Finland

Area (100 sq km): 338
Population (mill): 5.2
GDP ($ bill):  132
Water per cap:  21,158 m3
Water withdrawal:
total 2.0%
agriculture 3%

Access to
drinking water: 100%
sanitation: 100%

• EC announces €30 million for joint research programming in metrology and the Baltic ecosystem
• IWRM-NET launches its First Joint Call for trans-national research projects: Towards Effective River Basin Plans
• IWRM-NET newsletter and first call for research proposals: “Towards Effective River Basin Plans”
• Analysing ecological responses to chemical pressures: methodological challenges and statistical solutions
• NOWATECH - Nordic Water Technology Verification Centers

• 10th International Drainage Workshop of ICID Working Group on Drainage
• WATERSKETCH Final event: European Symposium on Spatial Planning Approaches to Sustainable River Basin Management
• Third International Conference on Climate and Water
• EuroMed Universities Rectors Conference
• Senior Officials and EuroMed Committee meetings