Euro-INBO 2023 International Conference

This Euro-INBO event will be held in Valencia, Spain, from 16 to 19 October 2023, at the invitation of the Hydrographic Confederation of the Júcar river basin (CHJ). This conference is organised in collaboration with:

• the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain (MITECO) ;
  
• the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) ;
• Europe-INBO’s twin network: the Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations (MENBO).

It will gather representatives of EU Member States, national and regional water directorates and administrations, hydrographic district authorities and basin organizations and more broadly stakeholders involved in basin management and in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), its "Daughter Directives" and other related policies, directives and regulations.

the Conference will be open to delegates from EU candidate countries and countries of Eastern European, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia interested in the EU policies, tools and methodologies for the planning of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at basin level.

basin management actors from both shores of the Mediterranean Sea will also be invited to take part in the exchanges between practitioners of the management of the water resources of lakes, rivers and aquifers.

Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English-Spanish-French for all of the plenary sessions of the Europe-INBO Conference.

Save the dates now to have the opportunity to participate in the 2023 Europe-INBO International Conference and share your experiences on basin management!

• Workshop "River management in a climate change context: challenges and opportunitues";
• Session I. Water and agriculture: management of nonpoint source pollution;
• Session II. New challenges for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in relation with other European water directives ; 
• Session III. Adaptation to climate change: integrating reuse to cope with droughts and water scarcity;
• Session IV. Clarification of the responsabilities of the various stakeholders in the implementation of the plans and programs of measures required by the European regulations;
• Session V. Transboundary and international cooperation;
• Technical and cultural study visit.