"Mr. Teodoro Estrela Monreal, Head of the Hydrological Planning Office of the Júcar River Basin Authority (CHJ) in Valenica (Spain), was appointed new Permanent Technical Secretary of MENBO by Ms. María Ángeles Ureña, President of the CHJ. CHJ…
The China Europe Water Platform was launched in March 2012 at the 6th World Water Forum as a new working group of the EU Water Initiative, with Denmark and Portugal co-leading the work. The specific purpose of the CEWP Work Programme 2012-2015…
OECD Regional Development Working Papers 2012/04 This report attempts to shed some light on the governance of water policy in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It argues that public governance of water in most LAC countries is…
Worldwide more and more organizations working in water management see the strategic importance of cross-border cooperation at regional level. Sometimes driven by international legislation, or sometimes as a result of identifying joint opportunities…
Geneva, 17 March 2012 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention), adopted in Helsinki, Finland on 17 March 1992, celebrates…
In total: more than 150 films, from around 50 countries. The themes: aquatic myths and legends, public bath houses, rites and traditions, protection of wetlands, aquatic ecosystems, right to water and sanitation, floods, dams, pollution, conflict…
The Sourcebook on Africa's River Basin Organizations (RBO) volume 1 draft has been produced by Warner Consultants Ltd of Kampala Uganda as a desk study on behalf of African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO), African Ministers Council on Water (…
Contents of issue No. 33: - Transfer prices in the water industry. - Design and implementation of and lessons learned from the Water for All Programme in Peru. - Lessons learned from experiences in Germany, France and England. - Investment…
This booklet summarizes the key-findings and recommendations of the EC FP6 project RISKBASE The booklet is - free of charge - downloadable via: www.riskbase.info The primary target audience of RISKBASE are river-basin managers. Although…
Project overview International Office for Water (Oieau, as Secretariat of the International Network of Basin Organisations), the African Network of Basin Organisations (ANBO), Ecologic and various African transboundary basins have developed,…
INBO-Academy and ECRR – the European Centre for River Restoration (www.ecrr.org), join their forces to propose to Basin Organisations management staff a course at a distance. Introductory Course on River Restoration for decision-makers The…