Rescheduled | Round Table on Regional Water Cooperation

26 May 2022 | Register 

Join the World Food Law Institute for a Round Table discussion exploring case studies of regional water cooperation initiatives, agreements and governance at international, regional and national levels.

The Round Table will elaborate on themes first explored during an April Round Table featuring IFAD, OAS IDB-Invest, the Agricultural Counselor of the Embassy of France, the Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Peru and the Acting Director of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Office. The themes raised and examples offered by these international, regional and national experts highlighted the need to explore models of cooperation addressing water, a vital resource. The multistate collaboration and cooperation among the six US states along the Chesapeake Bay and cooperation between Spain and Portugal along their shared rivers provide possible models for consideration as do agreements and governance models within both regions.

Welcome and Introduction

Marsha Echols, Director, World Food Law Institute (WFLI)

Panelists

Daniel Gustafson, Former Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - “Water Tenure”

Juan de Mata Urbano Lopez de Meneses, Ph.D. Agricultural Attaché Embassy of Spain - “Fresh Water Governance in Spain”

Cherie Schultz, Director, CO-OP Operations, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - “Regional Institutional Cooperation”

For more information, please email: [email protected]