The Melia project has gathered valuable knowledge on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Mediterranean in the past few years. The partners wish to share this knowledge among themselves, but also with others who are working in the field of water management.

For this reason a Capacity Building Training Seminar (IWRM) is organised. Central to the seminar are the results of the MELIA Project. Valuable input from similar FP Projects, will be added to complete the picture.

Scientists, policy-makers, water managers, operators, PhD students and stakeholder representatives, including water-user associations and NGOs, so anyone working water sector in the Mediterranean. Attendants from other institutions than the MELIA partners are very welcome.

The participation to the Capacity Building Training Seminar is free of charge. Persons that want to participate are expected to cover their own travel and lodging expenses.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to committed participants.

The seminar focuses on strengthening the ability to assess integrated water management issues. Sharing and discussing views and experiences on IWRM will provide the opportunity to directly address the challenges of sustainable development. The seminar aims to support improved integrated and effective water resources management in the Mediterranean environment.

The participatory-based partnership of MELIA represents almost all the different stakeholders involved in the water sector within the Mediterranean. This means that the MELIA partners, each of them a representative of the various categories, will help MELIA sharing the knowledge base widely.

The seminar integrates knowledge and skill-building tools such as lectures, case studies, exchange of local and global experience, a field visit, and facilitated group exercises. Participants will be stimulated to link their own experiences to the seminar content so that the insights developed can be to applies in concrete situations.

The seminar will take place in Venice, at the Palazzo Badoer, courtesy of the Venice University, IUAV, on 25, 26, 27 and 28 October, 2010. October 27 will be a joint day with Blue in Architecture 2010. On October 28th a technical visit will take place to the MOSE Project (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, Experimental Electromechanical Module.

Mid September the organisers will provide a list of hotels.

Please, download the FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and PROGRAMME version (click here) 

The seminar is jointly organized by CIHEAM-IAMB (Italy), IUAV, Venice (Italy), TUDELFT (The Netherlands) and CSIC (Spain).

You can register by fulfilling the following on-line formulary:

ON-LINE REGISTRATION FORMULARY 

For further information, please, contact:

Maroun El Moujabber (e-mail: elmoujabber@iamb.it)

Ana Hidalgo Lopez (e-mail: ana.hidalgo@ebd.csic.es)

Sandra Junier (e-mail: s.j.junier@tudelft.nl)