From 2006-02-27 to 2006-03-02

Venue: Abuja, Nigeria

Summary:
One of the aims of these meetings is to strengthen Africa’s regional capabilities as well as the cohesive implementation of IHP programmes. It will seek to create opportunities for real output and results as well as improve the knowledge base. It will also give rise to increased capacity and create a family of IHP National Committees working towards a common goal - that of resolving issues surrounding water in the region.

More importantly, these events will provide a platform for the African countries to prepare activities within the Seventh Phase of the IHP (IHP-VII; 2008-2013), to achieve the UN MDGs in the region and undertake specific actions in the framework of the UN International Decade for Action “Water for Life” (2005-2015) and the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2015).

The Conference will also be a forum to attract attention on a worldwide scale to water related issues in Africa. Recommendations from these two events as well as a report will be presented at the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico in March 2006.

Organizers: Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and under the auspices of UNESCO and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources of Nigeria
Contact Name: Krystel Lepresle
E-mail: k.lepresle@unesco.org
URL: http://www.unesco.org/water/ihp/pdf/abuja2006_ihp.pdf