WATER SECTOR COLLOQUIUM
Date: 29 November 2006
Venue: African Window(National Cultural History Museum) 149 Visagie Street, Pretoria
Time: 16:30 for 17:00
Theme:
Transboundary Water Resource Governance: Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience.
Objective of the Water Sector Colloquia:
- Identification of new issues
- Understanding of emerging trends
- Fostering of crucial alliances for the sustainable development
- Breakdown of organisational and technical barriers
This important forum has been created to maintain regular focused discussions in which issues of strategic importance relating to the ongoing transformation in the water sector are discussed and debated with the aim of facilitating a free flow of knowledge and information within and between organisations. This event is open to all decision-makers in the water sector. Registration is free.
Speakers:
Peter J Ashton:
Peter Ashton is a Principal Researcher in the Water Ecosystems Research Group of South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and an Honorary Professor of Water Resources Management at the University of Pretoria. He has over thirty-five years of experience on water research projects, specialising in integrated management approaches for shared (transboundary) river systems in southern and central Africa.
Anthony R Turton:
Anthony Turton is a Principal Researcher and Head of the Water Governance Research Group at the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and serves on several international bodies. Anthony has a keen interest in trans-disciplinary approaches to water resource management, especially the political and governance issues that underpin the management of transboundary water resources.
RSVP to okonkwoA@dwaf.gov.za or mbentseb@dwaf.gov.za
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