Date: 29 September -31 October 2006

Venue: Tehran, Iran

Co-organizers: RCUWM- Tehran, UNESCO-IHP, UTCO

Participating Countries/ Organizations: Africa, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Iran, Pakistan, South Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

Number of Participants: 40

Number of Female Participants: 1 (2%)

Objectives/Outcomes:

  • Risk management of groundwater resources in emergency situations (floods, droughts and earthquakes)
  • Methods for investigation of groundwater resources for emergency situations
  • Institutional and technical capacities
  • Mitigation strategies of natural disasters (floods, droughts and earthquakes)