A Celebration of Lakes and Rivers to be presented in Russia!

The ISW program coordinator is heading to Russia to attend the 9th European Youth Water Parliament, on October 3 - 8, 2009.  It will be held in the Nizhni Novgorod region and will assemble approximately 80 participants: youths and adults from Russia, France, Belgium, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania, and Turkey.

The event’s organizers, Solidarity Water Europe (SWE) and the Russian Rivers Network, invited the International Secretariat for Water to share their Celebration of Lakes and Rivers experiences.  For more information on the Parliament, visit the website www.see-swe.org
 
Noteworthy youth presence in Sherbrooke!

The International Forum on Integrated Water Management was held in Sherbrooke, on June 1-3, 2009.  The event’s organizers turned to the ISW to organize a day of workshops for youths, to be held the day before the start of the conference.

Approximately 10 youths from Québec, France, Belgium and Mexico gathered to discuss various issues related to water and the projects that they have worked on individually.  The final goal was to write up a declaration to be handed out to all participants.  Four of these youths were a part of A Celebration of Lakes and Rivers and presented the project to the other participants.  For more information you can download the activity report here (in french only).
 
Two young CLR 2008 participants attend the WWF in Istanbul!


Two youths traveled to Istanbul to attend the 5th World Water Forum, held on March 13- 22, 20009.  They participated in the Forum’s youth activities, contributed to the planning of the Citizen’s House for Water, and took part in various activities, alongside youths from Turkey and other countries.

Their presence at this international event enriched and completed the work started in 2006 by all those involved in the CLR and helped bring together the 2009 edition.  For more information, you can download the ISE Istanbul youth activity report.
 
Closing ceremony for the Pan-Canadian conference tour

tournee.gifOn 4 February, ISW completed the pan-Canadian tour of conferences begun in November 2008 with the theme "Water, a source of solidarity among citizens: from local to global". This tour, mainly targeting young people aged between 17 to 30, visited 12 colleges in Quebec and 10 colleges and universities in the rest of Canada, from British Colombia to Newfoundland.

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