The 2010 International Training Program on Management of Flood Control and Disaster Mitigation, sponsored by the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), organized by China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), and co-organized by the Yellow River Conservancy Commission and MWR’s Bureau of Hydrology, opened at the headquarters of IWHR on June 19. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Water Resources were present at the opening ceremony. 17 trainees from five Mekong riparian countries and the MRC Secretariat participate in the 14-day training courses. Entrusted by IWHR President Kuang Shangfu, Dr. Jia Jinsheng, Vice President of IWHR, chaired the opening ceremony.

Training Materials and Presentations can be found at:

http://www.iwhr.com/zgskyww/ztbd/mekong/A100950index_1.htm