The 1^st World Irrigation Forum will bring together representatives of all stakeholders involved in irrigation of all types and at all scales. It will include policy makers, experts, research institutions, non-governmental organizations, private sector companies and farmers, among others.

The 1^st World Irrigation Forum is organized by ICID in cooperation with the host Turkish National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (TUCID) and in partnership with FAO IWMI, GWP, ADB, IFPRI, UNESCO-IHE and AWC.

The HMNDP will provide practical insight into useful, science-based actions to address the key drought issues being considered by governments and the private sector under the UNCCD and the various strategies to cope with drought. National governments must adopt policies that engender cooperation and coordination at all levels of government in order to increase their capacity to cope with extended periods of water scarcity in the event of a drought. The ultimate goal is to create more drought resilient societies.

The HMNDP is organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with a number of UN agencies, international and regional organizations and key national agencies.

This regional workshop aims to identify priority action for climate change adaptation in West Africa. It will place climate change adaptation firmly on the governance agenda of regional and national governments, and acknowledge the need for re-assessment of National Adaptation Action Plans (NAPA’s) and national agriculture development plans for “climate smartness” as well as linking those to land and water resources plans.