This Initiative aims to provide a multi-stakeholder policy platform to advance on the global water governance agenda. It will encompass the establishment of a Policy Forum, the creation of an International Observatory on Water governance, and a Web…

The Seminar, adopted at the ASEM 9 Summit, is designed to promote and deepen Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) dialogue and cooperation, and to provide insights into how ASEM members plan for sustainable development, with a focus on water resource and…

  Dear Your Excellency M. Salem Ould Merzoug,   I consider it a great honor to meet you as the moderator of this special dialogue at the UN, and to learn from you. You have an amazing record in water management and I wish I could hear more than 6…

The meeting, which may take one or one and a half day, will focus on the Update of SITWA Project and its Detailed Work Plan and ToRs for the inception phase activities.      

 Financing Climate Change : Africa's Access to Convention Funds (3 december) This side event will provide a forum for dialogue on current efforts to develop and operationalize the Green Climate Fund with a special focus on Africa. Donors, civil…

 The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Second Committee of the General Assembly, in collaboration with FAO, IFAD and WFP, are organizing on 1 November, a special event on food security and nutrition.   Following up on Rio+…

CEWP will organize a side event at the World Water Week in Stockholm on August 29th in the morning. The side event will provide information about CEWP and participants can learn about how they can be involved and contribute to CEWP.

INVITACION La próxima reunión del Comité Mundial de Enlace se tendrà : El MARTES 16 DE OCTUBRE DE 2012 entre 17:00 (precisamente) y 19:30 al Hotel Istanbul Grand Cevahir. El orden del día de esta reunión del Comité se referirá a: La preparación de…

Thematic Focus - Water Security   Transboundary water issues have cross-cutting implications for the aims of Rio+20. This side event will focus on the UNWC as a tool to fill in gaps in the institutional framework for sustainable development, and…

Con el fin de alimentar desde este momento los intercambios y la reflexión, el sitio de la conferencia , presenta dos temas centrales entorno a los cuales se articulará el debate: ««La economía verde en el marco del desarrollo sostenible y la…

    En el momento de hacer balances... progresos tangibles para la gestión de cuenca y la cooperación transfronteriza.   Ministerial Declaration      

In July 2010, the United Nations recognized the right to universal access to water. Currently, nearly 900 million people worldwide lack access to improved water sources, over 300 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.   As it did with the…

The Prepcom conference will be organized by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in cooperation with UN‐Water, UNDP Office in Dushanbe and the South‐South News.   The objective of…