On the occasion of the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC), the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) and the EU-China River Basin Management Programme (EU-China RBMP) organize a side-event on international cooperation regarding Integrated River Basin Management.

The side-event is meant to be a dialogue platform aiming to bring together leaders and staff of relevant government agencies, especially river basin authorities, from China and Europe in order to exchange experience on best practices in IRBM in the two regions. The dialogue meeting will focus on issues of common interest. Main subject will be the adaptation of water resources management to climate change and benchmarking of Integrated River Basin Management.

Leaders and staff from YRCC will make speeches on integrated river basin management regarding cases of the Yellow River Basin, and will have dialogue with experts and delegates from different countries, thus the side-event is named as Yellow River Special Session.

Source:YRCC