Date: June 5-10,
2023
Venue: Cheikh Anta
Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
Background: FRIEND-Water
(Flow Regime from International Experimental and Network Data) is an
international collaborative network of experts of the UNESCO Intergovernmental
Hydrological Programme (IHP). Established in 1985, it aims to generate new
understanding about regional hydrology and multi-scale water cycle processes. FRIEND-Water
is investigating long-term variations and changes in hydrological regimes to
better understand the climate and river basin controls, as well as influence of
humans on the spatial and temporal distribution of water. As a
flagship initiative of IHP IX (2022-2029) FRIEND-Water aims to put science to
action for a Water Secure World. FRIEND-Water research is critical for: water
resources management, socio-economic development, secure livelihoods, safeguard
the environment, and assessing the impact of global change. The FRIEND-Water
initiative is currently structured in 8 regional groups: West and Central
Africa, Europe, Mediterranean, Latin America and Caribbean, Southern Africa,
Asia Pacific, Nile, Congo. The FRIEND-Water programme complements
and interacts with many national and international projects and initiatives: Ecohydrology-IHP,
International Sediment Initiative (ISI), the International Drought Initiative
(IDI), the International Floods Initiative (IFI), the International Sediment
Initiative (ISI), the Global Network on Water and Development Information for
Arid Lands (GWADI), the WMO/GWP Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP),
World's Large Rivers Initiative (WLRI), among others. The Global
FRIEND conference takes place every 4 years with previous editions in Norway,
Germany, Slovenia, South Africa, Cuba, Morocco, France and China.
Abstract
submission form: https://forms.gle/oDZHMYguZjWVAbVM6
Contacts:
ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
friendwater2023@gmail.com
WEBSITE
https://en.unesco-montpellier.org/friend-water-program
Global FRIEND-Water 2023 International Conference.pdf