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| Item 1 - Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda | |||
| Item 2 - Status of ratification of the Convention and its protocols and report on credentials | |||
| Status of ratification of the Water Convention, its protocols and amendments | |||
| Item 3(b) - Part 2 — the Water Convention in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other global commitments | |||
| Item 4 - Review of past activities and discussion of future activities in the different areas of work | |||
| Item 4(a) - Assessing the benefits of transboundary cooperation | |||
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Assessing the benefits of transboundary water cooperation |
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Benefits of transboundary cooperation assessed and facilitated by the Mekong River Commission |
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| Item 4(b) - Adapting to climate change in transboundary basins | |||
| Task Force on Water and Climate Sibylle Vermont, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, International Affairs Division Jos Timmerman, Alterra Wageningen UR, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment |
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| Water and adaptation to the effects of climate change:- Agenda of solutions, Jean François Donzier, International Network of Basin Organizations |
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| Item 4(c) - Implementation Committee | |||
| Item 4(d) - Support to implementation through capacity-building and assistance on the ground | |||
| Vecht Payment on Ecosystem Services Project Implementation on the ground Heide Jekel, Federal Environment Ministry of Germany |
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| Support to implementation Bo Libert, UNECE |
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| Item 4(e) - Exchange of experience of joint bodies | |||
| Item 4(f) - Consideration of the need for reporting under the Convention | |||
| Reporting under the Convention Mr. Seppo Rekolainen, Finnish Environment Institute, Chair of the Core Group on Reporting |
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| Item 4(g) - European Union Water Initiative and National Policy Dialogues | |||
| EU Water Initiative and National Policy Dialogues. Progress made – Armenia Volodya Narimanyan, Deputy Chairman of State Committee of Water Economy |
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| EU Water Initiative and National Policy Dialogues. Progress made – Georgia Ekaterine Grigalava, Deputy Minister |
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| EU Water Initiative and National Policy Dialogues. Progress made – Kazakhstan Yerlan Nysanbaev, Vice Minister |
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| EU Water Initiative (EUWI) and National Policy Dialogues, Iulian Jugan, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests of Romania |
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| Item (4(h) - Water and industrial accidents | |||
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Joint Ad Hoc Expert Group (JEG) Checklist for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters Workplan & Future Activities |
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| Item 4(i) - Thematic assessment of the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus | |||
| Thematic assessment on the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus, Seppo Rekolainen, Finnish Environment Institute Chair of the Task Force on the nexus |
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| Thematic assessment on the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus: methology and lessons learned, Annukka Lipponen,UNECE |
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| Item 4(j) - Monitoring of transboundary waters and future comprehensive assessments of the status of transboundary waters | |||
| Third comprehensive assessment of transboundary waters Lea Kauppi, Finnish Environment Institute Co-Chair of the Working Group on IWRM |
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| Item 5 - Opening of the Convention | |||
| Opening of the Convention Fabien Dupuis, France, Nathalie Rizzotti, Switzerland |
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| Item 6 - Cooperation with partners | |||
| GEF and the Water Convention Astrid Hillers, GEF - Programme Manager |
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| Promotion of the Water Convention Sonja Koeppel, UNECE |
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| UNESCO and the Water Convention, Alice Aureli, UNESCO-IHP, Chief Groundwater Systems and Settlements |
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| Item 7 - Cooperation with the Protocol on Water and Health | |||
| Cooperation with the Protocol on Water and Health Pierre Studer, Switzerland, Chair of the Bureau |
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| Item 9 - Programme of work for 2016–2018, terms of reference of bodies established to implement it and resources needed for its implementation | |||
| Draft Programme of work for 2016-2018 Francesca Bernardini, UNECE |