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Tracking the Impact of Water Governance Interventions

Event type: Side Event Date: 2012-08-27 Time: 17:45 - 18:45 Convenor: UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI (WGF) Co-convenor: Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F), Every Drop Matters (EDM) and UNDP MDG GoAL WaSH Programme (GoAL WaSH) Room: K23 Event Description Do you treasure what you cannot measure? This event looks into the challenge of how to capture the impact of WaSH and ...

Aug. 22, 2012

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Workshop held in Yemen

A Water Governance Benchmarking Workshop was held in Yemen in October 2010 as the final workshop of the Regional Water Governance Benchmarking Project. WGF as the host of the initiative will now develop the methodology further to be used as a tool for national assessments to guide prioritisation of water governance ...

Feb. 15, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Support to the Palestinian water authority

WGF has been supporting the Palestinian Water Authority in developing a water governance programme for the occupied Palestinian territory with the support of the UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. The programme includes a water integrity component which will be carried out in cooperation between WGF, UNDP PAPP and UNDP Water Governance Programme for Arab States. During the ...

Jun. 14, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

SIWI at the 6th World Water Forum, Marseille 12-17 March

SIWI will be taking part in the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France. A number of SIWI experts will be sharing their views and experiences in different sessions focussing on the themes of water governance, water-food-energy nexus, transboundary water cooperation, and climate change. For more information, make sure to drop by the SIWI booth in the exhibition hall ...

Feb. 10, 2012

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Water integrity training manual now available in French

This recently launched training manual provide substance on issues such as how water integrity relates to water governance and integrated water resources management, how corruption plays out in the water sector, and what drives it and what can be done about it. It has been developed in partnership with Water integrity Network (WIN), Cap-Net and WaterNet and is free to download and use. Find more ...

Nov. 23, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

New `Water Integrity` training to be launched

The UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI (WGF) together with its partners WaterNet, Cap-Net and WIN recieved USD 2.4 million from the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for a period of three years to implement a Regional Capacity Building Programme promoting and developing water integrity in in East Africa, West Africa and South African Development Community (SADC) region. The ...

Dec. 15, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Call for abstracts and event proposals - 2016 World Water Week

We've just released the Call for abstracts and event proposals publication for the 2016 World Water Week. In these pages, we present the thematic scope as well as the eight core seminars (previously workshops), and we provide you with the information needed to submit abstracts and event proposals for the Week. Save the date! Online submission opens on 16 November on the World Water Week website. ...

Nov. 12, 2015

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Mexico must improve water governance

Mexico's river basins are under severe water stress. The quality of rivers, lakes and aquifers is declining and floods, droughts, and hurricanes are more frequent. These are some of the alerts signaled in OECD's Making Water Reform Happen in Mexico. According to the report, Mexico's growing population and increasing threats of climate change will worsen the current situation, making water ...

Jan. 8, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI

Anti-Corruption in the Water Sector Corruption plagues water resources management, water supply and sanitation service provision, hydropower, and irrigation in agriculture. It reduces economic growth, discourages investment, violates human dignity, increases health risks and robs poor people of their livelihoods and their access to water. Yet, the systematic means to prevent and punish ...

Sep. 1, 2010

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Find out more about WGF activities during the 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm

The UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI convened and took part in different sessions and workshops at the 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm. Find out more about each session, and download some of the presentations and videos available, by clicking on the titles of each session below: The UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI convened a side event entitled "Interests of Water Users and ...

Nov. 23, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Announcement: 1st African Water Integrity Summit

Marking the conclusion of a successful three-year regional integrity training programme in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Water Integrity summit aims to energise the African water community and African political actors’ to take resolute action against corruption. The summit is co-hosted by UNDP-Water Governance Facility, The Water Integrity Network, UNDP/Cap-Net, WaterNet and Stockholm ...

Mar. 7, 2014

By Stockholm International Water Institute

2013 World Water Week: Water Cooperation - Building Partnerships

On September 1-6, 2013, the World Water Week in Stockholm will once again gather water professionals, government officials, researchers and business leaders in the Swedish capital to shape common solutions to the most pressing global challenges relating to water and development, this year, under the theme "Water Cooperation - Building Partnerships". The questions to be addressed in 2013 include: ...

Nov. 8, 2012

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Implementing knowledge on democratic governance

WGF implements the Knowledge Management system for the documentation, analysis, dissemination and replication of innovations and lessons learned from the Joint Programmes of the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund in the thematic area of Democratic Economic Governance – Water Supply and Sanitation. The project includes eleven country programmes which aim to democratise access to ...

Feb. 15, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Polycentric governance could encourage effective river basin management

A new study has compared the water governance and management systems of nearly 30 river basins around the world. Results indicated that governance systems with distributed political power and good co-ordination help to implement the principles of good governance in water management practice, and to adopt more advanced climate change adaptation policies. Water resources are increasingly under ...

Nov. 13, 2012

By European Commission, Environment DG

Regional water intelligence reports (RWIR)

The purpose of the Regional Water Intelligence Reports (RWIR) is to provide regular updates on the political economy of transboundary water resources issues, management and development. The RWIR focuses on the socio-economic aspects of water management and highlight the links between water, energy, food and human security from a regional perspective. Disclaimer: The analysis and policy ...

Feb. 15, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Knowledge management workshop on water and sanitation governance

August 22-25, before the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm MDG-F and GoAL WaSH water and sanitation governance programmes will meet in Stockholm for a second and final global knowledge management workshop to discuss and define joint achievements and lessons learnt and to identify strategies to enhance the sustainability of their results. To learn more about the outcomes of the workshop, please ...

Aug. 22, 2012

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Korea International Water Week 2018

"The Korea International Water Week is well placed to become a long-term development platform for Asian countries by establishing Korea as a key player providing scientific and technical solutions", declared the President of the World Water Council, Benedito Braga, at the opening ceremony of the 2018 edition, which was held from 12 to 15 of September 2018. Focusing on the theme ‘Water ...

Sep. 26, 2018

By World Water Council

JPI Water launches Strategic Research Agenda

The publication reflects the consensus the Water JPI Governing Board members reached in May 2013 and represents the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda v.05. Its drafting and publication was made possible under the framework of Tackling European Water Challenges (WatEUr) Coordination and Support Action from January to May 2013. This is a very important milestone for the Water Research and ...

Jun. 20, 2013

By German Water Partnership e.V.

AECOM to present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Industrials Conference

AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it will be presenting at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Industrials Conference in New York at the Crowne Plaza Times Square. Members of AECOM’s management team ...

Nov. 29, 2011

By AECOM

Water sector awaits Jordan government reshuffle

Jordanian water minister Ali Al-Ghazawi is waiting to hear about his future – just three months after being appointed – as the country’s new prime minister considers a government reshuffle in the face of growing national protests. Then-PM Hani Al-Mulki appointed Al-Ghazawi in early March to replace long-standing water supremo Hazim El-Naser, as part of a bid to soothe public ...

Jun. 7, 2018

By Global Water Intelligence (GWI)

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