From 2005-04-04 to 2005-04-07

Venue: Cairo, Egypt

Summary:
In order to improve groundwater management within the context of IWRM in arid and semi-arid countries in order to enhance the appropriate protection and use of such resources and to strengthen the capacity of professionals working across water sectors, the workshop will:
• depict current groundwater management practices/pitfalls and usage patterns, focusing on cases and country examples in countries with arid/semi-arid climates
• summarize trends/innovations to develop, monitor and protect groundwater resources in both national and transboundary aquifer/basin settings
• consider alternatives/strategies to meet societal demands, reduce risk, enhance awareness for renewable as well as non-renewable groundwater resources
• identify steps to sustainability for groundwater resources in country specifically aquifer settings integrating ecosystems, economics/finance, laws/regulations, institutions and society.

Organizers: Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Co-sponsored by IAEA-Vienna, UNESCO-Cairo and UNEP-Bahrain.
Contact Name: PhD Keith Kennedy
E-mail: asa-groundwater@iwrm.org
URL: http://www.iwrm.org/index.php?page=mypage&iId=7