We are pleased to publish the monthly round-up of the important news and events dedicated to our readers and partners, as reported in the ICID January News update. 

The latest issue provides an updated overview of activities that ICID periodically carries out, including international events/conferences/workshops/seminars; new collaborations and engagements; News from National Committees, Direct Members, International Partners, and major upcoming events from around the world.

To explore the new issue and to read the articles featured in this email in more detail, please visit the links for direct access. You may also visit http://icid-ciid.org/member/news_update to access previous issues of the ICID News Update

Some of the issue's highlights

1.  ICID-IWRA Virtual Metting on Water-Health and Food Security

ICID-IWRA jointly organized a virtual meeting to explore the possibility of a virtual conference focused on Global Water-Health and Food security by bringing together a diverse group of panelists to consider these important issues. ICID has addressed these issues through its Working Group on Global Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management (WG-CLIMATE). 

2. SG Visits the AFGICID office Kabul, Afghanistan: Secretary-General of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) visited the office of the Afghanistan National Committee (AFGICID) in Kabul on 13th December 2020.

3. ICID Participates in 7th Roundtable on Financing Agricultural Water, Sustainable Use of Water for Agriculture: The 7th Roundtable meeting focused on agriculture water developments and investment needs that were beyond the scope of the previous roundtables. The Roundtable on Financing Water, established in 2017, is a joint initiative of the OECD, the World Water Council, the Netherlands, and the World Bank.

4. Climate Adaptation Summit 2021: The online International Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on 25th and 26th January, hosted by the Netherlands.

5. ICID Hosts Webinar on "General Challenges of Irrigation Schemes Management under Different Scales: With Special Consideration on Institutional and Organizational Aspects of System Management"  

6. ICID Participates in the 14th Water Digest Awards 2020: Celebrating the Brilliance of Water  Crusaders.

7. ICID e-learning programs: Dam & Network Safety and Micro-irrigation Systems

8. ICID Visits Central Water Commission (CWC) to Welcome the New Chairman

9. Twentieth Water Talk of National Water Mission (NWM): Twentieth Water Talk held National Water Mission (NWM), India has initiated a lecture series called ‘WATER TALK’ to promote dialogue and information sharing among participants on a variety of water-related topics. 

10. ICID -  WHIS & Watsave Award 2020    

11. Important Announcements: 1st Baghdad International Water Conference under the slogan "planning and rational management of water resources to achieve sustainability" will be scheduled b/w 13 -14 March 2021.

ICID major events are rescheduled due to prevailing Covid19 conditions worldwide.

12. World Soil Day and Upcoming International Summits.

For the complete issue and detailed story please read the newsletter at http://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/nup2021_1.pdf

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