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Day 1 Wednesday 15th     October 2008 :: Day 2 Thursday  16th     October 2008 :: Day 3 Friday 17th     October 2008 
  
Day 1 Wednesday 15th     October 2008
  
    OVERVIEW    Day 1 Wednesday 15th     October 2008  | 
   
  
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    NAME  | 
    INSTITUTION  | 
    TITLE  | 
   
  
    08.00-09.00  | 
    Registration  | 
   
  
    09.00-09.10  | 
      
          
      Welcome    Addresses 
            Room    A  | 
    Anastasios Manthos  | 
    Rector, Aristotle University    of Thessaloniki, Greece  | 
       | 
   
  
    09.10-09.20  | 
    Margaritis Tzimas  | 
    Ministry of Macedonia/Thrace,    Greece  | 
       | 
   
  
    09.20-09.30  | 
    Panagiotis Psomiadis  | 
    Prefect, Prefecture of Thessaloniki  | 
       | 
   
  
    09.30-09.40  | 
    TBA   | 
    Hellenic Ministry of    External Affairs   | 
       | 
   
  
    09.40-09.50  | 
    Evangelos Baltas  | 
    Hellenic    Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works  | 
       | 
   
  
    09.50-10.00  | 
    TBA  | 
    Hellenic Ministry of    Development  | 
       | 
   
  
    10.00-10.10  | 
    Aikaterini Douka-Kabitoglou  | 
    Hellenic National    Commission for UNESCO  | 
    OPENING ADDRESS 
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    10.10-10.20  | 
Shahbaz Khan 
            (Key Note)   | 
    UNESCO IHP(HELP-ISARM and PCCP)  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS: UNESCO IHP’s    CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE AND POLICY 
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    10.20-10.30  | 
    Jacques Ganoulis  | 
    UNESCO Chair & Network    INWEB  | 
    THE IV INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TWM: STRUCTURE    & EXPECTED OUTPUT  | 
   
  
    10.30-11.00  | 
    Coffee    Break  | 
   
  
    11.00-11.15  | 
      
          
        
        
      Opening    Speeches 
            Room    A  | 
      
        Evangelos Baltas 
            (Key Note)  | 
      
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,    Greece  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES & THE HYDROLOGIC    PREFECTURES IN GREECE  | 
   
  
    11.15-11.30  | 
      
    Didier Pennequin (Key Note)  | 
      
    BRGM, France   | 
    IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE    CONCEPTS AT THE FRONTIERS OF EUROPE FOR    TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: ILLUSION OR REALITY? 
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    11.30-11.45  | 
Evan Vlachos 
            (Key Note)  | 
    Colorado State University,     USA  | 
    POTENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGES AND TRANSBOUNDARY WATER    INTERDEPENDENCIES  
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    11.45-12.00  | 
    Lilian del Castillo-Laborde    (Key Note)   | 
    Buenos Aires University,    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina  | 
    ANTARCTIC SUB-GLACIAL LAKES    AND WATERS THE CHALLENGE TO PROTECT A HIDDEN    RESOURCE  
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    12.00-12.15  | 
Jean Fried 
            (Key Note)  | 
    University of California,     USA,    Senior Consultant, UNESCO  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER EDUCATION OR TRAINING:    WHY, WHO, WHAT?  | 
   
  
    12.15-14.00  | 
    Lunch    Break/ Poster Session (see    separate table for poster presentations)  | 
   
  
      
          
    14.00-16.10  | 
      
          
      Parallel    Sessions (1) 
            Rooms    A,B,C  | 
Session    1(I): Room A Technical/Scientific 
            General    Aspects / Lakes.  
            Jean Francois Donzier (Key Note) 
     (see separate table for presentations)  | 
Session    1(II): Room B 
            Technical/Scientific 
            Climate    Change / Groundwaters 
        Ognjen    Bonacci (Key Note)  
           (see separate    table for 
    presentations)  | 
Session    1(III): Room C 
            Technical/Scientific 
            General Aspects /    Rivers 
        Ofelia Tujchneider (Key Note)  
          (see separate table for 
    presentations)  | 
   
