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10th INBO World General Assembly
      From 1st to 4th June 2016 in Merida - Mexico
Faced with major global challenges, water management
    in basins is essential everywhere in the world!
20 years after its first General                                                                                                 ➎ Promoting the modernization
Assembly in Morelia, the 10th INBO                                                                                                 and development of hydrolo-
World General Assembly gathered                                                                                                    gical cycle and climate
in Merida in Mexico more than                                                                                                      variables measurement
600 participants from 50 countries,                                                                                                systems and, more broadly,
including Mr. Rolando Zapata Bello,                                                                                                the design and implementation
Governor of Yucatan, Mr. Abdelaziz                                                                                                 of genuine Water Information
Zerouali, representative of Ms. Charafat                                                                                           Systems (WIS) and those on
                                                                                                                                   aquatic environments, both at
Afailal, Minister Delegate for Water
                                                                                                                                   basin level and at national and
(Kingdom of Morocco), Presidency of
                                                                                                                                   transboundary level.
the COP22, Mr. Diène Faye, Secretary
of State for Water (Senegal),                                                                                                    ➏ Improving performance indica-
                                                                                                                                   tors on sustainable management
Mr. Péter Kovács, Secretary of State for
                                                                                                                                   of river basins and water user
Water (Hungary), Mr. Jacques Ganou­           Transfer of INBO Presidency © INBO - C.Runel                                         systems, especially within the
lis, Special Secretary of State for Water
                                                                                                                                   OECD Water Governance Initiative.
(Greece), Minister Rafael Pacchiano         The topic of the first roundtable has      The new INBO President is committed
Alamán, Federal Secretary for Envi­         become a priority of the Climate           to promoting the development of River     At the end of its work, the General
ronment and Natural Resources -             Conferences since the COP21 in Paris.      Basin Organizations and the imple­        Assembly adopted the ”Merida
­S EMARNAT (Mexico), Mr. Ibrahim            It was addressed several times during      mentation of a basin integrated mana­     Declaration”, which calls for inte­
 Addulkarim Mansoor Obeidat, Ambas­         the General Assembly, especially with      gement policy in liaison with the High    grated water resources management at
 sador of Jordan to Mexico, and             the presentation and signatures of the     Level Panel on Water.                     basin level to be taken into account as
 Mr. Roberto Ramírez de la Parra,           ”Paris Pact on Water and Adapta-                                                     a priority in the Global Climate
                                                                                       His action plan sets six objectives for
 ­Director General of the National Water    tion to the Effects of Climate                                                       Action Agenda (GCAA), approved at
                                                                                       the 2016-2019 period:
  Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA).           Change in the Basins of Rivers,                                                      the COP21 in Paris, as well as in the
                                                                                       ➊ Strengthening INBO Regional
                                            Lakes and Aquifers”, which has                                                       work of the High Level Panel on
The General Assembly led to the                                                          Networks to transform them into
                                            already been signed by 359 organiza­                                                 Water and Sustainable Develop-
organization of a Forum of Interna-                                                      true resources centers to help
                                            tions over the world..                                                               ment.
tional Cooperation Organizations                                                         professionalize the technical and
and four thematic roundtables:              Mr. Roberto Ramírez de la Parra,             administrative executives of Basin      Find the Declaration of Merida,
                                            Director General of CONAGUA,                 Organizations and their partners.            as well as the various
●   Adaptation to climate change
                                            ­presented water management in             ➋ Encouraging studies on adap-                documents and photos
    in basins,
                                             Mexico, the host country of the             tation to climate change in               from the General Assembly
●   Mandates, composition, role              General Assembly.                           basins in support to participatory              on the Website:
    and means of the Basin Coun-                                                         decision-making processes.
                                            He particularly stressed the two big­                                                 www.inbo-news.org
    cils and Committees,
                                            gest challenges facing his administra­     ➌ Ensuring access of developing
●   Sustainable basin manage-               tion: ensuring adequate water supply to      countries to international
    ment: planning and funding,             all uses with scarce resources and           resour­ces to reduce gaps in insti­
●   Participation of the economic           limiting the hydro-meteorological risks      tutional organization and
    sectors and citizens.                   and their impacts in the context of cli­     infrastructure equipment, so that
                                                                                         basin management is increa-
                                            mate change, increasing activity of
                                                                                         singly effective.
                                            hurricanes in the Caribbean and Pacific
                                            regions of the country.                    ➍ Building national, regional and
                                                                                         international capacities to
    Mexico +20!                             The INBO World Presidency was                progressively implement new
                                            transferred from Mr. Lupercio                water resources and basin mana­
                                            Antonio Ziroldo (President 2013-             gement models, including trans­
                                            2016) to Mr. Roberto Ramírez de la           parency, information management
                                            Parra, Director General of CONA-             and financial resources.
                                            GUA, (new President 2016-2019).

                                             ”F or           better basin management in the world ”

