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August 2020
DAFNE e-Summer School
About Venue: Online Registration opens: 9th July 2020 (first come, first served) Registration closes: 3rd August 2020 Access to video lectures opens: 3rd August 2020 Q&A sessions: 24 – 26 August 2020 Register Here Information The DAFNE e-summer school will provide know-how transfer about methodological aspects required for the investigation of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus and the identification of sustainable WEF management strategies in the context of and transboundary water resources systems. While the value and the applicability of the methodological approach…
Find out more »Conference: Week on Water for Development in August 2020
Details Event: Week on Water for Development (WW4D) - Dates: 24 to 28 August 2020 Organizer: German development cooperation (GIZ) WW4D is also part of SIWI’s Stockholm World Water Week at home 2020 For more information and to register click here About How does climate change impact the quantity and quality of water? What are innovative finance mechanisms in the urban sanitation sector? And what is the role of Water Operator’s Partnerships in providing technical assistance in developing countries? Those…
Find out more »September 2020
AGRF Virtual Summit
About What: Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Theme: Feed the Cities, Grow the Continent: Leveraging Urban Food Markets to Achieve Sustainable Food Systems in Africa Date: 8-11 September 2020 To register and learn more click here Details In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), which brings together over thousands of delegates from governments, the civil society, the private sector, research community and development partners will…
Find out more »Virtual workshop for African early career researchers
Details Date: 9 - 10 September 2020 For more information and to apply click here About Background Future Earth will support Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from Africa to join consortium proposals for the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on Transdisciplinary Research for Pathways to Sustainability by organising a virtual capacity building workshop on 09 - 10 September 2020. The workshop will bring together approximately 30 ECRs and 5 mid-to-late-career researchers. The event is organized in collaboration with the Future…
Find out more »Conference on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus scientific advances in the Mediterranean region
*COVID 19 event changes: due to the coronavirus crisis, the conference has been postponed to May 2021 - a new date will be communicated in due course* The 2020 WEFE Nexus Science Advances Conference is organised by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) and the Cyprus Institute to address the role of science as a driver of innovation and its interface with the policymaking…
Find out more »October 2020
WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium
Details Call for abstracts here For more information and to register visit website here About The WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposia have been held annually in the Eastern and Southern African region for the past 20 years. The Symposium promotes interaction among policymakers, academics, practitioners from water and related sectors, and cooperating partners. Together, they identify regional issues, gaps and priorities that require further research and support. Great emphasis will be placed on integration of knowledge, particularly involving scholars from the natural, medical and…
Find out more »November 2020
3rd SADC Groundwater Conference
About THEME: Enhancing Water and Food Security through Sustainable Groundwater Development in the SADC Region. BACKGROUND: Parts of Sub Saharan Africa makes little use of its groundwater resources, which contributes only 1% of total renewable water resource withdrawals for agriculture. Projected and continuing changes to the amount, intensity and predictability of rainfall in much of Southern Africa will lead to changes in the way the region views its groundwater resources. Increasing water scarcity will be particularly difficult for smallholder farmers…
Find out more »December 2020
The 3rd WaterEnergyNEXUS Conference
About The WaterEnergyNEXUS is one of the most important and priority issue to be resolved for both current and next generations. The University of Sfax (Tunisia) in cooperation with Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED) of the University of Salerno (Italy), Advanced Institute of Water Industry at Kyungpook National University (Korea) and with The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI (India) is organizing the third edition of WaterEnergyNEXUS conference, that will be held in the island of Djerba (Tunisia) on 1-5 December 2020. The…
Find out more »February 2021
Sustainable Energy for All Forum
UPDATE: Event Postponed "Sustainable Energy for ALL (SEforALL) has decided to postpone the SEforALL Forum in Kigali, Rwanda to 16-18 February 2021. This decision has been taken to ensure the health and well-being of participants considering the COVID-19 situation and as a result of in-depth discussions with our host, the Government of Rwanda, the United Nations and the SEforALL Administrative Board." About The 2020 SEforALL Forum will focus on the need to act with urgency and ambition in order to…
Find out more »March 2021
The 9th World Water Forum
About The 9th World Water Forum will take place in Dakar from 22 to 27 March 2021. The objective of Senegal and the World Water Council is to organize a more socially, politically and economically effective Forum, a catalyst for action for commitments on water and sanitation, a connected Forum, linked to the agendas, platforms and commitments on SDGs, the Sendai agreement on natural risks and disasters, the Paris agreement on climate, Africa's 2063 agenda, etc. The Forum will also…
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