  
    16.10-16.40  | 
    Coffee    Break   | 
   
  
    16.40-19.30   | 
    Sightseeing    trip of Thessaloniki and Welcome Drink   | 
   
 
 
  
     
        Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008 
      Technical/Scientific Issues    of TWM:  Experience from around the    world 
        Session 1(I): Room A.  General Aspects / Lakes.   | 
   
  
    14.00-14.10  | 
    KEY NOTE  
    Jean Francois Donzier  | 
    International Network of    Basin Organisations (INBO)  | 
    HOW CAN TRANSBOUNDARY SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER    RESOURCES BE MANAGED IN A MORE    SUSTAINABLE MANNER BY CONCERNED RIPARIAN COUNTRIES? 
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    14.10-14.20  | 
    Menani Mohamed Redha  | 
    Batna University,     Algeria  | 
    NUMERICAL INDEXING OF RISKS OF CONFLICTS AROUND THE    TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES   
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    14.20-14.30  | 
    T.    Vansteenkiste   | 
    Katholieke    Universiteit Leuven,Belgium  | 
    WISE-RTD    WEB PORTAL AS A TOOL FOR SHARING    WATER RELATED RESEARCH INFORMATION  
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    14.30-14.40  | 
    R. Mosello   | 
    C.N.R.    Institute of Ecosystem Study,     Italy  | 
    Limnological    reseArch on Lake Maggiore as a contribution to transboundary cooperation    between Italy and Switzerland  
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    14.40-14.50  | 
    Valeria    Petrechenkova1 
    Elena Ostrovskaya2  | 
1Caspian Marine Scientific Research Center, Russia  
            2UNESCO-IHE    Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands  | 
    ORGANIZATION OF    ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN THE CASPIAN SEA    AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS  
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    14.50-15.00  | 
    Spase Shumka  | 
    Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania  | 
    HOW FAR IS THE CURERNT    STATUS OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY SHKODRA/SCADAR LAKE    FROM THE IRBM REQUIREMENTS  | 
   
  
    15.00-15.10  | 
    M. Gletsos   | 
    Society    for the Protection of Prespa, Greece  | 
    MONITORING IN SHARED WATERS:    DEVELOPING A TRANS-BOUNDARY    MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE PRESPA PARK 
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    15.10-15.20  | 
    D. Vagiona, P. Ganoulis  | 
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,    Greece  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN PRESPA LAKE REGION  | 
   
  
    15.20-15.30  | 
    Hubert Onibon  | 
    Volta River basin project UNEP/GEF-UNOPS  | 
    ADDRESSING TRANSBOUNDARY CONCERNS IN THE VOLTA RIVER BASINAND ITS DOWNSTREAM COASTAL AREA 
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    15.30-15.40  | 
    B. Ngounou Ngatcha  | 
    University of      Ngaoundéré,     Cameroon  | 
    The    state of understanding on groundwater    recharge for the sustainable management of transboundary aquifer in the Lake Chad     basin  
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    15.40-15.50  | 
    K. Kober   | 
    Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations, Spain  | 
    TRANSFER OF IWRM PRINCIPLES TO NON-EU TRANSBOUNDARY    RIVER BASINS  
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    15.50-16.00  | 
    Haseen Khan   | 
Government of Newfoundland    and Labrador 
            Canada  | 
    INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MONITORING FOR    TRANSBOUNDARY WATER GOVERNANCE 
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    16.00-16.10  | 
    Islam Mustafaev  | 
    Institute of Radiation    Problems ANAS, Azerbaijan   | 
    PROBLEMS OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT IN AZERBAIJAN 
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    Day 1 Wednesday 15th October 2008 
        Technical/Scientific Issues of TWM:  Experience from around the world 
            Session 1(II): Room B. Climate Change / Groundwaters   | 
   
  
    14.00-14.10  | 
    KEY NOTE  
    Ognjen Bonacci  | 
    University of Split,     Croatia   | 
    CHALLENGES IN TRANSBOUNDARY KARST WATER RESOURCES    MANAGEMENT 
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  | 
   
