2nd Meeting, Global Workshop on Floods and Health.


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 flooding events in Northern Italy
  • Mr. Santiago Gonzalez Muñoz, Ministry of Health, Spain - Health responses and the learnings related to the tragic Valencia floods
  • Mr. Bapon Fakhruddin, Green Climate Fund - GCF opportunities for financing to reduce flood risk and mitigate associated health impacts in transboundary basins

Panel discussion:
  • Ms. Jelena Vićanović, Public Institution "Vode Srpske" Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Mr. Kazi Shahidur Rahman, Ministry of Water Resources, Bangladesh
  • Mr. Robert Quansah, Water Resources Commission, Ghana

Questions and answers

17:30 – 18:30 | Interactive elements: discussions in groups (private session)

Moderator: Ms. Oksana Yakovenko, Secretariat of the Water Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

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