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Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data) World Conference on Water Resources Variability, Processes, Analyses and Impacts took place in Cuba in November 2006; links to the Global Environment Facility were further strengthened with a number of cooperation lines opened; numerous workshops and training activities were held on key urban water management issues; groundwater management, including groundwater for emergency situations; shared water management; ecohydrology; and water history and culture.

2 and 3 of the Convention, taking into account the ten-year strategic plan and framework to enhance the implementation of the Convention (2008-2018), supporting the exchange of best practices and lessons learned, including from regional cooperation, and the mobilization of adequate and predictable financial resources

with the Netherlands for setting up the International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC).

started activities with the support of local organizations and resources from the UNESCO-Flanders Trust Fund for the Sciences.

the auspices of UNESCO is high and that UNESCO’s governing bodies should give it due consideration.

information and communication on sustainable use of natural resources, the Commission recommended that the General Conference decide that such an integrated approach to combating desertification be included under activities listed in paragraphs 02213 (joint IHP/MAB action on land-water interactions: towards sustainable management) and 02221 (biosphere reserves as pilot sites for the ecosystem approach), and that limited seed funding could be provided for the initiative from within the regular budget, to be complemented by extrabudgetary resources.

the auspices of UNESCO, in La Serena (Chile)”.

of timber and non-timber forest products.

with the foreseen programmes of UNESCO in fresh water for the coming biennium and the medium term.

in Argentina and the wheat belts of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

assist cities in developing countries, the implementation of IHP-VII projects “Integrated urban (water) infrastructure provision for slums” and of “Best practices in urban water management” has started, and the book, Integrated Urban Water Management: Humid Tropics, was published.

on Water and Development Information for Arid Lands) established a work plan for the biennium.

Arid Lands (G-WADI), UNESCO will continue to work with the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing at the University of California, Irvine (United States) to offer African scientists access to tools and information resources to support research on hydrology in arid areas and the possibility of producing country-level information such as an aridity index map.

through their respective International Hydrological Programme (IHP) National Committees.

in La Serena, Chile, as a centre under the auspices of UNESCO (category II), and authorize the Director-General to sign the Agreement annexed to the present decision.

to climate change/variability.

countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change

Chile under the auspices of UNESCO, specifically within the category defined in document 21 C/36, section B(ii) [category II], “International and regional centres set up by a State with UNESCO’s participation and receiving assistance from it”.