Call for papers/posters for the Vth International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management

This conference will take place in Bled (Slovenia) in 3-5 October 2011, organized by the Slovenian National Committee for the UNESCO-IHP & UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP).

Conference Topics:

1. Impact of global climate changes on transboundary integrated water management

2. Historical and cultural backgrounds of transboundary waters

3. Governance, legal and institutional issues

4. Flood management in the transboundary context

5. Drought management in the transboundary context

6. Ecosystems management in the transboundary context

7. Socio-economic and human aspects of transboundary water management

8. Cooperation and conflict prevention

9. EU WFD implementation and lessons learned

10. Review of UNESCO ISARM and GEF International Waters Projects

Objectives:

To assess the state-of-the-art and the progress recently made in the sustainable management of transboundary waters by different disciplines such as law, socio-economics and water science;

● To promote interdisciplinary approaches for integrated transboundary water resources management;

● To review current major international programmes concerned with the assessment and management of transboundary water resources.

Call for papers/posters:

Participants intending to present a paper or poster should submit anabstract of 400-500 words in English by e-mail (bled2011@fgg.uni-lj.si)by 15 June 2011.

Authors will be notified of acceptance by end July 2011 and full papersshould be submied by 31 August 2011.

The accepted contributions will be included in the book of abstracts available at the conference and published at a later stage in a book(after review).