Principles of good governance at different water governance levels

• Call for Abstracts & Special Sessions - XVIII World Water Congress
  The International Water Resources Association (IWRA), along with the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China (MWR), is pleased to announce that the call for abstracts and special sessions is now open for the XVIII World Water Congress on Water for All: Harmony between Humans and Nature, to take place in Beijing, China, 11-15 September, 2023.The Congress will facilitate knowledge and experience sharing, focusing on investigating the relationship between water, humans, and nature, identifying and reconciling all water-related factors in a coordinated manner, and formulating and implementing water management strategies and policies using systematic approaches.The International Scientific Committee (ISC) welcomes papers for oral presentations and poster presentations at the XVIII World Water Congress, which will be presented during the main congress programme. Experts, academics, policymakers, water professionals, private sector practitioners, and civil society stakeholders, from all disciplines and perspectives who wish to share their work and experiences during the Congress, are invited to submit abstracts. Abstracts can only be submitted online through the official Congress website.Submission GuidelinesAbstracts should clearly describe the research, analysis, project or investigation in 300-400 words, and include the following contents:a)The purpose or thesis of the work.b)The key issue(s) or problem(s) addressed.c)The methodology or approach used.d)The results or conclusions derived from the project.e)Relevance to the congress theme.Abstracts must be prepared in English and cannot include graphs, charts, diagrams, images, abbreviations, references or citations. Please don't forget to select one of the topics listed under the six Congress sub-themes you wish to address, and indicate whether you prefer to do an oral or poster presentation.Individuals submitting abstracts must first register for the Congress before submitting their abstracts. Presenters of accepted abstracts will have to pay the registration fees in order to present their work at the Congress.For more information about the submission process, please visit www.worldwatercongress.com/abstractsThe Congress will facilitate knowledge and experience sharing, focusing on investigating the relationship between water, humans, and nature, identifying and reconciling all water-related factors in a coordinated manner, and formulating and implementing water management strategies and policies using systematic approaches.The International Scientific Committee (ISC) welcomes papers for oral presentations and poster presentations at the XVIII World Water Congress, which will be presented during the main congress programme. Experts, academics, policymakers, water professionals, private sector practitioners, and civil society stakeholders, from all disciplines and perspectives who wish to share their work and experiences during the Congress, are invited to submit abstracts. Abstracts can only be submitted online through the official Congress website.Submission GuidelinesAbstracts should clearly describe the research, analysis, project or investigation in 300-400 words, and include the following contents:a)The purpose or thesis of the work.b)The key issue(s) or problem(s) addressed.c)The methodology or approach used.d)The results or conclusions derived from the project.e)Relevance to the congress theme.Abstracts must be prepared in English and cannot include graphs, charts, diagrams, images, abbreviations, references or citations. Please dont forget to select one of the topics listed under the six Congress sub-themes you wish to address, and indicate whether you prefer to do an oral or poster presentation.Individuals submitting abstracts must first register for the Congress before submitting their abstracts. Presenters of accepted abstracts will have to pay the registration fees in order to present their work at the Congress.For more information about the submission process, please visit www.worldwatercongress.com/abstracts
• 6th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment
  LEQUIA (The Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the University of Girona) and ICRA (Catalan Institute for Water Research) were selected to host the next (6th) conference of these series during the last ecoSTP21 held in Milan upon nomination and voting. EcoSTP-23 aims to discuss the latest cutting-edge eco-technologies for a sustainable transition in wastewater treatment, reuse, and resource recovery, at urban and industrial scale, but giving special attention to facilitate the efficient transfer of knowledge into practice, and guarantee that these technologies reach the market.However, building a more resilient future for water management needs a transdisciplinary and multi-domain examination, including socio-economic and governance aspects. There is a growing social demand for water management to be conducted in accordance with democratic and fairness criteria of responsibility, transparency, and universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation. ecoSTP23 will include hydro-social aspects and the multiple factors that currently frame water managementImportant Dates:Abstract Submission Deadline 15 January 2023Extended Abstract Submission Deadline 31 January 2023Authors Notification 15 March 2023Registrations Opens 20 March 2023Early Bird Registration Deadline 20 April 2023TopicsEmerging technologies and processess for wastewater treatmentDecentralized strategiesResource recovery and safe reuseDigitalizationEconomics and environmental/social footprintFor more information please visit https://iwa-network.org/events/6th-iwa-international-conference-on-eco-technologies-for-wastewater-treatment/
