In 2005, INBO is mobilizing to prepare the Mexico 4th World Water Forum

2004 INBO General Assembly - The Martinique

è Declaration of Trois Ilets

n Twinbasin ^xn

n Legal and institutional cooperation over transboundary aquifers
n APFM:associated program on flood management
n River restoration
n Water in mountains

Asia

n India : integrated planning and management of Sabarmati river basin ( Gujarat)
n Taiwan : Water 2004

Dakar - Senegal - 03 / 06 November 2004

n General Assemblies of the African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO) and of the Network of Transboundary Basin Organizations

Africa

n Transboundary basin management
n European Commission - Drinking water and sanitation in poor countries: EU launches € 500 M water facility
n IWMI : towards African models of basin governance
n UN-Water-Africa : a bi-annual report on water in Africa
n Paris conference : a cooperation framework for the Niger river basin
n Pan-African conference on water - Addis Ababa - December 2003

n Lake Chad basin commission (LCBC)
n Cooperation on the Nile : international approach
n Guinea : the "water tower" of west Africa
n Kenya : Ewaso Ngi’ro south basin development authority (ENSDA)
n Nigeria : towards reforms

 

Central Asia

n International Secretariat for Water - organization of the civil society and community management
n "RIVERTWIN" : public participation and awareness

n Aral sea : integrated management of the Amu-Darya and Syr-Darya rivers
n Kazakhstan - Russia : transboundary management of the Irtysh basin Omsk conference, May 2004
n Uzbekistan : basin management of irrigation systems

 

North America

n Draft agreement on the sustainable water resources of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence basin

n Quebec - Canada :

h Quebec municipalities and watershed management
h "CANWELL 2004"

n Texas : "Global Forum on Water" hello Houston, we have a problem…

The Caribbean

n Water resource management for a joint and lasting approach

Latin America

n FAO : paying environmental services in river basins Saint-Christophe et Nevis
n ECLAC : a report on the municipalities and water resource management
n Central America : regional integration and management of shared rivers
n "CARU" : biodiversity protection in the Uruguay river

n Brazil : Piracicaba-Capivari-Jundiaí consortium 15 years managing water resources
n Mexico : creation of the national and regional water information systems
n Venezuela : towards the institutionalization of river basin management

 

EURO-INBO

n International meeting on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive Krakow (Poland), 27 - 29 September 2004

Europe

n "RHINE-NET" : to develop public participation
n IWRM.NET : a European network of public and regional research programs on integrated water resources management
n "WFD-Community" : in INBO, we are a community!
n MEIF - Water : methods for evaluating the investments and modes of financing
n The Scheldt : international management
n ETC - WTR : a European base on emissions into water
n The international commission of the MAAS
n Spain : Jucar pilot river basin advances in the WFD, report on article 5
n The Netherlands : the "WIN" water information network
n France - Spain : the Garonne without border

n France :

h Rhone-Mediterranean & Corsica : the agency is working outside its basin’s area
h Rhine-Meuse : a tool for knowledge which is comprehensive … and free www.eau2015-rhin-meuse.fr
h Seine-Normandy : review of the 8th action program the agency classifies its priorities
h The Chinese year in France on the "water classes" topic
h The Reunion Island : something new in water management overseas
h The World Bank : French case study
h WIS: the french water information system centered on the framework directive
h In each basin: water development and management schemes
h A management tool for aunis aquifer

CEENBO

n 2nd General Assembly of the Central and Eastern European Network of Basin Organizations Krakow, Poland, 26 September 2004

Central and Eastern Europe

n Romania :

h Implementation of the Framework Directive in pilot basins
h French-Romanian bilateral cooperation
h Romanian Dutch bilateral cooperation
h "RNIDA": the Romanian national water information network

n Poland :

h WFD implementation
h Poznan RZGW : implementation of the nitrates directive
h Transboundary water management
h "OSIRIS": flood warning

n Hungary :

h International post-graduate course on hydrology
h Hungary / France twinning

n Estonia : "water" directives

n Balkans :

h BALWOIS: water observation and information system
h Transboundary cooperation between Serbia & Montenegro and neighboring countries

n Bulgaria : the black sea basin directorate

n Russian Federation :

h Transboundary cooperation with neighboring countries
h The "great rivers" sixth international forum

n Ukraine :

h Pilot project for water protection in Dniepropetovsk
h Proposal for a new water code

MENBO

n Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations events and activities 2003-2004

The Mediterranean

n EMWIS : Phase II - 2003 / 2006
n Morocco : progress achieved by a decade of reforms

n Algeria :

h ABH Algérois-Hodna-Soummam
h Water information systems

n Turkey : implementation of the Water Framework Directive
n Mediterranean Basin : "SMART"
n Cyprus : implementation of the Water Framework Directive

 

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