  
    14.10-14.20  | 
    Miriam Ndini  | 
    Institute for Energy, Water    and Environment, Albania  | 
    CLIMATE    CHANGES AND THE EXPECTED IMPACT TO THE TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES IN ALBANIA 
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    14.20-14.30  | 
    M. Jeuland   | 
    University    of North Carolina, USA   | 
    Climate    Change Implications for Water Resources Planning in Transboundary Water    Systems  
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    14.30-14.40  | 
    Snejana Dakova  | 
    National Institute of Hydrology & Meteorology, Bulgaria  | 
    WATER RESOURCES    AVAILABILITY UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE. A CASE STUDY ON TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS    STRUMA/STRIMON AND MESTA NESTOS  
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    14.40-14.50  | 
    C. C. Boscornea  | 
    National Administration    Romanian Waters, Rumania  | 
    ROMANIAN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT UNDER    CONDITIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 
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    14.50-15.00  | 
    D. K. Chadha  | 
    Central Ground    Water Authority, India  | 
    DEVELOPMENT,    MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS OF INDUS BASIN  
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    15.00-15.10  | 
    Zoran Stevanović  | 
    University of Belgrade, Serbia  | 
    Towards sustainable    management of transboundary Hungarian – Serbian aquifer  
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    15.10-15.20  | 
    P. Meglič   | 
    Geological    Survey of Slovenia, Slovenia   | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER RESOURCES EXTENDING OVER SLOVENIAN     TERRITORY 
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    15.20-15.30  | 
    Kaija, J   | 
    Geological Survey of Finland, Finland  | 
    WATER MANAGEMENT OF THREE SLOVAKIAN-HUNGARIAN    TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER BODIES 
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    15.30-15.40  | 
    F. Wendland  | 
    Research Centre Jülich, Germany  | 
    NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVELS FOR GROUNDWATER IN THE    UPPER RHINE VALLEYA 
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    15.40-15.50  | 
    Polshkova    Irina N.  | 
    Water Problem Institute, Russia  | 
    The    permanent existing models – the main instrument for assessment of    transboundary groundwater flows  
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    15.50-16.00  | 
    Daria Čupić 
    AlenaVlašić   | 
    Croatian    Waters, Croatia  | 
    POTENTIAL    TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATERS IN CROATIA  
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    16.00-16.10  | 
    Radu Drobot  | 
    Technical University    of Civil Engineering of Bucharest,     Romania  | 
    HYDROGEOLOGICAL    STUDY OF SOMES-SZAMOS TRANSBOUNDARY ALLUVIAL AQUIFER  
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    Day    1 Wednesday 15th     October 2008 
        Technical/Scientific    Issues of TWM:  Experience from around    the world 
            Session    1(III): Room C. General Aspects/ Rivers   | 
   
