From 2007-09-12 to 2007-09-14

Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

Summary:
The objectives of this symposium are:
• bringing together leading international urban water management experts to discuss new concepts, approaches and technologies for dealing with urban water problems under various settings, covering both developed and developing countries.
• exchange of ideas for new directions in urban water management, as well as drawing recommendations for the formulation of new strategies and implementation elements such as guidelines and educational tools.
• presentation and delivery of the results and outputs of the IHP-VI Urban Water Management Programme (UWMP) and gathering feedback from the participants regarding their applicability, gaps and possible extensions. These elements will also feed the design of the next phase of IHP-VII (2008-2013).

Organizers: UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme
Contact Name: Conference Secretariat
E-mail: SymposiumUWM2007@unesco.org
URL: http://typo38.unesco.org/index.php?urban_water_07