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BALWOIS 2012
28 May - 2 June
Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia

HydroPredict 2012
24-27 September 2012
Vienna, Austria
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News

IWRA Executive Board Elections

President Jun Xia has appointed a Nominating Committee to identify candidates for the next Executive Board.  The next Executive Board will take office for three years beginning 1 January 2013.  The current Executive Board has approved his appointments. President Xia is the Chair of the Nominating Committee. The other members are Cecilia Tortajada, Murad Bino, Jia Shaofeng and Olli Varis.

The Nominating Committee has submitted the list of nominees to the current Executive Board. Nominations are now closed. The Executive Board is now deliberating on the eligibility of the nominees which will be decided by a simple majority vote.
 

Philippus (Flip) Wester, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Water International

Photo Flip Wester Water International
Philippus (Flip) Wester has been appointed to the new position of Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Water International, as of March 2012. Flip was previously an Associate Editor of the journal since January 2010 and was also a member of the International Scientific Committee of IWRA’s XIVth World Water Congress.

Since 2009, Water International has increased in frequency from four issues a year to seven, individual submissions have increased by half, and special issues have come to play a dominant role.  The purpose of establishing a Deputy Editor-in-Chief position is to spread the workload.
 
More information about him on the Editorial office page.

Agreement signed between IWRA and AIDA

Jun Xia Stefano Burchi Water InternationalDuring the 6th World Water Forum, on 16 March 2012, IWRA and the International Water Law Association (AIDA) signed an agreement to publish a special edition of Water International highlighting outstanding law and governance related papers presented at the 14th World Water Congress. The edition will be published in September 2012.

Publications

Vol. 37 No.2
Water International (March 2012)

Water International October 2011 Issue IWRA

Special Issue: Has Water Privatization Peaked? The Future of Public Water Governance

IWRA Update
IWRA Newsletter 2012 - N°1 (March 2012)

IWRA Newsletter

Water Resources: Preservation and Management
Agropolis International (2012)

Hydro‐political Baseline of the Upper Jordan River
Mark Zeitoun, Karim Eid‐Sabbagh, Muna Dajani, Michael Talhami (2012)