WORLD WATER COUNCIL - ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING, 8 June 2011 The Council as seen by its members Regional Distribution Membership Demographics College Distribution Membership Demographics Evolution of the Councils membership since 1996 Membership Demographics Membership Questionnaire Response Rate 19.3% response rate for all Council members 30.6% response rate for Governors Members Areas of Interest Membership Questionnaire Other: Culture & Diversity, Irrigation & Drainage, Stakeholder Participation, Transportation, Assessment, Productivity Communication Membership Questionnaire 60% consider the level of communication on Council activities to be sufficient How can we improve communication? Membership Questionnaire Involvement of members Membership Questionnaire 87% would like to be more involved in the Councils activities 82% are willing to contribute to the subject areas listed above 79% are willing to contribute to a regional working group 52% agreed to translate or write articles for the website 22 new members were suggested How much of your time can you offer to the Council? Membership Questionnaire Members Meetings Membership Questionnaire 63% would attend a Members Meeting in any country of the world. Those who would not, would attend a meeting in: What do you expect from a Members Meeting? Membership Questionnaire Other: IWRM throughout the world, Join Committees, Score card of members on past declarations World Water Forum Membership Questionnaire 96% expect to attend the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille next year International Forum Committee (IFC) World Water Council Suggestions: You could secure that members are invited to participate in World Water Forum preparations. We are a member and are not invited to the general stakeholder meetings or to the regional preparatory process, which we have been much involved in previously. Assignment of a responsibility to each member for the World Water Forum Other suggestions Membership Questionnaire More regional members meeting would be very important. Having regional membership meetings could be a great way of ensuring regional outreach. Most of the members who are not in one are probably not so involved in the work of the WWC. Supporting WWC activities through regional hubs Support member initiatives in their home countries Enabling exchanges between members (e.g. Extranet*) Online discussion programmes Creation of space for large-scale Practioners/Civil Society for sharing grassroots best practices, challenges Greater number of working languages (e.g. Spanish, French) Other suggestions Membership Questionnaire I understand the WWC's role and focus on the 1-6 World Water Forums; however, I would like to see the Council increase its capacity to play a leadership role after the Forum by working with members on global priority topics. Not funding, but facilitation of members with mutual interests. To do this, the Council would need to identify priorities or take calls for action groups from membership. Broaden and deepen the intimacy. I love the intimacy in the family. I loved it since Turkey. I was always at the WWC stand to watch. Please extend it to us. Make us feel like a part of the Family. Get more interested in our particular issues. Thanks. THANK YOU