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Event BALWOIS 2012: Firth International Conference BALWOIS 2012 on Water, Climate and Environment

The Fifth International Scientific Conference BALWOIS 2012 will be held in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia from 28th May to 2nd June 2012, in Metropol Ohrid Resort www.metropol-ohrid.com .

The purpose of the conference is to provide a solutions-based forum and to exchange information regarding research activities and plans for studying the relationship between climate and environment changes and human activities with specific focuse on water related matters. Attendees will include scientists, engineers, managers, legislators, NGO representatives and policy makers involved in water, climate and environment related matters.

BALWOIS 2012 is a platform for creating partnerships in solving water scarcity problems, floods, droughts, environmental degradation and risk affecting different regions by facilitating the  sharing of experiences  through the presentation of scientific and technical papers and posters on planning research and development activities.

BALWOIS 2012 is organized under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Macedonia Mr. Nikola Gruevski, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of Republic of Macedonia and of the French Embassy in Skopje. 

BALWOIS 2012 is organized by the Balkan Institute for Water and Environment - IB2E www.ib2e.org - , the Macedonian Association of Meteorology METEO MAK, and Faculty of Civil Engineering (Sts. Cyril and Methodius University - Skopje).

BALWOIS is supported by Ministry of Ecology of France, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and various private companies.


The topics of 5th BALWOIS 2012 International Conference on which abstracts and papers are submitted are :

Topic 1 : Climate and Hydrology

Topic 2 : Water, Environment and Human Activities

Topic 3 : Water Related Risks

Topic 4 : Integrated Water Resources Management

Topic 5 : Ecohydrology

Topic 6 : Computing and Technologies in Water sector

Others

If you want to submit an abstract you have to register and create an account on BALWOIS Conference management web site (do not forget to check the box “author“ in the form): http://ocs.balwois.com/index.php?conference=BALWOIS&schedConf=BW2012&page=user&op=account .

Deadline for submitting an abstract is 31st of October 2011.

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Contact information Marc Morell (BALWOIS Coordinator) - BALWOIS Secretariat (email: secretariat@balwois.com)
Event type Conference
File link http://www.balwois.com/2012/
Source Balkan Institute for Water and Environment - IB2E
Subject(s) HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://www.balwois.com/2010
Geographical coverage Republic of Macedonia,
Address Metropol Ohrid Resort, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
Organizer Balkan Institute for Water and Environment - IB2E; Faculty of Civil Engineering (Sts. Cyril and Methodius University - Skopje); Macedonian Association of Meteorology METEO MAK; University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bitola (Republic of Macedonia), and Hydrobiological Institute of Ohrid - BALWOIS is supported by Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of Macedonia, Ministry of Ecology of France, French Embassy in Macedonia, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and various private companies.
Target audience Regional
Period [28/05/2012 - 02/06/2012]
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ENGLISH , FRENCH
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