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December 2003 N°12

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Page 1 (189Ko) The Martinique is hosting the VIth World General Assembly
Pages 2 & 3 (420Ko)

INBO's success at the IIIrd World Water Forum

n "Ten commandments" for better integrated water resource management at the level of river basins
n INBO at the Citizen's house of water
n INBO in KYOTO : 4 Meetings were not to be missed !

Pages 4 & 5 (174Ko)

n G8 of Evian
n TWINBASINXN project

Pages 6 & 7 (233Ko)

Regional networks

n EUROPE-INBO : creation of a "group of European Basin Organizations for implementing the Framework Directive- Valencia - SPAIN - 11 - 12 November 2003
n "CEENBO" : Liaison bureau - Tulcea - ROMANIA - 11-13 September 2003
n LANBO :
h LANBO has several ongoing projects
h A new operational structure for the Permanent Technical Secretariat
Pages 8 & 9 (459Ko)

Towards a worldwide water information system

n SEMIDE / EMWIS : fourteen countries already online
n AquadocInter : the network focuses on the European Water Framework Directive
n AWIS : African Water Information and documentation System

Pages 10 & 11 (145Ko)

n What is water governance ?
n "APFM" : Associated program on flood management
n UNESCO : Launching the second phase of "PCCP"
n UNEP - DDP : Dams and development

Pages 12 to 14 (259Ko)

Africa

n 9 countries share the Niger river basin
n IWRM : European water initiative in Africa for integrated water resources managment
n ETHIOPIA : Towards water management at the level of river basins
n KENYA : Ewaso N'Giro North development authority

Pages 15 to 17 (202Ko)

Asia

n SRI LANKA - MAHAWELLI AUTHORITY : decentralization and water management
n CHINA : water environment and food security : a case study of the Haihe river basin

Central Asia

n IRTYCH - RUSSIA - KAZAKHSTAN : Managment of transboundary water resources
n UZBEKISTAN :
h Improvment of the water managment organization
h Program "Science for peace in the South Priaralie"
n FERGANA VALLEY : pilot project for possible reforms in Central Asia

Page 18 (105Ko)

Pacific - North America

n AUSTRALIA : The MURRAY DARLING initiative
n QUEBEC

Pages 19 to 25 (643Ko)

Latin America

n PERU : The basin vision in civil engineering
n PANAMA : Environmental development and citizen's involment
n ECLAC : Publication of the fourth workshop of basin organizations' managers
n BRAZIL :
h Water management for a better Brazil
h Organization of research on water resources
n SÃO PAULO / MINAS GERAIS : PIRACICABA-CAPIVARI-JUNDIAÍ (PCJ) consortium
n URUGUAY : The uruguayan river basins
n ECUADOR : The PAUTE river basin : creation of the basin council
n MEXICO :
h Reform of the law on National Waters
h "COMISIÓN NACIONAL DEL AGUA - CNA"

Pages 26 to 31 (300Ko)

Europe

n To the WEST, something new !!
n Council of Europe : transboundary river and lake basin management, OHRID, 13 and 15 October 2003
n "IWRM.Net" : for an overview of water related research in europe
n THE RHINE : A "Rhine network", for better participation management of the river
n "WFD-COMMUNITY" : remote training and collaborative work
n SPAIN : an integrated information system for the Tagus basin
n FRANCE :
h SANDRE : the catalogue of water data "sources"
h AFEID : irrigation and conflict management
h www.sitesage.org : The "SAGEs" have now their own website
h RHONE-MEDITERRANEAN & CORSICA : FRamework agreement between Switzerland and France for the managment of the Doubs
h ARTOIS-PICARDY : The water parliament for the yong
h A Basin committee for Corsica
h SEINE-NORMANDY : The 8th action program for 2003-2006

Pages 32 à 36 (295Ko)

Central and Eastern Europe

n Pre-accession twinning agreements : reminder of the context
n "NORBER" : International version : a software for the evaluation of discharges
n SLOVENIA : How better assess water quality ?
n BULGARIA : Implementation of the water framework directive
n CZECH REPUBLIC
n HUNGARY
h Pre-accession twinning
h Hungarian water managment is fifty years old
h "FRANCIART, BUDAPEST 2003"
n POLAND : Support to the decentralized and participatory management of water resources
n UKRAINE :
h Legal and institutional assistance
h Transboundary management of the Dnipro river basin
n ROMANIA :
h Capacity building water management and implementation of the framework directive
h The Olt river basin : integrated water monitoring system

 

Pages 37 à 39 (180Ko)

The Mediterranean

n IUCN : Wetland management
n TURKEY : Integrated water resource management at river basin level
n ITALY : Water for life and peace
n ALGERIA : assistance to the river basin agencies - "ABH"
n MOROCCO : the river basin agency of Loukkos : a partner at the service of the water sector
n TUNISIA : Water and soil conservation

Page 40 (258Ko)

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