Section 16
2021 Calendar of events

January

21 January – Conference “New Trends in Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan: State and Prospects of Relations between the CA Countries and Afghanistan”, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent

27 January – Working Meeting “International HydroDiplomacy – in focus: Central Asia”, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) & the EastWest Institute (EWI)

27-28 January – OECD-FAO 7th Meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Agricultural Water

February

2 February – World Wetlands Day

2 February – IFAS Agency and GWP Online Consultation on the Water-Related Disaster Risk Reduction under the COVID-19 Pandemic

3 February – UNECE Webinar “Upholding Mekong Cooperation for Present & Future Challenges”

4-5 February – Meeting of the Implementation Committee of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

26 February – UNECE and INBO 5th Meeting of the Global Network of Basins Working on Climate Change Adaptation

March

2-3 March – EECCA NWO Conference “Transboundary Water Cooperation in EECCA Countries: Lessons Learnt and Areas for the Future Development”

3 March – World Wildlife Day: "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet"

3-4 March – International Forum “Towards New Opportunities: Green Recovery of Uzbekistan after the COVID-19 Pandemic”, UN, UNDP, EU, UNECE, Government of Uzbekistan

3-4 March – International Conference “Improving Knowledge Exchange on Water Issues in Central Asia” under the Central Asian Knowledge Network funded by the Central Asia Water and Energy Program (CAWEP)

10 March – IFAS Agency and NWP of Uzbekistan Roundtable “Towards the IWRM Strategy in the Republic of Uzbekistan”

11-12 March – International Scientific-Practical Conference “Water Resources Management in the Conditions of Globalization” dedicated to the 105th anniversary of Professor L.Ye. Tazhibaev

14 March – International Day of Action for Rivers

21 March – International Day of Forests: "Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being"

22 March – World Water Day: “Valuing Water”

23 March – World Meteorological Day: “The Ocean, our Climate and Weather”

26 March – Aral Sea Day

29-31 March – UNECE Global Workshop on building climate resilience through improving water management and sanitation at national and transboundary levels

April

14-15 April – UNECE-WHO/Europe 12th meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health

26-28 April – Conference “Transboundary Waters and International Relations”

29 April – “A Conversation on Water: The Past Informing Water Futures”. IWRA 50th Anniversary

May

11 May –80th meeting of ICWC Central Asia

17-20 May – XVI International Scientific-Technical Symposium and Exhibition “Clean Waters of Russia -2021”

22 May – International Day for Biological Diversity: “We're part of the solution”

25 May – Regional Dialogue “Policy and Governance Issues to Transform Food Systems in Europe and Central Asia”

June

5 June – World Environment Day: “Ecosystem Restoration”

8 June – World Oceans Day: “The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods”

16 June – Conference “Mutual understanding, friendship and openness are the basis for further progress of Uzbek-Tajik cooperation”, Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies at the President of Uzbekistan and the Center for Strategic Studies at the President of Tajikistan

16 June – Session “Nexus, Digitalization and Human Capital for a Green-Deal in Transboundary Waters” as part of the European Development Days

17 June – Desertification and Drought Day: “We build back better with healthy land”

21 June – International Scientific-Practical Conference “Land Reclamation and Desertification” LRAD 2021

21 June – 2 July Singapore International Water Week

21-25 June – 8th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, Bern, Switzerland

28-30 June – 24th Session of the IHP Intergovernmental Council, UNESCO

29-30 June – 3rd Regional Conference “Education and Knowledge on Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia”

29 June – Meeting of the Board of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, Dushanbe

30 June – 11th Asia-Pacific Water Forum: Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible

July

1 July – High-Level Dialogue “European Union – Central Asia”

1-2 July – 5th Eurasian Business-Forum for Renewable Energy and Waste Recycling, Astana, Kazakhstan

1-3 July – International Scientific-Practical Conference “Global Challenges for Food Security: Risks and Opportunities”

6-15 July – High-Level Political Forum 2021 on Sustainable Development

7-9 July – 71st Meeting of the Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention

29 July – Earth Overshoot Day

August

12 August – Day of the Caspian Sea

23-27 August – SIWI World Water Week

24 August – LCOY Kyrgyzstan 2021 – Youth Conference on Climate Change, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

25 August – International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Sri Lanka

September

3-11 September – IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseilles, France

19 September – World Cleanup Day

21-23 September – 5th Annual Arab Water Forum, UAE

22-23 September – International Conference Seymartec Ecology 2021, Chelyabinsk, Russia

27-29 September – Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus Science Advances Conference

29 September – 1 October – 9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses

29 September – 2 October – 2nd International and 15th National Congress on Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Turkey

October

6-8 October – Accadueo-H2O 2021 - International Water Exhibition Technologies, Treatment, Distribution, Sustainability, Bologna, Italy

12-14 October – International specialized exhibition GETCA 2021, Tashkent

12-15 October – International specialized exhibition Water & Air Technologies 2021, Minsk, Belarus

15 October – International Day of Rural Women

18-19 October – 18th Session of the Joint Task Force on Environmental Statistics and Indicators

18-21 October – 72nd Meeting of the Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention

18-23 October – World Water Congress and Exhibition of IWA

19-20 October – Central Asian Regional Preparatory Conference for the 9th World Water Forum “Water Security for Peace and Development”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

19-21 October – International Exhibition SMAGUA 2021, Saragossa, Spain

24 October – 2021 Cairo Water Week

27-30 October – 13th International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Sacramento, California

31 October – 12 November – XXVI Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26), Glasgow, Scotland

November

3-5 November – 27th Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy, Geneva, Switzerland

23-26 November – Forum “Strategic Directions of Central Asia Development: History, Trends and Prospects”, Yekaterinburg, Russia

24-26 November – European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, Matosinhos, Portugal

24-30 November – 72nd meeting of the ICID International Executive Committee

29 November-3 December – IWRA’s XVII World Water Congress

22 November – International Conference “Aral Sea Region – the Zone of Ecological Innovations and Technologies”

December

8-10 December – 19th International Conference of the Europe-INBO

11 December – International Mountain Day