2008 WORLD WATER WEEK - “High-Level Panel: The Challenge of Improved Global Freshwater Governance & The UN Watercourses Convention”

20’ Opening Session
12:15 Welcome by Chair: Lasse Gustavsson, Secretary General, WWF Sweden
12:25 Keynote speech “Managing water across boundaries: lessons to support
governance reform in transboundary basins:” Dr. Alejandro Iza, Head,
Environmental Law Centre, IUCN—The World Conservation Union, Germany

45’ High-Level Debate
12:35 Moderator:  Mr. Jean-François Donzier, Secretary General, Permanent
Technical Secretariat, International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
Honorable Mrs. Maureen Ballestero, Vice-President of the National
Legislative Assembly, President of the Permanent Special Commission of
Environment, Costa Rica;
Honorable Christopher Addae, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Water Resources,
Works and Housing, Ghana
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Mr. Rajendra Kishor Kshetri, Acting secretary, of Water and Energy, Commission Secretariat (WECS), Nepal,
13:05 Open debate & questions
10’ Closing