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European Regional Conference

ICID does not limit its activities to global arena only; its focus permeates to regional level too. ICID organizes Regional Conferences on themes of interest to its members in a particular region. These Regional Conferences, viz. Asian Regional Conference, European Regional Conference, African Regional Conference and Pan-American Regional Conference provide a common platform to countries in these regions to address the issues and problems specific to that particular region. The Regional Conferences are generally organized alongside an IEC but can well be a standalone event.

The 26th European Regional Conference (The Euro-Mediterranean Regional Conference on Irrigation) was hosted by French National Committee (AFEID) at Montpellier, France, 2015 with theme “Innovate to improve irrigation performance” deliberated on a number of interesting topics such as ‘Drip Irrigation’; ‘Wastewater use in agriculture’; and ‘Water Governance’. One of the major attractions of the event was the Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships in irrigation which aimed at presenting and discussing contrasted PPP experiences in irrigation, some of which seen as success and others as failures, so as to identify the conditions under which financial and institutional arrangements should be defined in order to meet the objectives of the different stakeholders involved.

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Date	Details	Location/Country
Oct 11, 2015 - Oct 16, 2015	26th European Regional Conference Theme - Innovate to improve irrigation performance NC Contact : Dr. Sami Bouarfa, General Secretary, Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID), 361 rue Jean-Fran'ois Breton, BP 5095, F - 34196 -- MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5	Montpellier, France
May 16, 2011 - May 20, 2011	25th European Regional Conference NC Contact : Mr. Ir. Bert Pijpers, Treasurer, Duo Advies, Herenstraat 33C, 3512 KB Utrecht	Groningen, Netherlands
Mar 14, 2011 - Mar 16, 2011	24th European Regional Conference NC Contact : Dr. Sami Bouarfa, General Secretary, Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID), 361 rue Jean-Fran'ois Breton, BP 5095, F - 34196 -- MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5	Orleans, France, France
May 18, 2009 - May 24, 2009	23rd European Regional Conference Theme - Progress in Managing Water for Food and Rural Development NC Contact : Prof. Peter Kovalenko, Ukraine National Committee of ICID (UACID), Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation Kiev, 37, Vasilkovskaja Str., Ukraine, 03022	Lviv, Ukraine
Sep 02, 2007 - Sep 06, 2007	22nd European Regional Conference Theme - Water Resources Management and Irrigation and Drainage Systems Development in the European Environment NC Contact : Dr. Gabriella Zanferrari, Italian National Committee, ICID (ITAL-ICID), Ministero per le Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali Via XX Settembre - 00187 Roma	Pavia, Italy
May 15, 2005 - May 19, 2005	21st European Regional Conference Theme - Integrated Land and Water Resources Management: Towards Sustainable Rural Development NC Contact : Prof. W. Mioduszewski, Secretary-General, Polish National Committee, ICID (POCID), Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming, Falenty, 05-090 Raszyn	Frankfurt (Oder), Germany; Slubice, Poland
Sep 14, 2003 - Sep 19, 2003	20th European Regional Conference Theme - 1: Origin of water use conflicts; Theme 2: Methods of conflict resolution NC Contact : Dr. Sami Bouarfa, General Secretary, Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID), 361 rue Jean-Fran'ois Breton, BP 5095, F - 34196 -- MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5	Montpellier, France
Jun 04, 2001 - Jun 08, 2001	19th European Regional Conference NC Contact : Ing. Radomir Muzikar, CSc, Secretary, Czech Committee of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) (CZNC-ICID), Slamova 60, 618 00 Brno 18	Prague, Czech Republic
Sep 08, 1997 - Sep 12, 1997	18th European Regional Conference Theme - Water - An economic good? NC Contact : Ms Moira Doherty, The Irrigation and Water Forum ' British National Committee of the, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage ( IWF/ICID .UK ), C/o The Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA	Oxford, United Kingdom
May 16, 1994 - May 22, 1994	17th European Regional Conference Theme - Efficient and ecologically sound use of irrigation water with special reference to European countries NC Contact : Mrs. Sonia Chehlarova ' Simeonova, Secretary, Bulgarian National Committee, ICID (BNCID), Researcher, Research Institute for Irrigation, Drainage, 136 Tzar Boris III 'Blvd, P.O. Box 384, 1618 SOFIA	Varna, Bulgaria
Jun 21, 1992 - Jun 27, 1992	16th European Regional Conference Theme - European strategies for irrigation, drainage and flood control in the 1990's NC Contact : The President (HUCID), , Hungarian National Committee, ICID (HUCID), Secretariat of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Nador u 7, Budapest, H-1051	Budapest, Hungary
May 14, 1988 - May 16, 1988	15th European Regional Conference Theme - Agricultural water management NC Contact : , ,	Dubrovnik, Former Yugoslavia
