10th World General Assembly of INBO: from 1st to 4th june 2016 in Merida (Mexico)

The 10th World General Assembly of the International Network of Basin Organizations - INBO - will take place in Merida in Mexico from 1 to 4 June 2016, at the invitation of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), the National Water Commission (CONAGUA), the Mexican Basin Councils and the North American Network of Basin Organizations (NANBO):

Centro de Convenciones Yucatán Siglo XXI
Calle 60 Norte, Número 299-E Ex Cordemex
Col. Revolución, C.P. 97118 Mérida, Yucatán, México.
www.yucatansigloxxi.com

There will be simultaneous translation into English, Spanish and French.

The meeting is open to all Basin Organizations - INBO Members or Observers, and also to all the water Administrations, local Authorities, economic, academic and scientific sectors, as well as Non-Governmental Organizations, interested in Integrated Water Resources Management at the level of river basins over the world.

The World General Assembly of Merida will be organized around major strategic topics to ensure, in the basins of local, national or transboundary rivers, lakes and aquifers, the necessary implementation of measures for facing major global challenges that are essentially population growth, food and energy demand or adaption to the effects of climate change, which will be dealt with in four roundtables, to be held on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June in plenary sessions and focusing on:

• Adaptation to climate change in basins,
• Mandates, composition, role and means of the Basin Councils and Committees,
• Sustainable basin management: planning and funding,
• The participation of the economic sectors and citizens.

Your registration should be done directly online, with a click here, or on http://www.inbo-news.org/inscription/inbo-2016.php