Date: 4 -6 September 2006

Venue: Muscat, Oman

Co-organizers: RCUWM-Tehran, UNESCO, MRMWR- Oman, Inter-Islamic Network for Water Resources Development and Management

Participating Countries/ Organizations: Bangladesh, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, UAE, and Yemen

Number of Participants: 63

Number of Female Participants: 3 (4%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

• Flood management and information technology
• Flood in Wadi and arid and semi-arid areas
• Flash flood modeling methods and techniques
• Urban flooding and risk management
• Socio-economic and human health impacts of flash floods
• Flash flood forecasting techniques
• Flood management and mitigation options
• Case studies