Monash University, through its Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI), is partnering with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to identify mutual benefits to encourage collaboration among states responsible for managing Himalayan-sourced rivers, including the Indus and the Koshi. This stakeholder workshop aims to compare and contrast issues associated with transboundary management of the Teesta River, which spans India and Bangladesh. Our approach is to develop system level understanding of biophysical and socioeconomic issues applicable to the Teesta Basin, given climate change, demography, land use and dams. We also apply a knowledge management approach to identify how information (including traditional wisdom) is collected and shared to inform policy.

Day One
9:00am
- 9:30am
Registration, tea & coffee
9:30am
- 9:40am
The Honourable Anisul Islam Mahmud, MP, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Water Resources,
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Official Opening
9:40am
- 9:50am
Dr Paul McShane, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Australia
Welcome and Introduction
9:50am
- 10:20am
Professor Imtiaz Ahmed, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
People of many rivers. Tales from the river banks
10:20am
- 10:50am
Dr Joyeeta Bhattacharjee, Observer Research Foundation, India
Indian perspectives on conflict and trans-boundary river management
10:50am
- 11:20am
Morning tea
11:20am
- 11:50am
Dr Douglas Hill, University of Otago, New Zealand
Perspectives on governance and trans-boundary river management
11:50am
- 12:20pm
Dr Md. Ataur Rahman, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh
Trans-boundary water sharing: case study on GBM, Asia and the world
12:20pm
- 12:50pm
Professor A.K. Enamul Haque, United International University (UIU), Bangladesh
Ecosystems services valuation: Teesta in Bangladesh
12:50pm
- 1:50pm
Lunch
1:50pm
- 2:20pm
Dr Jakerul Abedin, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Trans-boundary watershed management: potential for multilateral regulatory and integrated institutional management
2:20pm
- 2:50pm
Major General Md. Abdur Rashid, Institute of Conflict, Law and Development Studies, Bangladesh
Water security and India-Bangladesh challenges/opportunities
2:50pm
- 3:20pm
Dr M.A. Quassem, National Disaster Management Committee, Bangladesh
Climate change, conflict and trans-boundary river management
3:20pm
- 3:50pm
Afternoon tea
3:50pm
- 4:20pm
Ms Sufia Khanom, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), Bangladesh
Teesta River sharing agreement and its implication over Bangladesh-India relations
4:20pm
- 4:50pm
Ms Safa Fanaian, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies
(SaciWATERs), India
Trans-national dialogue towards effective co-basin management of trans-boundary rivers:
Learnings from the Brahmaputra River Basin
4:50pm Workshop close
6:30pm
- 9:00pm
Workshop dinner

Day Two
8:30am
- 9:00am
Registration, tea & coffee
9:00am
- 9:30am
Ms Bushra Nishat, IUCN, Bangladesh
Dialogue processes for shared ecosystems
9:30am
- 10:00am
Dr Lance Heath and Dr Nasreen Islam Khan, Australian National University (ANU), Australia
Climate change impacts on downstream communities and adaptation strategies
10:00am
- 10:30am
Morning tea
10:30am
- 11:00am
Dr Jeremy Aarons, Monash University, Australia
Knowledge management for collaborative river basin management in response to climate change
11:00am
- 12:00noon
Facilitated discussion session:
Developing a knowledge management framework for the Teesta River Basin
12:00noon
- 12:30pm
Dr Jeremy Aarons, Monash University, Australia
Knowledge management for collaborative river basin management in response to climate change. A knowledge management framework for the Teesta River Basin: A Synthesis
12:30pm
- 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
- 2:30pm
Dr Terry Chan, Monash University, Australia
Developing a systems approach to river basin management
2:30pm
- 3:00pm
Facilitated discussion session:
Developing a systemic model of the Teesta River Basin
3:00pm
- 3:30pm
Dr Terry Chan, Monash University, Australia
Developing a systemic model of the Teesta River Basin: A Synthesis
3:30pm
- 4:00pm
Afternoon tea
4:00pm
- 4:30pm
Dr Paul McShane, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Australia
Developing regional collaboration in river basin management in response to climate change: The
Teesta River Basin: A Synopsis
4:30pm
- 5:00pm
Group Discussion
5:00pm Workshop close

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