International networks

OiEau helped to set up the International Network Basin Organizations and serves as its permanent Technical Secretariat. OiEau ensures the smooth functioning of its bodies ( Liaison Bureau and General Assembly), coordinates and publishes the annual newsletter, thematic manuals, (etc.), manages its website and Twitter account (@INBO_RIOB), and organises events and working sessions in conjunction with network members and partners (UNECE, WMO, UNESCO, European Commission, etc.).

OiEau, together with Spain and Italy, was behind the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector (EMWIS) network, which has become the main forum for sharing information and knowledge on water in this region. OiEau provides permanent technical and political support through organisational and financial management of its unit, and by facilitating institutional exchanges between member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean. 

The global platform of pilot basins is a joint initiative of UNECE and the INBO that builds on the commitments made on climate change adaptation at basin level. OiEau helps to coordinate the platform and experience-sharing, in order to foster the pooling of best practices and to develop, monitor and promote climate change adaptation projects within basins.

As part of the Global Alliances for Water and Climate (GAfWaC), OiEau helps to identify climate finance development projects and bring them to maturity. Thanks to OiEau’s expertise and methodology, the various stakeholders involved reached a consensus and projects have emerged around key themes such as climate orientation (adaptation and mitigation) and the link between basins as cities as key stakeholders in the fight against climate change.

OiEau coordinates the International Network of Water Training Centres (INWTC), which works to promote and support vocational training in water-related occupations worldwide. OiEau helps to organise conferences and workshops, supports the dissemination of information (technologies, equipment, administrative solutions), and works to create a reward and evaluation system for best practices by training centres.