THE REGIONAL WORKSHOP: Strengthening the Collaboration between the AASA Clean Water Programme and the IAP Water Programme
  Date: October 21~22, 2009
  Venue: Barnaul, Russia
  Host: Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS)
  Sponsors: IAP, AASA

The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) will hold the regional workshop “Strengthening the Collaboration between the AASA Clean Water Programme and the IAP Water Programme” on October 21~22, 2009, in Barnaul, Russia with the support of the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA) and InterAcademy Panel (IAP) on International Issues.

The workshop main topics are:
  - ­ Water challenges and opportunities in Asia and the World
  - The Status of the IAP Water Programme and the AASA Clean Water Programme
  - AASA's Prospective Role in Implementing Action Plans to Address Water Challenges in Asia
  - Strengthening the Collaboration between the AASA Clean Water Programme and the IAP Water Programme
  - ­Future Steps and Funding Issues
  - Development of a Water Programme proposal for Asia in 2010

The invited participants include water specialists nominated by the Science Academies and the representatives from environmental protection agencies, the private sector.

Program: Attached

Organizing Committee of the workshop:
Institute for Water and Environmental Problems SB RAS
1, Molodezhnaya St., Barnaul, 656038, Russia

Prof. Yuri I. Vinokurov (Director of IWEP SB RAS)
Dr. Irina N. Rotanova (Workshop Coordinator)
Dr. Alexander T. Zinoviev (Workshop Coordinator)
Dr. Dmitri M. Bezmaternykh (The Scientific Secretary of the Local Organizing Committee)