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The « Agenda 2030 », the 17 « Sustainable Development Goals » (SDGs), their 169 targets and their 240 well attended indicators, multinational and multilateral roadmaps, constitute a great message of hope for the future of human societies and terrestrial ecosystems, currently facing the impacts of global change.

Within this framework, groundwater resources (GWR) have a key role to play, directly in terms of food, hygiene and health, protection and restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity … and, indirectly, for the reduction of poverty and inequalities, contribution to education and gender equality, peace.

This conference is organized by the French Committee for Hydrogeology (CFH) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) to address the key role of groundwater in the achievement of the SDGs.

INBO and its permanent technical secretariat, the International Office for Water (OiEau), partnered with the event through two round tables:

•    A round table on "Conjunctive management of groundwater and surface water: the interest of IWRM at basin level"
(Thursday 19th of May 2022, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.),

•    A round table on "The links between aquifers, rivers, wetlands, biodiversity and Sustainable Development Goals"
(Friday 20th of May 2022, from 9:40 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.).

 

 

  • Program of the round table on "Conjunctive management of groundwater and surface water: the interest of IWRM at basin level"

(Thursday 19th of May 2022, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.)

 

Master of Ceremony and Opening
Dr. Eric Tardieu, Secretary General, International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)

Keynote speaker
Ms. Michela Miletto (remotely), Coordinator of the World Water Assessment Programme at UNESCO (UNESCO-WWAP) - Groundwater: making the invisible visible

Our great witnesses will share their experience on the interest of IWRM at the basin scale to improve the joint management of groundwater and surface water:

1. Mr. Aurélien Dumont, Associate Project Officer - Groundwater Sustainability and Water Cooperation, UNESCO-IHP - Conjunctive Water Resources management:concepts and application to SDG indicator 6.5.2

2. Mr. Guy Fradin, former Director General of the Seine-Normandy Water Agency & former president of the board of the Rhine-Meuse Water Agency, France

3. Mr. James Sauramba (remotely), Executive Director, Groundwater Management Institute of the Southern African Development Community (SADC-GMI) - The Interest of IWRM at the Basin Scale to Improve the Joint Management of Groundwater and Surface Water

4. Mr. Aïssa Hlaimi (remotely), Coordinator of the North-Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) coordination mechanism, Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) - Programme eau de l'OSS Axé essentiellement sur les ressources en eau partagées pour une intégration économique en Afrique

Conclusion
Dr. Alice Aureli, Chief of the Groundwater Systems and Human Settlements Section, UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Program (IHP) (UNESCO-IHP)

 

 

  • Program of the round table on "The links between aquifers, rivers, wetlands, biodiversity and Sustainable Development Goals"

 

 

(Friday 20th of May 2022, from 9:40 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.)

 

Master of Ceremony and Opening
Ms. Guglielmina Oliveros-Toro, Assistant to the Deputy Director, Directorate General for Planning, Housing and Nature, Ministry of ecological transition, France


Panel of great witnesses
1. Dr. Eric Tardieu, Director General, International Office for Water (OiEau) - Les liens entre aquifères, rivières, zones humides, biodiversité et Objectifs de Développement Durable

2. Dr. James Dalton, Director of the Global Water Program, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - Governing groundwater for healthy ecosystems

3. Mr. Charles Hazet, Assistant to the Preservation and Management of Water and Mineral Resources Sub-Directorate, Ministry of ecological transition, France - 4ème Plan National Milieux Humides

4. Mr. Aurélien Dumont, Associate Project Officer - Groundwater Sustainability and Water Cooperation, UNESCO-IHP - Gestion et protection des zones humides côtières liées aux eaux souterraines en zone méditerranéenne : une approche par les services écosystémiques Experience PHI UNESCO - MedPartnership Project

Conclusion
Ms. Guglielmina Oliveros-Toro, Assistant to the Deputy Director, Directorate General for Planning, Housing and Nature, Ministry of ecological transition, France