AWIS will attend the 5th World Water Forum with the side event :

Water Information System : 
A tool to support knowledge and management of water ressources, aquatic environment and their uses

Wednesday 18 March 2009
7pm-9pm
French Pavillon

• André Flajolet – Chairman – Member of Parliament, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, President of the French National Committee for Water
  Major stakes for water information systems
• Patrick Lavarde -General Director of the French National Agency for water and Aquatic Environments – ONEMA
  Establishing a national framework for water data supporting water policies
• Beate Werner European Environment Agency – EEA
  The Water Information System for Europe – (WISE)
• Walter Mazzitti - President of the Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector – EMWIS
  Water information systems in the South and East Mediterranean countries
• Mauricio Cezar Rebello - Cordeiro Deputy Division Chief National Water Agency of Brazil
  Brazilian National Water Information System (SNIRH)
• Tamsir Ndiaye - Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal – OMVS – Secrétaire technique permanent du réseau africain des organismes de bassin
  Towards a pan-African Water Information System – AWIS / SADIEau
• Stéphane Simonet - World Water Council – WWC
  Making water monitoring work for development: lessons and perspectives from the Global Water Monitoring Alliance
• Arthur Askew - Moderator International Association of Hydrological Sciences
  Synthesis and Recommendations