INBO newsletter

E-Newsletter of the International Network of Basin Organizations
N° 54 - July 2017

Content

Future events of the Network Past events of the Network in 2017 The Paris Pact on water
and adaptation to climate change
Global Alliances for Water and Climate - GAfWaC UNECE Water Convention OECD Water Governance Initiative
"INBO Newsletter" Our publications Our partner projects
Websites on basin management Life of the network Contact

Future events of the Network

■ EUROPE-INBO 2017
   For the implementation of the European Water Directives


20 - 23 September 2017, Dublin (Ireland)

Program of the event

Invitation to the event

■ Online registration on www.inbo-news.org/inscription/europe-inbo-2017.php

Previous EUROPE-INBO Conferences

ANY INFORMATION

■ Taking Action for Water and Climate:
   Meeting of the Great Rivers of the World


23 - 25 October 2017, Rome (Italy)

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

ANY INFORMATION

■ Water at the COP23


18 November 2017, Bonn (Germany)

■ Official website of the event: www.cop23fidji.com

■ Previous events - Water at the COP22 , COP21-Paris 2015

Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change

ANY INFORMATION

■ VIII World Water Forum


18 - 23 March 2018, Brasilia (Brazil)

■ Official website of the event: www.worldwaterforum8.org

ANY INFORMATION

Past events of the Network in 2017

■ XVI World Water Congress


29 mai - 02 June 2017, Cancun (Mexico)

■ Official website: www.worldwatercongress.com

Photos of the event

Papers of the event

ANY INFORMATION

■ EECCA NWO International Conference :
   Challenges of river basin management in context of climate change


18 - 19 May 2017, Moscow (Russia)

Final resolutions

Photos of the event

Papers of the event

ANY INFORMATION

■ The African Great Lakes International Conference


02 - 05 May 2017, Entebbe (Uganda)

Photos of the event

Papers of the event

Program of the event

■ Official website: www.greatlakesofafrica.org

ANY INFORMATION

■ Cubagua 2017


21 - 24 March 2017, Havana (Cuba)

Photos of the event

Papers of the event

Signing of a cooperation agreement on basin management in Cuba [SP]

■ Official website: infoagua.hidro.gob.cu

ANY INFORMATION [SP]


The Paris Pact on water and adaptation to climate change

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

Global Alliances for Water and Climate - GAfWaC

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

UNECE Water Convention

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

ANY INFORMATION

OECD Water Governance Initiative

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

The "INBO Newsletter"

“INBO Newsletter n°25 is being finalized to be published in August 2017.

The headlines of this issue:
"WATER and CLIMATE: Everyone is mobilized to act fast!"

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

Our publications

ALL OUR PUBLICATIONS ON BASIN MANAGEMENT

Water and climate change adaptation in transboundary basins:
   Lessons learned and good practices

The Handbook for management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems
   in river and lake basins

Handbook for Integrated Water Resources Management
   in the Basins of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Aquifers

Handbook for Integrated Water Resources Management in Basins

Guidance on water and adaptation to climate change

Report on experiences of transboundary basin organizations in Africa:
   Good practices and recommendations

Our partner projects

AfriAlliance

Network to share innovative solutions to meet the challenges of climate change

afrialliance.org

Eco Cuencas

Development of economic mechanisms for adaptation to climate change in Latin America

www.ecocuencas.com

NWRM

Natural Water Retention Measures

nwrm.eu

Peer Review Mechanism

For the Improvement of the Water Framework Directive Implementation

www.aquacoope.org/peer.review

AWIS

African Water Information System

www.african-wis.org

EMWIS

The Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System

www.emwis.net

Twinbasin

Twinning agreements between river basins to strengthen practices of integrated water resources management

www.twinbasin.org

Websites on basin management

WISE

Water Information System for Europe

water.europa.eu

European Environment Agency - "Water" topic

www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water

UNESCO's Water portal

www.unesco.org/water

UNEP-PNUE

www.unep.org

UNECE

The Water Convention

www.unece.org/env/water

2017 : World Water Day : Wastewater

www.unwater.org

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

unfccc.int

OECD - Initiative on Water Governance

www.oecd.org/env/watergovernanceprogramme

The GEF : Global Environment Facility

International waters: www.thegef.org/gef/International_Waters

Climate change: www.thegef.org/gef/climate_change

World Water Council

www.worldwatercouncil.org

World Water Forums

7th World Water Forum in Daegu-Gyeongbuk in 2015 : eng.worldwaterforum7.org/en
8th World Water Forum in Brasilia in 2018: www.worldwaterforum8.org

COP

COP21 - Paris : www.gouvernement.fr/en/news
COP22 - Marrakech : cop22.ma/en

Global Water Partnership

www.gwp.org

FFEM : French Fund for Global Environment

Protection of international waters

www.ffem.fr/accueil/activites-ffem/protection_eaux_internationales

Gest'Eau

The website of tools for integrated water management in France

www.gesteau.fr

International River Foundation

www.riverfoundation.org.au

ECCR - European Center for River Restoration

www.ecrr.org

Great Rivers Partnership

www.greatriverspartnership.org

River Symposium

riversymposium.com

International Secretariat for Water

www.i-s-w.org

IGRAC - International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre

www.un-igrac.org

Life of the network


News from our Regional Networks of Basin Organizations

CEENBO

Network of Basin Organizations for Central and Eastern Europe
www.ceenbo.org

EECCA-NBO

Eastern European Caucasus Central Asia Network of Basin Organizations
www.eecca-water.net

EUROPE-INBO

European Basin Organizations Group for Implementing Water Framework Directive
www.inbo-news.org

NARBO

Network of Asian River Basin Organizations
www.narbo.jp

ANBO

African Network of Basin Organizations
raob-anbo.org

REBOB

Brazilian Network of Basin Organizations
www.rebob.org.br

LANBO

Latin-American Network of Basin Organizations
www.ana.gov.br/relob

MENBO

Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations
www.remoc.org

NANBO

North American Network of Basin Organizations
www.monroban.org/en


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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