Abstract

The author's travels in the Mediterranean part of France were related to his participation in the Cannes Water Symposium, namely: 9th Cannes Water Symposium (June 26-28, 2007), 10th Cannes Water Symposium (June 24-26, 2008), 11th Cannes Water Symposium (June 30-July 3, 2009) and the 12th Cannes Water Symposium (June 30-July 2, 2010). At these symposia, the author presented his works related to the theme of water, mainly through examples of the symbiosis of water and architecture: 1. Les exemples de la symbiose autochtone entre l'homme et l'eau dans la Bosnie et Herzégovine, 10th Cannes Water Symposium, Cannes 24.-26. June 2008, 2. „How to preserve water as a resource? “, 11th Cannes Water Symposium, Cannes June 30 - July 3, 2009, 3. „Water and Environment, Water and City “, 12th Cannes Water Symposium, Cannes, June 30 - July 2, 2010. He exhibited his works in the form of posters in the lobby of the Palais des Festivals Cannes. The symposium was international in nature, taking place in the form of lectures and workshops, and was attended by scientists and experts from practice (including the French Navy), where various aspects of the importance of water in people's lives were looked at. The author had the great honor of being in the working presidency of the 12th Cannes Water Symposium (June 30 - July 2, 2010), where he gave a lecture about his vision of this symposium, its place and importance, about developing the importance of water in people's everyday lives, with a special with reference to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Inspired by this symposium, the author later published the book Water and man in autochthonous symbiosis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Avicena, 2014.