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COP22
                    9 November 2016 - Marrakech - Morocco
                  Freshwater finally recognized as a priority
                     in the Global Climate Action Agenda
As part of the Global Climate Action      ”This aligns perfectly with COP22,           These ”Alliances” reported, in particu­   In addition, INBO also organized or
Agenda - GCAA (successor of the           which is striving to be a COP for            lar, during the ”Water Showcase” on:      participated in a dozen side events on
Lima-Paris Action Agenda - LPAA),         action!”, remarked Ms. Charafat Afailal,        the positive progresses made          adaptation to climate change that pro­
the International Network                 Minister Delegate for Water in                   with the Flagship Projects on         moted the ”Paris Pact”, the joint
of Basin Organizations (INBO)             Morocco. ”Now, we need to realize                water adaptation launched at          management of ground and surface
was designated by the two Climate         what is at stake, since water insecurity         the COP21, such as the Hydrolo­       waters, Water Information Systems
Champions, the Environment Minis­         leads to increased conflicts, tension            gical Information System of the       (WIS) and Social Innovations (AfriAl­
ter of the Kingdom of Morocco,            between populations, and also pro­               Congo River, the integrated mana­     liance project).
Ms. Hakima El Haite, and the              vokes migrations that threaten overall           gement of the Hai River in China,     Finally during the COP22, INBO, in
French Ambassador for the nego-           stability”.                                      the strengthening of the new          partnership with the International
tiations on climate change,               Climate justice was also a priority of           Mexico Metropolitan Organization      Secretariat for Water (ISW), presented
Ms. Laurence Tubiana, as facilita-        the Water Action Day, as evidenced               for Urban Stormwater Drainage or      the ”Blue Passport” initiative, which
tor of the Water Action Day, in           by the launching of the ”Water for               the ”Eco-cuencas” Climate Adapt       aims to promote basin citizenship and
partnership with the World Water          Africa Initiative”, established by the           cooperation project between Euro­     encourage new commitments to
Council and the Moroccan Ministry         Kingdom of Morocco and supported by              pean and Andean countries,            improve the management of rivers,
Delegate for water.                       the African Development Bank.                                                          lakes and aquifers.
                                                                                          new adaptation projects
Two official events were organized on     Global Alliances for Water                       an­nounced at COP22’s Water           A personal ”Blue Passport” was
9 November 2016:                          and Climate                                      Day, for example, the Sebou River     handed to Ms. Ségolène Royal,
    A ”Water Showcase”, in the           The four ”Alliances” for Basins (Paris           management in Morocco, the            French Minister for the Environment,
     morning, dedicated to promoting      Pact), Megacities, Business and Desa­            creation of the ”Water Adapt Trai­    Energy and the Sea, and to Ms. Judith
     practical initiatives;               linization, created at the COP21 in              ning Center HYDRUS” in Brasilia,      Enaw, Secretary General of the Inter­
    A ”Water Dialogue”, in the after­    Paris and strongly involved in water             or the future use of the SWOT         national Congo-Ubangui-Sangha
     noon, built as a high-level debate   and climate action, which today repre­           satellite for hydrological observa­   Commission (CICOS) and President of
     on major water and climate policy    sent more than 450 organizations                 tions, among other things”.           the African Network of Basin Orga-
     issues.                              worldwide, jointly committed them­           ”Adaptation of water resources to cli­    nizations (ANBO), in recognition of
                                          selves to mobilize their partners, iden­     mate change must be organized at the      their respective contributions for better
On this occasion, the ”Blue Book on
                                          tify and disseminate good practices          natural level of national or transboun­   management of the French and African
Water and Climate” (collection of
                                          and support the development of new           dary basins of rivers, lakes and aqui­    river basins and of their action for cli­
orientations and recommendations)
                                          projects by field stakeholders involved      fers, where water is flowing from         mate.
was launched by the Moroccan
Government and its partners as a          in ­a daptation and resilience of the        upstream to downstream, and mobilize
                                          water ­sector.                               all field stakeholders, including local    www.inbo-news.org
concrete outcome of its interim Inter­
national Conference on Water and                           for Wate                    authorities, economic sectors and civil
                                                        es         ra
                                                      nc                               society, to achieve, through dialogue
­Climate, hosted in Rabat in July 2016,
                                              bal Allia

                                                                           nd

                                                          G A f Wa C                   and in due time, a common vision to
 in cooperation with the French Govern­
                                                                              Clima

 ment, INBO and the WWC.
                                                               Basins

                                                              Business
                                                                                       face the climate change challenges”,
                                                                                       said Mr. Roberto Ramirez de la
                                            lo

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                                                                                       Parra, INBO World President.

    Signing of the 4 Alliances’ Declaration ©INBO - C. Runel

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IWRA XVI World Water Congress
                           29 May - 2 June 2017 - Cancun - Mexico
                                              The purpose of the Congress was to
                                              facilitate cooperation and coordination
                                              among professionals in order to
                                              achieve the Sustainable Development
                                              Goals, particularly those related to
                                              water, as well as the climate agree­
                                              ments established under the auspices
                                              of the UN Framework Convention on
                                              Climate Change (UNFCCC).
                                              The International Network of Basin
                                              Organizations (INBO) actively parti­        Mr. Jean-François Donzier, INBO Secretary General, participated
                                              cipated in this Congress by facilitating    in the High Level Panel on Water and Climate © INBO - C.Runel
                                              a Special Session on ”The Legacy of        For the first time, a special session was   International Water Resources
The XVI World Water Congress focused
                                              COP22: Implementing the Global             also devoted to vocational training for
                                                                                                                                     Association (IWRA)
on ”Bridging Science and Policy” and
                                              Action Agenda for Climate and Water        water professionals, including leaders        www.iwra.org
was held in Cancun, Mexico.
                                              (GCAA-Water)”.                             and partners of Basin Organizations.
It was organized jointly by the                                                                                                       www.worldwatercongress.com
                                              A meeting of the Global Alliances for      INBO was also invited to a special ses­
International Water Resources
                                              Water and Climate, that were created       sion hosted by the Australian Govern­
Association (IWRA), the National
                                              at the COP22 in Marrakech and of           ment and dedicated to data and indi­
Water Commission of Mexico
                                              which INBO is the Secretariat, also took   cators useful for following-up the­
(CONAGUA) and the National Asso-
                                              place on this occasion.                    UN-SDG 6 on Water.
ciation of Water and Sanitation
                                                                                                                                        IWRA
Services (ANEAS).

             INBO is getting mobilized
                 for the COP23
                                                                                          Launching of the 8th World Water Forum
    The next United Nations Climate           INBO will participate in COP23 by          18 - 23 March 2018 - Brasilia - Brazil
    Change Conference of the Parties          presenting the progress made in two
    (COP23) will be held from 6 to            years by the ”Paris Pact on Water
    17 November 2017 in Bonn (Ger­            and Adaptation to Climate Change
    ma­ny), under the chairmanship of         in the Basins of Rivers, Lakes and
    Fiji Islands.                             Aquifers”, today signed by 359
    This Fijian Presidency will be an         organizations worldwide and on the
    opportunity to draw attention to the      many related projects.
    problems of the Small Island States       The four Global Alliances for              On 27 and 28 June 2016 in Brasi-            In this thematic process, INBO was
    and coastal lowlands due to the           Climate and Water, created at the          lia, Brazil, the launching of the           selected as a member of the ”Gover­
    global warming and its impacts, such      COP22 in Marrakech, will also              8th World Water Forum gathered              nance” Coordination Group, especially
    as rising sea levels and the intensifi­   present the progresses made over the       800 participants, with an important         with regard to transboundary coopera­
    cation of extreme meteorological          past year thanks to the mobilization of    number of representatives from              tion and to the Global Alliances for
    events.                                   basin institutions, metropolises and       the Latin American States and Bra-          Water and Climate, of course, on
    The United Nations University Insti­      business, including the ”incubation”       zilian civil society.                       water adaptation to climate.
    tute for Environment and Human            of many pilot projects.
                                                                                         The structure and organization of           The ninth edition of the Forum will be
    Security (UNU-EHS) has published a        www.cop-23.org                             WWF8 were at the core of the discus­        organized in 2021 in Senegal in Dakar.
    series of reports detailing the impact                                               sions. The Forum will focus on five
    of climate change on the Pacific                                                     processes: Policy, Regional, Thematic,
    islands community.                                                                   Citizen and Sustainable Development.
                                                                                         The thematic process seems to be the
                                                                                         most structured at this stage. It broadly
                                                                                         reflects the structure and priorities of
                                                                                         the Sustainable Development Goals
                                                                                         (SDGs).

