The « Education and Knowledge » component of the Geneva Water Hub based at the Institute for Environmental Sciences (UNIGE-ISE) is proud to present the official trailer of the MOOC on Water Resource Management and Policy ("Massive Open Online…
In Resolution XII.5, Proposed new framework for delivery of scientific and technical advice and guidance on the Convention, the Conference of the Parties adopted the new structure, organization and processes of the Ramsar Scientific and Technical…
Dans le cadre du projet Eco Cuencas, coordonné par l'OIEau, l'Agence de bassin Piracicaba-Capivari-Jundiai a signé début juillet l'accord de consortium qui précise les droits et devoirs de chaque partenaire du projet, et fixe juridiquement les…
At its sixth session (Rome, 28–30 November 2012), the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention mandated the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management, in consultation with the Implementation Committee, to carry out an analysis…
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) introduced in 2000 many new concepts and governance and technical challenges in an integrated approach to sustainable water management. The Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) process has been successful in…
IWRM-net Scientific Coordination Project (SCP) Final Conference Brussels, 21st & 22nd October 2014 The IWRM-Net Scientific Coordination Project (IWRM-Net SCP) aimed to provide support to the research projects' funded by IWRM-Net 2nd call…
The 4th edition of the international "Water and Film" Events (IWFE) will take place in Daegu and Gyeongbuk (South Korea) during the 7th World Water Forum (April 2015). The call for entries is launched. For the 4th edition of the IWFE, the…
The SITWA project whose mission is to strengthen regional cooperation in the management of transboundary water resources in Africa, is recruiting a project manager to lead its Project Management Team. The deadline for applications is September…
AGW-Net and its partners, BGR, Cap-Net, IWMI, IGRAC, and IMAWESA, have developed a new training program: Integration of Groundwater Management into African Basin Organizations
On August 18, 2014 the United Nations Watercourses Convention, the first global framework on fresh water and the world's only global framework for transboundary cooperation endorsed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, officially entered…
The 7th World Water Forum aims to create an open platform where various stakeholders can exchange their views on water, find solutions, and interact with the international community. The Citizen's Forum is designed in this regard and its specific…
The UNESCO Chair/International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans (INWEB) on "sustainable management of water and conflict resolution" was established in July 2003 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Department of…
The Water Messengers campaign is launched!!! The aim of this initiative is to allow each one to voice his message for water. These messages will be delivered during the next World Water Forum in South Korea to ensure a visibility for the…
Many towns and villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia are under the water, while in areas so far spared there is a bitter struggle against further flooding. Large population have been evacuated and all available resources in the…
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the drafting of our next two "Handbooks on Basin Management", which will be published next year on the occasion of the World Water Forum in Daegu-Gyeongju in South Korea. These two Handbooks will fit…