Background Under the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourse and International Lakes3 (Water Convention) and its Task Force on Water and Climate a programme of pilot projects in 8 transboundary basins in the pan-…

The Project will be implemented by the Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) in partnership with the ANBO Technical Secretariat which is under l'Organisation pour la mise en valeur du Fleuve Séngégal (OMVS). A joint GWP/ANBO Project Steering…

 On behalf of UNECE and UNESCO, coordinators of the UN-Water Thematic Priority Area (TPA) on Transboundary Waters, I am pleased to send you below and attached a call for contributions of Good practices in Transboundary Water Cooperation.     You are…

In the report "Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Multi-level Approach", OECD calls for more integrated water policies through the adoption of context-specific, flexible and multi-level governance mechanisms including at…

It took place in Dori, 13 and 14 June 2012, a national workshop information and awareness on the water charter Niger Basin and Annex No 1 on the protection of the environment.   The charter of the water of the Niger Basin is an international…

"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…

The China Europe Water Platform was launched in March 2012 at the 6th World Water Forum as a new working group of the EU Water Initiative, with Denmark and Portugal co-leading the work.    The specific purpose of the CEWP Work Programme 2012-2015…

OECD Regional Development Working Papers 2012/04   This report attempts to shed some light on the governance of water policy in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It argues that public governance of water in most LAC countries is…

Worldwide more and more organizations working in water management see the strategic importance of cross-border cooperation at regional level. Sometimes driven by international legislation, or sometimes as a result of identifying joint opportunities…

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…

As capacity-building support to its Partner organisations, the Global Water Partnership, together with the University of Dundee, will offer scholarships for 30 participants to undertake a module in International Water Law, in Dundee, 11-29 June 2012…

The present paper builds on the proceedings of a NARBO seminar in Malang, East Java, in June 2011, where a discussion was held about 'secrets' of successful RBOs. The 'secrets' include, in random order, • political support; • good stakeholder…

  The leitmotif of this 6th Forum is "The Time for Solutions". What better than images to show all the wonderful solutions that do exist, the local and regional solidarity actions led throughout the world, the simple idea of a man, woman or child…