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)                                                                                                     WORLD BANK

                       Roundtable of Development Partners:
                   ”Strengthening Hydrometeorological Services
                           for Sustainable Development”
                                           13 - 14 April - Geneva - Switzerland
                                           international support to the develop­       ●   The CREWS initiative (on the          They also stressed the need to finance
  The group of participants                ment and enhancement of investment              strengthening of systems for pre­     not only infrastructure but also the sus­
                                           and technical assistance for the Natio­         vention, information and warning      tainable functioning of NMHSs and the
                                           nal Meteorological and Hydrological             about dangerous hydrometeorolo­       capacity building of their staff, services
                                           Services (NMHSs).                               gical and climatic events),           to end-users and operation and main­
                                           It gathered a wide range of participants,   ●   The WISER Program (Stren­             tenance of infrastructure.
                                           representatives of Multilateral Deve­           gthening Weather and Climate          Like the Paris Pact on Water and
                                           lopment Banks and National Meteoro­             Services in East Africa).             Adaptation to Climate Change in
                                           logical and Hydrological Services           The participants in the Roundtable        the Basins of Rivers, Lakes and
                                           (NMHSs) from developed and develo­          highlighted, on the one hand, the key     Aquifers, which especially targets
                                           ping countries.                             role that National Meteorological and     the strengthening of water mea-
                                           These stakeholders initiated thinking       Hydrological Services (NMHSs) play        surement networks and Water
                                           about the principles and good prac­         in achieving the Sustainable Develop­     Information Systems, this initiative
                                           tices to be implemented in order to         ment Goals of Agenda 2030 and, on         helps to promote the idea that good
                                           respond to the need for better coordi­      the other, the difficulties encountered   water management is conceivable
INBO participated in this round­                                                                                                 only with a good knowledge of the
                                           nation of the different capacity building   in establishing sustainable and autono­
table organized by the World                                                                                                     resource and its uses.
                                           programs for NMHSs, in particular:          mous funding mechanisms for official
Meteorological Organization (WMO)
                                           ●   Hydromet Africa (Regional               development assistance to these
and the World Bank (WB), in
                                               Framework Program for Improving         ­services.
partnership with the Global Framework
for Climate Services (GFCS) and the            NMHSs in Sub-Saharan Africa),
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction                                                             We cannot manage
and Recovery (GFDRR).                                                                            what we cannot measure!
The event aimed to promote increased

 Stockholm Water Week
                   28 August - 2 September 2016 - Stockholm - Sweden
The Stockholm Water Week, as a step        INBO also intervene in the side event       In addition, INBO facilitated a round­    Finally, as a member of the Stee-
towards 2016 COP22, broadly                organized by the World Water Council,       table on the theme of transbounday        ring Committee of the OECD Water
addres­sed the issue of the relationship   ”Actions speak louder than words”.          management to highlight the links         Governance Initiative, INBO also
between water and climate.                 The event aimed to follow-up the inter-     between the SDGs, to enhance the          participated in the side event on
Many side events have highlighted the      forum thematic roadmaps between the         actions carried out and present the       good water governance indicators,
initiatives launched at COP21 for          7th World Water Forum in South Korea        implementation prospects before the       together with the Scientific and Tech­
follow-up in Marrakech COP22, such         in 2015 and the 8th World Water Forum       World Water Forum in Brasilia.            nical Association for Water and Envi­
as the ”Paris Pact on water and            in Brazil in 2018.                                                                    ronment, Crossflow Consulting, Trans­
adaptation to climate change in the                                                                                              parency International, and the Water
                                           As a ”Champion for the Daegu-
basin of rivers, lakes and aqui-                                                                                                 Integrity Network.
                                           Gyeongju implementation com­mit-
fers”, the Alliance of Megacities          ment” (DGIC) for theme 4.3
and the Business Alliance.                 ”Cooperation to reduce conflicts
INBO participated in a working meeting     and improve transboundary water
organized by the French and Moroccan       management”, INBO presented the
presidencies of COP21 and COP22 to         progress made in the past year.
present the history of the Paris Pact
and its prospects.

                                                                                           Mr. Eric Tardieu, Deputy Permanent Technical Secretary of INBO

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International Events
                                                                                                                                                               www.riversymposium

    19th International Rivers Symposium
                                 12 - 14 September 2016 - New Delhi - India
The Himalayan mountain range is the          mental protection in various regions of
                                                                                            Opening ceremony
headwaters of 10 major rivers that pro­      the world?
vide ecosystem services, water, energy       5 topics were discussed during the
and food to more than 1.5 billion            plenary sessions of the Symposium,
people in Asia, i.e. one fifth of the wor­   which gathered about 500 participants
ld’s population.                             representing various sectors and
It is therefore essential to work towards    regions of the world:
the development of a more optimal               The Water-Energy-Agriculture
river management in this region.                 nexus in the Himalayan river
On the basis of this observation, the            basins: balancing the benefits,
India Water Partnership (IWP) orga­             Understanding and adapting to cli­
nized, in partnership with the Interna­          mate change,
tional River Foundation, the 19th Inter­
                                                Protecting and restoring river eco­
national Rivers Symposium, on the                                                           Cooperative management approa­       which he presented the implemen-
                                                 systems as part of integrated river
theme ”Great rivers of the world:                                                            ches in transboundary basins.        tation of the Paris Pact on Water
                                                 basin management,
Management for shared benefits”                                                         Jean-François Donzier, INBO               and Adaptation to Climate Change
and the issue: how to better balance            Developing community resilience:
                                                                                        Secretary General, was a keynote          in River, Lake and Aquifer Basins.
economic development and environ­                linking local action to basin plan­
                                                                                        speaker in the climate session, in         http://riversymposium.com
                                                 ning,

Africa
                                                                                                                                                                           Rése
    African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO)                                                                                                                          Afric

                           6th General Assembly and Liaison Bureau
                                    20 - 22 September 2016 - Kigali – Rwanda
                                                                                        duced by the Technical Advisory Com­      can stakeholders in innovation to
                                                                                        mittee of AMCOW.                          reduce water management vulnerabi­
                                                                                        This Priority Action Plan aims to         lity to climate change in Africa.
                                                                                        achieve the 2025 African Water            INBO, as facilitator of the COP22
                                                                                        Vision: i.e. ”An Africa where water       Water and Climate Day, presented the
                                                                                        resources are used and managed in an      organizational plan for this event and
                                                                                        equitable and sustainable way for         invited the African partners to be
                                                                                        poverty reduction, socioeconomic          represented at the best level.
                                                                                        development, regional cooperation         The approval of ANBO new statutes
                                                                                        and environmental protection”.            was unanimously welcomed. ANBO
                                                                                        The General Assembly also enabled to      Secretariat is taken care of by the
                                                                                        evaluate past actions, present the bud­   Organization for the Development of
                                                                                        getary situation of ANBO and introduce    the Senegal River (OMVS).
The 6 th ANBO General Assembly,              (AMCOW).                                   future projects.                          The General Assembly finally elected
which took place from 20 to 22 Sep­          It shows the growing importance of the     Mr. Eric Tardieu, INBO Secretariat,       Ms. Judith Enaw (Secretary General
tember 2016 in Kigali, has a special         Network with the adoption of its new       presented the ”AfriAlliance” project,     of the International Commission of the
place in the history of the institution,     statutes and recognition of its key role   whose implementation will be the sub­     Congo-Ubangui-Sangha Basin -
created in 2002 and then designated          in the implementation of the 2016-         ject of close cooperation with ANBO.      CICOS) as the new ANBO President.
in 2007 as Technical Committee of the        2025 Priority Action Plan for Water        It aims to network European and Afri­      www.raob-anbo.org
African Ministers’ Council on Water          Resources Management in Africa, pro­

