You will be happy to know that Association Française pour l'Etude des Irrigations et du Drainage (AFEID) would be glad to welcome ICID members who will be attending the 6th World Water Forum to be held at Marseille, France from 12-17 March 2012. AFEID Members will be present at the ““Espace France” (French stall) during the whole Forum located at the center of the conference centre. This could be the ICID meeting point for those who need more information regarding venue, Marseille city and information related to ICID topic “Theme 2.2: Contribute to Food Security by Optimal Use of Water”.

All ICID participants are requested to contact AFEID (afeid@irstea.fr) with full details related to their participation, arrival date and hotel bookings to make sure about the arrangements.

For more information please contact AFEID Secretariat <afeid@irstea.fr>.

Task Force to
Guide ICID Inputs to World Water Forum 6 (TF-WWF6)

(Year of establishment : 2009)

The 6th World Water Forum (WWF6) will be held in March 2012 in Marseille, France. ICID is involved in the preparations of the Thematic Priority 2.2 on Contribute to Food Security by optimal Use of Water, as well as in 2.1 on Balance Multiple Uses through IWRM.

Terms of Reference (ToR)

• To liaise with 6th WWF Program Committee and other International Bodies
• To provide overarching lead role on behalf of ICID for inputs to 6th WWF by liaising with:
  • National Committees for inputs to the themes and sub-themes of the 6th WWF, of direct relevance to ICID
  • Workbodies on specific subjects related with 6th WWF
    
• To liaise with French National Committee (AFEID) for preparatory work of 6th WWF and
• To recommend ICID inputs for 6th WWF for consideration in 62nd IEC

Chairman : Prof. dr. Bart Schultz (The Netherlands), President Hon., ICID	Vice Chairman : Mr. François Brelle (France)
Membership	Permanent Observers
Activities
Agenda: Tehran 2011 [Previous]
Minutes: Tehran 2011 [Previous]
Minutes of the meeting in Orleans,14 March 2011
Presentations [Tehran 2011] [Yogyakarta 2010]
WWF6 Side Event SCP-ASA [Aug. 2011] Background Note for the Thematic Priority ‘Contribute to Food Security by Optimal Use of Water’ [15 May 2011] Key Priority 2.2. Contribute to food security by optimal use of water Core Group members: 1. FAO : Pasquale Steduto (coordinator) 2. ICID : Bart Schultz (co-coordinator) 3. Indian Farmers Associations  : Ch.L.N. Reddy 4. International Youth Council : Saba Loftus 5. French Ministry of Agriculture : Guillaume Benoît 6. Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture : to be contacted 7. OECD : Kevin Parris Draft Metaplan [8 February 2012]
Draft Session Proposal Report Target and Solutions Group III (16 February 2012)
Core Group Report (8 February 2012)
Revised Draft Metaplan (8 February 2012)
Brief Report on the 3rd Coordinators Meeting, February 1, 2012, Paris, France
PowerPoint Presentation of 3rd Coordination Meeting, February 2012
Draft Session Proposals (6 February 2012)
Contribute with a Solution [ Kit ] [ Templete online ] [ Templete download ]
Survey -Target 8: improve food supply chain efficiency and promote sustainable
Programme: Special Session on Water for Food Security with FAO, Oct. 2011
Preparing for the 6th World Water Forum - Theme "Contribute to food security by optimal use of water"
WWF5 - Topic 2.3