| Opening session |
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Key note address: Lessons learnt from the support to transboundary
cooperation world-wide funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
Ms. Astrid Hillers, Senior Environmental Specialist, GEF |
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Introduction to the objectives and program of the workshop
Ms. Annukka Lipponen, Environmental Affairs Officer, UNECE |
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Session 1: Making environmental protection work in transboundary
cooperation |
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Transboundary cooperation on Lake Ohrid
Mr. Dejan Panovski, Head of Unit for protection of Ohrid Lake, former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
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Transboundary environmental challenges in the Volta River Basin and
what can be done to address them
Mr. Charles Biney, Executive Director, Volta Basin Authority |
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Setting up cooperation to reduce pollution of the River Plate
Mr. Marco Vermaasen, Argentine National Coordinator, Freplata GEF project |
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Making space for the nature in a developed river basin – the Master Plan
Migratory Fish and Habitat patch connectivity atlas for the Rhine
Mr. Ben van de Wetering, Secretary General, International Commission for
the Protection of the Rhine |
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Session 2: Cooperation in the development and management of
infrastructure |
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The regional infrastructure programme in the Senegal River Basin
Mr. Mohamed Fawzi Bedredine, Organisation for the Development of the
Senegal River (OMVS) |
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Transboundary cooperation in the operation and maintenance of water
management infrastructure in the Chu and Talas River Basins
Mr. Tilek Isabekov, Head of the Kyrgyz section of the Secretariat of the
Chu-Talas Commission |
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Joint development of infrastructure on transboundary rivers, sharing costs
and benefits: experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr. Jabbar Vatanfada, General Director and Mr. Changiz Hajimesgari,
Director of Dusti Dam Operation, Boundary Rivers and Shared Water
Resources, Ministry of Energy (Water and Electricity), Iran |
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Albufeira convention: cooperation in the management of infrastructures
and coordination of water demands in transboundary context
Ms. Tania Gutiérrez, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Spain |
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| Session 3: Funding transboundary cooperation |
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Funding mechanisms of river basin organisations: an overview and some
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Ms. Susanne Schmeier, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Sustainable financing of joint bodies – perspective of a joint bodies’ party |
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Ms. Heide Jekel, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,
Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany |
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Session 4: Coordinating different water uses and accommodating
them better |
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Assessment of the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in the
Alazani/Ganykh Basin under the Water Convention
Ms. Mariam Makarova, Head Water Resources Management Service,
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Georgia |
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Costa Rica – Panama bilateral commission for integrated management of
the Sixaola River Basin
Mr. José Joaquin Chacon, Deputy Director, Water Directorate, Ministry of
Environment and Energy, Costa Rica |
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Guidelines for balancing different water uses: navigation and environment,
sustainable hydropower development,
Mr. Raimund Mair, Technical Expert on River Basin Management,
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) |
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Session 6: Challenges in the management of joint bodies:
Communication and establishing contacts with different stakeholders |
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Towards better communication strategy and stakeholder engagement:
experience from the International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC),
Mr. Dejan Komatina, Secretary, ISRBC |
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| Session 7: Management of transboundary groundwater resources |
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Stampriet aquifer: the setting, need for transboundary cooperation in
managing the resource, and the process for developing a joint
coordination mechanism
Ms. Aina Ileka, Chief Hydrogeologist, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and
Forestry, Namibia |
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Coordination mechanism on the North-West Sahara Aquifer System,
development scenarios and the future outlook
Mr. Djamel Latrech, Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), Tunisia |
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Plan/options for supporting inter-sectoral coordination in managing the
transboundary Dinaric Karst Aquifer System in the DIKTAS project
Ms. Mirela Hahn, Directorate for Water Management, Ministry of
Agriculture, Croatia |
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Assessment of transboundary groundwater bodies in the Scheldt River
Basin, transboundary coordination of measures and linking to River Basin
Management Plan
Mr. Arnould Lefébure, Secretary General, International Scheldt
Commission (ISC) |
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