EXAMPLES OF ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

 

è Information and documentation systems

è Institutional reforms

è Integrated water resource management at the level of river basins

è Professional training and educational engineering


 

 

International activities

 

 

Examples of on-going international projects

INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS

 

 

AQUADOC-INTER   A global network of national water information centres
RéFEA   Low cost technologies : creation of a francophone telematics centre
AFRICA AND INDIAN OCEAN
AFRICA   - THE WATER UTILITIES PARTNERSHIP (WUP)
- AWIS: African Water Information and Documentation System
EUROPE
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT
AGENCY		   The European Topic CentRE ON Water
Projets européens  

- LIFE 99 : Controlling non-point pollution in 6 European countries
- Monitoring industrial pollution comparative study in the Meuse river basin
- " AQUALIBRIUM "
- " AQUALINGUA " : Water technologies in 15 languages
- " EUROSTAT " : A manual on the collection of water-related statistical data

EUROPE - THE MEDITERRANEAN
EMWIS   EURO-MEDITERRANEAN INFORMATION SYSTEM ON KNOW-HOW IN THE WATER SECTOR
MOROCCO    

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Examples of on-going international projects

INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

 
AFRICA AND INDIAN OCEAN
CHAD   A new water code
MALI   A modernised water code
MAURITANIA   a National Action Plan for Nature and the Environment (PANE)
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE   :Twinning agreements for accession to the European Union
EUROPE - THE MEDITERRANEAN
THE MEDITERRANEAN   An action plan for the Mediterranean
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
BOLIVIA   Quality standards for the management of water and sanitation utilities
BRAZIL   Parana : institutional reforms
NICARAGUA   Preparation to the concession of water supply utilities' management

 

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Examples of on-going international projects

Integrated water resource management at the level of river basins
INBO   Resource management at the level of river basins
TWINBASINXN   Promoting twinning between basins
to reinforce practices of Integrated Water Resource Management
AFRICA AND INDIAN OCEAN
AFRICA   - European Water Initiative for Integrated Water Resources Management
- The European Union Water Initiative - Component on transboundary basin management
ETHIOPIA   Towards water management at the level of river basins
IVORY COAST   Reform of the institutional framework for integrated water resource management
NIGER BASIN   A constructive audit of the Niger Basin Authority
SENEGAL RIVER   Organisation for the development of the Senegal river
THE REUNION ISLAND   The SDAGE of the Reunion island
THE VOLTA   Towards the creation of a Transboundary Basin OrganiSation
AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA   Integrated management of shared river basins
ASIA
CHINA   - A flood forecasting and warning system in the Dongting lake basin
- Eutrophication control in the Tai-Hu lake
INDIA - GUJARAT   Integrated management of the Sabarmati river basin
SRI LANKA   MAHAWELLI AUTHORITY - Decentralisation and basin management
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
HUNGARY   French-Hungarian co-operation programme for water data management
HUNGARY / ROMANIA   The Körös / Crisuri Transboundary basin
POLAND   - PHARE project in Poland "Setting-up of a basin information system
- Support to the decentralised and participatory management of water resources
- Support to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive - The Upper Vistula pilot Basin
ROMANIA   - A basin committee for the Siret river
- Water management and implementation of the Framework Directive
RUSSIA   The Volga : pilot basin for training and institutional reforms
RUSSIA - KAZAKHSTAN   - International management of the Irtysh river
- Setting-up of the Irtysh river basin information system
UKRAINE   - The southern Bug basin committee
- Monitoring water quality in the Bug, Latorica and Uzh rivers
- Legal and institutional assistance
EUROPE
EUROPEAN UNION   - "Rhine-Net" To develop public participation
- "WaterStrategyMan" : Developing Strategies for Regulating
and Managing Water Resources and Demand in Water Deficient Regions
- "IRBM": A European Working Group
- IWRM.Net : A new network of national and regional research programmmes
on Integrated Water Resources Management
EUROPE - THE MEDITERRANEAN
ALGERIA   Consolidation of river basin agencies
MOROCCO   Setting-up of the Oum Er Rbia river basin agency
TURKEY   - Project on pollution control in Izmir Bay and integrated management of Aegean rivers
- Integrated water resource management at river basin level
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
BOLIVIA   - Integrated management fo the rio Rocha
BRAZIL   - BAHIA : Experts' missions on the Rio Jiquiriça
- Implementation of the Federal Water Law
(THE) MARTINIQUE   The SDAGE of the Martinique
MEXICO   The setting-up of regional water information centres

 

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Examples of on-going international projects

Professional training and educational engineering
AFRICA AND INDIAN OCEAN
CAPE VERDE:   Autonomous water and sanitation utilities - "SAAS"
KENYA   - Human resource development in the water sector
- "KEnyan Water Institute - KEWI"
MAURITIUS   The "CNFME" and the Limousin "IUT" in Mauritius
NIGERIA   NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE (NWRI)
SOUTH AFRICA   - Creation of a network of professional Training Centres
- “ Human Capacity Building for the South-African Water Sector”
SOUTHERN AFRICA     A three-year training programme for water utilities
ASIE
LAOS   A training centre for better efficiency in water utilities
VIETNAM   Training centre for professions in the water and environment sectors
EUROPE
EUROPE   - "LEONARDO DA VINCI" programme
- "WEST" For an overview of water–related research in Europe
- WFD-Community : Virtual Community for the training of water professionals
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
CZECH REPUBLIC   Training and information centre for decision-makers in water management
POLAND   GDANSKA FUNDACJA WODY
Polish national training centre for water professions
ROMANIA   Capacity building
SLOVENIA   Feasibility study for the creation of a training centre for water professions
WAWAMAN   For better integration into the European Union
EUROPE - THE MEDITERRANEAN
ALBANIA   Training for water professions ; a priority
ALGERIA   "Algérienne Des Eaux" - ADE
EUROPE - MEDITERRANEE   ESC'EAU : A new model for evaluating knowledge and competence
MOROCCO   Protecting water resources :
a main concern for the national office for drinking water (ONEP)
TUNISIA   A quality approach for CITET
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
BRAZIL   Creation of a network of training centres for water professions
COLOMBIA   Creation of a professional training centre
MEXICO   Mexican training centre for water supply and sanitation
VENEZUELA   HIDROVEN : a national professional training system

 

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