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Date: 29 November-2 December 2015

Venue: Kyoto, Japan

Co-organizers: The Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, RCUWM–Tehran, Science Council of Japan, UNESCO, WFEO

Participating Countries/Organizations: China, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, South Korea, Taiwan, The Netherlands

Number of Participants: 50

Number of Female Participants: 17 (34%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Providing an opportunity to discuss and exchange new information, technology and experiences associated with river technologies among the participants in the WECC 2015.

Date: 16-19 November 2015

Venue: Tehran, Iran

Co-organizers: UNESCO, RCUWM-Tehran, Iranian National Water & Waste & Wastewater Eng. Co. (NWWEC)

Participating Countries/Organizations: Germany, Iran, Japan, USA

Number of Participants: 150

Number of Female Participants: 35 (23%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Promoting knowledge and awareness of journalists in the key issues on water and sanitation,
• Recognition of existing capacity, and aligning it with the needs
• Improving the quality and quantity of prepared papers regarding water- related issues
• Strengthening the water news network to raise public awareness through collaborative working between the water sector and media

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 […]
  

Date: 1 July 2015

Venue: Tehran, Iran

Co-organizers: RCUWM – Tehran, NWWEC

Participating Countries/Organizations: Australia, Iran

Number of Participants:  35

Number of Female Participants: 7 (20%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Discussing new technologiesin the field of vacuum and presure sewage collection networks and to transfer experiences from other parts of the world

Date: 12-17 April 2015

Venue: Daegu & Gyeongbuk, South Korea

Organizer: RCUWM–Tehran

Participating Countries/Organizations: China, France, Iran, South Korea, and The Netherlands

Number of Participants: 30

Number of Female Participants: 10 (34%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

The Session invited water-related government officials and experts from the three countries in collaboration with the three Ministries. Session speakers introduced government policies and practices, and exchanged their view on the future trilateral cooperation on water resources. Mr. SHIN Hyunsuk shared a Korean development history on water resources management that South Korea had been overcome over time through development of water management policies against water crises due to climate change and urbanization. […]

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)

Date: 19-21 November 2014

Venue: Santiago, Chile

Organizer: CAZALAC, UNESCO-IHP, IDI

Participating Countries/Organizations: hydro-meteorological agencies of 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean

Number of Participants: 55

Number of Female Participants: 23 (41%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Presenting the latest activities of the International Drought Initiative (IDI)
• Exchanging on the state of art and knowledge gaps on drought information systems
• Evaluation of the value of information and the effectiveness of existing information strategies from a stakeholder perspective
• Developing integrated approaches towards effective drought risk management
• Establishing a community of practice (research-institutions-policy) on drought management with the aim to develop solutions and proposals

Date: 11 August 2014

Venue: Tehran, Iran

Co-organizers: RCUWM-Tehran, TETCO

Participating Countries/Organizations: Iran, Japan

Number of Participants: 80

Number of Female Participants: 20 (25%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Reviewing global experiences in the field of river restoration