Under the Technical Cooperation Agreeement signed between Conagua and UNESCO in December in 2013, the government of Mexico through Conagua, hosted the high-level of the Closing Ceremony of the International Year of Water Cooperation.   With over…

A l'occasion de la Journée Mondiale de l'Eau, la Commission européenne vient de présenter une plaquette sur le Blueprint, dans toutes le langues de l'UE. Elle présente le processus ouvert et participatif auquel la Commission, les États membres et…

INBO-Academy (International Network of Basin Organisations) and CIREF (Iberian Centre for River Restoration), in coordination with ECRR (European Centre for River Restoration), join their forces to propose to Basin Organizations management staff,…

The Thiess International Riverprize was first awarded in 1999, and has grown to become the world's most prestigious environmental award. There are now 15 international winners and more than 50 finalists who have demonstrated their outstanding…

The Thiess International Riverprize was first awarded in 1999, and has grown to become the world's most prestigious environmental award. There are now 15 international winners and more than 50 finalists who have demonstrated their outstanding…

Le Passeport bleu est une initiative du Secrétariat International de l'Eau (SIE) menée en partenariat avec le Réseau International des Organismes de Bassin (RIOB) et des institutions impliquées localement et intéressées par la diffusion de…

  The Great Rivers Partnership recently completed a new business plan, which serves to guide work over the next five years.

Réalisée à l'occasion de l'Année internationale de la coopération dans le domaine de l'eau et coordonnée par l'UNESCO au nom de l'ONU-Eau, cette publication conjointe de l'UNESCO et de Tudor Rose a été lancée officiellement au cours du Sommet de l'…

Published by : International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River   The "Guiding Principles on Sustainable Hydropower Development in the Danube Basin" have been prepared on behalf of the lead countries AT, SI and RO in close cooperation…

La Commission a lancé un plan d'action pour la sauvegarde des ressources en eau de l'Europe. Il s'agit d'une stratégie visant à assurer la disponibilité d'une eau de qualité en quantité suffisante pour répondre aux besoins des populations, de l'…

In the report "Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Multi-level Approach", OECD calls for more integrated water policies through the adoption of context-specific, flexible and multi-level governance mechanisms including at…

OECD Regional Development Working Papers 2012/04   This report attempts to shed some light on the governance of water policy in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It argues that public governance of water in most LAC countries is…

Worldwide more and more organizations working in water management see the strategic importance of cross-border cooperation at regional level. Sometimes driven by international legislation, or sometimes as a result of identifying joint opportunities…

Geneva, 17 March 2012 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention), adopted in Helsinki, Finland on 17 March 1992, celebrates…