Conference 2008
Date:
26th and 27th June 2008
Special excursions have been organized on Saturday June 28.
Place:
Cajalón Building, calle Coso 29, Zaragoza, Spain
Framework:
The
8th ENCORE Conference took place within the framework of the celebration of the
International EXPO Zaragoza 2008 (14 June – 14 September 2008).
The EXPO 2008 held in Zaragoza was entirely dedicated to the theme Water and Sustainable Development.
Over 95 countries have accepted to participate in this global event.
Central themes: Water as a universal human right, the protection of aquatic ecosystems, education, transparency and participation, technological innovations and many more.
The Zaragoza Water Charter will be signed aiming to include scientific elements and social and human dimensions of improved water management world-wide. It will refer to clean, safe water and poverty. There will be a point referring to water and its relationship with energy, as nowadays these two elements go hand in hand.
Zaragoza EXPO 2008 Water and Sustainable Development
www.expozaragoza2008.es
Programme:
For the Encore 2008 definitive Conference Programme, see
Participants:
For a list of European regions that participated in the Encore Conference, see
Conference Results:
For the Encore 2008 Conference Results, see
ARAP:
The Aragon Action Plan (ARAP) runs ENCORE's activities and objectives for the next two years until the next Conference is held. More specifically, this document includes the general results of ENCORE 2008, ENCORE objectives and core structure, ENCORE strategy, ENCORE priorities 2008 – 2010 and ENCORE Work Programme 2008 – 2010. See
ENCORE Contribution to EXPO’s Zaragoza Charter: Declaration of the European Regions towards Water in the 21st century
This document consists of the Contribution of ENCORE to the document (Zaragoza Charter) that will be approved by EXPO at the end of the Exhibition gathering all the relevant results obtained during the 3 month period of EXPO. This ENCORE Contribution will be formally approved during the Closing Session of ENCORE Conference. See
Speeches and presentations:
Among many others, the following speeches and power point presentations have been held during the Encore Conference:
Host region
Opening speech
Closing speech
Key-note speakers
CoR - EU
DG Environment - EC
UNDP - UN
UNEP - UN
Staff :
Natalia Vera
Wendy Rijpkema
Ida Koppen
María Vecino
Permanent Secretariat of ENCORE
CIAMA - International Centre for Water and Environment
Finca de La Alfranca s/n, 50195 Pastriz, Zaragoza, SPAIN
Tel: +34 976 10 58 40 - Fax: +34 976 10 58 41 - E-mail:
encore@aragon.es