News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

Acting together for a sustainable health: this is the objective of the One Sustainable Health Forum, which will be launched on Tuesday 6 April, with the participation of IFGR. Webinar le 06/04/2021 One Sustainable Health is an inclusive – between human medicine, animal medicine and the environment – and collaborative – between all public and […]

Global workshop on building climate-resilience through improving water management and sanitation at national and transboundary levels, under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the World Health Organization (WHO – regional office for Europe). Palais des Nations, Geneva, and online le 29/03/2021 From March 29 to 31, 2021, several UN […]

An evening debate in Geneva, with two representatives of IFGR, on the occasion of the 6th Festival Alternatiba Léman and the publication of the calendar “The spirit of the rivers”. Geneva le 24/09/2020 On the occasion of the 6th Festival Alternatiba Leman and the publication of the calendar “the spirit of the rivers”, Initiatives for […]

On the eve of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the French Water Partnership (FWP), CNES and IFGR are organizing a conference on water & climate change. Paris le 12/10/2020 Water is a resource essential to life but particularly vulnerable, especially to the impacts of climate change. What would a world of water at […]

Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers (IFGR) decided to organise its first international session held in Asia, at the invitation of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, a member of its Rivers Committee. Beijing / Zhengzou le 21/10/2019 By taking the example of the Yellow River – the cradle of Chinese civilisation and the country’s […]

IFGR gathered its members in Saint-Louis and Dakar (Senegal) for its 6th international meeting. The event was hosted by The Senegal River Development Organisation (OMVS) and dedicated to the development of the navigation, which is one of its priority and strategic objectives. Saint-Louis / Dakar le 09/04/2018 A basin management body that brings together Senegal, […]