  
    14.00-14.10  | 
    KEY NOTE  
    Ofelia Tujchneider  | 
    Universidad Nacional del    Litoral, Argentina   | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER YRENDA – TOBA – TARIJEÑO (ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA,    PARAGUAY – SOUTH AMERICA): GROUND WATER- SURFACE WATER RELATIONS  
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    14.10-14.20  | 
    Brilly Mitja1 
    Stanka Koren2  | 
    1University    of Ljubljana, 2Environmental    Agency, Slovenia  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT 
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    14.20-14.30  | 
    M. Stefouli   | 
    Institute of Geology and    Mineral Exploration, Greece  | 
    TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER    MANAGEMENT USING INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES  
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    14.30-14.40  | 
    Carlos Patiño –Gómez   | 
    Instituto Mexicano de    Tecnología del Agua, Mexico  | 
    WATER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IN MEXICO-UNITED    STATES OF AMERICA    BORDER REGION 
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    14.40-14.50  | 
    Matilde López M   | 
    Universidad de Chile, Chile  | 
    ECOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER: A    CASE STUDY IN A TRANSBOUNDARY LATIN-AMERICAN RIVER    (LAUCA RIVER)  
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    14.50-15.00  | 
    Sara K. Enders 
    Jordan Macknick   | 
    Yale School of Forestry &    Environmental Studies, USA  | 
    twm for conservation and development in the headwaters of    the coco, nicaragua and honduras  
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    15.00-15.10  | 
    V. Hrissanthou  | 
    Democritus University of Thrace, Greece  | 
    CALCULATION OF SEDIMENT REDUCTION AT THE OUTLET OF NESTOS RIVER BASIN, DUE TO THE DAMS  
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    15.10-15.20  | 
    Chronis Ioannis   | 
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,    Greece  | 
    IDENTIFICATION, TYPOLOGY AND    TYPE SPECIFIC REFERENCE CONDITIONS OF RIVER WATER BODIES IN THE HELLENIC PART    OF THE STRYMONAS RIVER BASIN, AS A TRANSBOUNDARY CASE STUDY  
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    15.20-15.30  | 
    Iordanidis Ilias   | 
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 
            Greece  | 
    INTRODUCTION OF A GLM TO THE    RAINFALL SIMULATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NESTOS RIVER BASIN 
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    15.30-15.40  | 
    Alexey V. Babkin  | 
    State Hydrological Institute,    Russia  | 
    METHODOLOGIES OF ESTIMATION    OF PERIODICITIES OF RIVER FLOW    AND ITS LONG RANGE FORECAST. THE CASE OF TRANSBOUNDARY     DANUBE RIVER  
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    15.40-15.50  | 
    Christina    Mitsiani  | 
    National Technical University of Athens, Greece  | 
    SWOT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE AS A QUANTITATIVE TOOL FOR    ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ON    TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS 
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    15.50-16.00  | 
    Rosa Galvez   | 
Laval University, 
            Canada  | 
    CANADA-USA    AGREEMENT ON EUTROPHICATION CONTROL AND PROTECTION OF LAKE     CHAMPLAIN  
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    16.00-16.10  | 
    Sabri Sener  | 
    Canakkale Onsekiz Mart      University, Turkey  | 
    TRANS    BOUNDRY RIVERS IN TURKEY    AND EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR WATERCASE STUDY. EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS RIVERS  
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Day    2 Thursday 16th October     2008
  
    OVERVIEW Day    2 Thursday 16th October     2008  | 
   
  
    08.00-09.30  | 
    Registration  | 
   
  
    09.30-10.30  | 
      
        Parallel    Sessions (2) 
            Rooms    A,B  | 
    Session    2(I): Room A. Legal/Institutional 
            Where    are we? 
            KEY    NOTE Angeliki Kallia-Antoniou 
    (see separate table for presentations)  | 
    Session    2(II): Room B Legal/Institutional 
            Where    are we? 
            KEY    NOTE Stephan Burchi 
     (see separate    table for presentations)  | 
   
  
    10.30-11.00  | 
    Coffee    break  | 
   
  
    11.00-11.40  | 
      
        Parallel    Sessions (2) cont’d 
            Rooms    A,B  | 
    Session    2(I) cont’d : Room A Legal/Institutional 
            Where    are we? 
    (see separate table for presentations)  | 
    Session    2(II) cont’d : Room B Legal/Institutional 
            Where    are we? 
     (see separate    table for presentations)  | 
   
  
      
    11.40-11.55  | 
      
      Round    Table: Progress made in TBGW law 
            Room    A  | 
    KEY    SPEAKER Raya Marina Stephan 
            UNESCO IHP,    France 
            PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL GROUNDWATER    LAW:  AWARENESS AND COOPERATION 
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    11.55-12.30  | 
      
        Discussion  | 
   
  
    12.30-14.00  | 
    Lunch    Break/ Poster Session 
    (see separate table for presentations)  | 
   
  
    14.00-16.00  | 
      
        Parallel 
            Sessions    (3) 
            Rooms    A,B,C   | 
    Session 3(I):  Room A  
            Socio-Economic 
            What alternatives do we    have for the future?  
            KEY    SPEAKER  Bo Appelgren (see separate table for presentations)  | 
    Session    3(II):  Room B 
            Socio-Economic 
        What alternatives do we    have for the future 
            KEY    SPEAKER  Eduard Interwies 
    (see separate table for presentations)  | 
    Session    3(III):  Room C 
            Socio-Economic 
            What alternatives do we    have for the future?  
        KEY    SPEAKER Jean Louis Oliver 
    (see separate table for presentations)  | 
   
  
    16.00-16.30  | 
    Coffee    Break   | 
   
  
      