• International Conference on Flood Risk Management and Water Pollution 2023 (ICFRMWP 2023) at Malaysia
  ICFRMWP 2023 is an opportunity for academics, students, scholars, scientists and engineers from around the world who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts to combat information warfare or to improve Flood Risk Management and Water Pollution to come together and exchange ideas. This conference is trying to establish itself as a key event for the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, and incident investigation.Please consider submitting to this conference. We are interested in the entire range of concepts from theory to practice, including case studies, works-in-progress, and conceptual explorations.Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers by the deadline for publication in the ICFRMWP 2023 Conference Proceedings and for presentation(s) in the symposia listed below. Deadlines will be strictly matched and late papers will be summarily rejected.Selected papers of the Conference publication may be recommended for publication in Reputed Journals (Print Edition) after acquiring the written consent from the authors of the paper(s) subject to any other fees related to the publication. Publication into the Journals is at the discretion of the Publisher(s) and not with the Organizer. Further, the waiting period of the Journal Publication will be mentioned in the Acceptance Letter and shall not be forced to modify at any sequence.Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to follow ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail. All the papers should be of 6 pages length.For more information about topics and deadlines please visit https://coreconferences.com/icfrmwp2023/
• 2023 10th International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Taishan University, Shandong, China April 14-16, 2023
  Welcome to join us! 2023 10th International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering is co-organized by Taishan University, Shandong, China to be held during April 14-16, 2023.ICCOE 2023 brings together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Coastal and Ocean Engineering to a common forum.Nowadays, demand for energy is growing. Conventional fossil resources (oil, coal and natural gas) face supply constraints and volatile markets, and concerns about economics and climate change have become widespread. And an abundant and promising source of energy exists in waves, tides and offshore currents and swells. The time to harness it is now!Please visit: http://www.iccoe.org/ for more information
• XVIII World Water Congress Water for All: Harmony between Humans and Nature 11-15 September 2023 Beijing, China
  Since 1973, IWRA has held a World Water Congress every three years in various locations around the world.The objective of the World Water Congress is to provide a meeting place to share experiences, promote discussion, and to present new knowledge, research results and new developments in the field of water sciences around the world. For almost four decades the World Water Congresses have been excellent events for the identification of major global themes concerning the water agenda, and for the bringing together of a large cross-section of stakeholders for the development and implementation of decisions in the field of water.Hosted by:The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) and the Ministry of Water Resources of the Peoples Republic of ChinaOrganised by:The General Institute of Hydropower and Water ResourcesPlanning and Design at the Ministry of Water Resources of the Peoples Republic of China, and the IWRAs China Chapter.Visit www.worldwatercongress.org to learn more.
• The 18th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies Achieving Sustainability Through Water Technology
  The official theme for the 18th Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies (LET2023) is achieving sustainability through water technology. This is an exciting topic for what will be the 20th anniversary of the LET series a significant achievement that we will recognize with a special celebration.KEY DATES:31 November 2022: Deadline for plenary lecture proposal15 December 2022: Deadline for outline paper (max. 2 A4 pages) submission31January 2023: Notification of acceptance for authors31January 2023: Advance technical programme announced1 March 2023: Workshop proposal deadlineFor more information please visit https://iwa-let.org/programme-2023/
• INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART ENERGY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES 2023 September 4, 2023 - September 6, 2023 in Mugla, Turkey
  Prospective Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (maximum 2 pages, free format) in the form of an electronic file in PDF format until December 15, 2022. A document template may be downloaded using this link.Submissions are managed using the EasyChair platform. To submit your abstract use the submission link below and sign up, or log in with your existing EasyChair account. Create a new submission and fill out the submission form. For the abstract submission, Authors must upload their abstract PDF in the section Files of the submission form on the EasyChair platform. In the plain text space under Title and Abstract, only a short summary needs to be provided.Important Dates:Abstract submission: December 15, 2022Abstract acceptance notification: January 23, 2023Full paper submission: March 31, 2023Full paper initial notification: June 30, 2023Submission of Final Paper and IEEE Copyright form: July 17, 2023For submission please visit https://www.sest2023.org/submissions/

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