The meetings of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment and the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management were held as a joint meeting from Tuesday, 3 July until Wednesday, 4 July in the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The working languages were English, Russian and French. In addition, a Core Group meeting on the National Policy Dialogues was held on Monday, 2 July in Geneva.
The main objective of the joint meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management and the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment was to review the implementation of the workplan for 2010–2012 and to agree on a draft workplan for 2013–2015 as well as on any other decisions and proposals to be submitted for discussion and adoption at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention (Rome, Italy, 28–30 November 2012).
This meeting was paperless. Delegates were kindly asked to bring their own copies.
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Annotated provisional agenda | |||
Report | |||
Study on the application of the Convention to groundwater: explicatory recognition of the existing United Nations Economic Commission for Europe regulatory language | |||
Lessons learned from the preparation of the Second Assessment | |||
Lessons learned and future work on climate change adaptation | |||
Draft programme of work for 2013-2015 | |||
Draft decision on support to implementation and compliance | |||
Draft model provisions on transboundary groundwaters | - | ||
Draft decision on accession by non-ECE countries | - | ||
Draft vision for the future of the Water Convention | - | ||
Draft decision on cooperation with the Global Environment Facility | |||
List of participants | |||
Background documents
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Report of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management | - | - | |
Report of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment | - | - | |
Opening of the Convention beyond the region: | |||
Amendment to articles 25 and 26 of the Convention | |||
Report of the tenth meeting of the Legal Board | |||
Workplan for 2010-2012 | |||
How to better promote the Convention and its Protocol on Water and Health: | |||
Report of the Seminar on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Sandoz accident | - | - | |
Study on national legislation needed to implement the Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters | - | - | |
Document title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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Ratification status of the Water Convention | - | - | |
Capacity for Water Cooperation workshop on Transboundary Groundwaters (2012): | - | ||
Report of the Task Force on Water and Climate Change | - | ||
Progress report on the pilot projects on the climate change adaptation | - | ||
Report of the Third workshop on water and adaptation to climate change | - | ||
Progress report on the project to strengthen capacity | - | ||
Report on National Policy Dialogues and vision for the | - | ||
Report on the International Conference on Europe-Asia Transboundary | - | ||
Progress report on the work of the International Water Assessment Centre | - | ||
Provisional calendar of meeting under the Water Convention | - |
Eng | |
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Workshop on Legal, Institutional and Technical Aspects of Managing Transboundary Groundwaters | |
Promoting implementation through projects on the ground | |
Task Force on Water and Climate | |
Second Assessments and future assessments | |
FFEM Project: Strengthening capacity for data administration and exchange for Monitoring and | |
Water and Ecosystems | |
National Policy Dialogues under the EU Water Initiative | |
Promotion of the Water Convention | |
Activities to promote the opening of the Water Convention | |
Draft programme of work for 2013-2015 | |
International Water Assessment Centre | |
UN-Water Activitity Information System |
Brown Bag Event "No One Left Behind: Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation"
The event debated the different dimensions of equitable access to water and sanitation, based on the findings of the recent publication No one left behind: Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation in the pan-European region.
The event was co-organized by the French Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, the French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and UNECE.
Title | Doc |
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Opening remarks Mr. Jacques Pellet, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations | |
Opening remarks Mr. Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE | |
Good practice to reduce geographical disparities Ms. Anna Tsvietkova, ONG Mama 86, Ukraine | |
Good practice to keep water and sanitation affordable for all Ms. Ingeborg Limbourg, Flemish Environment Agency, Belgium | |
Ensuring access for vulnerable and marginalized groups Ms. Juana Sotomayor, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR | ENG |
From good practices to self-assessment to foster progress at the national and local levels
Ms. Delphine Caamano, Deputy Head of the Water Quality Unit, French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health | ENG |