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Africa
 AWIS
                   The African Water Information System (AWIS)
By sharing experience and               the African continent to support
knowledge, the African River Basin      the exchange of experience,
Organizations can find solutions to     knowledge and expertise
the many challenges they face.          between Member Organizations,
They differ in terms of seniority,      to improve coordination and
experience, size and mandate and        harmonization of policies, strate-
this diversity offers a great oppor­    gies and practices in transboun-
tunity to exchange, learning, capa­     dary water management.
city building and cooperation           In 2016, .an analysis of the existing
among them.                             sites in Africa and elsewhere in the
In this sense, the African Network      world was carried out, and AWIS            Workshop in Dakar - Senegal
of Basin Organizations (ANBO),          weaknesses and strengths were             This workshop recommended
through the African Water Infor-        analyzed, at a participatory              some main lines for AWIS deve-
mation System (AWIS), is esta-          workshop held in April 2016 in            lopment strategy.
blishing a common platform for          Dakar, taking into account the
                                        opportunities.                             www.awis.org

 The African Great Lakes Conference
                                 2 - 5 May 2017 - Entebbe - Uganda
                                              More than 200 participants          mission (LCBC), the Congo-Uban­        In his speech at the closing ses-
                                                                                  gui-Sangha International Commis­       sion of the Conference, Mr.
                                                                                  sion (CICOS) and the Volta Basin       Jean-François Donzier, Secre-
                                                                                  Authority (VBA), in three thematic     tary General of INBO, reminded
                                                                                  sessions (Governance and Finan­        that basins of national or trans-
                                                                                  cing at Basin Level - Climate Change   boundary rivers, lakes and aqui-
                                                                                  Impacts, Mitigation, Adaptation, -     fers are the places where appro-
                                                                                  Balancing Conservation and Deve­       priate and ”no regret” measures
                                                                                  lopment), INBO held two events:        must be taken without delay to
                                                                                     The AfriAlliance workshop,         adapt water resources to the
                                                                                      organized in partnership with      effects of climate change.
                                                                                      the International Office for        www.greatlakesofafrica.org
The African Great Lakes Confe­          Tanganyika, Lake Turkana and Lake             Water, (IOWater), which brought
rence, organized by The Nature          Victoria), donors, academic institu­          together around 40 participants
Conservancy with the support of         tions, the private sector and non-go­         to identify the challenges and
many partners and sponsors,             vernmental organizations, discussed           solutions related to water and
including INBO, provided a regio­       ways to improve the management of             climate in the region.
nal framework for jointly discus­       river/lake basins and associated             A side event on ”The Legacy
sing the challenges to be faced and     resources in this vast region span­           of COP22 and the Global
ensuring conservation and sustai­       ning 850,000 km², where 12 coun­              Alliances for Water and Cli-
nable development.                      tries share the benefits of rich biodi­       mate”, that gathered more
More than 200 representatives from      versity.                                      than 80 people to discuss case
local and national governments, Afri­   In addition to the speeches of its            studies on climate change
can Great Lakes Basin Organizations     representatives and partners, of the          adaptation in basins.
(Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Lake Kivu,   Lake Victoria Basin Commission                                                    Mr. Jean-François Donzier,
Lake Malawi / Nyasa / Niassa, Lake      (LVBC), the Lake Chad Basin Com­                                                  INBO Secretary General

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Africa
    ”AfriAlliance”                                                                                                                                                                           DG Environment

Innovative solutions for water and climate in Africa                                                                                                                                         DG ENVIRONNEMENT

                                                                                                            ●     Capacity Building,                       First Conference
                                                                                                            ●     Climate Change Adaptation and            in South Africa
                                                                                                                  Mitigation,                              in March 2017
                                                                                                            ●     Networks for water data monito­          The first ”AfriAlliance” Conference
                                                                                                                  ring, collection and analysis, and       was organized as a side event of the
                                                                                                                  climate forecasting.                     Local Climate Solutions for Africa
                                                                                                            A second line of work focuses on the           (LoCS4Africa) 2017 Congress in
                                                                                                            innovation needs at local and regional         Ekurhuleni, on the outskirts of
                                                                                                            level in Africa.                               Johannesburg, from 22 to 24 March
                                                                                                            The identification of the needs and            2017.
    AfriAlliance kick-off meeting - Delft - The Netherlands
                                                                                                            existing solutions is starting, including      This inaugural ”AfriAlliance” confe­
Africa is one of the regions that need to   Entering into a continuous process of                           through workshops held across Africa           rence enabled to present the AfriAl­
find innovative solutions to address the    transfer of technology and knowledge,                           such as ANBO General Assembly, from            liance Action Groups and their areas
challenges related to water and adapta­     the first project action consisted in                           20 to 22 September 2016 in Kigali,             for action, to promote initiatives in
tion to climate change.                     establishing five thematic groups,                              Rwanda, the WaterNet / WARFSA /                research, innovation and African
                                            made up of researchers, managers,                               GWPSA Symposium in Gaborone,                   capacity building by seeking new
Funded by the EU Research and Inno­
                                            NGOs, etc., that address the following                          Botswana, from 26 to 28 October 2016,          European and African partners and to
vation Program (H2020), the Afri­
                                            issues:                                                         the COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, on            provide input and proposals on the
Alliance project aims to build Africa’s
                                                                                                            8 November 2016 or the African Great           development of the AfriAlliance
capacity to meet the water-related              Integrated Water Resources Mana­
                                                                                                            Lakes Conference, from 2 to 5 May              project activities.
challenges and climate change by                 gement,
developing joint work and the sharing                                                                       2017 in Entebbe, Uganda
                                                Food security and Agriculture,
of innovative solutions between exis­
ting African and European networks.
                                                AfriAlliance workshop - Entebbe - Uganda
Over the next five years (2016-2021),
the 16 partner organizations of the
project, in which INBO is in charge of
communication, will work at increasing
and enhancing research and innovation
related to water and climate change.

