Unesco-IHP-Be General Assembly

Flemish water challenges are closely linked to
global water challenges.
Water wise thinking should be based on
water system knowledge, linked to
global water science.
UNESCO
International Hydrological Programme
(IHP)
Global water science
building on 50 years of water programmes
for sustainable development
50 Years of experience
Phase VIII: 2013-2018
WATER SECURITY
Insitutute
Higher
Education
(Delft)
Chairs
Secretary
Council
Cat. II
Centres
Bureau
Initiative
National
committees
(GWADI / IFI /
WLRI / HELP /
FRIEND/…
Belgian NC-IHP: Activities
• Scientific events:
– “Gestion des ressources en eau en Belgique : Enjeux climatiques et
sociétaux”, Louvain-la-Neuve, May 2013;
– “Belgian university cooperation in the water sector”, Brussels, 11 Oct
2013.
– “Droughts and low flow”, Maastricht, 24 Oct 2014
– « La politique agricole et de l’eau dans le Bassin méditerranéen : vers
une vision de développement durable du monde rural ? », Louvain-laNeuve, 6 Novembre 2014
– « Desertland II , FUST side event», Ghent, 16-17/6/2015
– “Hydrology, geophysics and geodesy for water management” Uccle,
oct 2015;
– “SMART technologies for monitoring the SDG for water” , Maastricht,
December 2015;
– “Climate services to support water management in LAC”, Brussels,
February 2016.
Belgian NC-IHP: Activities
• Flemish Trust Funds
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FRIEND Nile
FETwater
CAZALAC
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Enhancing climate services for Improved Water Resource
Management in Vulnerable Regions to Climate Change:
Case studies from Africa and Latin America and the
Caribbean.
– Needs Assessment for Climate Services for Improved
Water Resources to Management in vulnerable regions to
Southern Africa, Case study: Malawi, Zambia and
Mozambique (AFRICA).
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Personal thoughts on
water thinkers report
• Where is the green water / virtual water?
• How to challenge the inconsistency between
cultural / political /institutional and
hydrological boundaries?
• What management model for resilient water
infrastructure investment and water
management programmes (public / private /
public-private)?