3rd 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

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 Water Resources, Iraq – Flood management experience and measures in Iraq
  • Mr. José Musayón Ayala, National Water Authority, Peru – Integration of disaster risk management into national water resources policies in Peru
  • Mr. Thanaroj Worraratprasert, Office of the National Water Resources, Thailand – Thailand's approach to flood risk management: national strategies and transboundary cooperation
  • Mr. Mohamed Fawzi Bedredine, Senegal Basin Development Organisation – Flood management in the Senegal River basin


    • Discussion with audience

11:45 – 13:30 | Session 5: Specific tools and measures for flood and health risk management in transboundary basins: market place

Moderator: Mr. Jos Timmerman, Waterframes, the Netherlands

Presenters:

  • Mr. Ahopelto Lauri, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland – Harmonizing flood risk management across borders: insights from Tornionjoki river between Finland and Sweden.
  • Ms. Kamala Huseynli-Abishova, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action
  • Mr. Madjide Djimasngar, Ministry of Water and Energy, Chad – Measures and tools for flood risk management in transboundary basins in Africa: example of Lake Chad Basin
  • Ms. Daniela Anghileri, Joint Research Centre, European Commission – Fostering transboundary water management in African basins through evidence-based knowledge and data sharing
  • Mr. Ramesh Tripathi, World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) - WMO tools and activities on transboundary floods
  • Ms. Rafatou Fofana, Volta Basin Authority – The water-food-energy nexus approach for nature-based solutions as enablers of climate resilience in the Volta Basin
  • Ms. Åse Johannessen, Deltares – A hopeful story: Bringing back the rain – local action for local and regional climate impact
  • Mr. Christophe Brachet, International Network of Basin Organizations – Floods: prevention, forecasting and protection
  • Mr. Jose Gesti, Sanitation and Water for All – Current opportunities for mainstreaming water supply and sanitation into global and national climate policies
  • Ms. Karen Denis Montano, The Regional centre for groundwater management for Latin America and the Caribbean - Impact of joint groundwater and surface water management on the health of the local population during floods

Questions and answers (private session)


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