The 9th General Assembly of the Global Network of Water Museums took place during the 4th Conference of the Global Network of Water Museums, titled “Water Museums and Groundwater: making the invisible visible”, held in Marrakech, Morocco, from the 26th to the 28th of October.
Order of Business
- Opening of the meeting and appointment of the Chair
- Approval of the Record of last General Assembly (June 2022)
- Inauguration of the new WAMU-NET web site
- ‘Water museums for Peace’: inauguration of the restyled WAMU-NET logo
- Contribution of WAMU-NET to UN-Water Summit on Groundwater (Paris, 6-8 December 2022)
- World Inventory of Water Museums
- Youth Contest and Award ‘The Water We Want’ (TWWW)
- Worldwide Exhibition ‘I Remember Water’
- Fundraising activities and e-commerce platform
- The way forward
- Online contributions to interactive sessions on Education, Science and Society, Fundraising
- AOB - Proposals and suggestions from WAMU-NET members
- Closing of the meeting
Chair: Eddy Moors, President of the Global Network of Water Museums
Inauguration of the new WAMU-NET web site
‘Water museums for Peace’: inauguration of the restyled WAMU-NET logo
Eriberto Eulisse, Executive Director of the Global Network of Water Museums
Presentation and discussion of WAMU-NET ongoing projects
- Contribution of WAMU-NET to UN-Water Summit on Groundwater (Paris, 6-8 December 2022) with the side-event titled ‘Rethinking Sustainable Groundwater Management. Ancestral Knowledge and Hydro-technologies as Inspiring Source of Innovation’
- World Inventory of Water Museums
- Youth Contest and Award ‘The Water We Want’ (TWWW)
- Worldwide Exhibition ‘I Remember Water’
- Fundraising activities and e-commerce platform
- The way forward
BREAKOUT ROOMS ON WATER EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND SOCIETY, PROJECT FUNDRAISING
Discussion on the way forward (Plenary Assembly)
Chairs: José Soria and Javier Pastor (Tribunal of Waters of Valencia, Spain) and Victor Croitoru (Water Museum of Cluj ‘L.Truta’, Romania)
Rapporteurs: presentation of findings and proposals from the interactive session
Discussion with all WAMU-NET members
PRESENTATION OF NEW MEMBERS (2021-22)
. Riccardo Seccarello, The Aqueduct Museum of Venice / VERITAS, Venice, Italy
. Manuel Sapiano and Natalino Spiteri, GAHJN Water Museum, Malta
. Francesco Fioretti and Alessandro Capati, Museum of the Marmore Waterfalls, Piediluco, Italy
. Marco Iamiceli, Waterland / Paese d’Acqua, Sassinoro, Benevento, Italy
Conference conclusions (Plenary Assembly)
Panel discussion with the Management Board members: Eddy Moors, Eriberto Eulisse,
Abdennabi El Mandour, Sara Ahmed, Gisela Guerra, Ian Kerr-Wilson, Victor Croitoru
DOWNLOAD HERE THE DOCUMENTS OF THE 9TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Call for the General Assembly with the Order of Business
9th Strategic Plan of IHP 2022-2029