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Electronic Newsletter of the International Network of Basin Organizations - N° 51 - June 2014

Released	17/06/2014

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Electronic Newsletter of the International Network of Basin Organizations
N° 51 - June 2014

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EUROPE-INBO 2014	Events in 2014	Back on events in 2013
Request your "Blue Passport"	The OECD "Water" Initiative	UNECE – INBO: towards a platform of pilot basins
Please sign the World Pact for better basin management	Our publications	Participate in the preparation of two new handbooks on basin management
Our other partner projects	Other websites on basin management	Life of INBO Regional Networks To contact us

"EUROPE-INBO 2014" : Our next big meeting this autumn.

12th International "EUROPE-INBO 2014" Conference
on the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

From 12 to 15 November 2014, Bucharest (Rumania)

At the invitation of the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change –Department of Water, Forests and Fishing, of the National Administration "APELE ROMANE” and of the National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management.

EUROPE-INBO partners

In partnership with the “EUROPE-INBO” Group of European Basin Organizations for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, CEENBO and MENBO.


EUROPE-INBO	ceenbo.org	remoc.org	7th World Water Forum	Regional European Process of the 7th World Water Forum

∎ Invitation to the “EUROPE-INBO 2014” Conference, and the summary draft program.
∎ To register, please fill up the registration form online

∎ More information on the activities of the INBO European networks in 2014, especially on the topics:
“WFD monitoring programs” and “River restoration and Natural Water Retention Measures“

∎ European regional process of the 7th World Water Forum

Kick-off conference – 19 May 2014, Brussels (Belgium) :
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/papers-and-photos-of-past-events/article/kick-off-meeting-world-water-forum-3362

European side-event at the 3rd World Forum of Istanbul – 29 May 2014:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/papers-and-photos-of-past-events/article/3rd-istanbul-international-water-3242

∎ Any information:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/agenda/article/europe-inbo-2014

∎ See the records of "Europe INBO" conferences from 2002 to 2013:
www.inbo-news.org/tag/europe-inbo?lang=en

Events in 2014

∎ 2nd Stakeholders Meeting for the 7th World Water Forum

27-28 February 2014, Gyeongbuk (South Korea)

Organized by the partners of the 7th World Water Forum and World Water Council, the 2nd Stakeholders Meeting of the 7th World Water Forum took place on 27 and 28 February 2014 in Gyeongju, in South Korea. The World Water Forum is the world greatest event on water.

This multi-stakeholder event will gather world famous specialists, international organizations, Ministers, Mayors, Members of Parliament, NGOs, research institutes, public and private companies, organizations of the civil society.

∎ Find online the photos of the meeting.
∎ Find online the presentation of the 7th World Water Forum.
∎ See also the World Forum website: http://eng.worldwaterforum7.org/en
∎ The thematic process: http://eng.worldwaterforum7.org/en/commissions/thema
∎ The regional process: http://eng.worldwaterforum7.org/en/commissions/region

∎ Third International Forum on Integrated Water Management, tools for ACTION
"Promoting transboundary water management"

7-9 May 2014, Quebec (Canada)

International meeting, a program of solutions for integrated management of transboundary basins in a context of climate change.

∎ See information and program:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/papers-and-photos-of-past-events/article/transboundary-water-management-in
http://rv-eau.ca/en/schedule/

∎ See the photos and the paper of the event

∎ Workshop “Counting our gains: Sharing experiences on identifying, assessing and communicating the benefits of transboundary water cooperation”

22-23 May 2014, Geneva (Switzerland)

∎ See information
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/papers-and-photos-of-past-events/article/workshop-counting-our-gains-3368
http://www.unece.org/env/water/workshop_benefits_cooperation_2014.html

∎ 3rd Istanbul International Water Forum
"Water Safety and legal aspects: Risk Assessment and Challenges, Opportunities to seize"

27-29 May 2014, Istanbul (Turkey)

∎ Find online the photos and papers

∎ Any information:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/agenda/article/3rd-istanbul-international-water-3242
http://www.iusf.org.tr/

∎ 9th meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management

25-26 June, Geneva (Switzerland)

