Workshop on adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins and third meeting of the Task Force on water and climate (Geneva, 10-12 May 2010) and the third meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate

A workshop on water and adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins will be held on 10-11 May 2010 in Geneva under the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), back-to-back with the third meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate (12 May).

The workshop aims to promote exchange of experience with adaptation of water management to climate change, especially in transboundary basins, to show how cooperation can be established in every step of developing an adaptation strategy, to support countries developing such strategies and pilot projects and to promote implementation of the Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change.

As you probably know, after having adopted the Guidance at its fifth session in November 2009 in Geneva, the Meeting of the Parties decided to foster implementation of the Guidance through a programme of pilot projects and a platform for exchanging experience with adaptation in the transboundary context. The workshop and Task Force meeting are important steps in this process; the pilot projects programme and design of the platform will, among other issues, be discussed.

The working languages  will be English, French and Russian. For your convenience the information notice for the workshop as well as the provisional agenda for the Task Force meeting are attached. All relevant documents for the meeting will be made available at

http://www.unece.org/env/water/meetings/transboundary_adaptation_workshop.html   for the workshop
and http://www.unece.org/env/water/water_and_climate.htm  for the Task Force meeting.

Call for presentations

Proposals for presentations at the workshop relevant to the topics and sessions as described in the information notice can be submitted by 6 April to sonja.koeppel@unece.org.

Registration, visa and financial support

Focal points are requested to disseminate information on the meetings and to facilitate nomination of relevant experts from their respective countries. Participants should complete the registration form and transmit it by e-mail to the secretariat (olga.carlos@unece.org) as soon as possible, but not later than 1 May 2010. If you need a personal invitation letter for visa purpose, please indicate it clearly in the registration form.

Eligible participants from countries with economies in transition may apply for financial support to facilitate their participation in the meeting. Requests for financial support should be submitted together with the registration form to UNECE by e-mail (olga.carlos@unece.org) as soon as possible, but not later than 6 April 2010.

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Information notice		ENG
Registration form		ENG