Scotland, XVth IWRA WORLD WATER CONGRESS
From 25th to 29th May 2015 – Edimburgh, Scotland
Global Water, a resource for development: Opportunities, challenges and constraints
The XVth World Water Congress will be held from the 25th to 29th May 2015 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), in cooperation with the Scottish Government.
The congress will provide a platform for open discussions and debates among scientists, practitioners and policy makers from both developed and developing countries and from different disciplines and sectors. In collaboration with Scotland ́s Water, the IWRA Congress will promote in-depth discussions on the complexity of water policies, management, development and governance practices at the local, national, regional and global levels in a rapidly changing world as the fast evolving global landscape is driving decisions in the sectors ́ policies, performance and prospects.
Subthemes:
• Global challenges for water governance
• Revisiting water paradigms
• Management of water resources
• Key vulnerabilities and security risks
• Transboundary river basins and shared aquifers
• Non-conventional sources of water
• Valuing water : monetary and non-monetary dimensions
• Water law at the national and international levels
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The congress will provide a platform for open discussions and debates among scientists, practitioners and policy makers from both developed and developing countries and from different disciplines and sectors. In collaboration with Scotland ́s Water, the IWRA Congress will promote in-depth discussions on the complexity of water policies, management, development and governance practices at the local, national, regional and global levels in a rapidly changing world as the fast evolving global landscape is driving decisions in the sectors ́ policies, performance and prospects.
Subthemes:
• Global challenges for water governance
• Revisiting water paradigms
• Management of water resources
• Key vulnerabilities and security risks
• Transboundary river basins and shared aquifers
• Non-conventional sources of water
• Valuing water : monetary and non-monetary dimensions
• Water law at the national and international levels
Click here for more information.