                                                                                                                                                            Ms. Uta WEHN
                                                                                                                                                            Coordinator AfriAlliance

                                                                                                             afrialliance.org

                                                                                                                                                                                 Connecting people for change

                                                      This project has received funding from the European
                                                      Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation
                                                      Programme under grant agreement No. 689162.
                                                                                                                afrialliance@unesco-ihe.org             www.afrialliance.org
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Report of Activities 2016 - International Network of Basin Organizations - Report of Activities 2016
Africa
 Congo River Basin - ”CICOS”
The Rhine and the Congo River Basins : an old and lasting relationship
                                                                                  Since 2013, IOWater, INBO Secre-            Cooperation between the Congo and
                                                                                  tariat, has been helping in the             the Rhine indeed dates back to the
                                                                                  implementation of the Master Plan           creation of ”CICOS” in 1999, sup­
                                                                                  for Water Development and Mana-             ported at that time by the Central Com­
                                                                                  gement (SDAGE) of the Interna­              mission for Navigation of the Rhine.
                                                                                  tional Commission of the Congo              ”AERM” experts intervened during the
                                                                                  Ubangui-Sangha Basin (CICOS)                ”CICOS”s’ Fourth Regional Con­sul­
                                                                                  with support from the French                tation Platform held in Brazzaville in
                                                                                  Rhine-Meuse Water Agency                    November 2016, to share experience
                                                                                  (AERM).                                     on the functioning of the Rhine-Meuse
                                                                                                                              Basin Committee and its participatory
  Group photo of CICOS stakeholders
  in Brazzaville - November 2016                                                                                              approach, which ”CICOS” wishes to
                                                                                                                              inspire from.

Adaptation to climate change in the Congo River Basin
During the COP 21 in December           classical ”in situ” approach and the      As part of this ”CICOS” project, this
2015 in Paris, a new financing          innovative use of satellite altimetry.    group supports the installation of new
agreement was signed by the             The SWOT satellite program (”Sur-         hydrometric stations, as well as
French Development Agency (AFD)         face Water and Ocean Topogra-             carrying out an analysis of hydrologi­
and the International Commission        phy”) is a French-American project of     cal monitoring and space applica­
of the Congo-Ubangui-Sangha             Earth observation satellites that will    tions in the Congo River Basin.
Basin (CICOS).                          provide spatiotemporal variations of      The results of this study will help
This new project started when the       continental water levels for 2020.        guide the design and implementation
new Secretary General of ”CICOS”,       A Working Group on Space Hydrology,       of ”CICOS” Hydrological Information        Ms. Judith Enaw at the COP22
Ms Judith Enaw, took office.            established in 2014, gathers AFD,         System.                                    in Marrakech
                                                                                  Damien Brunel
                                                                                                                             © INBO - C. Runel
The project specially aims to improve   BRLi, CNES, CNR, IRD, IRSTEA, and
                                                                                  CICOS Advisor
the monitoring of water resources in    IOWater.                                  dbrunel.atcicos@yahoo.fr                     www.cicos.info
the Congo River Basin, combining the

                                                                                                                                                    UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

 Mono River Basin Authority (MBA)
Togo and Benin together in a same Basin Authority
The Mono River Basin Authority          Following its establishment, the Minis­   The strategic plan of the institution is    The project also promotes the emer­
(MBA) is entering into its operatio-    ters of the two countries chose Benin     being validated by the various stakehol­    gence of water and sanitation coopera­
nal phase.                              as host of the ”MBA” Executive Direc­     ders.                                       tion projects carried out by French
                                        torate.                                   The establishment and operationaliza­       Local Authorities in both countries.
                                                                                  tion of the ”MBA” are supported by the      Three partnerships are currently being
                                                                                  ECOWAS Water Resources Coordina­            formalized, involving French Local
                                                                                  tion Center, as well as by IOWater,         Authorities and solidarity associations.
                                                                                  INBO Secretariat, and pS-Eau with the
                                                                                  support of the French Rhone-Medi­
                                                                                  terranean-Corsica Water Agency
                                                                                  (AERMC).

  The Mono River

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Report of Activities 2016 - International Network of Basin Organizations - Report of Activities 2016
North America - The Caribbean
 Cuba
Support to the management of water bodies supplying Havana

 Signing of the cooperation agreement in Havana in March 2017

The cooperation project, car-          The Authorities are aware of the       Pollution problems in rivers and        It also includes a capitalization
ried out by IOWater, INBO              great difficulties they have to face   aquifers, saline intrusion pheno­       component at national level.
Secretariat, and co-funded by          that are especially caused by:         mena are regularly observed and         The cooperation agreement
the French Adour-Garonne                  The extended operation of the      often get worse, especially for the     was signed for the next two
Water Agency, focuses on the               infrastructure without appro­      two river basins and groundwater        years on the occasion of the
Integrated Management of the               priate maintenance;                bodies that supply water to the 3       ”CubaAgua” week in March
Water Bodies that supply the              The impact of extreme meteo­       million inhabitants of the capital.     2017.
agglomeration of Havana.                   rological events on the            In this pilot river basin region,
The central partner of the coopera­        infrastructure;                    the project aims to help the
tion project is the National Insti-       Resource overexploitation          Cuban partners in establishing
tute of Water Resources                    practices;                         a most appropriate governance
(INRH), whose mission is to               The low cost billed to the user    and in developing the neces-
manage, carry out and monitor the          for the service provided;          sary management tools:
implementation of the State policy                                                Consolidation of a Basin Coun­
                                          Financial constraints;             
for planning, control and protection                                              cil and of its Executive Secreta­
                                          The fact that water has not been
of water resources in Cuba.                                                       riat;
                                           recognized as an item of the
                                           National Economy Plan until           Support to the characterization
                                           2010.                                  of the basin: monitoring,
                                                                                  parameters, global vision;
                                                                                 Planning methodology and
                                                                                  Basin Management Plan;
                                                                                 Information System and data
                                                                                  management.

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Latin America                                                                                                                                                                                      DG Environment

 ”EcoCuencas”                                                                                                                                                                                     DG ENVIRONNEMENT

