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Web Coverage/ Summary
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage, daily bulletins, and a summary report from this meeting. To download our reports, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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International Hydropower Association (IHA) World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower 2013
21-24 May 2013 | Kuching, Malaysia
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Daily web coverage
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On Monday, 20 May 2013, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) began convening preliminary events in Kuching, Malaysia, leading up the opening of the IHA World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower. Throughout the day a workshop convened on Hydropower and Regional Development, organized by the IHA, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank.
On Tuesday, 21 May 2013, the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council held their general meeting and the IHA Consultative Council also convened. Many participants participated in a networking tour, which took place at Sarawak Cultural Village. In the evening the Congress Offical Opening, hosted by the Government of Sarawak, took place at the Dewan Undangan Negeri, the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. |
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Funding for coverage of this Congress has been provided by the IHA |
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State Dinner: Official Opening of the IHA World Congress 2013 |
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IHA President Refaat Abdel-Malek (left) and Chief Minister of Sarawak Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (center) |
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| Delegates receive passports to get stamped at the different longhouses in Sarawak Cultural Village |
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| Delegates cross a traditional bamboo bridge at Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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| Music lessons were provided to participants. |
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| The Rumah Bidayah is a traditional headhunters house. |
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| A tour guide explains the cultural significance of the Rumah Bidayah to participants. |
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| The tour guide explains elements of the Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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| Dalip Dua, Krishna Hydro Projects, India, Di Wu, Harbin Electric Machinery Company Ltd., China, Xuez Hong Zu, Ecofish Research Ltd., and Egil Skøien, E-CO Energi AS, listen to an explanation of the cultural significance of the Rumah Iban. |
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| Gael Bozec, BOZEC International, with an Iban cultural interpreter. |
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| A tour guide explains the symbolic meaning of Iban textiles. |
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| Signs guided participants to the various sites at the Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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Katai Kachasa, Lunsenfwa Hydropower, Zambia, sits in front of the tree of life painting at the Orang Ulu longhouse. |
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| Antonio Fonseco Dos Santos, Brookfield, during the jungle trek. |
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| Rare pitcher plants were a highlight of the jungle trek. |
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| Alexandre Uhlig, Instituto Acende, Brazil, and Antonio Fonseco Dos Santos, Brookfield |
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Participants learn a traditional dance at Sarawak Cultural Village.
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| A participant watches others learn a traditional dance. |
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| A view inside one of the many longhouses. |
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Some of the participants during the networking tour |
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| Dancers will Congress participants during the cultural show at Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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| Chandelier mimics the carnivorous pitcher plants found in the jungle. |
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Web Coverage/ Summary
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) will produce daily web coverage, daily bulletins and a summary report from this Congress. Kindly return to this site on Tuesday, 21 May 2013, for more information. |
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Enter your e-mail address to receive a free copy of our summary report from this Congress |
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International Hydropower Association (IHA) World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower 2013
21-24 May 2013 | Kuching, Malaysia |
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On Monday, 20 May 2013, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) began convening preliminary events leading up the opening of the IHA World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower. Throughout the day a workshop convened on Hydropower and Regional Development, organized by the IHA, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank.
On Tuesday, 21 May 2013, the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council held their general meeting and the IHA Consultative Council also convened. Many participants participated in a networking tour, which took place at Sarawak Cultural Village. In the evening the Congress Offical Opening, hosted by the Government of Sarawak, took place at the Dewan Undangan Negeri, the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. |
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Funding for coverage of this Congress has been provided by the HIA |
State Dinner: Official Opening of the IHA World Congress 2013 |
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IHA President Refaat Abdel Malek (left) and Chief Minister of Sarawak Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (center) and |
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| Delegates from the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank |
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| Delegates from the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank |
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| Delegates receive passports to get stamped at the different longhouses in Sarawak Cultural Village |
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| Delegates cross a traditional bamboo bridge at Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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| Music lessons were provided to participants. |
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| The Rumah Bidayah is a traditional headhunters house. |
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| A tour guide explains the cultural significance of the Rumah Bidayah to participants. |
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| The tour guide explains elements of the Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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| Gael Bozec, BOZEC International, with an Iban cultural interpreter. |
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| A tour guide explains the symbolic meaning of Iban textiles. |
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| Signs guided participants to the various sites at the Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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Katai Kachasa, Lunsenfwa Hydropower, Zambia, sits in front of the tree of life painting at the Orang Ulu longhouse. |
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| Antonio Fonseco Dos Santos, Brookfield, during the jungle trek. |
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| Rare pitcher plants were a highlight of the jungle trek. |
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| Alexandre Uhlig, Instituto Acende, Brazil, and Antonio Fonseco Dos Santos, Brookfield |
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Participants learn a traditional dance at Sarawak Cultural Village.
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| A participant watches others learn a traditional dance. |
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| A view inside one of the many longhouses. |
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Some of the participants during the networking tour |
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| Dancers with Congress participants during the cultural show at Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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| Chandelier mimics the carnivorous pitcher plants found in the jungle. |
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Daily web coverage
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Congress resources
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