Water2Adapt Final Events
International conference
Dialogue on water resources from research to livelihood impacts: Moving towards the implementation of WWF2012 and Rio+20 principles and outcomes in the Mediterranean Area
Venice, 27-28 September 2012
Aula Baratto, Ca'Foscari University of Venice
See the Programme (PDF, 2304 Kb)
Thursday September 27, 2012
Welcome address and introduction to the workshop
- Moving towards the implementation of WWF2012 and Rio+20 principles and outcomes in the Mediterranean Area (pdf 3821 kb)
Carlo Giupponi - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change - Fabio Cassese - Deputy Director Italian Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Setting the scene
Chair: Pasquale Steduto - Principal Office, Deputy Director, NRL Water Unit FAO
- Water security in the Mediterranean
Mahmoud Abu Zeid - President of Arab Water Council - University Cooperation promoting strategies for natural disasters mitigation (pdf, 2610 Kb)
Massimo Caneva - Coordinator of University Cooperation of Italian Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Measures and actions against drought in southern Europe and the Mediterranean (pdf, 2571 Kb)
Jaroslav Mysiak - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Brainstorming session on water policies and measures to deal with water scarcity, in a changing Mediterranean
Chair: Jaroslav Mysiak - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Concluding remarks
Rita Mannella - Head Office UN Agencies based in Rome, Italian Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Friday September 28, 2012
Implementing solutions for water security and sustainable development in the Mediterranean, with focus on food (pdf 4099 Kb)
Carlo Giupponi - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change
Brainstorming session on transferring and implementing technical knowledge for water security and food production in the Mediterranean Basin
Chair: C. Giupponi - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change
General discussion “Water Resources from research to livelihood impacts””
Concluding remarks
Carlo Carraro - President of Cà Foscari University of Venice
Elisabetta Belloni - Director General Italian Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
