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NORTH AMERICA
The News N° 25 - February 2015
FRom one conTinenT To anoTHeR
The International Office for Water and
”Network Environment” are creating
“QUEBEC'EAU”, a Non-Profit Organiza-
tion (NPO), whose home office is loca-
ted inMontreal and whose purpose is
the organization and dissemination of
modules for continuing professional
trainingonwater inQuebec.
”Environment Network”
gathers over
2,700members, 350 companies, 250muni-
cipalities, and a score of governmental and
parapublic organizations. Its mission is to
promotegoodpractice and innovationon en-
vironmental issues. With a perspective of
sustainabledevelopment, theAssociation en-
sures progress in technology and science,
promotion of expertise and support to envi-
ronmental activities, by enabling technical
and commercial exchanges, the dissemina-
tion of technical knowledge, the follow-up of
regulations, the representationwithdecision-
makers and assistance to internal and exter-
nal markets.
“QUEBEC'EAU”
will allowwater stakehol-
ders inQuebec (elected officials, governmen-
tal officers, chief executives of water utilities,
engineers, technicians and operators) to find
the answer to their trainingneeds in this new
cooperative training.
The “QUEBEC'EAU” official establish-
ment will be made at the AMERICANA
Show to be held from 17 to 19 March
2015 inMontreal.
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”QUEBEC'EAU” TRAINING
Third International Forum
on IntegratedWaterManagement
3
rd
edition
F o r m a t i o n s
prof ess i onne l l es
MÉTIERS DE L'EAU
ET DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT
Catalogue
The third International Forum on Inte-
gratedWater Management took place
at the University Laval (Quebec City,
Canada) onMay 7-9, 2014.
It addressed the issues of transboundary
water management in a context of climate
change.
The event was organized by the North
American Network of Basin Organiza-
tions (NANBO), the Regrouping of the
River Basin Organizations of Quebec
(ROBVQ) and the St-François River
Basin Organization (COGESAF), in
collaboration with the Quebec Metro-
politan Community, the University
Laval Environment, Development and
Society Institute and the research
consortium on climatology and adap-
tation to climate changeOURANOS.
The 500 participants addressed the follo-
wing themes:
l
Governance and Strengthening of
Institutional Capacities;
l
Water Resources and itsusesmana-
gement;
l
Risks Management and Adaptation
toClimate Change.
Three case-studies, including the Great Lakes
/ St-Lawrence and Rio Grande or Rio Bravo
systemsand theRhineBasin,werepresented.
Two roundtables answered the following
questions:
l
In a context of climate change how can
wepromote transboundarywatermana-
gement on the watershed scale and for
what benefits?
l
What integrated water management for
the Great Lakes and St-Lawrence
System?
Mr. Jean-François Donzier, INBO Secre-
tary and IOWater General Manager,
presented an introductory note on the
best practices in transboundary basin
management over theWorld.
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