∎ See information and program
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/agenda/article/9th-meeting-of-the-working-group-3357
http://www.unece.org/env/water/9th_wgiwrm_2014.html

∎ 17th International Riversymposium

15-18 September 2014 - Canberra (Australia)

∎ Find online the presentation and the program
∎ See also:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/agenda/article/17th-international-riversymposium-3076
riversymposium.com/

∎ 2nd Meeting on Water in Mountains

8-10 October 2014, Megève (France)

Starting from the findings that mountains are the water towers of the planet, the mountain dwellers together with the large foothill populations, get mobilized to adopt strategies for adaptation to the global changes that are taking place, and to prevent the risks of drought and floods. Elected officials, water managers and scientists are invited to meet to exchange, discuss and promote joint water management on the scale of the upper river basins.

∎ Any information:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/agenda/article/2nd-etats-generaux-de-l-eau-en
www.egem2014.org/

∎ See also the records of the Megéve international conferences on Water in Mountains: in 2010, 2006 and 2002

∎ First International Forum on Environment for Basin Organizations

26-28 November 2014, Bangkok (Thaïland)

This first Forum will be organized in close cooperation with the International Network of Basin Organizations and the Royal Government of Thailand. It will be a platform for basin organizations - and for relevant stakeholders such as international financial institutions, secretariats of multilateral conventions on the environment and other United Nations agencies - so that they can work together to improve transboundary basin governance and management, in taking better account and integrating environmental aspects

∎ Find the presentation online
∎ See also:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/agenda/article/first-international-environment-3043
www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2725&ArticleID=9594&l=en

"Let’s help the populations victims of the exceptional floods occurring in the Sava Basin"

The Sava River Basin was affected by floods, the worst and biggest ever recorded in history, in which several people were killed and many others were reported missing. Many towns and villages in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia are under water, while in areas hitherto spared they are struggling against further flooding.

Large populations have been evacuated and all available resources in the countries have been mobilized to provide aid in this difficult situation. Aid to the population in flooded regions in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia could be provided via the national branches of the Red Cross using the following links:

Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H): Red Cross Society of B&H, http://www.rcsbh.org/
Croatia: Croatian Red Cross, http://www.hck.hr/en/page/emergency-appeal-for-flood-affected-areas-in-croatia-415
Serbia: Red Cross of Serbia, http://www.redcross.org.rs/arhiva__2441

On INBO website, you will find the diary of events
To inform us of your next events on River Basin Management, please send a message to info@inbo-news.org

Back on our great events in 2013

∎ 2nd International high-level Congress on basin management

16-18 April 2013, Cappaelectronic-newsletter-of-the-international-network-of-basin-organizations-ndegia (Turkey)

∎ Find online the papers and photos of the event

∎ INBO World General Assembly 2013

12-16 August 2013, Fortaleza-Ceara (Brazil)

From 13 to 16 August 2013, 319 delegates coming from 49 Countries, representatives of governmental administrations in charge of water management, of Basin Organizations, already existing or being created, and from interested bilateral and multilateral institutions, research centers and associations, met in Fortaleza in Brazil, for the ninth World General Assembly of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO).

∎ Find online the final program of the General Assembly, the papers and photo of the event as well as the Declaration of Fortaleza and final resolutions

∎ 3rd National Congress on River Basin Management
and Third National Meeting of Operational Directorates of Basin Councils

27-30 August 2013, Morelia Michoacan (Mexico)

∎ Find online the papers and photos of the event

∎ European River Restoration Conference (ERRC)

11-13 September 2013, Vienna (Austria)

∎ Find online session 5: Enhancement of Multi-use Landscapes
and session 10: River Restoration : A Shared Challenge

∎ as well as the papers and the photos of the event.

∎ Eighth meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management

25-26 September 2013, Geneva - UNECE

∎ Find online the program of the workshop:
Basin Commissions and other joint bodies relating to cooperation on transboundary waters:
Legal and Institutional Aspects

∎ World Water Summit

9-11 October 2013, Budapest (Hungary)

∎ Find online the papers and photos and the Declaration

∎ Closing ceremony of the International Year of Water Cooperation

5-6 December 2013, Mexico

∎ Find online information, the papers and photos

∎ Cooperating beyond borders - Successfull examples of transboundary water management

Council of Europe, Strasbourg, December 11th, 2013

∎ The seminar proceedings and the event information

On INBO website you will find all the papers and photos of the above events and more.

