Twenty-Second Meeting: The Intergovernmental Council of the IHP of UNESCO
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[...]
First Global Meeting: UNESCO’s Natural Sciences
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
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[...]
Non-Revenue Water (NRW)
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,[...]
Workshop: Value Engineering and Planning of Ecological Buffer in Urban Rivers
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[...]
Technical Visit: Water and Wastewater Facilities, Public Relations Network
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[...]
Technical session: River Technology for Innovation and Social System on the Occasion of WECC 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,[...]
Training Workshop: Water and Media
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[...]
Seminar: Tehran River restoration and Training Master Plan, elaborating objectives and approaches
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[...]
Training Workshop: Vacuum and Pressure Sewage Collection Network
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 [...]
