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The News N° 25 - February 2015
inTeRnaTional evenTs
The next WorldWater Forumwill take
place in Daegu and Gyeongju, from
13 to17April 2015.
Wehope that you areplanning toparti-
cipate in thismajor event for the entire
worldwater community. If it is the case,
thank you for letting us know and tell
us if youwish to take part and present
your experience in many sessions, the
list ofwhich youwill findon theWeb.
Thematic
and regional sessions
onbasinmanagement
These sessions will be held in English and
Korean.
The International Network of Basin
Organizations (INBO)
and
the Internatio-
nalOffice forWater
in chargeof its secreta-
riat, jointly with
OECD, UNESCO, UNECE,
and the other interested partner organiza-
tions, is particularly involved in the Forum
themes dealingwith:
l
Adaptation to the effects of climate
change inbasins,
l
Integratedbasinmanagement,
l
Basingovernance,
l
Cooperation to reduce conflicts and
improve transboundary water ma-
nagement,
l
Training the staffs of basinorganiza-
tionsand theirpartners, aswell as in
several regional processes.
The International Office for Water
will
also very actively participate in various Forum
Processes dealingwith vocational training on
water.
The Thematic Process Commission of the
Forum has selected
INWTC (International
Network ofWater TrainingCenters) and
INBO (International Network of Basin
Organizations),
of which
IOWater
takes
care of theWorld Secretariats, to respectively
coordinate the preparation of themes 4.3 on
transboundary cooperation and 4.5 on capa-
city building and training.
IOWater
will also intervene with
UNESCO
and
INBO
on theme 4.2 on Water Gover-
nance, directed by
OECD.
The FrenchWater Partnership (FWP) is
coordinating
the European Regional
Process of the Forum,
togetherwith the
”Danish Water Forum”, IOWater and
DHI.
On the occasion of a preparatory meeting
organized on 19 May in Brussels, the Euro-
pean partners chose the six priority themes:
➊
The European Directives and the
”Blue Print”;
➋
Themanagement of European trans-
boundary rivers;
➌
European tools for adaptation to
climate change;
➍
Urbanwatermanagement;
➎
Water efficiency;
➏
European science and technology
Coordination meetings between the major
contributors, such as the one organized on
24 October in Marseilles, help to ensure the
smooth running of the entire preparatory
process of the Forum.
They also help to provide the important
preparation steps such as the Political Process
Committee meeting which took place on
17 and 18December in Paris.
The thematic process addresses sixteen
priority issues shared by the whole
world.
There is, of course, adaptation to climate
change, the central concern in line with the
Paris Climate Conference 2015 (COP21).
It also includes the persistent problems of
access towater and sanitation for all, aswell
as the principles and tools of water gover-
nance: jointmanagement inbasins, including
the transboundary ones, Integrated Water
Resources Management, water-energy-food
nexus, green growth and capacity building
regarding the funding and strengthening of
Water TrainingCenters.
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7
th
WorldWater Forum
Let’s get mobilized!
(12-17April2015)
2
nd
Stakeholders’ meeting
27 and 28 February 2014 - Gyeongju - South Korea
Coordinationmeeting
24October 2014 - Marseilles - France