The Blue Passport

The Blue Passport is an initiative of the International Secretariat for Water (ISW), conducted in partnership with the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) and local institutions involved and interested in the dissemination of this tool for raising awareness of water users and citizens of river basins.

∎ Application sheet for a blue passport:
www.sie-isw.org/en/blue-passport/how-to-obtain-a-passport/form?view=form

∎ See also:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/information-and-publications/article/the-blue-passport
http://www.sie-isw.org/en/blue-passportt

OECD "Water Governance" Initiative

OECD Survey on Stakeholder Engagement
for Effective Water Governance

Developed by the Working Group n° 1 "Stakeholder Engagement" of OECD Water Governance Initiative; the Survey targets approximately 200 major stakeholders from OECD and non-OECD countries including governments (central, regional, local), service providers (public, private and mixed), inter-governmental organizations, financial actors, river basin organizations, businesses, agricultural actors, civil society, trade unions, academia, consumer associations, regulators, and advisors.

∎ Any information:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/publications-and-electronic-newsletter-of-the-international-network-of-basin-organizations-ndeguments/article/oecd-online-survey-on-stakeholder

∎ See also "The OECD Initiative on Water Governance":
http://www.oecd.org/env/watergovernanceprogramme.htm#WaterGovInitiative

∎ UNESCO-ISARM and INBO are facilitating Working Group 3 on Basin Management

Papers of the 3rd Meeting of the OECD Water Governance Initiative 28-29 april 2014, Madrid (Spain)

Consult the working electronic-newsletter-of-the-international-network-of-basin-organizations-ndeguments of the group:
www.inbo-news.org/events/28-29-avril-2014-madrid/electronic-newsletter-of-the-international-network-of-basin-organizations-ndeguments-628/?lang=en

UNECE - INBO

Establishment of a platform of pilot river basins for adapting to the effects of climate change

The purpose of the program and network is to promote cooperation on the adaptation in transboundary basins to compare various methodologies and approaches for adapting to climate change and enabling a vision shared by the participating basins.

∎ Any information:
http://www.inbo-news.org/inbo/information-609/article/network-of-basins-working-on-water

∎ See also:
www.unece.org/env/water/water_climate_activ.html

∎ Preparation of a new guide "Collection of good practices and lessons learned on adaptation to climate change in transboundary and national basins of rivers, lakes and aquifers"

Sign the "World Pact for Better Basin Management"!

Already 128 signatures by basin organizations worldwide

Whether you are a basin organization, an administration, a scientific and technical organization, a local authority, an NGO or a professional organization of water users, if you approve the "World Pact" principles, you can sign it online

∎ Consult and sign the "Pact for better basin management"

∎ Ceremonies for the signing of the pact

in Marseilles (France), on 16 March 2012, during the World Water Forum
in Beirut (Lebanon), on 27 April 2012
at Lac Beauport (Quebec-Canada), on 23 Mai 2012,
in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), on 19 June 2012 during the UN Conference RIO+20
in Vogüe (Ardèche-France) on 15 and 16 November 2012 during the General Assembly of the French Public Local Basin Bodies (EPTB).

Contribute to the new "INBO Newsletter": We are waiting for your articles!

The 23rd issue of the “INBO Newsletter” 2014/2015 will focus on the proposals and practical experience of the members of our Network and their partners, as on the large priority topics which will be discussed at the World Water Forum in Daegu-Gyeongju in 2015.

