E-Newsletter of the International Network of Basin Organizations
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■ EUROPE-INBO 2017 |
■ Online registration on www.inbo-news.org/inscription/europe-inbo-2017.php
■ Previous EUROPE-INBO Conferences
■ Taking Action for Water and Climate:
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■ Concept paper related to the event
■ Website of the Italian Ministry for the Environment: www.minambiente.it/water-and-climate-summit
■ Online registration: registrationform.minambiente.it
■ Water at the COP2318 November 2017, Bonn (Germany)■ Official website of the event: www.cop23fidji.com ■ Previous events - Water at the COP22 , COP21-Paris 2015 |
■ VIII World Water Forum18 - 23 March 2018, Brasilia (Brazil)■ Official website of the event: www.worldwaterforum8.org |
■ XVI World Water Congress29 mai - 02 June 2017, Cancun (Mexico) |
■ Official website: www.worldwatercongress.com
■ EECCA NWO International Conference :
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■ The African Great Lakes International Conference02 - 05 May 2017, Entebbe (Uganda) |
■ Official website: www.greatlakesofafrica.org
■ Cubagua 201721 - 24 March 2017, Havana (Cuba) |
■ Signing of a cooperation agreement on basin management in Cuba [SP]
■ Official website: infoagua.hidro.gob.cu
■ ANY INFORMATION [SP]
More than 359 professionals have already signed the pact worldwide! As part of the “Lima-Paris Action Plan”, Peru, supported by France, organized on 2nd December 2015, the official day on "Water and Climate Change Adaptation" of the COP21 in Paris. This is the first time in the COP history that freshwater issues were formally taken into account. "The Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change in the basins of rivers, lakes and aquifers" was presented at the opening of this Day. ■ Consult and sign the "Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change" ■ See the list of the signatories of the Paris Pact |
The four "Alliances" for Basins (INBO - Paris Pact), Megacities, Desalinization and Business, established in 2015 at the COP21 in Paris, have created the “Global Alliances for Water and Climate” at the COP22 in Marrakech and jointly committed themselves to mobilizing their partners, identifying and disseminating good practices and supporting the development of new projects by field stakeholders involved in the adaptation and resilience of the water sector. ■ Consul the press release on GAfWaC during the COP 22 ■ Consult the declaration signed at the COP22 in Marrakech ■ Further information - Water at the COP22 , COP21-Paris 2015 |
The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE Water Convention) was adopted on 17 March 1992 in Helsinki: It is an international framework agreement on transboundary freshwater initially made for the European region. The Convention is now open for ratification by all countries of the World. UNECE and INBO are jointly facilitating the platform of pilot basins for adaptation to climate change. |
The events in 2016 and 2017:
■ 12th meeting of the Working Group on IWRM and/or Workshop on recent progress on transboundary water cooperation:
From getting cooperation started to its long-term sustainability - 4 - 6 July 2017, Geneva (Switzerland)
Also to see: information on INBO website
■ 11th meeting of the Working Group on IWRM with regards to the Water Convention - 18 - 19 October 2016, Geneva (Switzerland)
Also to see: information on INBO website
■ 8th meeting of the Working Group on water and climate - 15 September 2016, Geneva (Switzerland)
Also to see: information on INBO website
■ Third meeting of the global network of basins working on climate change adaptation - 06 - 07 April 2016, Geneva (Switzerland)
Also to see: information on INBO website
The OECD Water Governance Initiative is an international multi-stakeholder network of about 100 representatives from the public, private and non-profit-making sectors gathering twice a year in a Public Policy Forum to share experiments on ongoing reforms, projects and best practices to support better governance in the water sector. INBO and UNESCO are jointly facilitating a special Working Group (WG3) on Water governance in basins. |
The events in 2016 and 2017:
■ 9th meeting - From 3 to 4 July 2017, Paris (France)
■ 8th meeting - From 12 to 13 January 2017, Rabat (Morocco)
■ 7th meeting - From 26 to 24 June 2016, The Hague (the Netherlands)
■ ANY INFORMATION ON THE INITIATIVE
“INBO Newsletter n°25 is being finalized to be published in August 2017. The headlines of this issue: ■ The "INBO Newsletter" n°24 (June 2016): www.inbo-news.org/pub/INBO-24 ■ The previous "INBO Newsletters" : www.inbo-news.org/inbo/publications-and-documents/the-network-newsletter |
► AfriAlliance Network to share innovative solutions to meet the challenges of climate change |
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► Eco Cuencas Development of economic mechanisms for adaptation to climate change in Latin America |
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► NWRM Natural Water Retention Measures |
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► Peer Review Mechanism For the Improvement of the Water Framework Directive Implementation |
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► AWIS African Water Information System |
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► EMWIS The Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System |
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► Twinbasin Twinning agreements between river basins to strengthen practices of integrated water resources management |
► WISE Water Information System for Europe |
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► European Environment Agency - "Water" topic |
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► UNESCO's Water portal |
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► UNEP-PNUE |
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► UNECE The Water Convention |
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► 2017 : World Water Day : Wastewater |
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► United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
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► OECD - Initiative on Water Governance |
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► The GEF : Global Environment Facility International waters: www.thegef.org/gef/International_Waters Climate change: www.thegef.org/gef/climate_change |
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► World Water Council |
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► World Water Forums 7th World Water Forum in Daegu-Gyeongbuk in 2015 : eng.worldwaterforum7.org/en |
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► COP COP21 - Paris : www.gouvernement.fr/en/news |
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► Global Water Partnership |
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► FFEM : French Fund for Global Environment Protection of international waters www.ffem.fr/accueil/activites-ffem/protection_eaux_internationales |
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► Gest'Eau The website of tools for integrated water management in France |
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► International River Foundation |
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► ECCR - European Center for River Restoration |
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► Great Rivers Partnership |
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► River Symposium |
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► International Secretariat for Water |
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► IGRAC - International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre |
■ News from our Regional Networks of Basin Organizations
■ News from our Thematicals Networks of Basin Organizations
Transboundary Basins |
Network of International Commissions and Transboundary Basin Organizations |
Climate change |
Pilot network of basin organizations to test adaptation to climate change in the basins |
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