The management of water resources in developing countries poses numerous challenges and it a holistic approach is required to manage the water resources. An effective management of water resources required full participation from the various stakeholders. The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002 emphasized that water resources should be managed at basin-level and should be conducted under the principles of good governance and public participation. River basin constitutes a unique management unit for IWRM implementation as it is delineated by natural boundary.

Therefore, Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) has been recognized as the subset of IWRM. The UKM IWRM Research Group has been actively involved in this 1st Round Table Dialogue (RTD) with stakeholders from Langat River Basin and Pahang River Basin. It aimed to seek inputs and comments from the stakeholders on the research’s group direction as well as to strengthen the research cooperation and collaboration with various stakeholders from the government agencies, NGO’s, CBOS and private sector. This publication therefore reflects the requirements of key stakeholders involve in water sector.