Date: 18 October 2015
Venue: Tehran, Iran
Co-organizers: IUST, RCUWM-Tehran, TETCO
Participating Countries/Organizations: RCUWM- Tehran, TETCO, Ministry of Energy
Number of Participants: 80
Number of Female Participants: 27 (33%)
Objectives/Outcomes:
- Introducing to objectives and approaches related to Tehran river restoration and training master plan
- Presenting the latest progress of the mentioned master plan in three river restoration studies (Inception study and feasibility study)
- Ensuring rivers and canals in terms of safe passage of flood
- Improving urban ecosystem in ecological buffer area, social and awareness building on environmental issues and creating relationship between city, citizen and river
- Restoring river flow regime qualitative and quantitative-wise and aquifers recharge
- Stimulating development and reconstruction of the old areas in ecological area of the urban rivers
