
These dialogues raised awareness of the links between water governance and water users, agriculture, land-use planning, energy, industry, environment and health, and showed how IWRM contributes to national development objectives. The sessions built on years of advocating for IWRM jointly with local NGOs. In 2009, for example, activities organised for the Day of Kura and Araks Rivers in Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku for the sixth yearrunning attracted public attention to water issues and the problems of these transboundary rivers.