    16.30-17.30  | 
      
        Round    Table: UNESCO / HELP 
            Room    A  | 
      
        COORDINATOR    Shahbaz Khan 
            UNESCO IHP,    France 
            (see    separate table for presentations) 
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    17.30-18.30   | 
      
        Drafting    the Thessaloniki    Declaration.  Room A. 
     DRAFT VERSION: THESSALONIKI DECLARATION (PDF)
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    20.30  | 
      
        Gala    Dinner  | 
   
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
    Day    2 Thursday 16th October     2008 
            Socio-Economic    Issues 
            Session    3(I): Room A. What alternatives do we have for    the future?  | 
   
  
    14.00-14.10  | 
    KEY SPEAKER Bo    Appelgren  | 
    Senior Consultant, UNESCO  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS: A SCARCE, SHARED RESOURCE –    ECONOMIC VALUATION FOR ENHANCED COMPREHENSION AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT 
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    14.10-14.20  | 
    N.D. Riegels   | 
    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark  | 
    AN ECONOMICS-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR OPTIMIZING WATER    USE IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS 
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    14.20-14.30  | 
    J. Macknick 
      S. Enders   | 
    Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA  | 
    BI-NATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS  
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    14.30-14.40  | 
    Dragan Dolinaj
     Milana Pašić  | 
    University      of Novi Sad, Serbia  | 
    COOPERATION IN THE NAVIGABLE COURSE OF THE SAVA RIVER 
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    14.40-14.50  | 
    R. Elfithri 
     N. M. S.    Faizul   | 
    Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,    Malaysia  | 
    THE NEED FOR Data and Information    SHARING: TOWARDS Integrated Water    Resources Management  
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    14.50-15.00  | 
    Zsuza  Buzas  | 
    Ministry of Environment  and Water, Hungary  | 
    DO WE HAVE COMPARABLE HYDROLOGICAL DATA FOR TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION? 
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    15.00-15.10  | 
    Georgos  Balafoutas(1) 
    Atanasko  Tuneski(2)  | 
    (1)Aristotle University of  Thessaloniki, Greece 
      (2) Cyril & Methodius University  of Skopje,  FYROM  | 
    MONITORING FOR IMPROVING THE RIVER  AXIOS 
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    15.10-15.20  | 
    Adaora Okonkwo  | 
    The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa  | 
    APPLICATION OF INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES    MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO THE    MANAGEMENT OF SHARED KOMATI     RIVER BASIN (CASE STUDY    - GOOD PRACTICE)  
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    15.20-15.30  | 
    Bejko Djana 
      Bushati Brilanda  | 
    University Luigj Gurakuqi,    Shkoder, Albania  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION THROUGH THE    MANAGEMENT OF SHARED NATURAL RESOURCES 
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    15.30-15.40  | 
    A.    T. Hernandes   | 
    Parana Waterway Administration (AHRANA),    Brazil  | 
    A    TRANSBOUNDARY STAKEHOLDERS ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NAVIGATION SECTOR ON PARANA RIVER BASIN  
    
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    15.40-15.50  | 
    G. A. Parisopoulos   | 
    National    Agricultural Research Foundation,     Greece  | 
    ADVANCES TOWARDS TRANSBOUNDARY WATER    MANAGEMENT IN THE PRESPA     PARK 
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    15.50-16.00  | 
    Charalampos    Skoulikaris   | 
    Aristotle University    of Thessaloniki, Greece  | 
    CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON    DAMS PROJECTS IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS. THE CASE OF MESTA/NESTOS RIVER    BASIN, GREECE 
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    Day    2 Thursday 16th October     2008 
            Socio-Economic    Issues 
            Session    3(II):  Room B. What    alternatives do we have for the future?  | 
   
