water governance News
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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: ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
By AECOM
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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 ...
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World Water Week in Stockholm
This year marks the 25th World Water Week (WWW), held in Stockholm from 23rd – 28th August. It is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. This year is the jubilee year for both the Week and the Stockholm Water Prize. Torgny Holmgren, the executive director of Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and organiser of the event is eager to build on last year’s ...
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Countdown to World Water Week in Stockholm
9 weeks to go! In whatever capacity you plan to attend World Water Week, these newsletters will keep you updated on key dates and information in the run up to the event. Register for World Water Week today The Early Bird Registration discount for the 2014 World Water Week in Stockholm ends today, June 30. Don’t miss your chance to save 100’s of Euros in reduced delegate fees! ...
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