Activities

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

Date: 14-15 May 2013

Venue: Tehran, Iran

Co-organizers: RCUWM-Tehran, UTCO

Participating Countries/ Organizations: Afghanistan, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan

Number of Participant: 170

Number of Female Participants: 45 (27%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Addressing keynote speeches by representatives from international entities in the related fields of drought
• Discussing and developing recommendations for scientific, technological and policy approaches, addressing drought issues.
• Presenting a short report on activities and achievements of the interim secretariat of International Drought Initiative (IDI) since its establishment
• Discussing and reviewing the IDI Road Map as well as investigating the ways of mutual cooperation in relevant fields