26.09.2023 - 30.09.2023 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Training Workshop on Challenges of Sustainable Water Use in Arid and Semi-arid Regions under Conditions of Climate Change

All regions of the world will be confronted with strong and unpredictable impact of climate change on water resources. This workshop will therefore provide the ground to transfer knowledge and experience to enable regional entities to further investigate and confront with these challenges.

The main objectives

of this 2 day training course would be as follows:

  • To strengthen human resources and institutional capacity building to enhance awareness on global change issues;
  • To familiarize participants with climate change / variability concepts and modeling;
  • To familiarize participants with concepts and technologies in water resources management for mitigating the impact of water stress and climate change.
  • To provide the participants on opportunities to share their ideas and view points.

Participants

The audience will be mid level managers / experts in water resources management, disaster management from various countries in the middle east and CIS including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Oman, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as other countries in the Arab and MENA region. The number of participants would be around 30 including 10 from the host country.

The official language of the workshop would be English.

More information: http://www.rcuwm.org.ir/events/Future/Brochure%20Uzbekistan.pdf

Contact

Mr. Ahmad Manschadi,
Centre for Development Research / ZEF;
manschadi@uni‐bonn.de

Mr. Alireza Salamat,
Regional Centre on Urban Water Management Tehran (RCUWM);
a.salamat@unesco.org; salamat_ir@yahoo.com

Mr. Shahram Khorasanizadeh,
Regional Centre on Urban Water Management Tehran (RCUWM);
sh.khorasani@rcuwm.org.ir

Dr. Zakir Khalikulov,
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (ICARDA‐PFU);
ICARDA Tashkent@cgiar.org; Z.khalikulov@cgiar.org

Source: RCUWM