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Master Class Water Productivity: From Farms to Basins Part 1: Community of Practice – working together in large programmes (14:00 – 1600) 14:00 – 14:45 Jonna van Opstal (IHE Delft Institute): Demo and practicising with the FAO WaPOR database. 14:45 – 15:00 Dieuwertje Damen (Rainbow Collection) and Robert Meerman (RAIN): Learning from Wash Alliance International 15:00 – 16:00 How can we contribute as Water Productivity Community of Practice to large landscape management programs? Facilitated by Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta)   Part 2: From farms to basins (16:00 – 19:30) 16:15 – 16:30 Introduction, looking back to past master classes and include feedback of afternoon session (Frank van Steenbergen, MetaMeta) 16:30 – 16:50 FarmerTree tool: Calculating programme financial scenarios (Frank van Schoubroeck, FarmTreeServices) 16:50 – 17:15 Dutch Agro-Water Climate Alliance (DAWCA): mobilizing climate finance (Jan Willem den Besten IUCN NL) 17:15 – 17:45 G4AW: opportunities for water productivity CoP (Hans van Leeuwen, NWP) 17:45 – 18:15 Water productivity in basin management: experiences from flood based farming (Frank van Steenbergen, MetaMeta) 18:15 – 18:45 Community of Practice, thematic experiences of NWP and discussion on way forward (Peter Prins, NWP) 18:45 – 19:30 Drinks & Pizza

What was discussed? Kickoff meeting (MetaMeta) What is WP Smart Solutions Innovation funds MC1: From monitoring to implementation (FutureWater) FAO Database Scenario models to measure WP CoP exploring opportunities Funding opportunities at RVO

What was discussed? MC2:Water productivity in rain fed agriculture and horticulture (RAIN) Managing green water (plant and soil) In-situ solutions Landscape approaches MC3: From Farms to Basins CoP: how to continue Investing in Landscape approaches Basin Management

Who were there? Over 100 people that participated

4 meetings resulted in Over 100 persons participated in one or more master classes representing NGOs, companies, Research institutes, Government and funding agencies Presentations from 18 organizations New organisations were introduced to the surprise of many (in-crowd water sector)

Key words Enthusiasm, new players in the field (plant & soil linkages), eager to learn from each other, comparison to WASH, willingness to cooperate, willingness for future planning