Conference of EECCA water-management organizations "Community of water professionals - a framework for interstate water cooperation"

The Conference was held at VNIIGiM named by A.N.Kostyakov (Moscow) on the 8th of November 2013. The Conference was organized by OAO “Vodstroy”, the Russian Union of Water and Land Reclamation Professionals, VNIIGiM named by A.N.Kostyakov (Moscow) and the Scientific-Information Center of ICWC (NWO EECCA Secretariat, Tashkent).  This event was supported by GWP CACENA and UNECE (through the RF grant).

The main aims of the Conference were: 

 

• Political will of improvement and its implementation in practice

• Implementation of IWRM 

• Water conservation - achievements over the five years 

• Public participation in water management 

• Improvement of water supply 

• Food-water-energy nexus and solution of related problems 

• Discussion of water sector problems in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (together with representatives from Central Europe (Romania and France)

 

Dr. V.I.Sokolov, Regional Coordinator, GWP CACENA, presented  the Program of Global Water Partnership for Caucasus and Central Asia for 2014-2016. 

 

He also presented the Final Resolutions of INBO World General Assembly and Tasks of EECCA Network proposed by Prof. V.A.Dukhovny, Executive Secretary of EECCA Network, Director of the Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia.

 

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