México 2006 : 4th World Water Forum

Session Proposal

Registration

Included in the session. FT2.14
1.CONTACT INFORMATION OF POTENTIAL CONVENER(S)
ID	TS0224
Convening Organization(s)	EURO- INBO (European Basin Organizations for the Implementation of the European Framework
Head of organization	Mr. Benoît LUTGEN
Position.	Minister for Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Environment, Wallonie Province, Belgium - President of EURO-RIOB
Contact person / people	Mr. Jean-Marie WAUTHIER
Position	Director for Environment,
Address 2 Place Sainctelette
Post / Zip code 1080	City BRUSSELS
Country Belgium
Telephone + 32 2 42 18 48 2	Fax + 32 2 42 18 48 1
E-mail	jm.wauthier@mrw.wallonie.be
Website www.inbo-news.org
2.TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Professional associations and academic institutions
3.INFORMATION ON THE ORGANIZATION’S INCORPORATION
Year of incorporation
2006
Objective of the organization
To enrich the common strategy for implementing the WFD, through exchange of experiences, training programs and twinnings between European Basin Organizations
Has the organization previously convened a session at a World Water Forum?
No
Which:

4.CO-CONVENING ORGANIZATIONS
(1) Name of organization INBO (International Network of Basin Organizations)
Contact person: Mr. Jean-François DONZIER
Position: Permanent Technical Secretary
E-mail address: inbo@wanadoo.fr
(2) Name of organization CONFEDERACION HIDROGRAFICA DEL JUCAR
Contact person: Mr. Teodoro ESTRELA MONREAL
Position: Secretario Tecnico Permanente de la REMOC
E-mail address: teodoro.estrela@chj.mma.es
5.FRAMEWORK THEME AND CROSSCUTTING PERSPECTIVE(S)
Framework themes.
Implementing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
Crosscutting Perspectives.
New Models for Financing Local Water Initiatives Institutional Development and Political Processes Capacity-building and Social Learning
6.GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS OF THE SESSION
A.Please select whether the focus of the session is global or regional Europe
B. Precise if it's specific to a country, city, area of a city or river basin.
Country
City, State, Province, etc.	0
River Basin	0
7.TITLE OF THE PROPOSED SESSION
Title: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE: STATUS, CHALLENGES & PROSPECTS
8.OBJECTIVE
1. Present status of implementation within the Hydrographic Districts 2. Consultation procedures of general public 3. Preparation of “management plans”: processes, procedures and agenda 4. Exchange of data 5. Prevention and protection against floods and droughts
9.TITLE OR NAME OF LOCAL ACTION(S) TO BE PRESENTED DURING YOUR SESSION (At least one these acions should aleready be in the database of local actions on the 4th forum website, and should be the same name as on that website).
- After our initial call for proposals launched early 2005, the selection process of the most relevant case studies is presently under way among the partners and members of INBO network. Some of these are already available online through our website www.inbo-news.org . Local actions will be selected in order to cover a broad range of issues, from sub-basin management at the grassroots level to joint management of large transboundary rivers as well,
10.EXTECTED OUTPUTS OF SESSION.
1. To take stocks of successful experiences implemented under the topics listed in §8 above 2. To find ways to disseminate these experiences and, if possible, to create awareness about them among the Ministers and multilateral financial institutions who will attend the Forum and the Ministerial conference
11.USE OF LOCAL ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE THESE OUTPUTSCOMES OF YOUR SESSION
0
12.EXPECTED NUMER OF PARTICIPANTS (please note that around 10,000 participants are expected at the Forum, and that session rooms range from 80 to 1100 participants)
300
13.ACTIVITIES TOWARD PRIOR TO THE PROPOSED SESSION (Comferences, workshops, meetings, virtual workshops, research, studies etc.)
In order to prepare this session and to mobilize its members, INBO has already organized several large regional preparatory meetings in 2005, among which: u From 23 to 25 May in Marrakech (Morocco) for the Mediterranean basin, with MENBO General Assembly, v From 29 September to 1 October in Namur (Walloon region - Belgium), with the 3rd Assembly of the Group of European Basin Organizations for the Implementation of the Framework Directive, In liaison with the Council of Europe, the International Secretariat for Water and Solidarity-Water-Europe, INBO will also be a partner in the week devoted to the citizen’s approach to water management, in Strasbourg (France), from 17 to 21 October 2005
14. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS
0