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Briefing "Targeting water in the post-2015 development agenda"

Briefing "Targeting water in the post-2015 development agenda"

14 March 2014
Geneva Switzerland

 

The briefing "Targeting water in the post-2015 development agenda", co-organized by UNECE, UN-Water and the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation, focused on how water issues are being addressed within the evolving debate on possible sustainable development goals, in the framework of the post-2015 development agenda. The UN-Water paper “A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water: Synthesis of key findings and recommendations from UN-Water” was also presented during the event.

Article in the UNECE Weekly

 

Documents Eng
Programme PDF
Background note on water in the post-2015 development agenda PDF
A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water: Synthesis of key findings and recommendations from UN Water PDF
A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water: Synthesis of key findings and recommendations from UN-Water. Executive Summary PDF
Swiss Position Paper on Water in the Post-2015 Agenda PDF
Flyer "A post-2015 global goal for water" PDF
List of participants PDF

 

Presentations Eng
Swiss engagement in the post-2015 process
Mr. Michael Gerber, Ambassador, Swiss Special Representative for Global Sustainable Development, and
Considerations from a Swiss water perspective
Mr. Manuel Thurnhofer, Senior Water Policy Advisor, Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC)
PDF
Technical Advice on a Possible Global Goal for Water
Mr. Frederico Properzi and Mr. Joakim Harlin, UN-Water
PDF
Colombian proposal on the Integrating Approach
Ms. Claudia Patricia Cuevas Ortiz, Coordinator of Environmental Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Colombia
PDF

Industry perspective
Mr. Jack Moss, Senior Advisor, AquaFed - The International Federation of Private Water Operators

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