Conference Programme

The day-to-day conference programme is built around the main conference topics:

1. Global overview of transboundary aquifer systems
   Regional inventories and case studies - Sharing data and information.
2. Managing transboundary aquifers: Challenges and opportunities
   Lessons learned and best practices - Assessing theimpacts of global changes to groundwater resourcesand managing aquifer system's response.
3. Building capacities and strengthening institutions
   Legal and institutional advances - Regional agenciesand organizations - Multilateral agreements, interstatecooperation - Training, education and technicalassistance needs - Water law and environmentalconcerns - Globalization and virtual water flow.
4. Strengthening cooperation
   Benefits of cooperation and impact of conflicts:techniques for conflict anticipation, preventionmediation, negotiation and resolution.