Water and Climate Day at COP21 convened representatives of UNESCO’s Water Family from the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, water centres, and water chairs to discuss water and climate related issues and sol...
Over the past 50 years, UNESCO’s water programmes have evolved from an internationally coordinated hydrological research programme into an encompassing, holistic programme to facilitate education and capacity building, and enhance water resources management and governance. As part of the celebration...
UNESCO Chair/INWEB at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, successfully developed a “Geo-referenced information system for coastal aquifers in the Mediterranean basin" under the UNEP/MAP “Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea large Marine Ecosystem” (MedPartnership) programme ...
UNESCO-IHP Expert Meeting on “Preparation of the groundwater supplement to the TDA-Med, SAP and ICZM Protocol”, 22-23 February 2012 The workshop focused on the UNESCO-IHP Sub-component 1.1 on “Managing Coastal Aquifer and Groundwater” of the GEF UNEP/MAP “Strategic Partnership for the Mediterran...
The workshop focused on the UNESCO-IHP Sub-component 1.1 on “Managing Coastal Aquifer and Groundwater” of the GEF UNEP/MAP “Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (MedPartnership)”. The participation of national representatives from the GEF countries demonstrated the...
This Symposium aimed to assess the state of the art and the progress recently made in the sustainable management of transboundary waters by different disciplines such as law, socio-economics and water science; to review current major international programmes concerned with the assessment and manage...
Transboundary Groundwaters in SEE: Assessment and Future Perspectives, 23-24 Apr 2007 With the support of UNESCO IHP and UNECE, this workshop was coordinated by UNESCO Chair INWEB and aimed to review and finalise the assessment of transboundary groundwaters in SEE, and to identify possible follow-u...
The workshop focused on the Pinios river basin, Greece, and allowed participants to contribute to the process of fine-tuning the WISE-RTD Web-Portal tool, where all WFD related information and experience needed by water managers, decision-makers, their supporting technical staff and stakeholders wi...
Workshop on Developing Regional Cooperation for Shared Karst Aquifer Management in SEE, 27-28 Jun 2008
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Changing Minds, Not the Climate: UNESCO celebrates Water and Climate Day 2015 at COP21, 2 December 2015
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"Past, present and future of the Water Family: Celebrating 50 years of UNESCO Programmes" 1-3 December 2015
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Geo-referenced information system for coastal aquifers in the Mediterranean basin, June 2014
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Workshop on “Preparation of the groundwater supplement to the TDA-Med, SAP and ICZM Protocol”, 22-23 February 2012
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Workshop on “Assessment of Risk and Uncertainty related to Coastal Aquifers Management in the Mediterranean”, 20-21 February 2012
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IV International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management, 15-18 Oct 2008
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Workshop on Transboundary Groundwaters in SEE, 23-24 Apr 2007
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SPI Water project: Pinios River Basin Workshop, 22 Oct 2007
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Workshop on Developing Regional Cooperation for Shared Karst Aquifer Management in SEE, 27-28 Jun 2008
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What is the UNESCO Chair INWEB?
What is the UNESCO Chair INWEB?
INWEB started as a non-governmental association operating as a network of networks, each of the 10 Balkan member countries having a focal point for its own country's members. Concentrating on transboundary waters, it aims to ensure top quality information on water problems in SEE, resolve conflicts in shared basins and develop a common approach for sustainable water management. In 2003 it was appointed as a UNESCO Chair on “sustainable management of water and conflict resolution”. Find out more about INWEB... |
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1st UNESCO Water Chair Meeting, Oct 2016
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INWEB's participation to the ERASMUS + Programme: TREAURE-WATER
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INWEB's Coordinator appointed as "Special State Secretary for Water" in Greece, May 2015
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Changing Minds, Not the Climate: UNESCO celebrates Water and Climate Day 2015 at COP21, Dec 2015
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UNESCO Water Family Meeting "Past, present and future of the Water Family: Celebrating 50 years of UNESCO Programmes, Dec 2015
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2nd UNESCO-IHP meeting on "Management and protection of coastal wetlands, June 2014
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UNECE Workshop on “Counting our gains: Sharing experiences on identifying, assessing and communicating the benefits of transboundary water cooperation, May 2014
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Geo-referenced information system for coastal wetlands in the Mediterranean basin, Nov 2013
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Databases on Internationally Shared Waters
UNESCO Chair and Network / International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans (INWEB) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The UNESCO Chair/International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans (INWEB) on “sustainable management of water and conflict resolution” was established in July 2003 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics Laboratory.
The Division has 20-years experience in modelling of hydrological and environmental phenomena and water resources management. The majority of applications concern water management and flood protection studies in river basins in Greece and abroad.
The UNESCO Chair/INWEB is a network of academic and non-academic institutions. Each of the ten Balkan member countries has a focal point for its own country's members. Concentrating mainly on transboundary issues, the UNESCO Chair/INWEB promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to water resources management issues, involving scientists, engineers, economists, legal experts and sociologists. It encourages initiatives on water resources management issues from the bottom up, and promotes joint training projects and the sharing of expertise. Its aims are to:
- Facilitate the exchange of information in the fields of water and environment by establishing an international, open network in the Balkan region
- Raise public awareness in the fields of water resources and environmental protection
- Promote training and professional development in the Balkan region by providing distance learning
- Develop inventories of existing transboundary monitoring systems
- Create and maintain databases on water and the environment by use of official, validated national data compatible to European Union standards and mainly related to transboundary water bodies (rivers, lakes, and coastal waters)
- Establish an international expert network open to the Balkan States.
The UNESCO Chair/INWEB cooperates closely with UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO IHP) (Paris) and UNESCO’s Regional Office for Science in Europe (UNESCO BRESCE) (Venice), as well as other major international organisations such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Activities to date include:
- organisation of international workshops on transboundary water resources issues
- development of web-based water databases on the internet powered by Google Earth
- inventories of transboundary surface and ground waters in the Balkans and the Mediterranean region
- adaptation of UNESCO’s “Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potential” (PC-CP) programme to the Balkans.
- organisation of IV International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management, Thessaloniki, Oct 08
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