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Electronic Newsletter of the International Network of Basin Organizations
Come and sign in Marseilles
on 16 March 2012 at 13:00 Lunch-Buffet At the 6th WWF in Marseilles in March 2012, INBO will call all the present representatives of basin organizations of river, lake or aquifer, from various parts of the world to join this Pact for better management of the national and transboundary basins for better facing the challenges of the planet. ∎ Consult the draft "World Pact for better basin management"
∎ If you cannot come to Marseilles next March, please return us the “Pact” with your signature and the seal of your institution and you will be on the official list of the signatories which will be disseminated on 16 March 2012 in Marseilles. Thank you in advance! Participate in the official sessions on basin management From 13 to 16 March 2012 during the World Water Forum in Marseilles Synthesis sessions on Friday 16 March - 08:30 – 13:00. The International Forum Committee entrusted INBO, IOWater, UNESCO, UNECE, the European Commission’s DG Environment and OECD with the coordination of the Forum’s priority topics which aim to ”foster cooperation and peace”, to improve “Good Governance” and to present the European experience in basin management, in partnership with all other interested Organizations. ∎ UNESCO and INBO coordinators of Priority for Action (PA) 1.5: ”Contribute to cooperation and peace” for better management of transboundary basins. www.inbo-news.org/events/12-17-mars-marseille-france/pfa-1-5-../.. ∎ INBO was designated as Coordinator of “Target” 3 of the Condition for Success 1 “Good Governance”. This target relates to the development and implementation of National or Transboundary Basin Management Plans. http://www.inbo-news.org/events/12-17-mars-marseille-france/cs1-...-good-governance/... ∎ The European Commission and UNECE also coordinate two European sessions: one, Eu1, on the “Water convention” (Helsinki 1994) and the management of European transboundary basins, the other, Eu2, on the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) www.inbo-news.org/events/12-17-mars-marseille-france/processus-de-preparation-regionale/... ∎ The 12 sessions related to Basin Management and Transboundary Cooperation organized at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles - 13, 14 and 15 March 2012.
∎ « HANDBOOK ON THE MANAGEMENT
As you know, INBO intents to jointly publish with GWP, UNESCO, UNECE, AFD and GEF a new handbook on IWRM in transboundary river basins, following the first volume which was already published in 2009 at the Forum of Istanbul and which was an enormous world success. This handbook will be presented at the 6th World Water Forum of Marseilles in March 2012, please send to us by return your case studies, your solutions and recommendations. This handbook will be presented at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles, on 14 March 2012, at 13 :00 (Lunch Buffet): YOU ARE ALL INVITED!!
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Papers and photos : Online Agenda of Events: www.inbo-news.org/inbo/agenda/ Send us your next events on basin management info@inbo-news.org Our other partner projects  -› IWRM-NETLaunching of new research activities at national and regional level on the topic of integrated water resources management in relation with the European Water Framework Directive www.iwrm-net.eu  -› KPITB Development of Key Performance Indicators for Transboundary River Basin Management in Africa www.aquacoope.org/PITB  -› AWIS African Water Information System www.sadieau.org  -› EMWIS The Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System www.semide.net  -› SPI-Water "Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the Water Framework Directive implementation" www.spi-water.eu  -› Twinbasin Promoting twinning agreements between river basins to strengthen practices of integrated water resources management www.twinbasin.org  -› Waterdiss The implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and its daughter directives, as well as the Floods Directive, is not a “Business-as-usual approach” and constitutes an exceptional challenge to water managers and governments across Europe. Assessments of the current status of implementation have shown that less than 40% of water bodies will achieve Good Ecological Status in 2015 www.waterdiss.eu  -› Water RtoM - Water Research to Market Water RtoM aims to accelerate the transfer of research results (from 3 to 5 years) to the end-users, by adding a stage between Research products and existing mechanisms of technology transfer. www.waterrtom.eu Other websites on basin management  -› EUWI EU Water Initiative www.euwi.net
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