  
    14.00-14.10  | 
    KEY NOTE 
Eduard Interwies  | 
    InterSus - Sustainability Services, 
      Germany  | 
    ASSESSING MANAGEMENT REGIMES IN    TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS.  DO THEY SUPPORT ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT?  
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    14.10-14.20  | 
    Amjad Aliewi | 
    EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East,    Israel | 
    PRO-AQUIFER:  PROTECTING TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER RESOURCES FROM POLLUTION.   RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND GUIDELINES FOR ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN  MUNICIPALITIES 
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    14.20-14.30  | 
    Amjad Aliewi | 
    House of Water and Environment, Palestine | 
    MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF    TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS BETWEEN PALESTINIAN AND ISRAEL 
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    14.30-14.40  | 
    S. Skias  | 
    Democritus University of Thrace, Greece  | 
    BASIC PROBLEMS AND PREREQUISITES    REGARDING THE TRANSBOUNDARY IWRM IN SE EUROPE.    THE R. EVROS CASE  
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    14.40-14.50  | 
    E. Eleftheriadou, 
      Y. Mylopoulos   | 
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,    Greece  | 
    CONFLICT    RESOLUTION IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS: INCORPORATING WATER QUALITY IN    NEGOTIATIONS  
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    14.50-15.00  | 
    C. Mukwaya  | 
    Ministry of Water and    Environment, Entebbe, Uganda  | 
    COOPERATION IN MANAGEMENT OF WATER    RESOURCES IN THE RUIZI CATCHMENT, SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA 
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    15.00-15.10  | 
    Anastasios I. Valvis 
           | 
    Harokopio University, Institute of International    Economic Relations, Greece   | 
    INTERNATIONAL    RELATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY: INTEREST OR VALUE ORIENTED    RELATIONSHIP? THE CASES OF THE TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS NESTOS AND EVROS  
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    15.10-15.20  | 
    A. C. Coelho M.   | 
    Colorado State University, USA  | 
    DELINEATION OF WATER RESOURCES UNITS TO PROMOTE IWRM AND FACILITATE TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFLICTS RESOLUTION  
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    15.20-15.30  | 
    Peter Roebeling   | 
    University of Aveiro, Portugal   | 
    GAINS FROM TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER    MANAGEMENT IN LINKED CATCHMENT AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS 
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    15.30-15.40  | 
    Elena Nikitina  | 
    Institute for World Economy and International    Relations, Russia  | 
    HOW BETTER GOVERNANCE AND STAKEHOLDER    PARTICIPATION COULD REDUCE WATER INSECURITIES IN SHARED RIVER BASINS 
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    15.40-15.50  | 
    Y. Mylopoulos 
      E.Kolokytha   | 
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,    Greece  | 
    HYDRODIPLOMACY, A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN    SHARED WATER RESOURCES IN GREECE       | 
   
  
    15.50-16.00  | 
    Guy Pegram  | 
    GWP- Southern, South Africa  | 
    INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION    INTO INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN     AFRICA 
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    | 16.00-16.10 | 
    Taher Hassan   | 
    National      Water Research Center, Egypt  | 
    HARMONIZATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY    GROUNDWATER BODIES IN SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN.    CASE STUDY OF EGYPT 
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    Day    2 Thursday 16th October     2008 
            Socio-Economic    Issues 
            Session    3(III):  Room C. What    alternatives do we have for the future?  | 
   
