5th World Water Forum
16-22 March 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey

APFM will be present at the Forum in Session 1.3.3 "Managing Water Related Risks in Changing Climate". As part of WMO Booth (Stand 1824 in the EXPO HALL) and UN Water Stand (Stand 420 in the Foyer 4) all available outputs on flood management will be available. Flyer(PDF)

For more information: http://www.worldwaterforum5.org

International Symposium on sustainable flood management
28 November 2006 in Seoul, Republic of Korea

Korea has experienced severe flooding in July 2006 and the flood claimed over 60 lives within a week. As a part of preparedness programme against such natural disaster, International Symposium will be held to collect mitigation and management experiences in the world. The symposium will be hosted by Presidential Commision on Sustainable Development (PCSD) and ministry of Construction and Transport  

3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management - Reducing The Vulnerability of Societies Against Water Related Risks at the Basin Scale
26-28 September 2006 in Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

In 2006, the third symposium of the series will be hosted by the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany. It will address the very important subject of how to cope with water-related vulnerability of societies. This vulnerability relates to many aspects of water resources: environmental risks, floods, droughts, pollution, water logging and options to create resilience against these risks.

For more information: http://www.conventus.de/water/

Innovations in Coping With Water and Climate Related Risks
25-27 September 2006 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The conference will be organised in Amsterdam in the main exhibition building. It runs parallel to the bi-annual Aquatech exhibition. The conference will offer an attractive mix of lectures and discussions between stakeholders of water and climate disciplines.

For more information:
http://www.iwahq.org/templates/ld_templates/layout_633184.aspx?ObjectId=634871

 International Disaster Reduction Conference, IDRC Davos 2006
27 August�E September 2006 in Davos, Switzerland

IDRC Davos 2006 will push forward the vision of WCDR 2005 and will deepen the understanding of what is needed to mainstream and integrate risk management across fields. IDRC Davos 2006 will focus attention of WCDR’s priorities, while involving a wider group of risk management experts, practitioners, decision makers, and scientists with a strong emphasis on implementation at “the last mile�E

For more information: http://www.davos2006.ch/

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 World Water Week in Stockholm
20-26 August 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden

The World Water Week in Stockholm is the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development.

For more information: http://www.worldwaterweek.org

4th World Water Forum
16-22 March 2006, Mexico

The World Water Forum is an initiative of the World Water Council that has the aim of raising the awareness on water issues all over the world. The main theme of the 4th World Water Forum is Local Actions for a Global Challenge. The organizers of the 4th Forum share the belief that, regardless of their root causes, water related problems have their greatest impacts at the local level.

For more information: http://www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx/home/home.asp?lan

Seminar on environmental services and financing for the protection and sustainable use of ecosystems
10-11 October 2005, Geneva, Switzerland

The Seminar will take place on 10-11 October 2005, at the invitation of the Government of Switzerland. It is being prepared by the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, the UNECE secretariat of the Water Convention, in close cooperation with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the secretariat of the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Cooperation has also been sought with the UNECE Timber Committee, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE).

For more informaton:
http://www.unece.org/env/water/meetings/payment_ecosystems/seminar.htm

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World Water Week in Stockholm
21-27 August 2005 Stockholm, Sweden

The WMO is pleased to be an active participant in the upcoming
 World Water Week in Stockholm, which takes place August 21�E7, 2005, and will be a global gathering of leading experts from the business, civil society, governmental, inter-governmental, science and water management sectors.

For more information: http://www.worldwaterweek.org, World Water Week (PDF)

Third International Symposium on Flood Defence
25-27 May 2005 Nijmegen, The Netherlands

In Spring 2005 the International Symposium on Flood Defence (ISFD) will meet for the third time, hosted by Rijkswaterstaat in The Netherlands.

For more information: http://www.isfd3.nl

World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR)
18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Japan

The WCDR was composed of three main processes, namely an intergovernmental segment; a thematic segment for knowledge exchange; and a forum for public participation. The Conference took place in the Portopia Hotel and the adjoining International Conference Center, Kobe and the Kobe International Exhibition Halls, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

For more information: http://www.unisdr.org/wcdr/

2nd International Expert Meeting on Urban Flood Management
24-25 November 2004 WTC Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Over the past decades the world has witnessed on countless occasions a growing number of floods in urban areas. Climate change and rapid urbanisation will exacerbate this trend. Flooding incidents in urbanised catchments lead to great public concern and anxiety and the impacts are often severe.

For more information: http://www.aquadeltaforum.com

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