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* Water Management in Federal and Federal-type Countries,
Zaragoza
9-11 July 2008
AIDA was represented by its Chairman, Dominique Alhéritière
who chaired Session VI on "Horizontal Issues in Federal
and Decentralised Countries". Stefano Burchi, AIDA's
Deputy-Chairman and Treasurer was also in attendance and presented
a paper on "Water Resource Agreements among States and
Provinces of Federal Countries - A Comparative Review".
One of the two key organizers, Scientic Director of this superb
event was Prof. Antonio Embid Irujo, AIDA's Representative
for Spain. Antonio presented to the participants two of his
recent books: the first one is a collective effort for a comparative
study on water law in Brazil and Spain (El Derecho de Aguas
en Brasil y España - Un estudio de Derecho Comparado,
Cizur Menor, Navarra, Editorial Aranzadi SA, 2008, 356 pages);
the second, also a collective work, on water management in
Aragón (Gestión del Agua en Aragón, same
editor, 2007, 292 pages). AIDA's Representative for Australia,
Prof. Jennifer McKay presented a paper on "The situation
in Australia". Prof. Miguel Mathus Escorihuela, almost
a founding Member of AIDA (he joined the Association in 1968!)
presented a paper on "The Situation in Argentina"
and his reference book, in cooperation with Antonio Embid
Irujo, Santiago Ruiz Freites and other authors on water law
and administration (Derecho y Administración de Aguas,
Miguel Mathus Escorihuela, 2007, 529 pages). The book is dedicated
to the late Joaquín López, founding Member of
AIDA. Other members of AIDA presented papers: Miguel Solanes
on "The Economics of Water and its Services: Federalism
and Decentralisation in the context of the International Investment
Protection Agreements"; Prof. Joe Goldface Irokalibe
on "The situation in Nigeria"; Prof. Imeru Tamrat
on "The situation in Ethiopia". Other AIDA members
were in attendance and Antonio Fanlo participated in the Conference.
AIDA's contribution was therefore most impressive indeed,
thanks to the members of its Executive Council, to its Representatives,
and to the members of the Association..
* World Water Congress, Montpellier
(France), 1-4 September 2008
This major triennial event organised by the International
Water Resources Association (IWRA), the 13th of its kind,
was superbly hosted by AGROPOLIS, with the support of the
French Government, the Region of Languedoc Roussillon and
the City of Montpellier. AIDA was represented by its Chairman,
Dominique Alhéritière. Several AIDA members
were present and took an active role. One of them, Lilian
del Castillo-Laborde is in fact the Secretary-General of IWRA
and was very busy indeed. The opening ceremony was of a very
high intellectual level with the presentation made by the
President of IWRA, Cecilia Tortajada, and by the Secretary-General
of OECD, Angel Gurría. During the series of Q&As
which followed, with Henri Carsalade, President of AGROPOLIS
as moderator, the Chairman of AIDA had an opportunity to present
the Association. The 14th World Water Congress will be held
in Recife (Brazil) in November 2011 with an entire session
dedicated to water law. New developments in this regard will
hopefully be posted soon..
* IVth International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management, Thessaloniki (Greece), 13-14 October 2008
The Symposium was jointly organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Management of Water and Conflict Resolution. Its main topic was 'Transboundary Surface Waters and Shared Aquifers'. Specific topics covered monitoring networks, data and information sharing, decision making and conflict resolution, stakeholder participation and legal and institutional issues. AIDA members B. Appelgren (Sweden), S. Bogdanovic (Serbia), S. Burchi (Italy), L. Del Castillo (Argentina), M. Nanni (Italy) and R. Stephan (France) attended and contributed to the Symposium and the side events. For further information, visit www.inweb.gr
* Brazilian Congress of Water Law,
Fortaleza, Brazil, 20-22 November 2008
FThe Foundation Institute Delmiro Gouveia for the Development
is promoting the Ist Brazilian Congress of Water Law in the
city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from 20 to 22 November,
2008. For further information and registration: www.direitoce.com.br
AIDA will be present via its member Prof. Cid Tomanik Pompeu
http://www.cidtomanikpompeu.com.br
organizer of the event.
* International Conference on Water
Scarcity, Global Changes and Groundwater Management Responses,
at the University of California, Irvine, USA, 1st-5th December
2008
For more information:
http://webworld.unesco.org/ihp_db/events/GenericView.asp?KEY=315
* Vth World Water Forum, Istanbul
16-22 March 2009
AIDA will obviously be represented in what constitutes now
the major water event on Earth, held every three years.
* Law of Water Management in the
Mediterranean - Past, Present, Future -, Florence/Montecatini
Terme, 25-28 March 2009
The European University Institute/Robert Shuman Centre for
Advanced Studies (RSCAS) has published Call for papers for
the Workshop 11 of the 10th Mediterranean Research Meeting.
Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 September 2008.
Full papers should be submitted by 15 January 2009. For more
information:
http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2009/pdf/MRM2009-Paperscall.pdf
* UNESCO launches a Master programme
on Water and Cooperation.
An opportunity to study conflict management in Dundee and
Delft has been created by two new and related master programmes
that are offered under the aegis of PCCP, UNESCO's programme
on water and cooperation: - MSc in Water Management - specialisation
Water Conflict Management - LLM in Water Governance and Conflict
Resolution The Masters programmes provide the participants
the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the theoretical
background of scientific, legal and institutional aspects
of water management.
For more information access the electronic brochure online:
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/pccp/pdf/msc_llm_flyer.pdf
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