Funding of adaptation to climate change:
Economic mechanisms for Latin American basins
The ”EcoCuencas” project, which,
since January 2015, has been dedi­
cated to the development of economic
mechanisms for adaptation to climate
change in Latin America, continued its
efforts during its second year of imple­
mentation.
Co-funded by the European Union, the
project proposes to theoretically deve­
lop and practically apply incentive
                                                       EcoCuencas binational meeting for the Catamayo-Chira Basin
economic instruments, dedicated to                     30 August - 3 September 2016 - Poechos Dam
water resources management that can
also be strategic structural tools for             The ”EcoCuencas” project involves                                Their preparation was implemented by         As regards adaptation, the project also
long term adaptation to climate                    three pilot basins offering a wide pano­                         the Latin American partners in the pro­      provides for action planning and priori­
change.                                            rama of situations:                                              ject. It led to specific workshops rich in   tization of measures against the effects
With a high degree of ownership,                        that of Catamayo-Chira boun-                               experience sharing in the first half of      of climate change.
the project involves a wide variety                      dary river shared by Ecuador and                           2016.                                        Finally, ”EcoCuencas” deals with the
of stakeholders, such as the National                    Peru,                                                      At the same time, a guide dedicated to       institutionalization of water resources
Water Authority in Peru and the Natio­                  the Brazilian basin of the Pira-                           economic mechanisms for water                management in a transboundary con­
nal Water Secretariat in Ecuador, the                    cicaba, Capivari and Jundiai                               resources management in a context of         text to enhance the shared adaptive
PCJ Agency in Brazil, the Cuenca                         rivers that supply drinking water                          climate change was also drafted.             potential with, for example, the signifi­
Verde fund in Colombia, IOWater and                      to the city of São Paulo,                                  It will be back-fed by the lessons           cant progresses made by Ecuador and
Asconit in France, the IRAGER Institute                                                                             learned from the practical imple-            Peru in 2016 towards the establish­
                                                        the river basin of the Rio
in Peru, the German Ecologic ”think                                                                                 mentation of its proposals in the            ment of a sole commission for better
                                                         Grande II dam in Colombia,
tank”, and OECD, INBO, REBOB and                                                                                    various pilot basins.                        management of their nine transboun­
                                                         essential to the water consumption
different ­Spanish, Italian and French                                                                                                                           dary basins.
                                                         of the Colombian city of Medellin.                         The proposed pilot actions, undertaken
basin organizations.                                                                                                                                             The Brazilian (REBOB), Latin American
                                                   Designed to serve as a basis for                                 by partners in 2016, are taking various
The project aims to give a true                                                                                     forms depending on the context and           (LANBO) and international (INBO)
                                                   further activities, analyses of the
­picture of the existing economic                                                                                   relevance of their implementation:           Networks of Basin Organizations, invol­
                                                   effects of climate change and of
 mechanisms in Latin America, and                                                                                   establishment, strengthening, broade­        ved in the project, have a central role in
                                                   existing economic mechanisms
 the tracks to follow to improve their                                                                              ning of economic fees for water use          facilitating the networking and disse­
                                                   have been published in each basin.
 efficiency in adapting to climate                                                                                  and pollution, development of payment        mination actions needed to share the
 change.                                                                                                            mechanisms for environmental ser­            lessons learned.
                                                                                                                    vices, etc.                                  Note: This article was written with the finan-
                                                                                                                                                                 cial support of the European Union. Its
                                                                                                                                                                 contents are the sole responsibility of the
                                                                                                                                                                 authors and it cannot be considered to
                                                                                                                                                                 reflect the EU’s position.
                                                                                                                                                                   www.ecocuencas.com

                                                                                                                                                                   EcoCuencas

                              Les	
  partenaires	
  d’EcoCuencas	
  :	
  un	
  projet	
  qui	
  associe	
  deux	
  continents	
  	
  
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Latin America
  Brazil
Triangular cooperation
for better basin management
For three years, a cooperation pro-       Twelve Basin Committees coordi-
gram between the Basin Organiza-          nate the work of fifty-four water
tions of the Piracicaba, Capivari         allocation Commissions that orga-
and Jundiaí Rivers (PCJ) in the           nize the sharing of this valuable
State of São Paulo and the Basin          resource among farmers, industry
Committees of the Rio Grande do           and inhabitants of this semi-arid
Sul State has been implemented            region.
with support from the French              The most significant Brazilian expe­                                                    The delegation’s visit at Le Mans
Loire-Brittany Water Agency               riences were also analyzed,
(AELB).                                                                               Agencies manage to mobilize local           Drawing lessons from the analyzed
                                          A delegation, led by the State Secretary
After the PCJ Basins and the State of                                                 basin stakeholders to achieve Good          Brazilian experiences and inspired by
                                          for the Environment of the State of Rio
Rio in 2015, a visit of the water                                                     Ecological Status.                          the approach of Territorial Contracts
                                          Grande do Sul and several Presidents
stakeholders of the Rio Grande do Sul                                                 Territorial Contracts and a strategy to     set up by the ”AELB”, local partners
                                          of Basin Committees, was invited in
was organized in 2016 in the State of                                                 fund project managers and facilitators      developed a Pact for Water
                                          France at the home office of the
Ceara in Northeastern Brazil, where the                                               across territories especially caught the    Resources Management in the Ibi-
                                          Loire-Brittany Water Agency in Orleans
country’s oldest Basin Agency is                                                      attention of the participants.              cuí Basin, to be proposed to technical
                                          and at the delegation of Le Mans during
located, the Water Resources                                                                                                      and financial policymakers.
                                          a week from 13 to 17 June 2016.             Based on this knowledge, cooperation
Management Company.                                                                   is entering into a new phase of establi­    On such a basis, the first technicians of
                                          Alternating technical presentations,
This agency, founded in 1996, is finan­                                               shment of an Agency in the Pilot Rio        the pilot agency should be recruited in
                                          field visits and discussions with the
cing, with economic fees for water use,                                               Ibicuí Basin, a tributary of the Rio        2017.
                                          staff of the Agency and its partners,
a much elaborated system for the parti­   exchanges enabled the Brazilian dele­       Uruguai, located at the extreme
cipatory management of dams and           gation to understand how the French         south of Brazil.
canals.

 Peru
The Blue Passport: an instrument for citizen mobilization
                                          The Blue Passport is an initiative of the   The ISW and its local partners held on          Prioritize the use of resources
                                          International Secretariat for Water         March 5, 2016 a public consultation in           coming from ecosystem’s ser­
                                          (ISW), the International Network of         the Cachi River Basin, in Ayacucho in            vices compensation to support
                                          Basin Organizations (INBO) and institu­     Peru.                                            rural water supply and sanitation
                                          tions that are interested in dissemina­     Approximately 1,200 blue passports               projects.
                                          ting this citizen awareness-raising tool.   were delivered to citizens, mainly coming   The results of this public consultation
                                          Receiving a Blue Passport is an             from indigenous communities, who par­       were sent to the Peruvian authorities.
                                          official recognition of involvement         ticipated in this public consultation.      Sarah Dousse
                                          in water protection, use, conserva-                                                     Executive Manager a.i.
                                                                                      The participants especially expressed       International Secretariat for Water
                                          tion and management.                        themselves on:                              Solidarity Water Europe
                                          It promotes local, individual and / or         The constitution of a communal          sdousse@sie-isw.org

                                          collective citizen actions that benefit         authority to manage and conserve        www.sie-isw.org
                                          the protection of the water resources           the basin;
                                          on the basin scale.

