The Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation “Latin American and Pan-European Regions: Sharing Experiences and Learning from Each Other” took place from 11 to 12 June 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Workshop was jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the University of Bologna Center in Buenos Aires.
The Workshop offered a forum for debating the current state of water cooperation, the progress achieved and the prevailing challenges, as well as for sharing lessons learned and good practices for cooperation on transboundary waters in the Latin American and Caribbean region and the UNECE region. It built on the successful examples of transboundary cooperation in the Latin American and Caribbean region. It also served as a platform for country representatives to discuss such topics as the legal and institutional aspects of transboundary water cooperation; reconciling different interests and uses in transboundary basins; and adaptation to climate variability and change.
Press release of the workshop is available in English. La nota de prensa está disponible en español.
Title | ENG | SPA |
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Consolidated text of the UNECE Water Convention | ||
Water Convention Servicing the Planet (brochure) | ||
Guide to Implementing the Water Convention (in print) | - | |
The European Union Water Initiative National Policy Dialogues: Achievements and lessons learned | - | |
Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change | - | |
Executive Summary of the Second Assessment | - | |
River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation | - | |
Recommendations on Payments for Ecosystems Services in Integrated Water Resources Management | - | |
Brochure on the Protocol on Water and Health | ||
No one left behind, Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation in the pan-European region | - | |
Brochure on the Aarhus Convention, Get your right to a Healthy Community |
Presentations | ENG | SPA |
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Opening remarks – Video messages | ||
Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | - | |
Mr. Sven Alkalaj, Executive Secretary, UNECE | - | |
Ms. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) | - | |
Ms. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | - | |
Session 1: Making use of international legal instruments on water for advancing cooperation | ||
International water law: sources and principles | - | |
1992 UNECE Water Convention and the 1997 Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UN Watercourses Convention), their compatibility and complementarity | ||
How the UNECE Water Convention promotes transboundary water cooperation | ||
Focus on groundwater: 2008 draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC Draft Articles) and 2012 UNECE Water Convention Model Provisions on Transboundary Groundwaters | ||
Setting the scene in the Latin American and Caribbean region | ||
Presentation of the background study analyzing the situation of transboundary water cooperation in the Latin American and Caribbean region | - | |
Session 2: Jointly adapting water management to climate change and variability in transboundary basins | ||
Water and adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins: activities and lessons learnt under the UNECE Water Convention | ||
Water cooperation and adaptation to climate change in the Mesoamerica region | - | |
Considering climate variability and change in the Amazon River Basin | - | |
Transboundary and regional cooperation initiated by Mexico in the area of water and climate change adaptation | - | |
Developing a transboundary vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategy in the Dniester river basin | ||
Session 3: Reconciling different interests and uses in transboundary basins, their requirements and compatibility for good water governance | ||
Important elements for developing a fruitful transboundary cooperation – example of the Rhine |
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Cooperation on transboundary water management in the in the most international river basin, the Danube | ||
Reconciling flood protection and energy in the transboundary cooperation on water management between Finland and the Russian Federation | ||
Cooperation in a transboundary karst aquifer system within a post-conflict area (DIKTAS Project) | ||
The International Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) Americas and Groundwater Governance: lessons learned from the LAC region | - | |
Transboundary water cooperation in the La Plata River Basin | - | |
Transboundary water cooperation in the Goascorán River Basin | - | |
Guarani Aquifer System: applying the ILC Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers | - | |
Transboundary water cooperation in the Artibonite River Basin | - | |
Session 4: Fostering transboundary water cooperation in the Latin American and Caribbean region and UNECE region and between them | ||
A multilevel approach for water cooperation: the governance perspective | - | |
The UNECE Water Convention: potential and opportunities for enhancing transboundary water cooperation |
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