Kenya and Israel signed an agreement on water resource management, irrigation and capacity building. This was witnessed by President Kibaki and visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Liberman who pledged that his government will continue to provide training to Kenyans especially in agriculture, security and water technology. Although Israel is largely a desert, it has heavily invested in irrigation which enables it to produce various agricultural products for domestic consumptions and export. View the full speech by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs his Excellency Mr. Avigdor Liberman – at the water cooperation agreement signing ceremony – Nairobi, 4/9/2009

The 2010 IPRED conference will be held Israel. We believe that the IPRED conference will provide the participants with a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge, skills and experiences in emergency management, while networking with leaders of emergency preparedness from many parts of the world. The conference will enable the world's disaster and emergency experts and researchers together to review and assess best practices and state of the art preparedness to emergencies.Please download the brochure for the course in PDF