I am pleased to invite you to participate in the drafting of our next two "Handbooks on Basin Management", which will be published next year on the occasion of the World Water Forum in Daegu-Gyeongju in South Korea.   These two Handbooks will fit…

   1. Context and objectives   The "EUROPE-INBO" group, created in Valencia, Spain, in 2003 by the European Basin Organisations of INBO for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), aims at enriching the implementation of water…

The OECD online Survey on Stakeholder Engagement for Effective Water Governance.   Please complete the Survey for 5 May 2014 or at least as soon as possible in English, French or Spanish.   This Survey aims to collect data on stakeholder engagement…

INBO-Academy (International Network of Basin Organisations) and CIREF (Iberian Centre for River Restoration), in coordination with ECRR (European Centre for River Restoration), join their forces to propose to Basin Organizations management staff,…

The Thiess International Riverprize was first awarded in 1999, and has grown to become the world's most prestigious environmental award. There are now 15 international winners and more than 50 finalists who have demonstrated their outstanding…

"Mr. Teodoro Estrela Monreal, Head of the Hydrological Planning Office of the Júcar River Basin Authority (CHJ) in Valenica (Spain), was appointed new Permanent Technical Secretary of MENBO by Ms. María Ángeles Ureña, President of the CHJ.   CHJ…

Geneva, 17 March 2012 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention), adopted in Helsinki, Finland on 17 March 1992, celebrates…

In total: more than 150 films, from around 50 countries.   The themes: aquatic myths and legends, public bath houses, rites and traditions, protection of wetlands, aquatic ecosystems, right to water and sanitation, floods, dams, pollution, conflict…

INBO-Academy and ECRR – the European Centre for River Restoration (www.ecrr.org), join their forces to propose to Basin Organisations management staff a course at a distance.   Introductory Course on River Restoration for decision-makers  The…