International Workshop: Customizing IWRM Guidelines for Water Security in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities for HELP and Eco-Hydrology

Date: 11-12 March 2015

Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia

Co-organizers: UNESCO Office Jakarta, JFIT

Participating Countries/Organizations: Australia, China, France, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Serbia, and South Korea

Number of Participants: 200

Number of Female Participants: 56 (28%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Signing 3 Memorandums of Understanding (MoU’s) to promote collaboration, cooperation and networking among three UNESCO’s Category II Water Centres, namely Humid Tropical Centre (HTC) Kuala Lumpur, Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM-Tehran), and Asia-Pacific Centre for Eco-Hydrology (APCE)