Water Lecture on: Water Energy Food Security Nexus and the Green Economy Conference: What next?

December 12, 2011 | 17:00 h - 18:30 h

Our next Water Lecture has the title "Water Energy Food Security Nexus and the Green Economy Conference: What next? Challenges for research and capacity development" and will be held at ZEF on Monday, December 12, 5.00 - 6.30 p.m.

At this Water Lecture, a panel consisting of experts will review from different perspectives the outcome and outlook of the international conference on "Water Energy Food Security Nexus and the Green Economy", which was held in Bonn from November 16-18, 2011. The focus of the discussion will be on the impact on research and capacity development.

Our experts on the panel are:

Introduction and summary by ZEF Executive Director Joachim von Braun

Thomas Stratenwerth (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Head of Division: International and European Aspects of Water Management)

Franz Marré (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Head of Division: Water, Energy, and Urban Development)

Reza Ardakanian (Director of UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development, UNW-DPC)

Facilitator: Janos Bogardi (Executive Officer of Global Water System Project (GWSP)).

Venue: Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, right conference room, ground floor.

Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

See:http://www.zef.de/howtoreach.html

Background information:

The Water Lecture series is a joint series organized by the Center for Development Research (ZEF), the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), the United Nations University (UNU) in Bonn, the Global Water System Project (GWSP) and the Water Unit of the Geography Department (University of Bonn).