FAO at the Third World Water Forum
FAO has been activily involved with the organization of the following events:
Water and Climate
"What options do we have to cope?" - Presentation on FAOs experience in Watershed Management
 Monday, 17 March 2003, 08.45 - 15.15, Kyoto, KICH, Room B2
Contact Person: Jean-Marc Faurès, FAO-HQ  JeanMarc.Faures@FAO.org
Water, Food and Environment
"Virtual Water - Trade and Geopolitics" - Keynote Speech
Monday, 17 March 2003, 15.45 - 18.30, Kyoto, KICH, Room C1
Contact Person: Daniel Renault, FAO-HQ Daniel.Renault@FAO.org
"Country and Basin-wide Dialogues on Water, Food and Environment" - Presentation of FAO involvement in Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment.
Tuesday, 18 March 2003, 08.45 - 11.30, Kyoto, KICH, Room C1
Contact Person: Peter Torrekens, FAO-HQ Peter.Torrekens@FAO.org
Water, Nature and Environment
Closing Plenary Panel Discussion
Tuesday, 18 March 2003, 17.30 - 19.00, Kyoto, KICH, Main Hall
Contact Person: Kenji Yoshinaga, FAO-HQ Kenji.Yoshinaga@FAO.org
Groundwater
Session convened by FAO, World Bank, UNESCO, IAH, GW MATE, M Botin Foundation and Japanese AEH
Presentation of two background papers:
"Rethinking the Approach to Groundwater and Food Security"
"Groundwater Management - the search for practical approaches"
18 & 19 March 2003, Osaka, Grand Cube.
Contact Person: Jacob Burke, FAO-HQ Jacob.Burke@FAO.org
Agriculture, Food and Water
Session convened by FAO, ICID and Japanese ICID
Opening Plenary
Wednesday, 19 March 2003, 09.00 - 11.00, Kyoto, KICH, Main Hall
Water, Source of Food Security - Key-note "Unlocking the water potential of agriculture" - Panel discussion
Wednesday, 19 March 2003, 12.30 - 15.15, Kyoto, KICH, Room B2
Sustainable management of scarce resources in dry areas (ICARDA) - Alleviating water scarcity for vulnerable groups
Wednesday, 19 March 2003, 15.45 - 18.30, Kyoto, KICH, Room J
Ecosystem and water quality by water circulation in paddy field area - Panel discussion
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 08h45 - 11.15, Kyoto, KICH, Room B1
Closing Plenary
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 16.00 - 17.30, Kyoto, KICH, Annex Hall
Contact Person: Reto Florin, FAO-HQ Reto.Florin@FAO.org
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Ministers Meeting on "Water, Food and Agriculture"
Senior Officers Meeting for Agricultural Ministers Meeting, coordinated by FAO and MAFF.
Discussion and redrafting of the Ministerial Recommendation.
Tuesday, 18 March 2003, 08.45 - 18.30, Kyoto, KICH, Room E
Meeting for Agricultural Ministers, coordinated by FAO and MAFF.
Key-note Speech by the Director General of FAO, Mr. Jacques Diouf.
Discussion and adoption of the Ministerial Recommendation.
Friday, 21 March 2003, 08.45 - 16.00, Shiga, Otsu Prince Hotel, Ohmi 9-10
Ministerial Conference
Conference of Ministers in charge of water, organized by Japanese government.
Key-note Speech delivered by FAO.
Discussion and adoption of the Ministerial Declaration.
Sunday, 23 March 2003, 09.30 - 12.00, Kyoto, KICH
Contact Person: Reto Florin, FAO-HQ Reto.Florin@FAO.org
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World Water Assessment Program
FAO has combined efforts and expertise with UNESCO and twenty other United Nations Agencies and Convention Secretariats, to produce a collective World Water Development Report, offering a global overview of the state of the world's freshwater resources.
Saturday, 22 March 2003, 08.45 - 16.00, Kyoto, KICH, Annex Hall
Contact Person: Jean-Marc Faurès, FAO-HQ JeanMarc.Faures@FAO.org
Exhibition Booths
FAO will be presenting posters about its work in priority fields of action at three sites in the WWF-3:
Kyoto, Annex Hall, FAO/IPTRID booth.
Presenting the main issues related to water in agriculture and FAO's work in that field.
Contact Person: Erwin Northoff, FAO-HQ Erwin.Northoff@FAO.org
Presenting the International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage (IPTRID): objectives and main services.
Contact Person: Olivier Cogels, FAO-HQ Olivier.Cogels@FAO.org
Kyoto, KICH, Event Hall, a joint exhibition with Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF)
Kyoto, Miako Mess, a joint exhibition with MAFF and International Council for Irrigation and Drainage.
Contact Person: Erwin Northoff, FAO-HQ Erwin.Northoff@FAO.org
Articles and documents
FAO has prepared several articels and document during the preperations towards the Third Word Water Forum. They can be viewed and downloaded from our main FAO at the Third World Water Forum page.
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Last update: 10 March 2003 
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