INPIM E-Newsletter 93 (October 2009 Issue)

INPIM E-Newsletter # 93

NEWS

Ø Climate Change Illustrates Need for Better Water Management

Ø World Bank Releases Study on Uganda's Water Integrity Initiatives

Ø Water Evaporates From the Climate Change Negotiating Text

Ø India's Leaders Argue Over River Linking Plan

Ø Climate Change Is Water Change - Water Experts Reacted to Barcelona Negotiations

Ø United States Using Less Water than 35 Years Ago

Changing Climate Complicates Central Asian Water Management

DONORS' LENDING AND SUPPORT FOR IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE PROJECTS

World Bank

Ø Rwanda: Brining Clean Water to Rural Communities

Asian Development Bank

Ø Nepal: Water Supply, Sanitation, and Quality Management in Emerging Towns

Ø Bangladesh: Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project

Upcoming Regional and International Meets and Events

Ø Economists & Management of Water in Arab World and Africa

18 to 19 November 2009

Assiut, Egypt

Ø Debate: From Tsunami to Drought

19th November 2009

London, UK

Ø Water, Innovation, Technology & Sustainability Conference

November 23-24, 2009

Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil

Ø 60th International Executive Council (IEC) Meeting of ICID and 5th Asian Regional Conference.

6-11 December 2009

New Delhi, India.

Ø United Nation's Climate Change Conference

7-18 December 2009

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ø World General Assembly of the International Network of Basin Organizations

20-23 January, 2010,

Dakar, Senegal.

Ø The 15th International African Water and Sanitation Exhibition and Congress

15-18 March, 2010,

Kampala, Uganda.

Ø Fifth International Seminar on "Dynamics of Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems: Socio-institutional, Economic and Technical Context"

25 -26 March, 2010,

Kathmandu, Nepal.

Ø Third International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies

7 - 9 June 2010

Bucharest, Romania

Ø Deltas in Times of Climate Change

29 September - 1 October 2010

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ø International Conference: Transboundary Aquifers

Challenges and new directions

6-8 December 2010

Paris, France

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Ø Advances in Water Monitoring Research

Ø Coastal Environment and Water Quality

Ø Sustainable Wells: Maintenance, Problem Prevention, and Rehabilitation

Fellowship and funding opportunities

Ø Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme

Ø Post-Doctoral Research Positions

Ø Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program

CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAININGS

Ø Negotiation and Mediation for Water Conflict Management

1 March- 19 March 2010

UNESCO-IHE

Ø Water Resources Planning

06 April- 23 April 2010

UNESCO-IHE

Ø Water and Environmental Law and Institutions

26 April- 14 May, 2010

UNESCO-IHE