The Water Convention and the Protocol on Water and Health, as well as different activities carried out under their framework, will be presented and promoted in different events organized under the different processes of the 8th World Water Forum.
UNECE will co-organize different sessions related with the three following themes: governance, climate and capacity. The UNECE Water Convention secretariat coordinates the topic transboundary water cooperation within the thematic process under the theme governance. UNECE’s contribution through presentations and inputs to special focus processes and side events will focus on the following sub-themes:
- International water law and support to transboundary water cooperation;
- Adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins;
- Monitoring, assessment and data sharing in transboundary basins;
- Integrated Water Resources Management in transboundary basins;
- Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus approach in transboundary basins;
- Human right to water and sanitation and SDG 6 on water.
Eighth World Water Forum
Eighth World Water Forum
18 - 23 March 2018
Brasilia Brazil
Side Events
Date | Time - Room | Session code | Session title | Type of event | Leader | Flyer |
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Tuesday, 20 March 2018 | 10.00-11.30 a.m. Room 28 |
Reflection panel on the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Managament (IWRM) | Senegal (MHA) | |||
11.00-1.00 p.m. Room 41 |
Share Water in Africa, develop cooperation and share benefits | Side event | OSS | |||
1.30-4.00 p.m. Pavilion du Senegal |
Side event of OMVS on transboundary water cooperation | Side event | OMVS | |||
2.30-4.00 p.m. Room 30 |
OS-TP-90 Session 9.b.1 |
Managing water across sectors and borders: How to build efficient transbounday basin organizations | Thematic session Theme: Governance |
INBO | ||
4.30-6.30 p.m. Room 30 |
OS-TP-05 Session 1.b.2 |
Innovative financial mechanisms for adaption to climate change | Thematic session Theme: Climate |
GAfWaC | ||
4.30-6.30 p.m. Room 28 |
OS-TP-91 Session 9.b.2 |
Monitoring assessment, data and knowledge sharing in transboundary basins | Thematic session Theme: Governance |
EMWIS | ||
Wednesday, 21 March 2018 |
9:00-10.30 a.m. Room 28 |
OS-TP-92 Session 9.b.3 |
Successful negotiation and implementation of global, regional and bilateral transboundary cooperation agreements | Thematic session Theme: Governance |
UNECE | |
10.30 a.m.-12.00 p.m. Moroccan Pavilion |
Sustainable development and green growth a vital adaption to cliamte change | Morocco | ||||
11.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Room 42 |
SE-51 | Addressing Water-Energy-Food-Nexus Hotspots in Transboundary Basins | Side event | World Bank | ||
2.30-4.30 p.m. Room 36 |
Data and tools for water management and decision making | Special session | GAfWaC | |||
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Room 30 |
SS-PT-08 | International mechanisms and procedures to realize the human rights to water and sanitation | Special session | UNECE WHO |
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4.30-6.00 p.m. Room 29 |
SS-TP-16 | Closing session of the governance them | ||||
Thursday, 22 March 2018 | 9.00-10.30 a.m. Room 24 |
OS-TP-85 Session 8.d.1 |
How to expand support to international cooperation and capacity building to achieve SDG 6? | Thematic session Theme: Capacity |
UNECE | |
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Room 30 |
SS-PT-08 | International mechanisms and procedures to realize the human rights to water and sanitation | Special session | UNECE WHO |
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4.30-6.00 p.m. Room 29 |
SS-TP-16 | Closing session of the governance them |