Progress report 2006 (short version)

Activities of the UNESCO Chair/ International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans on "Sustainable Management of Water and Conflict Resolution", established in 2003 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

 

Name	Progress report 2006 (short version)
Short Description	Activities of the UNESCO Chair/ International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans on "Sustainable Management of Water and Conflict Resolution", established in 2003 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
Long Description	Major activities : Education/Training/Research: The Chair is responsible for several courses with national coverage in: -Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development” a one semester course for graduate students. -“Decision Theory and Risk Analysis” a one semester course for graduate students Training: -“Cooperation and Prevention of Conflicts in the Management of Transboundary Waters in South East Europe” a five days training for young diplomats and decision makers from different SEE countries Research: -“A Regional Model for Integrated Water Management in Twinned River Basins (RIVERTWIN)” a 3 years project toward Public institutions and administrators -“Cooperation Along a Big River: the case of Volga River (Russia) (CABRI – Volga)”, a 2 years and 6 months project toward Public institutions and administrators -"Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the Water Framework Directive implementation (SPI-Water)"a 2 years program toward scientists, policy makers, Public institutions and administrators -"TwinBasinXN (TBXN)" a four years project UNESCO Research Projects: -"UNESCO Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM)" which is included in the UNESCO 2004-2007 program toward Scientists, policy makers, diplomats. -"Capacity building for sustainable utilisation, management and protection of internationally shared groundwater in the Mediterranean region" a 3 years program for Representatives of water management institutions in selected MEDA countries and European Union Member States in the region. -"Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Programme: The case of the Mesta/Nestos River" -"Sound Management of the Dinaric Karst Transboundary Aquifer System" a 2 years program with Scientists, policy makers, diplomats.(2006-2008) 2 years -"Assessment And Management of Transboundary Water Related Risks in The Balkans (TRANSRISKBA)" a one year program with scientists, policy makers, diplomats -"Managing Transboundary Karst Aquifers in the Balkans (TRANSKARSTBA)", a one year project with scientists, policy makers, diplomats, public institutions and administrators Conferences / Meetings -INWEB Board of Management meeting 8th February, 2005, Thessaloniki, Greece -INWEB General Assembly 11th January 2005, Thessaloniki, Greece -Environmental Security in Harbours and Coastal Areas: Management using Comparative Risk Assessment and Multi-Decision Analysis 20th-24th April 2005, Perea, Greece - Bridging the Gap between Scientists and River Basin Organisations 30th May-4th June 2005, Xanthi, Greece and Bansko, Bulgaria Publication/ teaching materials Articles: -A. Aureli and J. Ganoulis: The UNESCO Project on Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management (UNESCO/ISARM): Overview and Recent Developments”, in: G. Stournaras et al. (eds) Proc. 7th Hellenic Hydrogeological Conference, Vol. II, pp.35-46, Hellenic Chapter of IAH, Athens, 2005 -Ganoulis J., K. Zardava and C. Kiourtsidis: Modelling River Water Quality from Diffuse Sources at the Catchment Scale. In: Proc. XXXI IAHR Congress, Theme F: Fresh Water Crisis-Trends, Challenges and Global Change, paper. F05-5, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 11-16, 2005 -Zardava K., C. Kiourtsidis and J. Ganoulis: Pollution Simulation from non- Point Sources in River Basins, in: 5th National Congress of the Greek Committee for Water Resources Management, Xanthi, 6-9 April 2005 teaching materials -Co-operation and Prevention of Conflicts in the Management of Transboundary Waters in South East Europe: Course Book, Reader General, Reader Legal, Handouts, J. Ganoulis, S. Bogdanovic, M. Zizanovic, El. Kolokytha, Y. Mylopoulos, Y. Shamir , UNESCO IHP, English, 944pages.
Author(s)	UNESCO Chair