WATER: VISION 2050

Thopic of the FORUM

Water Innovation Europe is an event led jointly by WssTP and ACQUEAU. It aims to push forward the central initiative of the European water sector – innovative collaboration for sustainable & competitive results – through active discussion and debate.

Water Innovation Europe is the event for innovation in the European water sector in 2012!

2º SEMINARIO Regional RALCEA para América Latina

Financiado por la Comisión Europea

Lugar: Hotel Villa de Telamar, Tela, 2-4 Mayo 2012, HONDURAS

The African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) programme has organized a “Conference on the Use of Earth Observation to Support Environmental Policy Making in Africa”, with the objective to promote an active, informed and sustainable participation of African governments in global environment surveillance initiatives.

A delegation of the ACP and EU parliaments is visiting the JRC units for getting further information about the JRC activities in the ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) countries.

SIXTH WORLD WATER FORUM, MARSEILLE
MONDAY, 12 MARCH 2012
SPECIAL EUROPEAN SESSION: EUROPEAN YEAR OF WATER

15.30    Opening

EC support to Water Science Centres of Excellence in Africa and Latin America towards sustainable policy making- Workshop Agenda

Where? 6th World Water Forum, Marseille. European Union Stand – meeting room 13 of March @ 14.30     

16.45   Tools for the sustainable development of the water sector:
     The Water Project Toolkit (Ms. Giorgia Donin, JRC)
    The Aquaknow Web Water Knowledge Management Platform (Juan Arevalo, JRC)

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

The China Europe Water Platform (CEWP) will promote the policy dialogue at the Wolrd Water Forum 6 between China and Europe about challenges, possible solutions and activities related to the water, food security and energy nexus.

AMESD will organize a “Conference on the Use of Earth Observation to Support Environmental Policies in Africa”, from 22 to 23 May 2012 in Addis Ababa, on the theme “Showcase the use of AMESD services for policy making”.

International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/about.html

Waterwise  conducts an annual conference on water efficiency. This year’s conference will be held in Oxford on the 21st and 22nd of March, coinciding with the World Water Day. The theme of the conference this year is ‘Engaging water users’. The conference has a great line up of speakers and penetrating panel discussions.

Speakers and presenters:

Richard Benyon - Water Minister

Sir John Beddington - Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government

Alan Alexander - Chair, Waterwise

Marian Spain - Ofwat, Policy and Communications (TBC)

Preliminary date 2 for SADC wide Consultative meeting in Gaberone, Botswana

To be confirmed...

Please submit final report to Nico of tasks JLP1.1 and JLP1.2 and KM 2.1

The NEPAD Western African Network of Centres of Excellence on water held in Dakar a technical meeting for the launching of its activities in the support program funded by the European Union.

Con este foro, la Alianza por el Agua, pretende generar diálogo y reflexión sobre la implementación del Derecho Humano al Agua en los países centroamericanos. También persigue que los principales actores de la cooperación internacional compartan sus enfoques.

Para mas información , visite: http://alianzaporelagua.org/foroDH2012/index.htm

Join the World Bank on January 31st for a discussion about using open data to address the challenges of climate change.

The 2012 World Water Week will be held under the theme “Water and Food Security” August 26-31, 2012 in Stockholm, Scandinavia’s expanding metropolitan capital on the waters of the Baltic Sea.

The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges

The Conference will focus on two themes: (a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and (b) the institutional framework for sustainable development.

 The African Water Association is pleased to announce its 16th Water and Sanitation Congress in partnership with Office national de l'eau potable (ONEP) and Association marocaine de l'eau potable et de l'assainissement (AMEPA), which will be held in Marrakech in Morocco from 20 to 23 February 2012 devoted to the theme:

"Collaborative mechanisms and innovations for sustainable development of water and sanitation sector in Africa".

Aims & Scope

The EGU General Assembly 2012 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Especially for young scientists, it is the aim of the EGU to provide a forum where they can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences. The EGU is looking forward to cordially welcoming you in Vienna.

The congress is organised by IWA and it is dedicated to finding sustainable, practical and cost effective policies with extreme weather conditions and water/energy scarcity issues addressed jointly in search of the most favourable long term balanced solution both at local and at global level.