11 June 2013: The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the Governments of the Netherlands and Switzerland organized an Expert Scoping Workshop in the context of the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention). The Workshop is the first step towards developing a methodology to quantify the benefits of transboundary water cooperation.

The UNECE Expert Scoping Workshop on Quantifying the Benefits of Transboundary Water Cooperation was held from 6-7 June 2013, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The meeting addressed possible methodologies for quantification of economic, environmental, social and political benefits of transboundary water cooperation.

The process aims to: develop a definition of cooperation in the context of transboundary water management; identify a typology of benefits; discuss existing approaches and methodologies for the quantification of the typology of benefits; and discuss characteristics the Guidance Note should have in order to be most useful to Parties to the Water Convention. [UNECE Press Release] [UNECE Workshop Webpage]