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CALL FOR ENGAGEMENT

The Southeast ASEAN Water ChallengeWater Lab with Stakeholders

Organiser Strategic partner

Delivering a water-focused community engagement

agship project for communities

within the ASEAN region

June 26, 2013 (Wednesday) | 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, MALAYSIA


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The programme (June 26, 2013)

9:00 a.m. Arrival and registration of participants

9:30 a.m. Welcoming remarksProf. Dr. Mohd Ismail Abd AzizDeputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA

9:45 a.m. Interactive panel discussion

"Building and delivering impactful corporate social responsibility projects: Towards strategicuniversity-industry-community collaboration

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives have emerged as an organisational strategy in meeting economic,

societal and institutional expectations of stakeholders and external communities. Initiating and managing the

initiatives in a resource-constrained environment hence becomes a challenge : how should organisations work

together strategically towards realising a shared vision which benets respective organisations and the communities

at large? This session enables speakers and participants to explore the potential in forming strategic collaborations

among different stakeholders, within the triple helix concept of university-industry-community relations.

11:00 a.m. Tea break

11:30 a.m. Roundtable dialogueFinding shared value in community engagement projects: The Southeast ASEAN WaterChallenge as a case study

Conrmed role player:Sara FarleyChief Operating Officer, Global Knowledge Initiative, USA

This facilitated session translates the ideas and points of discussion explored in the previous session into action, with

an actual water-based CSR initiative as a case study. The output of the roundtable discussion will be taken into

consideration in the implementation of The Southeast ASEAN Water Challenge agship project.

12:45 noon Closing addressAssoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Naha Abu MansorDirector, Corporate Planning and Community Engagement, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA

1:00 p.m. End of Water LabLunch

Water connects us in the most fundamental way.Asias Next Challenge: Securing the Regions Water Future. A report by the Leadership Group on Water Security in Asia: April 2009.

The stress on water resources due to rapid urbanisation, climate change, pollution, oods and drought hasncreased in a region with rising population growth such as ASEAN. The consequences of losing access to quality,lean water are severe, impacting the livelihood and well-being of communities within the ASEAN region as wells geopolitical relations within the ASEAN member countries.

About the Water Lab

The Water Lab is a platform gathering industry stakeholders, government agencies, universities, NGOs,ndividuals and organisations to

Networkamong like-minded individuals andorganisations

Share best practices andimplementation insightson corporate socialresponsibility initiatives

Stimulate meaningfuldiscussions on potentialcollaboration concerningwater-related corporatesocial responsibilityinitiatives


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REGISTRATION FORM

Re

gistrationinformation

Fee:Free admission

The Water Lab is part of an innovative data-gathering process for a research project awarded to UTMby the National Institute of Higher Education Research, USM to identify means that would enhancegeopolitical inuence of Malaysian higher education through social and community engagementinitiatives within the ASEAN region, especially in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Kindly fax/email the registration form to:UTM Community Engagement Centre (UTM CTC)Office of Corporate AffairsUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia81310 UTM SkudaiJohor Bahru

c/o Pn. Norlia Isnin, UTM Community Transformation Centre (UTM CTC) (07-5530373 /[email protected])

For inquiries concerning the Water Lab, please contact the following project coordinators:

Anubama Ramachandra Teo Shieh Lin[Mobile] +(60)14 913 7902 [Mobile] +(60)17 631 4268[Email] [email protected] [Email] [email protected]

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I would like to know more about The Southeast ASEAN Water Challengeagship project.Please send me details concerning the project.

I am interested in having a one-on-one meeting with representatives of The SoutheastASEAN Water Challenge outside of this Water Lab. Please arrange for a session with myorganisation.

I am interested in learning more about [please highlight wherever appropriate]community engagement activities / research niche and research projects / academicprogrammes / other initiatives of UTM. Please send me more details.

I know of another organisation who might be interested in / who might benet from theproject. Please contact the following..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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