Thursday 24 March 15:15 – 16:45 (UTC / Dakar time)
Auditorium
PROGRAMME
Introduction to the session (10 min)
Moderators:
- Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Netherlands and Ms. Judith Enaw, President of ANBO
Overview of messages from the different action groups
- Mr Ababacar Ndao, OMVG
- Ms Yoonjin Kim, Korea Water Forum
- Video Message from: H.E. Ms. Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy-Secretary-General
Part I (35 min)
Improving cooperation between different sectors and stakeholders: Discussion on the required short and long-term actions
Panel Interventions:
- Funding and financing in a multilevel cooperation: H.E. Mr. Ignazio Cassis, President of the Swiss Confederation
- Supporting basin organisations to achieve the SDG’s target of cooperative IWRM & dialogue across sectors: replying to the call of the Dakar Action Plan for basins! H.E. Mr Nizar Barka, Minister for Equipment, Transport and Water Logistics, Morocco
- Cooperation and dialogue across sectors, H.E. Ms. Pilar Cancela, Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain
- The role of Youth: Mr. Nounagnon Zinsou, World Youth Parliament for Water (Benin)
- Cooperation and partnerships, Mr. Howard Bamsey, Chair, Global Water Partnership
- Basin Organization Perspective: Dr. Dinara Ziganshina, Deputy Director, Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia
Q&A session (10 min)
Part II (30 min)
Enhancing water cooperation at the basin and international scale: discussion on the required short and medium-term actions
Panel interventions:
- South-South cooperation: Hon. Carl Hermann Gustav Schlettwein, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Namibia
- Team Europe initiative and approach: Ms. Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director General for the Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission
- Accelerating transboundary cooperation and the role of basin organizations as agents for peace, Mr. Hamed Diane SEMEGA, High Commissioner of OMVS
- Joint infrastructure development, General Director, ITAIPU Binacional
- Global Water Conventions, H.E. Ms Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UNECE
- Role of financing for partnerships: Dr. Franz Rojas-Ortuste, Head of the Water Agenda, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)
Q&A session (10 min)
Summary and conclusions towards the 2023 UN Water Conference – 5 min
- Mr. Ababacar Ndao and Ms. Yoonjin Kim
