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National seminar on the Water Convention

14 - 15 March 2011
Dushanbe Tajikistan
National Seminar "On the way to the International Year of Water Cooperation:
the role of international law, including the UNECE Water Convention,
in strengthening cooperation on water resources management"

A two-day national seminar on the role of intenational law and the UNECE Water Convention in strengthening cooperation on water resources management was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Melioration and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan in the framework of the programme "Regional Dialogue and Cooperation on Water Resources Management in Central Asia" financed by the Government of Germany through GTZ as part of the Berlin Water Process, and with additional financial support from Switzerland.

 

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Programme

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Background document: Guide to Implementing the Water Convention

 

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Report

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List of participants

 

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Presentations

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Introduction to international water law and the UNECE Water Convention (Prof. Attila Tanzi, University of Bologna, Chair of the Legal Board of the UNECE Water Convention)

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Water Convention: a sound framework for transboundary water cooperation (Ms. Francesca Bernardini, Secretary to the Water Convention, UNECE)

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Water Convention: “obligations for all Parties” (Mr. Sergei Vinogradov, University of Dundee, and Legal Board of the UNECE Water Convention)

 

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Water Convention: “obligations for Riparian Parties” (Ms. Iulia Trombitcaia, UNECE)

 

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“Planned measures” in international law, including the UNECE Water Convention (Prof. Attila Tanzi)

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UNECE Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Espoo Convention) and its application in transboundary water projects (Mr. Nicholas Bonvoisin, Secretary to the Espoo Convention, UNECE)

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Joint bodies: international experience and best practice (Ms. Iulia Trombitcaia, UNECE)

 

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International Sava River Basin Commission (Mr. Dejan Komatina, Secretary of the Commission)

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StrPDFthening institutional and legal frameworks of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea (Mr. Sergei Vinogradov)

 

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Protocol on Water and Health: integrating water, health and the environment (Ms. Francesca Bernardini, Co-Secretary to the Protocol, UNECE)

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Climate change and water resources (Ms. Sibylle Vermont, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Chair of the Bureau of the UNECE Water Convention )

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Projects and activities of the UNECE Water Convention in Central Asia (Mr. Bo Libert, UNECE Regional Adviser on Environment )

 

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Press release "UNECE Seminar on International Water Cooperation opens in Tajikistan"

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