lamaddalena N.)

Time	Activity
09:00	Presentation of the working-day
09:15	New criteria for the design and modernization of collective pressurized systems: oriented design, management, analysis and evaluation of pressurized systems
10:15	Coffee-break
10:30	Performance of the collective system and impacts on efficiency at farm level
11:30	Illustrations of tools and software for the management of irrigation
13:00	Lunch at IAMB
14:30	Practical exercises: the software COPAM Elaboration and interpretation of results
16:30	Case study: Analysis of selected irrigation schemes in Consortium of Capitanata
17:30	Closure of the day

Day 3: Governance models, Irrigation Scheme – Field visit (Wed 19^thJuly)

Time	Activity
09.00	Introduction on the visit to the Consortium of Capitanata (Lamaddalena N.)
09.30	Departure to Consortium of Capitanata (San Ferdinando)
10.30	Site visit 1: Capaciotti Dam (Nardella L.) Presentation of the irrigation scheme: New technologies, Operation, Maintenance and Management activities
11.30	Site visit 2: Irrigation districts (Nardella L.) Presentation of the main infrastructures of a pressurized systems Different irrigation schedules Demonstration of best practices in application of water saving new Technologies Organizational structure of WUA management WUA governance mechanisms and mode of water users participation Interaction of WUAs with local authorities and state institution WUA tariff system Irrigation and drainage improvements
13.30	Lunch in a local restaurant
15.00	Site visit 3: San Ferdinando Farmers’ Cooperative (Nardella L.)
17.00	Return to IAMB

Day 4: Research proposal writing (Thurs 20^thJuly)

(Bogliotti C., Belsanti V.)

Time	Activity
09:00	Introduction to H2020
9:45	Overview of Work Programme 2017-focus on participants’ research interest (water, agriculture, ICT)
10:30	Coffee break
10:45	Outline of types of actions (RIA, IA, CSA, etc.) and discussion
11:30	Presentation of proposal template; How to manage the participant’s web portal and use the online resources; Discussion
13:00	Lunch at IAMB
15:00	Continuation
17:00	Closure of the day

Day 5: Preparing and publishing peer-reviewed research papers (Fri 21^st July)

(Todorovic M., Occhialini W.)

Time	Activity
09:00	Preparing and publishing peer-reviewed research papers (M. Todorovic) Journal Impact factor and journal publishing cycle Principles of peer review How to get published? types of manuscript, choosing the right journal structuring and writing a manuscript. Publishing ethics Review process
10:30	Coffee break
10:45	Continuation
11:30	Bibliographic research (W. Occhialini)
13:00	Lunch at IAMB
14:00	Continuation
15:00	Workshop round up Closing discussion and feedback forms