International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

GLOBAL WORKSHOP ON INCREASING CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH FOCUS ON FLOODS AND HEALTH ON THE TRANS-BOUNDARY AND NATIONAL LEVELS 19-20 March 2025 15:00 – 16:15 | Session 6: Financing flood management in transboundary basins. Moderator: Ms. Fleur Verhoef, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands Interventions from funding institutions: Mr. Bruno Alves, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, Luxembourg – Luxembourg's current and planned initiatives to support climate change adaptation incl. reducing flood risk and associated health impacts in transboundary basins Mr. Yerbolat Pernekhan, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Kazakhstan –Transboundary cooperation in flood management and its financings Ms. Christina Leb, World Bank – Financing Flood Risk Management in Transboundary Basins Questions and answers 16:15 – 16:45 | Reporting from group work Moderator: Ms. Fleur Verhoef, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands O...

GLOBAL WORKSHOP ON INCREASING CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH FOCUS ON FLOODS AND HEALTH ON THE TRANS-BOUNDARY AND NATIONAL LEVELS 19-20 March 2025 10:00 – 11:45 | Session 4: Planning for flood risk management including health aspects in transboundary context and at national level Moderator: Ms. Ana Maria de Roda Husman, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands Introductory presentation:Ms. Iulia Trombitcaia, Co-Secretary to the Protocol on Water and Health, Manager – Reporting on SDG Indicator 6.5.2 and under the Water Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – Integration of flood aspects into transboundary agreements and activities of the basin organizations (based on the results from reporting on SDG indicator 6.5.2) National practices and basin perspectives: Ms. Dragana Jovanovic, Institute of Public Health, Serbia – Planning for flood risk management: public health perspective Mr. Khaldoon Ibrahim Abbas Al-Janabi, Ministry of Wat...

GLOBAL WORKSHOP ON INCREASING CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH FOCUS ON FLOODS AND HEALTH ON THE TRANS-BOUNDARY AND NATIONAL LEVELS 19-20 March 2025. 15:00 – 15:45 | Session 2: Monitoring, data exchange, and early warning systems for flood management at national and transboundary level (continuation) Moderator: Mr. Christophe Brachet, International Network of Basin Organizations Case-studies from countries and basins (continuation): Comments and answers Mr. Ramesh Tripathi, WMO: Presentation of the outline and suggestions for the Guidelines on Transboundary Flood Risk ManagementDiscussion with audience 15:45 – 17:30 | Session 3: Impacts of floods on water supply and sanitation and response, including health perspective Moderator: Ms. Valentina Fuscoletti, National Institute of Health, Italy Case studies from countries: Ms. Paola Angelini, Public Health Department of Emilia-Romagna Region - Inter-institutional multidisciplinary approach with health advocacy in managing unprecedented extreme flo...

10:00 – 11:00 | Opening Session Moderator: Ms. Fleur Verhoef, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands Welcoming Remarks: H.E. Mr. Vincenzo Grassi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in Geneva Ms. Audrey Goosen, Deputy Permanent Representative, WTO Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Mr. Dmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE Mr. Stefan Uhlenbrook, Director, Hydrology, Water and Cryosphere, WMO Ms. Retno Marsudi, UN Special Envoy on Water (video-message) Mr. Robb Butler, Director of the Division of Communicable Diseases, Environment and Health, Regional Director for Europe, WHO (video-message)Introduction to workshop objectives and programme:Ms. Hanna Plotnykova, Water Convention secretariat, UNECE 11:00 – 12:00 | Session 1: Global and regional policies on flood risk management and associated health impacts Moderator: Mr. Aleš Bizjak, Chair of the Water Convention, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spati...