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Fourth Governing Board Meeting: The International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)
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Fourth Governing Board Meeting: The International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)

saeed-admin2019-09-18T11:01:31+04:3021st June, 2016|

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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Twenty-Second Meeting: The Intergovernmental Council of the IHP of UNESCO
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Twenty-Second Meeting: The Intergovernmental Council of the IHP of UNESCO

saeed-admin2019-09-17T15:50:31+04:3013th June, 2016|

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. [...]

First Global Meeting: UNESCO’s Natural Sciences
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First Global Meeting: UNESCO’s Natural Sciences

saeed-admin2019-09-18T10:57:23+04:3016th May, 2016|

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

International Conference: Urban River Restoration
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International Conference: Urban River Restoration

saeed-admin2019-09-17T15:10:04+04:309th May, 2016|

Date: 9 May 2016

Venue: Tehran, Iran

Co-organizers: RCUWM-Tehran, Tehran municipality, Iran Water Resources Management Company

Participating Countries/Organizations: Germany, Japan, and South Korea

Participants: 930

Number of Female Participants: 405 (43%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

The relationship between city, citizens and rivers
Requirements and measures for urban river restoration and training and flood management
How to participate stakeholders and residents in river restoration projects
Presenting new approaches on urban river management and related experiences in Iran, Germany, Japan and South Korea

Non-Revenue Water (NRW)
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Non-Revenue Water (NRW)

saeed-admin2019-09-21T10:19:19+04:301st February, 2016|

Date: February 2016- March 2017

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company (NWWEC) controls the administration of the water supply. As a measure to mitigate water shortages, it encourages the reduction of non-revenue water (NRW) using its own technologies. However, due to the deterioration of aging facilities, the average percentage of NRW is still in excess of 25%.

The Government of Iran requested Japanese technical cooperation to deal with NRW in Khansar City in Isfahan Province. A survey was implemented to gather and analyze background information relating to the water supply sector in Iran, and to identify […]

Workshop: Value Engineering and Planning of Ecological Buffer in Urban Rivers
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Workshop: Value Engineering and Planning of Ecological Buffer in Urban Rivers

saeed-admin2019-09-21T10:01:30+04:3023rd January, 2016|

Date: 23-24 January 2016

Venue: Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Iran

Organizer: RCUWM- Tehran

Participating Countries/Organizations: RCUWM- Tehran, TETCO, University of Tehran

Number of Participants: 45

Number of Female Participants: 15 (34%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

Defining ecological buffer zones in urban areas
Introducing the role of value engineering and planning ecological buffer zones in urban rivers
Explaining objectives and necessities of holding the workshop on value engineering
Presenting ecological buffers and areas in the metropolitan area of Tehran in urban development projects
Evaluating the riverbed concept and instructions on determination of flood fringe
Reviewing international experiences on defining ecological buffer zones and related instructions
Presenting experiences on urban […]

Technical Visit: Water and Wastewater Facilities, Public Relations Network
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Technical Visit: Water and Wastewater Facilities, Public Relations Network

saeed-admin2019-09-17T15:06:00+04:3022nd January, 2016|

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 […]

Technical session: River Technology for Innovation and Social System on the Occasion of WECC 2015
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Technical session: River Technology for Innovation and Social System on the Occasion of WECC 2015

saeed-admin2019-09-18T10:10:40+04:304th December, 2015|

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.

Training Workshop: Water and Media
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Training Workshop: Water and Media

saeed-admin2019-09-17T15:14:26+04:3016th November, 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

Seminar: Tehran River restoration and Training Master Plan, elaborating objectives and approaches
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Seminar: Tehran River restoration and Training Master Plan, elaborating objectives and approaches

saeed-admin2019-09-18T10:48:46+04:3018th October, 2015|

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 […]