Mr. Henry Tardieu

Henri Tardieu, General Manager of CACG, a privately managed company commissioned by the State (France) for Water Management and Rural Development. He obtained his engineering qualifications from Ecole Polytechnic in Paris in Civl, Rural, Water and Forest Engineering and joined the SATEC, Paris (Society dAde Technique et de Cooperation) in 1970 and worked in Africa (Senegal and Algeria) for four years and then joined CACG,Tarbes (Compagnie d Amenagement des Coteaux de Gascogne) in 1974 as Head of the Hydraulics Department. He has been involved in engineering works of various irrigation and water management projects in France and/or abroad. He also works as Administrator of the Adour-Garonne Basin Agency participating in deliberations of the Schema Directeur dAmnagement et de Gestion des Eaux.

He is a valued and active participant in ICID activities and is Vice President Hon. of ICID, in-charge of one of the strategic themes Basin (earlier Policy), and worked as President of the French National Committee of ICID (AFEID). He was the lead person for formulating the ICID Position Paper on Irrigation and Drainage Services -Some Principles and Issues Towards Sustainability jointly with ICID and the Task Force 3.
He has several publications to his credit in the field of Water Management, Hydraulics, Economics and Institutional Aspects. He has also been involved in the organization of international seminars and workshops.