  
    14.00-14.10  | 
    KEY SPEAKER  
      Jean Louis Oliver   | 
    The French Water      Academy, France  | 
    THE FRENCH     WATER ACADEMY’S    COMMITMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT  
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    14.10-14.20  | 
    S.    Laçi,   
      E.    Kola   | 
    University      of Tirana, Albania  | 
    MANAGEMENT OF MICRO PRESPA’S LAKE –    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND PERSPECTIVES  
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    14.20-14.30  | 
    Galina Monakhova1 
      Elena Belyaeva2  | 
    1Dagestan State University,    2Caspian Marine Scientific Research      Center, Russia  | 
    NATURAL AND    HUMAN BOUNDARIES AT THE CASPIAN SEA  
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    14.30-14.40  | 
    N. Kranz   | 
    Ecologic, Institute for International and European    Environmental Policy, Germany  | 
    PARTICIPATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER    MANAGEMENT- FOSTERING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY? 
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    14.40-14.50  | 
    Dragana Ninković  | 
    Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Serbia   | 
    IMPLEMENTATION OF EU WFD    IN NON-EU COUNTRIES: 
    SERBIA IN THE DANUBE     RIVER BASIN  
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    14.50-15.00  | 
    Kwame Odame-Ababio   | 
    IUCN-PACO, Burkina Faso  | 
    Stimulating stakeholders’ support for managing shared waters –    experiences from the Volta     Basin  
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    15.00-15.10  | 
    A. Fawzy 
      E. Maternowski   | 
    University of Jordan, WERSC     & Cologne University    of Applied Sciences, ITT, Germany  | 
    The Dilemma of Dead Sea     Basin - A Reassessment    of Solutions from an IWRM-Perspective  
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    15.10-15.20  | 
    N. Tutavac1, 
      I.    Čanjevac2  | 
    1Ministry of Regional    Development, Forestry and Water Management 
            2University of Zagreb, Croatia  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS IN CROATIA: FLOWING TOWARDS    COOPERATION 
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    15.20-15.30  | 
    Rebecca L.    Teasley  | 
    The University of Texas at Austin,    USA   | 
    WATER MANAGEMENT POLICIES TO REDUCE THE    OVER ALLOCATION OF WATER IN THE RIO      GRANDE 
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    15.30-15.40  | 
    Rebecca L.    Teasley  | 
    The University of Texas at Austin,    USA   | 
    Water Resources    Management in The Rio Grande/ Bravo River Basin    using Cooperative Game Theory  
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    15.40-15.50  | 
    Tesfaye Tafesse   | 
    Addis      Ababa University, Ethiopia  | 
    AN APPRAISAL OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER   
    DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE    NILE BASIN 
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    15.50-16.00  | 
    H. R. Lotfy  | 
    University of Namibia, Namibia  | 
    INVOLVING    STAKEHOLDERS IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN     AFRICA  
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Day    3 Friday 17th October     2008
  
    OVERVIEW 
            Day    3 Friday 17th October     2008  | 
   
  
    08.00-09.30  | 
    Registration  | 
   
  
      
    09.30-10.00  | 
      
        Session    4 :  
            Room    A 
            Review    of GEF Projects in the Mediterranean and SEE  | 
    KEY    SPEAKER 
            Ivan    Zavadsky  | 
    International Waters,  
            GEF Secretariat,     USA    | 
    GEF SUPPORT FOR THE ATHENS DECLARATION AND PETERSBERG PROCESS:    TOWARD IMPROVED TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT AND THE FIFTH WORLD WATER    FORUM . 
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    10.00-10.30  | 
      
    Discussion  | 
   
  
    10.30-11.00  | 
    Coffee    break  | 
   
  
      
          
    11.00-12.30  | 
      
        Round    Table: 
            Room    A 
            The    UNESCO / ISARM Programme: Progress made world wide and new perspectives  | 
    KEY    SPEAKER 
            Neno    Kukuric  | 
    IGRAC, The Netherlands   | 
    TOWARDS A METHODOLOGY    FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INTERNATIONALLY SHARED AQUIFERS 
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    KEY    SPEAKER 
            Jacques    Ganoulis  | 
    UNESCO Chair, Aristotle    University of Thessaloniki,    Greece   | 
    RECENT ADVANCES IN TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER    MANAGEMENT IN THE BALKANS (SEE) 
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    KEY    SPEAKER 
            Alex    Makarigakis  | 
    UNESCO Windhoek,     Namibia  | 
    TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA  
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    Discussion  | 
   
  
    12.30-14.00  | 
    Lunch    break/Poster session 
    
    (see separate table for presentations)  | 
   
  
      
    14.00-15.00  | 
      
    Discussion    and Acceptance of the Thessaloniki    Declaration. Room A  | 
   
  
      
    15.00-16.00  | 
    Plenary Session/Round    Table.  
            Room A 
        KEY SPEAKER Joseph    Westphal, The New School,     New York, USA  
            WHY BORDERS MATTER: THE CHALLENGES TO MANAGING GROUNDWATER ACROSS    POLITICAL BOUNDARIES 
      Chairperson:  Jacques Ganoulis, UNESCO Chair, AUTh  
            Findings of the    Symposium: Conclusions and Recommendations: 
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    16.00-17.30  | 
      
    General Discussion/ Closing Session  | 
   
 
 
  
  
 
 
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