ustainable Development for Lasting Peace: shared water,
shared future, shared knowledge
May 6-7, 2003, Athens, Greece
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the international community
recognised that to achieve our goal of sustainable development we have
to reorient and enhance our efforts at all levels to promote peaceful
and mutually beneficial management of the natural resources. A looming
water crisis, associated with both the quantity and quality of water,
is foreseeable. Such a crisis could give rise to serious stress within
countries and may provoke conflicts at various levels, especially in the
South-eastern European and Mediterranean region, where both surface and
groundwaters are scarce. To address these issue, the Government of Greece
is organising jointly with the World Bank this conference, and its outcome
will also provide an input to the "Environment for Europe" Conference
in Kiev.
For more information, please visit: www.eu2003.gr
5th Pan-European Ministerial Conference "Environment
for Europe"
May 21-23, 2003, Kiev, Ukraine
The Environment for Europe Conference will be held in Kiev, where European
ministers will meet to make international agreements on the environment
in Europe. This will be four years on from the Aarhus Convention (right
to public information, participation and justice in environmental decision-making).
Special focus will be given to the Convention on Transboundary Effects
of Industrial Accidents and on the Convention on the Protection and Use
of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
For more information, please visit: www.kyiv-2003.info
Danube Region Business Conference
4 June 4-6, Bucharest, Romania
The goal of this conference series is to provide a platform to representatives
from business, trade, industry, academic institutions, government and
non-governmental agencies to discuss the economic dimension of the Danube
Cooperation Process. These recommendations are presented to the governments
and the European Commission to create and insure the framework necessary
for efficient professional implementation, expected by the both the business
community and the general public.
For more information, please visit: www.drbc4.net/
DANUBIS User Trainings
In the frame of further development of the ICPDR Information System -
Danubis, the GEF Danube Regional Project prepared a training programme
for the Danubis users. After the first training of Information Facilitators
at the regional level, organized in December 2002, the trainings for members
of the ICPDR Expert Groups is being organized in each country.
14-15.04.2003 Bucharest (Romania)
17-18.04.2003 Sofia (Bulgaria)
21-22.04.2003 Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
24-25.04.2003 Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)
06-07.05.2003 Ljubljana (Slovenia)
08-09.05.2003 Zagreb (Croatia)
15-16.05.2003 Budapest (Hungary)
ICPDR Meetings
Workshop on Groundwater (May 12-13, Budapest, Hungary)
Danube Black Sea Joint Technical Working Group (May 21-22, Vienna, Austria)
Standing Working Group Meeting (former Steering Group Meeting) of the
ICPDR (June 12-13, Chiemsee, Germany)
Workshop on Economics (July 10, venue to be determined)For updates please
consult the ICPDR Events Calendar on our webpage www.icpdr.org.