6th Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration

Download GDA 2007 Press Release The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives / Global Anti Incinerator Alliance (GAIA) would like to invite all GAIA members and other allied groups to join our 6th Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration on 28th November 2007. As the campaign to prevent climate change is gaining ground, there still an immense need to […]

International Conference on Adaptive & Integrated Water Management

12.11.2007 – 15.11.2007 INVITATION TO CAIWA 2007: Dear Colleague, The “1st International Conference on Adaptive & Integrated Water Management: Coping with complexity and uncertainty” (CAIWA 2007) will be held November 12 – 15, 2007 in Basel, Switzerland. The conference will provide a multidisciplinary platform and bring together scientists from academia, industry, and policy making/government to analyse progress, to explore new […]

“Partnerships for Achieving Chemical Safety in Armenia” , Regional conference, Yerevan, Armenia

Partnerships for Achieving Chemical Safety in Armenia Regional Conference, 29-31, October, 2007   Press release in English and in Armenian Draft recommendations in English and In Armenian Report back from the conference in English Presentations (PDF) Photos Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RA, A. Manoukyan: “Introduction of CWC” Elena Manvelyan Gohar Ghazinyan Sharyle Patton Elena Zhukovskaya Elizabeth Danielyan   Arshak Manukyan […]

“Partnerships for Achieving Chemical Safety in Armenia” , Regional conference, Yerevan, Armenia

Partnerships for Achieving Chemical Safety in Armenia Regional Conference, 29-31, October, 2007   Press release in English and in Armenian Draft recommendations in English and In Armenian Report back from the conference in English Presentations (PDF) Photos Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RA, A. Manoukyan: “Introduction of CWC” Elena Manvelyan Gohar Ghazinyan Sharyle Patton Elena Zhukovskaya Elizabeth Danielyan   Arshak Manukyan […]

“Partnerships for Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Armenia”, Regional Conference on Water and Sanitation, Yerevan, Armenia

Partnerships for Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Armenia 27, October, 2007 Conference agenda in English (MS Word format) Press release in English and Armenian (MS Word format) Presentations (PDF) Photos WECF, The Netherlands – M.Kranendonk   Armenian Water & Sewerage CJSC, RA – K. Aghababyan The Scottish Government, UK, D. Reid: “Clean, Safe Drinking Water from Small Community Supplies – the UK […]

Belgrade 2007

08.10.2007 – 14.10.2007 WECF takes part in the UNECE “Environment for Europe” Conference and organises it’s own network meeting. Background The “Environment for Europe” process is a unique partnership of the member States within the UNECE region, organizations of the United Nations system represented in the region, other intergovernmental organizations, regional environment centers, non-governmental organizations and other major groups that […]

World Water Week – Folkets Hus

What is the hole in your bucket?  Henry! Fetch me some water! There’s a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza There’s a hole in my bucket dear Liza, a hole. Well, fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Well, fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it   Download the flyer (320KB) So tell us, what is […]

WHO relaunches controversy over children’s exposure to chemicals

Updated: Friday 3 August 2007 In its most comprehensive study yet on the topic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stressed the need for more research on children’s exposure to chemicals, arguing that it may be the origin of cancer, heart disease and chronic respiratory disease later in life. The report comes only months after the EU adopted sweeping new legislation on chemicals […]

Report from and about activities of Women for Water

Dear colleagues, Lesha Witmer sent information about PhD courses organized by DHI Women’s Water Fund. The DHI Women’s Water Fund has been created as an initiative benefiting from the “King Hassan II Great World Water Prize” presented to Prof. Torkil Jønch Clausen of DHI at the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico in 2006. The objective of the DHI Women’s […]