Sixth Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management

Organised by: Government of Guatemala and the Inter-American Water Resources Network (IWRN) in collaboration with the Organization of American States (OAS), UNESCO, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) and the Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES).

Theme: From Dialogue to action – Strengthening partnerships and building the basis for meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

Proposed topics:

• agriculture and food security
• gender and inter-generational issues and water
• conservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems
• transboundary basins and aquifers
• energy and productive processes and water
• knowledge generation and exchange and lessons learned
• governance and water resources
• investments in multi-purpose projects
• communication, awareness, and water culture
• environment and development
• national water resources management plans and strategies
• risks and extreme events
• sanitation, human and environmental health in development
• water security
• water management information systems
• water management in small island states
• appropriate technologies
• economic and social valuation of water resources

Contact: Ing. Carlos Roberto Cobos, Sixth Dialogue Coordinator CT-MIRH/PARPA - Ministry of Agriculture , Guatemala, dialogue6@iwrn.net, d6.coordinator@iwrn.net, carlos.cobos@maga.gob.gt

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- Location:

Guatemala City, Guatemala

- Date:

12 Aug 07 - 17 Aug 07