Networking Activity

Date: 27-28 June 2016

Venue: Vienna, Austria

Organizer: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences of Vienna

Participating Countries/Organizations: River Experts from all over the world

Number of Participations: 30

Number of Female Participations: 15 (50%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• To create the knowledge base required for a holistic scientific assessment of the state of the World Large Rivers (WLRs)
• To promote their integrated and sustainable management
• To analyze the current state and the future development of the WLRs
• To establish a platform to build, facilitate and harvest hydrological science synergies between countries and to provide education and training at technical and tertiary level
• To develop innovative strategies for the […]
  

Date: 21 June 2016

Venue: Federal Foreign Office- Berlin, Germany

Organizer: ICWRGC

Participating Countries/Organizations: ICWRGC, RCUWM-Tehran, ICWC– Sweden, ERCE– Poland and ICIWaRM

Number of Participants: 85

Number of Female Participants: 12 (14%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Adoption of the minutes of the third Governing Board meeting
• Thematic highlights of ICWRGC 2015/2016/1017
• Regional Water Cooperation, Meeting IHP Region I, Koblenz May 2016
• Cooperation and networking among Centres (MoU), Report of Meeting Cat 2 Science Centres, May 2016
• IWRGC funding, third party funding and support by BfG administration

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Date: 13-17 June 2016

Venue: Paris, France

Organizer: UNESCO-IHP

Participating Countries/Organizations: UNESCO Water Family

Number of Participants: 85

Number of Female Participants: 27 (31%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

To review the progress on the implementation of the eighth phase of IHP (IHP-VIII), including regional perspectives on IHP and its cooperation with other UNESCO programme and, to examine the status of the UNESCO’s Water Family, which includes the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, category 2 Centres and chairs under the auspices of UNESCO and the World Water Assessment Programme. [...]

Date: 16-18 May 2016

Venue: Beijing, China

Co-organizers: UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office

Participating Countries/Organizations: UNESCO Water Family

Number of Participants: 86

Number of Female Participants: 31(36%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Developing and information networking in the field of urban water management and drought mitigation strategies in the region

Date: 22 – 29 January 2016

Venue: Singapore, Malaysia

Co-organizers: NWWEC, RCUWM- Tehran

Participating Countries/Organizations: Director Managers, Urban Water & Wastewater Public Relation Offices

Number of Participants: 18

Number of Female Participants: 2 (11%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

The third group included 18 experts and managers of public relations offices of urban and rural water and wastewater companies visiting Malaysia and Singapore’s the Water and Wastewater Facilities as the two leading countries in the water    industry.

The participants visited Pantai 2 Wastewater Treatment Plants, Smart Tunnel, Putrajaya Smart City, Lake and Wetland Management of Malaysia and University of Technology of Malaysia as well as Newaters Wastewater Treatment Plant, Marina Barrage Basin and […]

Date: 10-12 December 2012

Venue: Koblenz, Germany

Organizer: UNESCO-IHP

Participating Countries/ Organizations: Germany, Iran, UNESCO-IHP members

Number of participants: 18

Number of Female Participants: 5 (27%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Introducing the goals and mission of the Working Group
• Similar committees review
• Introduction to International Hydrology Programme eighth phase of the UNESCO
• Feasibility study and areas of cooperation within the framework of the eighth phase of International Hydrology Programme
• Receiving views and suggestions of members

Date: 8-9 November 2012

Venue: Langkawi, Malaysia

Organizer: UNESCO-IHP

Participating Countries/ Organizations: UNESCO-IHP members

Number of participants: 53

Number of Female Participants: 18 (34%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

Study the results of 36th General Conference of UNESCO, including the programs and budgets during 2012-2013 and also the seventh phase of the International Hydrology Programme UNESCO programs.

Date: 22-24 April 2012

Venue: Doha-Qatar

Organizer: Ministry of Energy and Water-Qatar

Participating Countries/ Organizations: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

Number of Participants: 48

Number of Female Participants: 3 (6%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

Raising awareness to the importance of considering and dealing with the strong inter-sectorial linkages between water, energy, agriculture

Identifying the major inter-relations, inter-dependencies, challenges, and opportunities of these resources

Facilitating an open discussion platform to share knowledge and experiences

Formulating a research framework and strategy for the required research in the field of rational and efficient water uses in the agricultural sector

Building a network of individuals, institutes and NGOs