The UN-Water Initiative is organizing a regional workshop for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) countries under its ‘Capacity Development to Support Drought Management Policies' Initiative. The initiative aims to increase the capacity of developing countries and countries in transition to develop risk-based national drought management policies. UN-Water and its partners are holding a series of regional workshops in drought-prone regions in 2013 and 2014, which will culminate in a final, international conference. The workshop is co-organized with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).  

dates: 17-20 November 2014  
location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt  
contact: UN-Water  
e-mail: unwater@un.org  
www: http://www.ais.unwater.org/ais/aiscm/register4ndmp1.php
 http://www.ais.unwater.org/ais/course/view.php?id=37