Calendar of meetings

Please contact the secretariat to verify venue and dates of forthcoming meetings

Meetings of the Parties to the Convention and other high-level meetings
26-28 November 2003	Spain	Third meeting of the Parties
2-3 July 2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Civil liability and water-related accidents (Joint special session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention and the Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention)
23-25 March 2000	The Hague, Netherlands	Second meeting of the Parties to the Convention
2-4 July 1997	Helsinki, Finland	First meeting of the Parties to the Convention
Meetings of the Signatories to the Protocol on Water and Health
2-3 November 2000	Budapest, Hungary	First meeting of the Signatories to the Protocol on Water and Health
2-4 July 2003	Geneva, Switzerland	Second meeting of the Signatories to the Protocol on Water and Health
Meetings of the Working Groups
15 December 2004	Geneva, Switzerland	Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management, first meeting
9-10 December 2004	Geneva, Switzerland	Working Group on Water and Health, fourth meeting
30 Sept - 1 Oct 2004	St. Petersburg, Russian Federation	Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment, fifth meeting
11-12 March 2004	Budapest, Hungary	Working Group on Water and Health, third meeting
12-13 September 2003	St. Michielsgestel, The Netherlands	Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment, fourth meeting
28-29 April 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Working Group on Water Water Management, fourth meeting, including workshop
28-29 October 2002	Budapest, Hungary	Working Group on Water and Health, second meeting
3-5 October 2002	Helsinki, Finland	Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment, third meeting
4-6 February 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	Working Group on civil liability and water-related accidents, second meeting
21-23 November 2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Working Group on civil liability and water-related accidents, first meeting
17-19 September 2001	The Hague, The Netherlands	Working Group on Water Management, third meeting, including workshop (see below)
5-8 September 2001	Vaaksy, Finland	Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment, second meeting
14-15 May 2001	Budapest, Hungary	Working Group on Water and Health, first meeting
29-30 January 2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Working Group on Legal and Administrative Aspects, first meeting
21-23 September 2000	Makkum, The Netherlands	Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment, first meeting
3-4 April 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Working Group on Water and Health, consultation to prepare the Signatories’ meeting.
Expert group meetings
26 October 2004	Budapest, Hungary	Joint ad hoc expert group on water and industrial accidents, fifth meeting
16-17 September 2004	Geneva, Switzerland	Second meeting of the Legal Board
28-29 June 2004	Verona, Italy	First meeting of the Legal Board
30-31 October 2003	Kaliningrad, Russian Federation	Joint ad hoc expert group on water and industrial accidents, fourth meeting
4 July 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	Joint ad hoc expert group on water and industrial accidents, third meeting
15-16 April 2002	Budapest, Hungary	Joint ad hoc expert group on water and industrial accidents, second meeting
18-19 October 2001	Berlin, Germany	Joint ad hoc expert group on water and industrial accidents, first meeting
10-11 August 2000	Geneva, Switzerland	Expert Group on Liability, second meeting
19 May 2000	Geneva, Switzerland	Expert Group on Liability, first meeting
7-8 April 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Joint ad hoc expert group on water and industrial accidents
Workshops, seminar and conferences
21-22 June 2004	Berlin, Germany	Seminar on Flood Prevention, Protection and Mitigation
1-2 June 2004	Moscow, Russian Federation	Sustainable water management and health conference in the framework of ECWATECH 2004
15-18 September 2003	St. Michielsgestel, The Netherlands	Fourth Conference Monitoring Tailor-Made - Information to support sustainable water management: from local to global levels
27-28 June 2002	Bratislava, Slovakia	International Workshop on the EU Water Framework Directive
21-24 April 2002	Miedzyzdroje, Poland	Second International Conference "Sustainable management of transboundary waters in Europe"
8-10 November 2001	Budapest, Hungary	Workshop on groundwater management
15-16 October 2001	Bratislava, Slovakia	Workshop on links between the Water Convention and the EC Water Framework Directive
3-5 October 2001	Hungary	Workshop and simulation exercise on water and industrial accidents
18 September 2001	The Netherlands	Workshop on public participation in water management (during the meeting of the Working Group on Water Management, see above)
9-10 April 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Workshop on assessment of transboundary rivers (restricted participation)
27 Nov -  1 Dec 2000	Lelystad, The Netherlands	Workshop on information needs to manage transboundary waters
1 June 2000	Moscow, Russian Federation	UNECE-WHO/EURO Conference on sustainable water management and health