1st Meeting, Global Workshop on Floods and Health.


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 Spatial Planning, Slovenia

Short presentations:
  • Ms. Nicole Klaesener-Metzner, WHO – Linkages between floods and health
  • Ms. Sonja Koeppel, Secretary of the Water Convention, UNECE – Water Convention as a global legal and intergovernmental framework for transboundary cooperation in flood management
  • Mr. Andrew Colin Spezowka, UNDRR – Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 as a tool to address floods and their related health impacts in transboundary basins
  • Ms. Hwirin Kim, WMO – Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) supporting countries with Integrated Flood Management
  • Questions and answers

12:00 – 13:00 | Session 2: Monitoring, data exchange, and early warning systems for flood management at transboundary and national levels

Moderator: Mr. Christophe Brachet, International Network of Basin Organizations

Case-studies from countries and basins:
  • Ms. Maja Jelen and Ms. Mateja Ribnikar, Ministry for Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Slovenia – Strengthening climate resilience in Slovenia through flood risk management at national and transboundary levels
  • Mr. Saulo Aires de Souza, National Water and Sanitation Agency, Brazil – Risk of floods due to climate change and incorporation of this risk into Brazil's National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change
  • Mr. Jean Aurelien Moukana Libongui, CICOS – Monitoring, data exchange, and early warning systems for flood management in the Congo basin
  • Ms. Carlyne Yu, UNDRR – Water at the Heart of Climate Action
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