World Water Forum, Istanbul

IWRM-net presence at the 5th Forum in Turkey

Wednesday 25 March 2009

IWRM-net partners were involved in the organisation a thematic event at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul. Within Theme 6 Education, Knowledge and Capacity Development, session 6.1.1. Knowledge for all, all for knowledge addressed the mechanisms and tools which improve sharing and use of knowledge. Within this the IWRM-Net project chaired a table looking at research need identification and presented to the audience an introduction to the project and its aims. With a wide range of delegates from across the globe we had a lively discussion and our record of this will be presented on the website very soon. The official report will be produced by the conveners (International Office for Water and NetWater Sri Lanka). Notes from the discussion at the table can be downloaded here.

Final Conference
IWRM-net would like to invite European and National Water Research Managers to Scotland Europa Office at Schumann Roundabout, Brussels
 
The final conference for IWRM-net will be on the 13-14th October.

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A Changing Climate : Regarding climate projections prepared by the IPCC 2008, it has been demonstrated that changes in precipitations and temperatures are expected in Europe, with likely significant regional differences. Climate change will affect average temperatures and the precipitations patterns, as well as the magnitude and the frequency of extreme events


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