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Invitation to IGRAC's Side Event at WWF6, Marseille
UNESCO and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have signed the agreement on the establishment of the International Groundwater Resource Assessment Centre (IGRAC). The right moment to celebrate, reflect and look forward.
IGRAC has officially become an UNESCO centre. It is legally an independent foundation and in-house partner of the UNESCO-IHE, in Delft, the Netherlands. The centre works also under the auspices of World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and this event is an invitation to other international organisations and countries to join IGRAC's groundwater activities. Since 2003, IGRAC provides independent content and process support to the assessment, monitoring and management of internationally shared groundwaters. The centre promotes and facilitates worldwide exchange of groundwater knowledge and contributes to the assessment of global groundwater resources. Let IGRAC become your portal to groundwater!
Programme
- Welcome and introduction: Ms Alice Aureli, Chief of Groundwater Systems Section, UNESCO International Hydrological Programme
- IGRAC as a UNESCO water centre: Ms Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
- IGRAC hosted and supported by the Netherlands: Ms Elaine Alwayn, Director of Department Water and Soil, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Netherlands
- Groundwater in a Changing World: Neno Kukuric, director IGRAC
- Questions & Answers
- Cocktail
Date: Tuesday March 13th, 2012
Time: 13:15-14:15hr
Room: Europa 2 (PEU 2) (The room is in the hall called 'Palais de l'Europe')