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Video of EUWI achievements

Giorgia Donin — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:30:40 +0200

To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the establishment of the EUWI and to highlight its evolution and key achievements, a video ‘EU Water Initiative: Perspectives of Implementing Partners’ has been produced.

The video can be viewed by clicking on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5My3YpQGe8&feature=em-upload_owner

EUWI Community Space (CS)

African voices on water presented to the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 development agenda

johannasjodin — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:45:08 +0100

The outcomes of the full day consultation session on water in the post-2015 development agenda, on 29 January 2013, were presented the following day by Bai Mass Taal, executive secretary of AMCOW, to the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post 2015 development agenda at their meeting in Monrovia, Liberia.

Africa

UNECE launches project to improve access to clean water and adequate sanitation in the Republic of Moldova

elina.mirzoeva — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:35:32 +0100

The first Steering Committee meeting of a new project led by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to improve access to clean water and adequate sanitation in the Republic of Moldova took place on 21 November 2012 in Chisinau.

Research

EUWI NPD-EECCA Newsletter Update #5

elina.mirzoeva — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:56:16 +0100

The 5th issue of the EUWI-EECCA component National Policy Dialogue Newsletter is now available for your information at http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=31535 or in the EECCA Working group Documents section on this web-site.

Research

ПРОГРЕСС В УЛУЧШЕНИИ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ВОДНЫМИ РЕСУРСАМИ В КЫРГЫЗСТАНЕ

elina.mirzoeva — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:28:10 +0100

24 октября 2012 года в г. Бишкеке, Кыргызстан, состоялось восьмое заседание Координационного совета Национального диалога по водной политике в сфере интегрированного управления водными ресурсами.

Research

Progress in strengthening water resources management in Kyrgyzstan

elina.mirzoeva — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:26:47 +0100

The eighth meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue on integrated water resources in management in Kyrgyzstan took place in Bishkek on 24 October 2012. It was organized by the Department of Water Management and Melioration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Melioration of Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the framework of the European Union Water Initiative.

Research

Video recordings of the EUWI Seminar during World Water Week 2012.

Giorgia Donin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:31:42 +0100

As part of World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm, on 29 August the EU Water Initiative held a special Multi-Stakeholder Forum to mark the 10 year anniversary of its establishment at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development.

Please click on the following links to view the various presentations and panel discussions:

Video clip 1: Per Bertilsson (Swedish International Water Institute): Welcome and overview of the EUWI seminar.

EUWI Community Space (CS)

Progress towards the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in Turkmenistan

elina.mirzoeva — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:11:50 +0200

On 27 September 2012 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the second meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) committed to further progress towards the implementation of IWRM in Turkmenistan following the country’s accession to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) in August 2012.

Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

National Policy Dialogues on Water: taking stock of 10 years of progress in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

elina.mirzoeva — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:09:55 +0200

Ten years since the launching of the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI), some 50 representatives of the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as European Union (EU) member States and international organizations, are gathering in Geneva to discuss progress in implementation. In those countries the Water Initiative is implemented through National Policy Dialogues supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Research

UNECE supports development of new water legislation in Georgia

elina.mirzoeva — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:08:34 +0200

The first Steering Committee meeting of the Georgian National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), held in Tbilisi on Monday and Tuesday, 11 and 12 June, approved some basic elements for new water legislation to be further developed into a draft law. The Steering Committee meeting, which was followed by a Stakeholders Workshop, was organized by the Georgian Ministry of Environment Protection and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), in cooperation with Global Water Partnership Georgia.

Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia