E-Newsletter # 57

 

INPIM E-NEWSLETTER   Issue 57; September 02, 2006 http://www.inpim.org

 

THE INPIM E-NEWSLETTER

September 02, 2006; Number 57

http://www.inpim.org

ihussain@inpim.org

 

Welcome to the INPIM E-Newsletter #57

 

NEWS

 

Ø      INPIM’s Ninth International Seminar on Participatory Irrigation Management wll be held from 4-8 December 2006

Ø      Participation in irrigation rewards farmers

Ø      Partnership Launched to Create '3R' Knowledge Hub in Bangkok

Ø      ADB Expands Water Cooperation Activities with $3.2 Million Grant Package

Ø      Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector: Findings from the 2005 Review by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ø      World Bank increases water sector investments in Ecuador, Madagascar and Kenya

Ø      ADB extends loans of US$260 Million for Water sector in China and Uzbekistan

Ø      World Business Council for Sustanable Development (WBCSD) unveils its Water Scenarios Project 

Ø      Research on Water Rights and Allocation as Key to Sound Water Usage in Viet Nam

 

 

DONORS’ LENDING FOR IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE PROJECTS

 

Lending for Irrigation and Drainage Projects by:

Ø      World Bank (WB) Group

Ø      Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ø      African Development Bank (AfDB)

Ø      Inter American Development Bank (IADB)

Ø      Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Ø      International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Ø      Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

 

Upcoming Regional and International Meets and Events

 

Ø      8th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution (Water Pollution 2006).

4 - 6 September 2006

Bologna, Italy.

 

Ø      9th International River symposium

4 – 7 September 2006

Brisbane, Australia

 

Ø      1^st International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies

5 - 7 September 2006

Bologna, Italy

 

Ø      5th IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition

10-14 September 2006

Beijing, China

Ø      30th Italian Conference on Hydraulic Engineering (IDRA2006)

10-15 September 2006

Rome, Italy

Ø      ICID’s 57th IEC Meeting

10-17 September 2006

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ø      European Large Lakes Symposium 2006: Ecosystem Changes and their Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts

11 September 2006

Tartu-Pühajärve, Estonia

Ø      International Workshop on Environmental Consequences of Irrigation with Poor Quality Waters.

11-15 September 2006

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ø      CIWEM 4th Annual Conference 2006

12-14 September 2006

St James Park, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Ø      3rd Asian Regional Conference

     13-15 September 2006

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ø      7th International Micro Irrigation Congress

     13-15 September 2006

Kuala Lumpur

Ø      IPTRID/ICID International Workshop: Monitoring and Evaluation of Capacity Development Programmes

Ø           14 September 2006

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ø      Aquatech 2006

26-29 September 2006

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

Ø      Conference on ADB’s Water Financing Program 2006-2010

26-28 September 2006

ADB Headquarters, Philippines

 

Ø      Annual Canadian Dam Association Conference: ‘Dams: Past, Present and Future’

30 September - 5 October 2006

Quebec City, Canada

 

Ø      International Conference on Water, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones

9-15 October 2006

Urumqi, China

 

Ø      The Water Conference 2006 'Enough for Everyone?'

11-13 October 2006

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

 

Ø      International Water Conference

22-26 October 2006

Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Ø      USCID Water Management Conference

25-28 October 2006

Boise, Idaho 

 

Ø      ICASALS 2006 Conference ‘Water in Arid and Semiarid Lands: Innovative Approaches and Informed Decision Making’

15-17 November 2006

Lubbock, Texas, United States

 

Ø      3rd Thematic Workshop on Water Allocation and Water Rights by Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO)

27 November - 1 December 2006

Bangkok, Thailand

 

Ø      INPIM’s Ninth International Seminar on Participatory Irrigation Management

4-8 December 2006

Pakistan

 

Ø      An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources Conference

18-20 December 2006

Delhi, India

 

Ø      6th International R&D Conference.

13-16 February 2007

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), India

 

Ø      World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2007

15-19 May 2007

Tampa, Florida, United States

 

Ø      Conference: Biodiversity: balancing conservation and production; case studies from the real world

26-28 June 2007

University of Tasmania, Launceston

 

NEW PUBLICATIONS

 

Ø      Management of Water Scarcity and the Application of Conflict Resolution: Cases of India and China (2006)

Ø      Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture (2006)

Ø      Second United Nations World Water Development Report

Ø      Farmers' rights in India: a case study (2006)

Ø      Linking farmers to markets (2006)

Ø      FAO Guidelines for Soil Description

 

Fellowship and funding opportunities

 

Ø      2007 Watson International Scholars of the Environment

 

capacity building and trainings

 

Ø      Participation in Extension: Farmer-led Approaches

18 September – 6 October 2006

The Philippines

Ø      Agricultural Extension

      19-23 September 2006

      Vietnam

Ø      Agriculture and the environment: Practices and processes in soil and water

7-28 November 2006

      Israel

Ø      Crop production and ecophysiology

13 November - 1 December 2006

United Kingdom

Ø      Agricultural Extension Practices

20 November - 1 December 2006

      Thailand

Ø      Community-based Integrated Watershed Management

20 November – 8 December 2006

      The Philippines