UNESCO
and Green Cross International
are pleased to invite you to a side event entitled
From Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potential:
Water for Peace
Tuesday,
3rd September
The WaterDome
from 14:00 to 16:00
Co-Chairs
Andras Szöllösi-Nagy, UNESCO Deputy Assistant
Director General,
Secretary of the International Hydrological Programme
Bertrand Charrier, Green Cross International, Executive Director
Panel Discussion:
William J. Cosgrove, World Water Council, Vice President
Léna Salamé, UNESCO-PCCP, Coordinator
Fiona Curtin, GCI-Water for Peace, Project Manager
Kamel Mahadin, Former Minister for Water & Irrigation,
Jordan;
Water for Peace in the Jordan Basin Coordinator
Anthony Turton, Director, African Water Issues Research Unit,
University of Pretoria;
Water for Peace in the Okavango Basin Coordinator
Marcia Macomber, Oregon State University
University Partnership for Transboundary WatersBreak
Ousséni Diallo, Coordinator, Water for Peace in the
Volta Basin
Marissa Arienza, Coordinator, Water for Peace in the La Plata
Basin
Alvaro Carmo Vas (TBC), Coordinator, PCCP in the Incomati Basin
Huub Savenije (TBC), Representative of the IHE-Waternet
Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources
course modules
This
side event seeks to raise awareness about the risks of water conflicts
and the tools available to achieve water security. Practical projects
and research from Green Cross/UNESCO "PC-CP: Water for Peace"
Programme will be presented followed by a moderated debate and Q&A
on how to make Transboundary Watercourses vehicles for Peace.