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Forum Meetings:

	Prague, March 1999

	Cape Town, February 2000

	Cape Town, March 2001

Third WCD Forum Meeting
25-27 February 2001 - Cape Town, South Africa

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The 3rd WCD Forum convened in Spier Village, near Cape Town, from 25 to 27 February. 50 of the 68 Forum members attended, as did 28 registered observers, 6 members of the WCD Commission, and members of the Secretariat. The meeting was facilitated by Professor Tony Dorcey of Canada.

The purpose of the Forum meeting was to receive reactions to the report, share information on follow-up proposals and initiatives, and in particular to consider whether there was any need for organised, collective follow-up following the disbanding of the Commission on 16 November 2000.

Preface The spirit lives on : from Gland to Spier

Part I Facilitators sense of the meeting

Part II Meeting report

Introduction

Opening session

Second Session: The WCD Decision-making Framework - towards implementation (26 February, morning)

Third Session: Moving Forward on Key Issues and Initiatives (26 February, afternoon)

Fourth Session: Follow-up Mechanisms (27 February, morning)

Fifth session: Closure (27 February, afternoon)

Annexes

Annex 1
Forum brief (Jan 2001)

Annex 2
List of Forum members and focal points

Annex 3
Participants list

Annex 4
Final Agenda

Annex 5
Written reactions to the report:

1. Klaus Töepfer United Nations Environment Programme
2. Ger Bergkamp IUCN - World Conservation Union
3. John Briscoe World Bank
4. Paul Peter Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
5. Joan Carling Cordillera people's Alliance
6. Janak Karmacharya Nepal Electricity Authority
7. Sadi Baron MAB
8. Theo van Robbroeck International Commission on Large Dams
9. Steve Fisher Intermediate Technology Development Group
10. Patrick McCully International Rivers Network
11. Manfred Konukiewitz Min. for Economic Cooperation & Development (Germany)
12. WCD Forum Industry Group
13. Preben Nielsen Asian Development Bank
14. Biksham Gujja WWF
15. Raymond Lafitte International Hydropower Association
16. Himanshu Thakkar Save the Narmada movement
17. Jose Vicente Lacasa Azlor Confederacion Hydrografico del Ebro
18. Peter Bosshard Berne Declaration
19. Felix Reinders International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
20. Hans Wolter Food and Agriculture Organisation
21. Bikash Pandey Winrock International
22. Argwings Ondera Africa Water Network