Event on GROUNDWATER: Making the invisible visible
Registrations are open for the MEP Water Group event on Groundwater, 25 March 2022. This will relate to this year’s theme for World Water Day; GROUNDWATER: Making the invisible visible. Thus, save the date on the 25th of March 2022!
The MEP Water Group and UNESCO are organising an online event on the new UN water Report 2022 on groundwater, on 25 March from 9.00 am to 10.30 am. The event will be hosted by MEP Pernille Weiss, Chairman of the MEP Water Group, during which the United Nations World Water Development Report will be presented. The event will conclude with a panel discussion and a Q&A session. The agenda is as follows:
09:00‐ 09:10 Welcome
Pernille WEISS, Chairwoman of the MEP Water Group
Opening Remarks
Louise HAXTHAUSEN, Director of UNESCO Office in Brussels
09:10 ‐ 9:30 Keynote
Pietro Benassi, Italian Ambassador to the European Union (tbc)
Philippe Léglise‐Costa, French Ambassador to the European Union (tbc)
Video on
Groundwater
09:30 – 09:50 Presentation of the United Nations World Water Development Report
Richard CONNOR, WWDR Editor in Chief, UNESCO World Water Assessment
Programme
09:50 – 10:20 Panel discussions and Q&A
Moderator
Sophie VERMOOTEN (Deltares), Groundwater Expert
Panel
– Stefano Burchi (AIDA), Transboundary Groundwater Governance
– Jippe Hoogeveen (FAO), Groundwater and Agriculture
– Johan Schutten (Wetlands International), Groundwater and Ecosystems
– Tom Diez (De Watergroep), Groundwater and Human Settlements
Wrap‐up
10:20 – 10:30 Pernille WEISS, Chairwoman of the MEP Water Group
Register through this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qMWAxRJAT52FtQ1L36XYlg