∎ INBO Newsletter n°22 - 2014:
http://www.inbo-news.org/pub/INBO-22/

∎ The former INBO Newsletters:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/publications-and-electronic-newsletter-of-the-international-network-of-basin-organizations-ndeguments/the-network-newsletter/

∎ Preparation of the next newsletter 2014-2015:
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/publications-and-electronic-newsletter-of-the-international-network-of-basin-organizations-ndeguments/the-network-newsletter/article/preparation-of-inbo-newsletter-no

See our publications

∎ Handbook on Water Resources Management in Basins

∎ Handbook on integrated management of transboundary basins

∎ Guide to transboundary aquifer management (in French)

∎ Free Flow : Reaching Water Security through cooperation

∎ Report on experiences of transboundary basin organizations in Africa
- Good practices and recommendations

∎ All the publications: www.inbo-news.org/inbo/information-and-publications/

Preparation of two new "Handbooks"

Please participate in the drafting of our next two "Handbooks on Basin Management" - Collection of good practices

On the topics:

1. on the one hand, measures for adapting to the effects of climate change in river basins, and,

2. on the other, protection, restoration and management of aquatic ecosystems and the services they provide in the basins of rivers and lakes.

These publications, like the previous handbooks of 2009 and 2012, will be based on the practical experience and know-how gained in the field in the basins worldwide.

∎ Any information
www.inbo-news.org/inbo/information-609/article/please-take-part-in-the-drafting

Our other partner projects

≻ Natural Water Retention Measures - NWRM nwrm.eu
≻ SPI-Water "Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the Water Framework Directive implementation" www.spi-water.eu
≻ 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
≻ WATERPIPP - Water Public Innovative Procurement Policies http://www.waterpipp.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
≻ European Water Community Connecting science with policy and innovation to improve water management in Europe europeanwatercommunity.eu/
≻ NOVIWAM Novel Integrated Water Management Systems for Southern European Regions www.noviwam.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
≻ IWRM-NET Launching 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
≻ Twinbasin Promoting twinning agreements between river basins to strengthen practices of integrated water resources management www.twinbasin.org

Other websites on basin management

≻ EUWI EU Water Initiative www.euwi.net
≻ WISE : Water Information System for Europe http://water.europa.eu/
≻ European Environment Agency - "Water" topic http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water
≻ UNESCO’s "Water" portal http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/
≻ UNECE - The Water Convention
≻ World Water Day - 2014: Water & energy www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/
≻ The GEF : Global Environment Facility International waters : http://www.thegef.org/gef/GEF-3_IW_Operational_Program Climate change : http://www.thegef.org/gef/climate_change Transboundary waters : http://www.thegef.org/gef/IW_GEF5_strategy
≻ OECD Water Initiative http://www.oecd.org/fr/env/programmesurlagouvernancedeleau.htm
≻ Global Water Partnership (GWP) http://www.gwp.org/
≻ 7th World Water Forum in Daegu-Gyeongbuk in 2015 http://eng.worldwaterforum7.org/en
≻ 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles in 2012 http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/
≻ World Water Council http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/
≻ FFEM : French Fund for Global Environment - Protection of international waters http://www.ffem.fr/...
≻ Gest'Eau : the website of tools for integrated water management in France http://www.gesteau.eaufrance.fr
≻ International River Foundation http://www.riverfoundation.org.au/
≻ European Center for River Restoration (ECCR) http://www.ecrr.org/
≻ Great Rivers Partnership http://www.greatriverspartnership.org
≻ River Symposium http://riversymposium.com
≻ International Secretariat for Water http://www.sie-isw.org/

The Network life

∎ News from our Regional Networks of Basin Organizations
ANBO	African Network of Basin Organizations - www.omvs.org/
CEENBO	Network of Basin Organizations for Central and Eastern Europe www.ceenbo.org/
EECCA-NBO	Eastern European Caucasus Central Asia Network of Basin Organizations - www.eecca-water.net/
EUROPE INBO	European Basin Organizations Group for Implementing Water Framework Directive - www.inbo-news.org
LANBO	Latin-American Network of Basin Organizations - www.ana.gov.br/relob/
MENBO	Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations - www.remoc.org
NANBO	North American Network of Basin Organizations - www.monroban.org
NARBO	Network of Asian River Basin Organizations - http://www.narbo.jp/
REBOB	Brazilian Network of Basin Organizations - www.rebob.org.br/
∎ News from our Thematicals Networks of Basin Organizations
Climate change	Pilot network of basin organizations to test adaptation to climate change in the basins
Transboundary Basins	Network of International Commissions and Transboundary Basin Organizations

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