Flood Management at the Stockholm World Water Week,

As part of the Stockholm World Water Week, the APFM organized a Side Event Country: "Assistance for Robust Flood Management Policies: The HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management", together with partners of GWP, Cap-Net/UNDP, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the Dundee Centre on Water Law, Policy and Science. The side event helped to further raise awareness among water professionals about the available support mechanism under the HelpDesk for countries and river basins. Three additional partners joined the HelpDesk Support Base, namely the DHI Group, the Dundee Centre for Water Law Policy and Science and the SIWI.

As part of the 'Water and Climate Day" the APFM joined Cap-Net and a series of further actors in organizing a seminar "Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) as a practical approach to climate change adaptation". During the seminar the newly available Training Manual and Facilitator's Guide on the same topic was published. This training manual is available to assist capacity builders in developing training and educational programmes on the use of IWRM tools and instruments for adaptation to climate change impacts. The material is intended to increase our understanding of climate change impacts and action through better water resources management. It is available at http://www.cap-net.org/node/1628.