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Asia
 India-EU Water Partnership
Capacity building on governance
and river basin planning
As part of the India-EU Water           resources in India, current challen­    About fifty participants attended the   structures, mechanisms and
Partnership, a workshop was             ges and plans to address them.          event, including representatives of     challenges of basin organizations.
organized on 14 and 15 June             It also provided an overview of the     the National Mission for Clean          It also facilitated and reported on
2016 in New Delhi, to analyze           European and international expe­        Ganges (NMCG), the National             the conclusions of the Working
the governance problems in the          rience in Integrated Basin Manage­      Water Mission (NWM), the Indian         Group organized on the 2nd day of
Ganges River Basin and to pro-          ment, which allowed the identifica­     States, the European Union and its      the work­shop on the establishment
pose some solutions resulting           tion of common points as well as        Member States and water resources       of basin organizations in India and
from the experience of the              the potential for adaptation in India   managers, experts and resear­           the lessons that can be learned
European Union in river basin           of the tools, methodologies and         chers.                                  from the European experience.
management.                             measures implemented within the         The International Network of Basin
This workshop made an overall           European Union to respond to            Organizations (INBO) presented its
presentation of the status of water     water management problems.              international experience on the

                                                               Central Asia
 High-level Symposium on SDG 6 and its targets
                             9 - 11 August 2016 - Dushanbe - Tajikistan
The Government of the Republic of       actively participated especially        meetings organized on the initia­       ment of freshwater resources with a
Tajikistan in partnership with the      regarding Integrated Water              tive of six European countries (Ger­    strengthened secretariat.
United Nations organized in             Resources Management – IWRM             many, Finland, France, Hungary,         Water is the victim of a great insti­
Dushanbe an International Sympo­        and innovative cooperation mecha­       the Netherlands, Switzerland) to        tutional fragmentation: more than
sium, which gathered 700 people         nisms.                                  establish, within the United Nations    thirty United Nations Agencies
representing 66 countries and           The symposium was also the occa­        System, a new intergovernmental         work in one way or another on
whose aim was to specify the mea­       sion of bilateral and multilateral      body specialized in the manage­         water management.
sures needed to rapidly implement
the water SDG and its t­argets:
Access to water and sanitation (6.1
and 6.2), Reduction of water pollu­
tion (6.3), Increase of water use
­efficiency (6.4), Integrated Water
 Resources Management - IWRM
 (6.5), Protection and restoration of
 water ecosystems (6.6), Expanding
 international cooperation (6.a) and
 strengthening the participation of
 local communities in water and
 sanitation management (6b).
 The exchange of experience and
 good practices was organized
 around 8 thematic sessions that
 swept across the SDGs.
 The International Network of
 Basin Organizations (INBO)

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Europe
 14th International ”EUROPE-INBO 2016” Conference
                 19 - 22 October 2016 - Lourdes - France
The 14 Conference of the
          th
                                          In addition, the EDgE (End-to-end          The investments already made to              and by integrating its objectives into
”EUROPE-INBO” Group took place            Demonstrator for improved decision         implement the WFD, both from the             the other EU sectoral policies (agricul­
in Lourdes, France, from 19 to            making in the water sector in Europe),     point of view of the organization and        ture, energy, transport, marketing of
22 October 2016, at the invitation        ADAPT-Climate (European Climate            practical work, should be amortized          chemical products, etc.).
of the French Water Agencies, the         Adaptation Platform) and EcoCuencas        and sustained.                               It is also necessary to take into account
City of Lourdes and with ONEMA’s          projects were presented in side events     Integrating the objectives by sec-           the evolution of the global context with
support.                                  of the conference.                         tor, especially in the areas of agri-        the adoption by the United Nations in
It gathered 199 participants, repre-      The WFD review                             culture, industry, land manage-              September 2015 of the Agenda 2030
sentatives of national administra-        The WFD is to be reviewed by 2019          ment, and the marketing of chemi-            and of Sustainable Development Goals,
tions, basin organizations, as well       and the first challenge is its future      cal products remain a challenge.             and with the adoption, in December
as of NGOs, companies, internatio-        beyond 2027, when it is clear that the     There are still some difficulties in defi­   2015, of the Paris Agreement on cli­
nal and regional organizations,           objective of ”Good Status” of Water        ning real techniques for “Good Status”       mate at the end of the COP 21. These
coming from 44 countries.                 Bodies will not be achieved in all the     and the way of reporting the progress        two events, which place water at the
The work of the conference was orga­      European basins at that date.              made and the improvement of the              highest level on the global agenda,
nized around four round tables which                                                 health of aquatic ecosystems.                must be taken into account in the WFD
                                          After an extraordinary meeting of the
discussed the following topics:                                                                                                   review.
                                          Water Directors on 6 October, the          The principle ”one out, all out” masks
    WFD review for 2019;                 European bodies and Member States          the progress actually made.                  Water governance
                                          have now started thinking of the issue.                                                 in transboundary basins
    Governance of transboundary                                                     Finally, adaptation to climate
     basins;                              Everyone recognizes the progress           change should start quickly.                 The EUROPE-INBO Conference partici­
                                          made by the WFD, but its implementa­                                                    pants reminded their wish for effective
    Adaptation to climate change and                                                The Conference participants conside­
                                          tion should be boosted and its credibi­                                                 application of international regulatory
     water resources, scarcity and                                                   red that a cautious approach to the
                                          lity to the set objectives be restored.                                                 instruments - 1992 Water Convention,
     drought management;                                                             WFD review should be adopted and,
                                                                                                                                  1997 UN Convention, draft article on
    Knowledge of flood risks, manage­    At this stage, several factors should be   rather than modifying the wording of
                                                                                                                                  transboundary aquifers - for better
     ment of aquatic environments and     taken into account:                        the WFD itself, it would be better to
                                                                                                                                  management of transboundary waters.
     preventive measures in the basins.   The WFD principles and its high            improve the operational conditions for
                                          environmental goals are now                its implementation with both a pragma­       At the EU level, these instruments are
Prior to the conference, three work­                                                                                              largely taken into account and their
                                          widely recognized.                         tic approach to the objectives set,
shops were organized on:                                                                                                          implementation is real, but given
                                                                                     based on established scientific data,
◆    The Programs of Measures under
     the Peer-Review Mechanism;             199 participants from 44 countries © INBO - C. Runel
◆    The Smart Water Management
     System, ”SAID” project;
◆    Circular Economy and Wastewater
     Reuse.

”T o           facilitate the implementation of                                               E uropean W ater D irectives ”

