This meeting, organized by the Government College University (GCU) Lahore and the UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), aims to address water scarcity in the current political situation in the Indus Basin, create a platform for discussing different perspectives of water politics with key stakeholders, identify policy challenges, discuss shared approaches for water cooperation, explore the role of regional and national water governance and evaluate the challenges faced by the Indus in the context of broader international policy agendas on water security.  

dates: 9-10 January 2013   location: Lahore, Pakistan   contact: Harriet Bigas   phone: +1 905-667-5485   fax: +1 905-677-5510   e-mail: harriet.bigas@unu.edu   www: http://www.inweh.unu.edu/WaterSecurity/JointConference_IndusBasin.htm