International news n° 22 - May 2012
Actualizado : 03/06/2012
6th World Water Forum
- At conclusion time…
- Handbook for Integrated Transboundary Basin Management
- 69 Organizations from the whole World sign ”the World Pact for Better Basin Management”
- Success of the European Regional Process
- A mobilized and united Europe to face the water challenges
The French National Water Training Center
- Capacity building for better water management
- Our 2012 training courses on ”water”
- Training program 2012 for industry
- Training on Waste, Environment, Sustainable Development
Information - Documentation
- www.iowater.org : A new portal for enhancing information
- Worldwide Capacity building for water and sanitation professionals
- ”SANDRE” National standardization
- Water RtoM From Research to Market...
- Explore 2070 : Making available data on climate change
International events
- Brazil: National Forum of Basin Committees
- III Pre-ENCOB - 29 - 31 August 2011, Rio de Janeiro
- 7th Ministerial Conference on "Environment for Europe" 21 - 23 September 2011 - Astana - Kazakhstan
- The SIAEAG Water Days 2 - 7 October 2011 - Guadeloupe - The Caribbean
- Preparatory Conference for RIO+20
- 19 - 20 October 2011 - Dushanbe - Tajikistan
- WWF6 Regional Preparatory Meeting for Caucasus 14 - 15 November 2011 - Tbilisi - Georgia
- French Development Agency - Capitalizing on the experience of Transboundary Basin Organizations
From one continent to another
AFRICA
- Côte d'Ivoire : Visit of the Ivorian Minister for Water and Forestry
- Water, Climate and Development Program (WACDEP)- To develop water security and resilience to climate change
- ECOWAS - WRCC : Selection of priority projects of major hydraulic infrastructures
- Congo Ubangi Sangha: ”CICOS” Hydrological monitoring and ”SDAGE” of the Congo Basin
- Volta Basin Authority
- The Niger Basin Authority - Establishing the Basin Information System
- Congo : Strengthening the training centers
- Kenya - Support to the Mombasa Water Company
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - 2001 - 2011: 10 years of collaboration between the ICRC and IOWater
THE CARRIBEAN
- Haiti : Audit of the Haitian Water and Sanitation Information System
- Towards a future water training center in Haiti
LATIN AMERICA AND PACIFIC
- Brazil : Technical cooperation between the Loire-Brittany Water Agency
- and the Piracicaba-Capivari Jundiaí Basin Consortium (PCJ)
- New Caledonia : Developing sanitation
ASIA
- Mekong River Commission - MRC : Study visit of the Mekong River Commission to France and Germany
- Laos : The pilot Nam Ngum River Basin
- spearheaded for IWRM development in Laos
- Vietnam : Dong Nai Pilot Project
- China : French-Chinese Cooperation: Integrated Water Resources Management in the pilot Hai River Basin and the Zhou sub-basin
EASTERN EUROPE - CAUCASUS - CENTRAL ASIA
EUROPE
- "EUROPE-INBO 2011" and General Assembly of the Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations (MENBO) Oporto – Portugal – 27-30 September 2011
- SPI Water : When science and innovation meet water policy
- IWRM-Net-Scientific Coordination Project
- ”Waterdiss2.0” Optimizing identification and dissemination of findings of European Water research
- NOVIWAM - New integrated water resources management systems for Southern Europe
- France : Landerneau-Daoulas Community:
- support to the Community of Municipalities for the transfer of responsibility for sanitation
- On-Site Sanitation : Analysis of the life cycle to better choose on-site sanitation
- Seine-Normandy Water Agency : Hazardous substances in household products
- ”PACA Region”: 2011, regional water year in Provence-Alpes-Riviera
- Urban Community of Agen : Support to DWS and sanitation
- France / Romania : Water for… beers "Made in France" and "Made in Romania"!
- Prince Albert II Foundation : A "Water Think Tank" for local Authorities in the Mediterranean
EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE
- Albania : Updating of national technical standards
- Ukraine : Twinning between France and the Ukraine on Municipal Water Utility Management
THE MEDITERRANEAN
- EMWIS : Towards a common water information and knowledge hub
- Algeria - ”Algérienne des Eaux” (ADE)
- Seminar on Skills Management for Human Resources Managers
- Morocco : ONEP and IOWater: a lasting collaboration
- GIZ: International Benchmarking on green jobs
- Turkey : European twinning agreements
- Palestinian Water Authority : Feasibility Study for the creation of a Water Training Center
- Iraq : Training of Iraqi engineers and department heads
MIDDLE EAST
- Saudi Arabia : National Water Company - Jeddah City Business Unit
- Iraq - Kurdistan : Integrated Water Resources Management
- Lebanon : Training for Aquarius