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Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
 
done at Helsinki on 17 March 1992

Workshops, Seminars and Conferences
 
Year 2008
 
A Workshop on Water and Adaptation to climate change will take place on 1-2 July 2008 in Amsterdam
 
The Seminar on monitoring and assessment of transboundary waters in the UNECE region will take place on 16–17 (a.m.) June 2008 in Geneva back-to-back with the ninth meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment to be held on 17 (p.m.)-18 June 2008.
 
A Workshop on the protection of groundwater as a source of drinking water in karst areas will take place on 14-15 April 2008 in Malinska, Croatia
 
Year 2007
 

The Workshop on the Safety of Tailing Management Facilities took place on 12-14 November 2007, in Yerevan (Armenia).

The fourth CWC workshop on "River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation" was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 23-25 October, 2007.

The Workshop on Equitable Access to Water was held in Paris, France 5-6 July 2007.

 
Workshop on Transboundary Accidental Water Pollution, Liability and Compensation: Challenges and Opportunities took place in Budapest, Hungary 21-22 May 2007.
 
The Roundtable on "The Human Right to Water and the Protocol on Water and Health: making access to water a reality", jointly organized by WHO-EURO, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNECE, on the occasion of the first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol took place in Geneva on 18 January 2007.
 
Year 2006

Third Expert Group Meeting on the Promotion of Dam Safety Cooperation in Central Asia was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan 15-16 November 2006.

Second Expert Group Meeting on the Promotion of Dam Safety Cooperation in Central Asia took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan 10-11 April 2006.

An ad-hoc meeting on water and health was held in Bonn on 6-7 March to prepare a draft programme of work for 2007-2009 under the Protocol on Water and Health. The agreed programme of work was presented at the sixth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health was held in Geneva, 31 May - 2 June 2006.

Workshop on transboundary water management in South Eastern Europe: the complementary roles of the EU Water Framework Directive and the UNECE Water Convention was held in Belgrade, Serbia, 2-3 March 2006 at the invitation of the Government of Italy. Information notice Report
 
Year 2005

The Workshop on Joint monitoring and assessment of shared water basins, including early warning and alarm systems was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 31 October to 2 November 2005.

The workshop on transboundary water management at the North-Eastern border of the European Union: the complementary roles of the EU Water Framework Directive and the UNECE Water Convention, took place in Debe, Poland 18 - 19 October 2005 at the invitation of the Government of Poland and the European Commission. Informatio notice Report

The seminar on environmental services and financing for the protection and sustainable use of water-related ecosystems was held in Geneva on 10-11 October 2005.

The Workshop on information management and public participation in transboundary water cooperation was held in St. Petersburg on 8–10 June 2005.

The workshop on the prevention of water pollution due to pipeline accidents took place in Berlin on 8-9 June 2005.

The Consultation on target setting and progress monitoring of water and wastewater services was held on 9-10 May 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Information notice Report En Ru

 
Year 2004

The Seminar on the role of ecosystems as water suppliers was held in Geneva on 13-14 December 2004.

The Workshop on the legal basis for transboundary cooperation was held in Kiev on 22-24 November 2004.

The Seminar on flood prevention, protection and mitigation took place in Berlin, Germany on 21 and 22 June 2004, at the invitation of the Government of Germany.

The UNECE Regional Implementation Forum was held in Geneva on 15-16 January 2004, in order to provide substantial inputs to the 12th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (14-30 April 2004), which focused on identifying obstacles and constraints in the areas of water, sanitation and human settlements.

The document "Water and Sanitation in the UNECE Region: Achievements in Regulatory Aspects, Institutional Arrangements and Monitoring since Rio, Trends and Challenges", was prepared for the UNECE Regional Implementation Forum (ECE/AC.25/2004/5, ECE/AC.25/2004/5/Add.1, ECE/AC.25/2004/5/Add.2 and ECE/AC.25/2004/5/Add.2.Corr).
 
Year 2003

Fourth Conference Monitoring Tailor-Made - Information to support sustainable water management: from local to global levels took place in St. Michielsgestel, The Netherlands, 15-18 September 2003

Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) took place in Moscow, Russian Federation, 31 March - 1 April 2003. Report En Ru
 
Year 2002

Second International Conference on Sustainable Management of Transboundary Waters in Europe was held in Miedzyzdroje, Poland, 21-24 April 2002.
 
Year 2001

International workshop on the protection of groundwaters used as a source of drinking-water supply took place in Budapest, Hungary 8-10 November 2001.

Workshop on approaches and tools for river basin management: experience drawn from the implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive took place in Bratislava, Slovakia, 15-16 October 2001. Information notice and Report

International workshop and exercise on industrial safety and water protection in transboundary river basins took place in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary, 3-5 October 2001.

Workshop on Public Participation in Water Management was held in The Hague, Netherlands, 18 September 2001. Report
 
Year 2000

UNECE-WHO/EURO conference on sustainable water management and health took place in Moscow, 1 June 2000. Information notice