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19 April 2013
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The Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation “Latin American and Pan-European Regions: Sharing Experiences and Learning from Each Other” will be jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the University of Bologna Campus in Buenos Aires.
The workshop will take place at the University of Bologna Campus in Buenos Aires and the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires on 11 and 12 June 2013.
Aims and objectives:
The workshop will highlight the benefits of transboundary water cooperation in terms of economic and social development, growth and protection of the environment. It will provide a platform for the exchange of information, sharing of lessons learned and showcasing good practices developed in the field of transboundary water cooperation in both the ECLAC and UNECE regions.
The workshop will allow representatives of different countries to work together to:
- Debate the current state of water cooperation, the progress achieved, including through GEF projects, and the prevailing challenges for cooperation on transboundary waters in the ECLAC and UNECE regions, including in relation to climate variability and change.
- Increase awareness of the international legal instruments on water, in particular, the UNECE Water Convention and its institutional framework, by presenting practical experiences of its application as well as discussing potential benefits for the ECLAC countries to accede to this international framework.
- Identify possible next steps and potential areas to improve cooperation within and between the ECLAC and UNECE regions, including activities carried out in the framework of the UNECE Water Convention and by other organizing partners of interest to the ECLAC countries.
More detailed information about the workshop is contained in the attached information notice (available in English and Spanish) and on the meeting website (http://www.unece.org/transboundary_water_cooperation_workshop_eclac.html).
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