Meeting with the delegation from European Commission

Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) India office facilitated a South Asian Delegation to Europe on the theme of Water Resource Management from 09 March to 13 March 2015. A follow-up meeting of this Delegation took place with a delegation from European Commission at HSF India office Delhi on 28 May 2015.

1. Mr. Luca Marmo (India, ASEAN and G7/G20 Desk; European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment International, Regional & Bilateral Relations)
2. Ms. Henriette Faergemann (First Counsellor – Environment, Energy and Climate Change, European Union)
3. Dr. Ranjana Kumari, Director, Centre for Social Research (CSR)
4. Ms. Ritika Bhatia, Project Coordinator, Gender Training Institute, CSR
5. Ms. Madhavi Joshi, Program Director, Centre for Environment Education (CEE) West
6. Dr. Uttam Sinha, Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) 
7. Dr Anirban Ganguly, Director, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (SPMRF)
8. Ms. Usha Subramanian, Head - Finance & Administration, HSF India
9. Mr Sandeep Kumar Dubey, Program Manager, HSF India

 The meeting was about the new initiatives taken in the fields of waste and water management in India and exploring potential areas of cooperation between European Union and India in the field of water management, sanitation, solid and fluid waste management. The meeting included the discussion on current policy framework, local initiatives, people’s awareness, government’s willingness, institution and capacity building for the water and waste management in India.

The participants expressed their willingness to carry forward the discussion in a fruitful manner to pave the way for constructive future collaborations.