World Water Congress 2015 Edinburgh Scotland
5. Transboundary river basins and shared aquifers
Author(s): Dr. Alexandros Kolliopoulos
Dr. Alexandros Kolliopoulos
Vice-Chair of the Legal Board of the Water Convention
Member of the Legal Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece
Oral: PDFAbstract
Content
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What has been done in this work area? Some achievements
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Central Asia Chu-Talas – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
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Drin MoU
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Short term priority actions
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Medium term priority actions
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Long term priority action
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Draft Action Plan for the implementation of the MoU
Main challenges and lessons learnt
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The UNECE Water Convention as an important framework for cooperation
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Synergies between different actors should be identified and exploited
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Funding important but limited amounts sufficient in the initial stages of cooperation
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The way ahead : support the development of basin-wide cooperation outside the UNECE region