International conference "The Nile, Water Diplomacy and Sustainability"

As part of the project "Water Diplomacy, Culture and Sustainability - The Nile River, researches, cinema and music" – an initiative promoted by the Center for African Studies which proposes a moment of reflection on different but complementary issues of water management, including the delicate international relations between the Nile Basin States, the issue of water sustainability and the access to water – Hydroaid has contributed to the organization of the international conference "The Nile, Water Diplomacy and Sustainability" which will be held at the University Campus "Luigi Einaudi" in Turin on 14 November  at 9.00. The conference presents two sessions on the issues of sustainability, culture and water diplomacy. The first, with the intervention of international experts and researchers from European and African universities, will tackle the issue of the "hydropolitcs" issue of the Nile basin, while the second proposes a high-level debate with diplomatic representatives from the three main Nile Basin countries (Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan) on climate change and the impact on water resources. Ambassador Giuseppe Mistretta, former Ambassador of Italy to Ethiopia and currently Director of Sub-Saharan Africa to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will provide the final remarks of this important event.  

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