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Europe
on the Water Framework Directive implementation
                                                                                                                                 For better flood
                                                                                                                                 management
                                                                                                                                 Better integration between the
                                                                                                                                 WFD, the Flood Directive and the
                                                                                                                                 Marine Strategy Directive should
                                                                                                                                 be looked for.
                                                                                                                                 Coordination between River Basin
                                                                                                                                 Management and Flood Risk Manage­
                                                                                                                                 ment Plans, required during their draf­
                                                                                                                                 ting, should continue during the whole
                                                                                                                                 implementation process, especially in
                                                                                                                                 the case of transboundary basins where
                                                                                                                                 cooperation among the Member States
                                                                                                                                 themselves and with the neighboring
                                                                                                                                 countries should be strenghtened.
                                                                                                                                 The EUROPE-INBO participants
                                                                                Closing ceremony © INBO- C. Runel
                                                                                                                                 recalled that flood prevention can be
the decisive role of the International    The official Water Day of the COP 22 in   The systems to be established must           better achieved by relying on the natu­
­Commissions in the implementation of     Marrakech, facilitated by INBO, is a      include structural and non-structural        ral functions of rivers and aquatic eco­
 the EU Directives, even beyond EU bor­   privileged place to discuss the mea­      measures.                                    systems and by developments that
 ders, greater support to these Commis­   sures to be taken for adaptation in the   To anticipate droughts                       favor the use of wetlands and natural
 sions of transboundary Districts must    basins and to exchange on the projects                                                 areas for flood mitigation or the dyna­
                                                                                    The structural measures concern
 be considered.                           already committed under the Global                                                     mic ­slowing of floods.
                                                                                    actions that allow, for example, water
Governance should also aim at             Climate Action Agenda (GCAA).                                                          More specifically, public policies must
                                                                                    saving, reuse of treated wastewater,
­better coordination between the          The document ”Water and Adapta-           increased storage capacity in a multi­       aim at the preservation or restoration of
 WFD, the Flood Directive and the         tion to Climate Change in Trans-          functional approach.                         the riparian areas of rivers with buffer
 Framework Directive on the Marine        boundary Basins: Lessons Learned                                                       strips, zones of free circulation of
                                                                                    Natural Water Retention Measures
 Environment Strategy, in trans-          and Good Practices” published by                                                       water, flood retention areas...
                                                                                    (NWRM) and, more broadly, green
 boundary basins and marine areas,        UNECE and INBO in 2015, is a very                                                      Mr. Jean LAUNAY was elected
                                                                                    infrastructure are to be favored to
 including those shared with the          practical source of inspiration.                                                       ­P resident of the EUROPE-INBO
                                                                                    improve the sustainable availabi-
 riparian non-EU countries.               In the European Union, the River Basin                                                  Group for the year to come, until
                                                                                    lity of resources.
Adaptation                                Management Plans and future Pro­                                                        the next conference in 2017.
                                                                                    Such an approach leads to better resi­
to climate change                         grams of Measures must integrate the                                                   The next two EUROPE-INBO
                                                                                    lience of the environments and greater
As underlined during the COP 21, held     adaptation measures taken with a mul­                                                  ­C on­ferences will take place in
                                                                                    flexibility of any existing infrastructure
in Paris in 2015, we must increase our    tisectoral approach to all economic                                                     Dublin and Seville, in 2017 and
                                                                                    and thus addresses the need for «no
efforts for properly assessing the        sectors that impact water and river                                                     2018 ­respectively.
                                                                                    regrets» measures imposed by the
effects of climate change on water        basins and take into account all pres­
                                                                                    uncertainty linked to climate change.
resources, and appropriate adaptation     sures such as demography, urbaniza­
                                          tion or agricultural development.         At the same time, non-structural mea­
measures must be decided and quickly
                                                                                    sures have to be taken to incite users to
implemented in basins.                    The EUROPE-INBO participants recom­
                                                                                    reduce their consumption, regulate
The ”Paris Pact on water and              mended strengthening Water Infor-
                                                                                    water abstractions, establish a drought
adaptation to the effects of climate      mation Systems to include climate
                                                                                    crisis management framework and
change in the basins of rivers,           change data and monitoring and
                                                                                    facilitate the society’s responsiveness
lakes and aquifers” was signed by         control systems for correcting plans
                                                                                    to any extreme water scarcity event.
359 organizations, and now it             and programs in real-time, keeping in
is necessary to resolutely take           mind the degree of uncertainty induced
action.                                   by climate change.

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Europe
 International Conference on ”Water and Climate”
Meeting of the Great Rivers of the World
                                            23 - 25 October 2017 - Rome - Italy
The Italian Ministry for Environ-            World Water Forum (Brasilia, 18 - 23
ment, Land and Sea will hold the             march 2018).
International Summit ”Water and              It will promote further integration of
Climate: M    ­ eeting of the Great          water as one of the top priority issues
Rivers of the World” from 23 to 25           of international negotiations on climate
October 2017 in Rome, Italy.                 change and it will call on donors and
This international summit is organized       project holders to take action for the
under the patronage of the Presidency        financing of ambitious projects
of the Italian Republic and of the Presi­    intended to improve knowledge, gover­
dency of the Italian Council of Minis­       nance, public participation, ecosystem
ters, in partnership with the Internatio­    protection and risk prevention for water
nal Network of Basin Organizations, the      and adaptation to climate change.
Global Alliances for Water and Climate       The focus will be on addressing the
(GAfWaC), AquaMadre and UNECE.               impacts of climate change on water
It will be closed on Wednesday               resources and their dramatic conse-                            Rome - Fountain of the Four Rivers - Navona Square
25 October by the President of the           quences (floods, droughts, etc.).                             regional administrations in charge of        (UN agencies, Secretariat of the
Italian Republic.                            The summit will be a unique occasion                          climate change adaptation policies and       UNFCCC and UNFCCC Member States,
This event is designed as a milestone        to match project proposals and finan­                         water resources management, bilateral        etc.).
in the preparation of COP23 (Bonn,           cing opportunities and to foster expe­                        and multilateral donors and other insti­     Let’s participate !
6 - 17 November 2017) and of the             rience sharing between great river                            tutions interested in adaptation to cli­
                                             basin organizations, local, national and                      mate change and basin management                 www.inbo-news.org
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 Budapest Summit
                                     28 - 30 November - Budapest – Hungary
In 2013, in partnership with the World       for Sustainable Development.                                  It aimed to promote the practical            He reminded the need to work on river
Water Council and United Nations             Under the patronage of János Áder,                            implementation of this Water SDG6            basin management, transboundary
Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, Hun­          President of Hungary and Member of                            and its targets, as well as of the           cooperation and capacity building.
gary had organized a first Water Summit      the High-level Panel on Water SDG,                            water-related objectives of the Paris        He also participated in the High Level
that had played a key role in the defini­    this second Summit was an important                           Agreement on the climate.                    Panel on the benefits of aquatic eco­
tion and adoption of a water-­dedicated      event in the preparation of the 8 th                          It included a Scientific Forum, a Citizen    systems and green engineering.
goal and targets as part of Agenda 2030      World Water Forum of Brasilia.                                Forum, a Youth Forum, a Women’s              These topics were identified as priori­
                                                                                                           Forum and a Water Professionals’             ties in the “Budapest Declaration”.
                                                                                                           Trade Fair.
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                                                                                                           2,200 participants from 117 coun-
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                                                                                                                                                       The Budapest Water Summit 2013 - under the motto “Give the future a chance!”- co-hosted with the
                                                                                                                                                       World Water Council and supported by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was instrumental in devel-

16                                                                                                                                                     oping a dedicated goal on water featuring today in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The
                                                                                                                                                       Budapest Statement, adopted at the end of the Summit proved to be a key document for the formulation
                                                                                                                                                       of principles and targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6. The Summit also served as guidance for the
                                                                                                                                                       efforts geared towards reforming the international institutional architecture on water.

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