May 14, 1986 - May 16, 1986	14th European Regional Conference Theme - Solution to water problem in areas with insufficient water resources NC Contact : Mrs. Inmaculada Bravo Dominguez, Spanish Ministry of Agriculture (MAPAMA), Spanish National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA, PESCA Y ALIMENTACION Subdirección General de Regadíos, Caminos Naturales e Infraestructuras Rurales Gran Via de San Francisco, 4-6; 3ª planta. Despacho 3.10 28005 MADRID	La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain
May 14, 1982 - May 16, 1982	13th European Regional Conference Theme - Rehabilitation of existing irrigation and drainage projects NC Contact : Eng.Goncalo de Freitas Leal, General Director, DGADR, Portuguese National Committee on, Irrigation and Drainage (PNCID), Av Afonso Costa, No. 3, 1949-002 Lisboa, 600082440	Lisbon, Portugal
May 14, 1979 - May 16, 1979	12th European Regional Conference Theme - Multi-purpose water engineering projects on river basin scale NC Contact : , ,	Dubrovnik, Former Yugoslavia
May 14, 1977 - May 16, 1977	11th European Regional Conference Theme - Small watershed management, with emphasis on small reservoirs development NC Contact : Dr. Gabriella Zanferrari, Italian National Committee, ICID (ITAL-ICID), Ministero per le Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali Via XX Settembre - 00187 Roma	Rome, Italy
May 14, 1974 - May 16, 1974	10th European Regional Conference Theme - Drainage and reclamation of agricultural lands NC Contact : Mrs. Inmaculada Bravo Dominguez, Spanish Ministry of Agriculture (MAPAMA), Spanish National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA, PESCA Y ALIMENTACION Subdirección General de Regadíos, Caminos Naturales e Infraestructuras Rurales Gran Via de San Francisco, 4-6; 3ª planta. Despacho 3.10 28005 MADRID	Sevilla, Spain
May 14, 1973 - May 16, 1973	9th European Regional Conference Theme - Multi-purpose river training and water utilization NC Contact : The President (HUCID), , Hungarian National Committee, ICID (HUCID), Secretariat of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Nador u 7, Budapest, H-1051	Budapest, Hungary
May 14, 1971 - May 16, 1971	8th European Regional Conference Theme - Conception, NC Contact : Dr. Sami Bouarfa, General Secretary, Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID), 361 rue Jean-Fran'ois Breton, BP 5095, F - 34196 -- MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5	Aix-en-Provence, France
May 14, 1970 - May 16, 1970	7th European Regional Conference Theme - Irrigation of orchards and vineyards NC Contact : Ing. Radomir Muzikar, CSc, Secretary, Czech Committee of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) (CZNC-ICID), Slamova 60, 618 00 Brno 18	Prague, Czech Republic
May 14, 1968 - May 16, 1968	6th European Regional Conference Theme - (i) Design and construction of drainage and irrigation systems by under ground pipes, with particular reference to the use and mechanical laying of plastic pipes; (ii) Drainage in saline conditions, with special reference to leaching of the soil in the presence of a high saline ground-water table NC Contact : , ,	Wurzburg, Germany
May 14, 1967 - May 16, 1967	5th European Regional Conference Theme - The use of re-use of water with relation to agricultural requirements; (ii) Flood control measures from the agricultural point of view and the protection of underground water from salt-water intrusion NC Contact : Ms Moira Doherty, The Irrigation and Water Forum ' British National Committee of the, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage ( IWF/ICID .UK ), C/o The Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA	Cambridge, United Kingdom
May 14, 1966 - May 16, 1966	4th European Regional Conference Theme - (i) Rational utilization of irrigation water and its comparison with accomplished utilization; (ii) Agricultural exploitation - overall considerations which are necessary to obtain the greatest efficiency in the management of irrigation. Special considerations concerning the utilization of very costly water in the high productivity regions (Pumping of water at important elevations. Pumping deep in the underground water table.) NC Contact : Mrs. Inmaculada Bravo Dominguez, Spanish Ministry of Agriculture (MAPAMA), Spanish National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA, PESCA Y ALIMENTACION Subdirección General de Regadíos, Caminos Naturales e Infraestructuras Rurales Gran Via de San Francisco, 4-6; 3ª planta. Despacho 3.10 28005 MADRID	Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
May 14, 1965 - May 16, 1965	3rd European Regional Conference Theme - (i) Determination of the cost of water for collective irrigation, only for operation, maintenance and amortization of plants from the moment water is delivered to the supply canal serving a district.; (ii) Problems concerning seepage loses in channels, defects in management of the network, inefficient utilization of water on the ground, etc. NC Contact : Dr. Gabriella Zanferrari, Italian National Committee, ICID (ITAL-ICID), Ministero per le Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali Via XX Settembre - 00187 Roma	Rome, Italy
May 14, 1964 - May 16, 1964	2nd European Regional Conference Theme - Irrigation with alluvial waters of river valleys NC Contact : Eng.Goncalo de Freitas Leal, General Director, DGADR, Portuguese National Committee on, Irrigation and Drainage (PNCID), Av Afonso Costa, No. 3, 1949-002 Lisboa, 600082440	Lisbon, Portugal
May 14, 1960 - May 16, 1960	1st European Regional Conference Theme - Drainage problems in deltaic and estuarine areas NC Contact : Mr. Ir. Bert Pijpers, Treasurer, Duo Advies, Herenstraat 33C, 3512 KB Utrecht	Utrecht, Netherlands