International technical workshop on water balances (Attendance by invitation)
The current pilot action funded by the EC (DG Environment) started with the signing of an agreement on 21 December 2011.
The Coordinating entity is the Spanish Consulting firm Evaluación de Recursos Naturales, S.A. (EVREN), and the main partner is the Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector (EMWIS/SEMIDE). In addition, the Júcar River Basin Authority (CHJ) acts as a collaborating entity to ensure the coherence of data compilation and assessment.
The duration of the action is one year extended to 21 March 2013.
The objectives of the action:
This action aims at obtaining and assessing socio-economic, environmental and climatic data, develop updated water accounts according to water availability and existing demands in the
Specific objectives include:
- Compile and assess data (flows, precipitation, evapotranspiration, climatic aspects, groundwater levels, demands etc.) and adapt them to the European Catchment and Rivers Network System (ECRINS) developed by the EEA; as well as to the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEA-W).
- Propose a methodology for the management of data and their integration in the aforementioned systems.
- Obtain updated water accounts and detect desertification risks in the basin.
- Assess results and transmit them to managers and stakeholders through a participative process.
- Establish a series of recommendations for feasible water savings options and management measures targets.
- Transfer and disseminate results to EU and non-EU Mediterranean countries.
Contact information |
Dr. Jauad El KHARRAZ BP23 - Unité Technique du Système Euro-méditerranéen d’Information sur les savoir-faire dans le Domaine de l’Eau (UT-SEMIDE) - 06901 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS - FRANCE / Elisa VARGAS, EVREN
(email: jauad.el-kharraz@semide.org ; e.mino@semide.org ; evargas@evren.es) Phone: +33 4 92 94 22 90 / Fax: +33 4 92 94 22 95 // +34 91 5344805 M. +34 629610713 Fax +34 91 1309958 |
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Event type | Conference |
File link |
http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/desert-jucar/meetings/final-regional-conference-halt-jucar-des-project-madrid-27-02-2013 |
File link copy | 20130227_agenda_workshopv3_SN.doc (DOC, 86 Kb) |
Source | EMWIS Technical Unit |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS , WATER DEMAND |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/desert-jucar |
Geographical coverage | Spain, |
Address | Madrid |
Organizer | EVREN and CHJ, in partnership with EMWIS |
Target audience | Regional |
Period | 27/02/2013 |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH , SPANISH |