4th Meeting, Global Workshop on Floods and Health…

15:00 – 16:15 | Session 6: Financing flood management in transboundary basins

Moderator: Ms. Fleur Verhoef, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands

Interventions from funding institutions:

• Mr. Bruno Alves, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, Luxembourg – Luxembourg's current and planned initiatives to support climate change adaptation incl. reducing flood risk and associated health impacts in transboundary basins
• Mr. Yerbolat Pernekhan, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Kazakhstan –Transboundary cooperation in flood management and its financings
• Ms. Christina Leb, World Bank – Financing Flood Risk Management in Transboundary Basins

Questions and answers

16:15 – 16:45 | Reporting from group work

Moderator: Ms. Fleur Verhoef, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands

Overall presentation:

• Mr. Jos Timmerman, Waterframes, the Netherlands

16:45 – 17:45 | Session 7: Future activities on health, climate change and transboundary water cooperation 

Moderator: Ms. Fleur Verhoef, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands and Mr. Luca Lucentini, National Institute of Health, Italy, as representatives of the lead Parties of the Water Convention and Protocol on Water and Health

• Inputs to the development of the future programme of work of the Protocol for 2026-2028 and development of guidelines on increasing resilience to climate change under the Protocol on Water and Health
• Increasing Climate Resilience with a Focus on Floods and Health on the Transboundary and National Levels (Interactive session)
• Future activities in this area under the Water Convention

Discussion with audience

• Mr. Jos Timmerman, Waterframes, the Netherlands - Knowledge product on water and climate

17:45 – 18:00 | Closing Session

Conclusions and takeaway messages

• Ms. Fleur Verhoef, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands and Mr. Luca Lucentini, National Institute of Health, Italy - Outcomes statements from the global workshop