Raúl Compés, Director of CIHEAM Zaragoza, participated in the 2023 Europe-INBO International Conference in Valencia. He participated as a panellist in the session dedicated to 'Water and Agriculture: Non-point Source Pollution Management.'

This Euro-INBO event took place in Valencia, Spain, from October 16 to 19, 2023, in collaboration with the the Hydrographic Confederation of the Júcar river basin (CHJ), the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain (MITECO), the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), and Europe-INBO’s twin network: the Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations (MENBO).

Besides, the conference brought together representatives from EU Member States, national and regional water directorates, hydrographic district authorities, river basin organisations, and stakeholders involved in basin management and the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), and related policies.

This international Europe-INBO conference welcomed delegates not only from EU candidate countries but also from countries in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Central Asia interested in EU policies, tools, and methodologies for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at the basin level.

Finally, this edition marks the 20th anniversary of the Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations (MENBO). The event served as a platform for exchange among practitioners managing water resources in lakes, rivers, and aquifers on both sides of the Mediterranean Sea.