The ninth meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management was held from Wednesday, 25 June 2014 until Thursday, 26 June in the Palais des Nations in Geneva. It was held back-to-back with the meeting of the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Working Group on 24 June.
The main objective of the meeting was to review the implementation of the programme of work for 2013–2015. The report will be made available on this website soon.
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| Annotated provisional agenda (ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2014/1) | |||
| Report of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management on its ninth meeting (ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2014/2) | |||
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Item 2 |
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Item 3 |
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| Ratification status of the Water Convention, the amendments to its articles 25 and 26 and of its Protocols (WG.1/2014/INF.1) | |||
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Item 4 (b) |
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| Report of the third meeting of the Implementation Committee (ECE/MP.WAT/IC/2014/2) |
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Item 4 (c) |
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| Item 4 (d) Draft analysis on the needs for reporting under the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2014/3) |
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| Item 5 Report on implementation of the European Union Water Initiative National Policy Dialogues on Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Supply and Sanitation (ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2014/4) |
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Item 6 Draft policy guidance note on identifying, assessing and communicating the benefits of transboundary water cooperation “Counting our gains" (WG.1/2014/INF.3) |
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| Item 7 Progress report on the collection of lessons learned and good practices on water and adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins (ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1./2014/5) |
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| Activities of the pilot projects and other basins in the global network of basins on adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins (WG.1/2014/INF.4) | |||
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Item 8 |
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Item 10 (c) |
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| Report of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health on its third session. Programme of work for 2014-2016 (ECE/MP.WH/11/Add.1-EUDCE/1206123/3.1/2013/MOP-3/06/Add.1) | |||
| Report of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health on its third session. Decision III/1 on general issues of compliance (ECE/MP.WH/11/Add.2−EUDCE/1206123/3.1/2013/MOP-3/06/Add.2) |
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Item 10 (e) |
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| Implementation of the Astana Water Action: fostering progress towards improved water management (ECE/CEP/2013/9) | |||
| Item 11 Opportunities to support the implementation and monitoring of a sustainable development goal on water (WG.1/2014/INF.5) |
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| Item 13 Programme of work for 2013–2015 (ECE/MP.WAT/37/Add.1) |
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| List of participants |
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| Item 4 (a) Projects on the ground Mr. Bo Libert, Regionl Adviser, UNECE |
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Item 4 (b) |
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| Item 5 European Union Water Initiative and National Policy Dialogues Ms. Ana Drapa, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Romania |
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| Item 6 Assessing the benefits of transboundary water cooperation Mr. Harry Liiv, Ministry of the Environment, Estonia |
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Item 7 |
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Task Force on Water and Climate |
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| Item 8 Pilot Assessment of the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in the Alazani/Ganykh River Basin Ms. Mariam Makarova, Head of Water Resources Management Service, Ministry of Environment and Natural Recources Protection, Georgia |
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| Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus Assessment in the Sava River Basin Mr. Dejan Komatina, Secretary, International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRCB) |
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| Assessing the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in transboundary basins: status, progress, lessons and the future Mr. Seppo Rekolainen, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland / Chair of the Nexus Task Force |
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| Item 9 (a) UNESCO and UNECE Partnership. Progress on Implementation of the decision on cooperation between UNESCO-IHP and the Water Convention, taken at the Meeting of the Parties in Rome 2012 |
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| Outcomes of the Side event and other promotion activities at the "5th Africa Water Week" 26-30 May Ms. Sonja Koeppel, UNECE |
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| Outcomes of the Workshop "The Water Convention: key aspects and oppurtunities for the Arab countries" 11-12 June 2014, Tunis Ms. Chantal Demilecamps, UNECE |
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| Item 9 (b) Two Conventions to support transboundary water cooperation: where do we stand? |
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| Item 10 (a) The International Year of Water Cooperation and Beyond. A preliminary overview of IYWC UNESCO-UNECE |
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| Promotion of the Convention, its activities and guidelines Mr. Nick Bonvoisin, Secretary to Water Convention, UNECE |
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Item 10 (b) |
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Item 11 |
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Item 12 |
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| Item 13 Upcoming events Mr. Nick Bonvoisin, Secretary to Water Convention, UNECE |