The 2nd Meeting of the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystem Nexus under the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) will bring together representatives to discuss the assessment of the nexus in selected transboundary basins, as provided for in the Convention's programme of work 2013-2015, and will: provide an overview of the status of preparations so far; review the approach to assessing the nexus; discuss the finding and the experience from the basin assessments so far; review the preparations for the forthcoming basin assessments; discuss the format and elements of the basin assessments; agree on next steps; and propose possible follow-up activities for the Convention's programme of work 2016-2018.
dates: 8-9 September 2014
venue: Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix 14
location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
contact: Camille Marcelo
phone: +41 22 917 1606
fax: +41 22 917 0621
e-mail: camille.marcelo@unece.org
www: http://www.unece.org/env/water/tfnexus_2014.html