(November 13-14, 2015, New Delhi)

Organized by

National Water Mission

Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India

Session-I

• 1.River Basin Management in the Rhine
  Ben van de Wetering, Executive Secretary (Emeritus)




• 2.Tools for continued cooperation: The Environmental Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Facility (TAIEF) of the European Union
  Luca Marmo, Policy Officer – India, ASEAN, and G7/G20 Environment Directorate-General European Commission




• 3.Review of Draft Indian Water Legislation and Comparison with EU Water Framework Directive
  Flore Lafaye de Micheaux




• 4.The challenges of overcoming boundaries: The experience of the Danube River Basin Commission
  Mr. Raimund MAIR, Technical Expert River Basin Management, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)




• 5.The Challenges and Opportunities facing the Ganga River Basin/ India's River Basins
  Puskal Upadhyay, Director (Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation) & Additional Mission Director (National Mission for Clean Ganga)




• 6.Ganga Rejuvenation – an EU approach
  European Business and Technology Center




Session-II

• 7.Lessons from Danube Basin for Integrated Water Resource Development in West Bengal
  Naveen Prakash, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resource, West Bengal Government




• 8.The evolution of water management policy in the EU
  Luca Marmo, European Commission Environment Directorate-General Unit ENV.E.1 – International, Regional & Bilateral relations




• 9.National Water Framework Law
  Dr. B. Rajender, IAS, Joint Secretary (Policy & Planning) Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Government of India




• 10.The EU's Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive




Session-III

• 11. Water Recycling – the EU case
  Neil Dhot, Secretary General, EurEau




• 12. Implementing EU legislation in a context of water scarcity: The water accounting approach in the Arno River Basin in Italy
  Bernardo Mazzanti, Arno River Basin Authority, Florence, Italy




• 13. The case of the Guadalquivir River Basin in Spain
  Victor Juan Cifuentes Sanchez. Head of Hydrological Planning Office, Guadalquivir River Basin Authority




• 14. Hydromorphological impacts: challenges for water management – Examples from Austria
  Helena Mühlmann, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management




• 15. Environmental Flows: Experience in India
  Suresh Babu, Director Rivers, Wetlands & Water Policy, WWF India




• 16. EU Supported State Partnership Programme in Rajasthan- EU SPP - IWRM an Overview
  State Parternership Programme, Rajasthan, EU- SPP Rajasthan




Session-IV

• 17. Indo-European Partnership on R&I
  Florent Bernard, Ph.D., Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission




• 18. Challenges in Groundwater Sector in context of Integrated Water Resource Development & Management
  K. B. Biswas, Chairman, Central ground Water Board, Faridabad




• 19. Ganga Rejuvenation – The role of the business sector
  Paul Jensen, European Business and Technology Center




• 20. Pilot Project on Nrw in Sheetal Park Area of Rajkot City in Gujarat
  Anshul Jain, Danish Water Forum and Rajkot Municipal Corporation




• 21. Regulating EU public and Private water Entities
  Neil Dhot, Secretary General, EurEau




• 22. Deploying Best Available Techniques in Water Management in India
  Jan Klasinski, Managing Director - Industrial Activities, Veolia India