Marking the official start of the UN “Water for Life” decade, this conference will include sessions on international policy, governance, science, technology and capacity-building. The meeting will seek to promote collaboration and an alignment of effort across government departments, NGOs and other UK institutions in their pursuit of the identified and agreed Millennium Development Goals, and will assist the efforts being made by the UK in support of the water programmes being undertaken within the UN framework.  

date: 22 March 2005  
location: London, UK  
contact: Heather Binney, Royal Geographical Society  
phone: 44-20-7591-3005  
e-mail: h.binney@rgs.org  
www: http://www.rgs.org/category.php?Page=mainevents