The Strategic workshop on future priorities under the Protocol on Water and Health was held on 7-8 March 2016. It was organized back-to-back with the Workhshop on collecting good practices on target setting and reporting (8 March (afternoon) – 9 March 2016).
The objective of the workshop was to identify priorities and inform future work under the Protocol, and specifically to:
- Discuss and confirm the rationale for and relevance of the aforementioned thematic areas and other possible areas of work for the pan-European Region, including interlinkages and synergies with relevant regional and global policy frameworks;
- Discuss and identify the scope of priority activities to be included in the programme of work for 2017–2019 that would add value to the regional agenda;
- Identify possible partnerships for the implementation of the programme of work for 2017–2019.
The expected outcome of the workshop of having clear recommendations on the strategic objectives and priorities in the water, sanitation and health domain in the pan-European Region that would inform and substantiate the development of the programme of work for 2017–2019 was successfully achieved.