INBO: Invitation to its 7th General World Assembly 2007

The International Network of Basin organizations (INBO) invite you to the next 7th World General Assembly of INBO, which will take place in DEBRECEN in HUNGARY from 7 to 9 JUNE 2007, at the invitation of the Hungarian Ministry and Regional Directorates of the Environment and Water.

The meeting is open to all INBO Member Organizations and Permanent Observers, and also to all the water Administrations and organizations, interested in Integrated Water Resources Management at the level of river basins over the world.

Registration to the World General Assembly of INBO is free of charge. Four round tables will be organized during this World General Assembly in DEBRECEN to deal with the following large topics, which are strategic for the good implementation of river, lake and aquifer basin management:

- Prevention and management of extreme climate phenomena of floods and droughts,
- Transboundary basin management,
- Monitoring, monitoring networks, reporting, inter-calibration,
- Preparation of action plans for basin organizations and their financing, etc.
- A special session will also deal with public and water users’ participation.

The meeting will be held under the auspices of His Excellency the President of the Hungarian Republic and honored with the presence of Dr. Miklós Persányi, Hungarian Minister for the Environment and Water.

Registration deadline: 5th May 2007.

A technical visit is planned on Saturday 9 June 2007 in the Transboundary TISZA River Basin, at the heart of the HORTOBAGY National Park, classified World Heritage by UNESCO, and near the famous Tokay vineyard.