International Forum on Integrated Water Management • Tools for Action

The International Forum on Integrated Water Management

Post-Forum information is now available! Click here to get to the presentation summaries and Powerpoint presentations of the Forum speakers.

COGESAF (Conseil de gouvernance de l'eau des bassins versants de la rivière St-François) and the Université de Sherbrooke have been pleased to jointly host the International forum on integrated water resource management which took place from June 1 to 3, 2009 at the cultural centre of the Université de Sherbrooke.

This unique event hosted in Québec created an opportunity for some 500 participants and more than 90 speakers coming from 23 countries to discuss the practical tools to be used in the service of improved water quality, to share field experience and to build new partnership.

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Thank you to all participants! Click here to view presentation summaries, Powerpoints and to get the participants list
Keynote speakers included the ex-president of Oxfam-Quebec, Nicole St-Martin, president of Aquacentrum, André Beauchamp, Riccardo Petrella, author of «The Water Manifesto », Raymond Jost, general secretary of the International Secretariat for Water, Jean-François Donzier, general manager of the International Network of Basin Organizations and Jean Landry, president of Quebec’s regroupement of watershed organizations (ROBVQ).

The major objectives of the forum

Develop international partnerships
Reinforce the exchange mechanisms for sharing information and experiences
Understand the structures and tools for integrated governance and management of water as they apply around the world

Principal Themes

Characterization and diagnosis tools
Governance and planning tools
Information and joint action tools
Intervention tools for the major water-related issues

Who participated?

The event has been a forum for exchange to help respond to the needs of the different players in the governance and management of water

WATERSHED AND WATER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS

tools to help you prepare master plans or development plans;
exchanges with organizations that have experiences to share;
open doors to making your projects and achievements better known.

MUNICIPAL MANAGERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ECONOMIC PLAYERS, DECIDERS AND CITIZENS

pathways to actions to protect and restore water resources;
pathways to solutions to the major water challenges including the proliferation of cyanobacteria, climate change and the protection of the sources of drinking water.

RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS

an occasion to present or enlarge your vision of the current stakes at play for better sustainable and integrated management of water.