EC support to Water Science Centres of Excellence in Africa and Latin America towards sustainable policy making
Where? 6th World Water Forum, Marseille
European Union Stand – meeting room 13 of March @ 14.30
Chairman: Dr. Cesar Carmona Moreno, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Facilitators: Mr. Murray Biedler, European Water Partnership
Dr. Andrea Leone, Joint Research Centre Consultant
14.30 Linking research and policy making, experiences and results:
EC support to Water Science Centres of Excellence in Africa and Latin America – an innovative the approach (Dr. Andrea Leone)
the EC JRC project supporting the African Union/NEPAD Networks of Centres of Excellence in water science (Prof. Alioune Kane, UCAD University, Senegal )
the RALCEA initiative (Mr. Juan Arevalo Torres)
15.15 Research excellence in Africa:
Solar desalination and defluorination units in Senegal (Prof. Alioune Kane, UCAD University, Senegal)
Water filtration and reuse through natural technologies in Ghana (Prof. Esi Awuah, KNUST University, Ghana)
Southern Africa Centers of Excellence, overview of latest research inputs to Water for Development and Growth (Mr. Murray Biedler)
16.00 Research Excellence in Latin America:
Innovation and technology development for water treatment and reuse (Dr. Jürgen Mahlknecht, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education)