Blue Seminar - Socio-economic and institutional dimensions in water management: New date

The 11th Blue Seminar on aquatic processes and water technology will now be held in Ispra, Italy, on 18 December 1996, instead of 16 December. Part of a series organized by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), the 11th seminar will be on the subject "Socio-economic and institutional dimensions in water management".

The traditional objective of water management is simply to match availability and needs, but this is both limited and insufficient if a sustainable development goal is sought. The achievement of this goal requires the analysis of the policy formulation process, its actors, context and dynamic.

Approaching the policy formulation process directly will provide a better insight into the social, economic and technological factors supporting and conditioning water policies and the dynamics of policy formulation. The analysis of the socio-economic and institutional dimensions of water resources management, planning and policy formulation is considered an essential area of research to improve the ability of European societies to cope with water problems of increasing relevance.

Water resources policies are always a complex combination of mechanisms of different types. The comparative analysis of different approaches used in Europe and their effectiveness, taking into account the historical background of each Member State, is a key issue for the definition and implementation of water policies at EC level.
For further information please contact:

European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Environment Institute
I-21020 Ispra (VA)

Giovanni Bidoglio
Tel. +39-332-789383
E-mail: giovanni.bidoglio@jrc.it

or

Ruzena Markos
Tel. +39-332-785553
E-mail: ruzena.markos@jrc.it

Information may also be found on the World Wide Web, at:

http://www.ei.jrc.it/(se abrirá en una nueva ventana)