‘Guide de l'Eau (Guide to Water) 2010-2011’ contains updates on water resources legislation and institutions in France. In particular, it covers the Grenelle Law II, the river basin management plans (SDAGE) for the period 2010-2015, the new programmes of the water agencies and the newly deconcentered

The Code de l'eau (Water Code), second edition, authored by AIDA members Jacques Sironneau and Bernard Drobenko, is now available from Editions Johanet, Paris. The Code, consisting of nearly 1,800 pages, carries the annotated text of the water laws of France and of the European

The 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm, August 21-27, is now making its 1st Announcement, inviting interested individuals or organisations to submit workshop abstracts or proposals to convene a seminar or side event in 2010. The Announcement also outlines the special theme for the 2011

The international conference on “Transboundary aquifers – Challenges and new directions” was convened jointly by UNESCO, UNEP and the International Association of Hydro-geologists (IAH) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 6-8 December 2010. AIDA featured as a cooperating institution, and was officially represented by the chair

The new World Water Day 2011 website is now available online at www.unwater.org/worldwaterday

The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the XIVth IWRA World Water Congress 'Adaptive Water Management: Looking to the Future', which will be held at Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil, on 25-29 September, 2011, has been extended to 15 January, 2011. To submit an

In the book 'Le Droit à l'eau: une urgence humanitaire' (the right to water: a humanitarian emergency), published by Editions Johanet, Paris, 2010, B. Drobenko dwells on the need to consider the right to water as a fundamental right, in accordance with the Resolution adopted

In order to efficiently contribute to take up the challenges of the sustainable management of transboundary aquifers, the French Development Agency (AFD) launched a methodological study in close partnership with UNESCO-IHP’s ISARM project, the French Water Academy, the International Office for Water, and the French