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Transition
Changing models of cooperation - are we on board?
Finnish Water Forum (FWF)/ Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA)
Development aid, development co-operation, partnerships – what next? The development discourse has been
reinvented throughout the history of aid and for a reason – there is hardly anyone that could claim that
change is not welcome in the field of development. But do we know where we are going to and where we
should be heading at? The development field is changing rapidly; some of the so called developing countries
are now some of the biggest economies in the world. Some actors are propagating commercial relations as
the most efficient way to create development, some are supporting more traditional ways of development
cooperation bottom-up approaches and some by equal partnerships. What is the most efficient way of
creating development? Do we have a consensus, do we have a conflict, do we need to have a consensus and
what can we learn from each other here? We are all part of the great transition but where is it taking us and
are we on board?
This mini seminar is aimed to personnel working with water related projects in the ministries, embassies,
companies, research/educational institution and NGOs.
Language in the seminar is English.
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Friday, 14th of August 2015, 13:00–17:00
Heureka, Auditorio Virtanen
Kuninkaalantie 7, Vantaa (http://www.heureka.fi/en/how-find-us )
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Program:
13:00
Welcome and opening words
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, NIRAS Finland, Finnish Water Forum
13:10
MFA’s measures and instruments to support transition
TBC, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
13:30
Public water utility "paving the road" – Case St. Petersburg
Esa Ovakainen, LLC Ecovod
13:50
Innovation Funding´s role
Pia Salokoski, Tekes
14:10
Experiences from the EEP Programme (Energy and Environment Partnership
Programme in Southern and Eastern Africa)
Päivi Lehtonen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
14:20
Coffee Break
14:40
BI-waterprojects in transition
Oona Rautiainen, NIRAS Finland/COWASH
14:55
Private sector development –project
Paula Tommila, Gaia Consulting
15:10
Panel discussion
Transition – how to make the most of it?
Kari Hämekoski (NEFCO), Juha-Erkki Mäntyniemi (World Vision), Minna Patosalmi
(Ferroplan), Sanna-Leena Rautanen (FCG)
16:00
Wrap-up and way forward
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Finnish Water Forum
16:30 –
Networking, snacks, drinks
Niras office (5 min walk, next to Tikkurila railway station)
Further information
About the program:
Markus Tuukkanen
Finnish Water Forum
[email protected]
+358 40 865 3175
About the venue:
Mikaela Kruskopf
NIRAS Finland
[email protected]
+358 40 451 0882
Oona Rautiainen
NIRAS Finland
[email protected]
+358 504486768