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Tenth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health

15 - 16 November 2017
Salle VIII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

The tenth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health was held from Wednesday 15 November to Thursday 16 November 2017. The meeting was held back-to-back with the fifteenth meeting of the Protocol’s Compliance Committee (13-14 November 2017) and the nineteenth meeting of the Bureau (Geneva, 17 November 2017).

The Working Group took stock of the progress in the implementation of the water, sanitation and health-related Sustainable Development Goals in the pan-European region and discussed how to benefit from the Protocol’s practical framework to facilitate their achievement. It also review the implementation of the programme of work for 2017-2019 and provided guidance on its further development.

You  may view the meeting photos by following this link.

 

Documents

Documents ENG FRE RUS
Agenda
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2017/1−EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2017/WGWH/03		 PDF PDF PDF
Report
(ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2017/2−EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2017/WGWH/06)		 PDF PDF PDF
List of participants PDF    
Item 5 (a). Setting targets and implementing measures
Informal documents      
Report of the ninth meeting of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting PDF - -
Draft outline of the guidance document on how to translate the 2030 Agenda into national targets set under the Protocol PDF - PDF
Item 5 (b). Strengthening reporting capacity
Decision IV/1 on reporting in accordance with article 7 of the Protocol (ECE/MP.WH/13/Add.2−EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2016/MOP-4/06/Add.1, forthcoming) PDF PDF PDF
World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund, Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Update and SDG Baselines (Geneva, 2017) PDF - -
World Health Organization and UN-Water, Financing Universal Water, Sanitation and Hygiene under the Sustainable Development Goals: UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water, GLAAS 2017 Report (Geneva, 2017) PDF - -
GLAAS country profiles see webpage    
WHO/UNICEF, “WASH in the 2030 Agenda: New Global Indicators for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene” (brochure, 2017) PDF - -
Item 6. Compliance procedure
Report of the Compliance Committee to the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health (ECE/MP.WH/2016/5–EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2016/MOP-4/11) PDF PDF PDF
Decision IV/2 on general issues of compliance (ECE/MP.WH/13/Add.1−
EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2016/MOP-4/06/Add.1, forthcoming)		 PDF PDF PDF
Report of the Compliance Committee on its fourteenth meeting (ECE/MP.WH/C.1/2017/2−EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2017/CC/06) PDF - PDF
Item 7 (a). Water-related disease surveillance
Informal document      
Brief summary of the national training workshop on water-related disease surveillance and outbreak response in Kyrgyzstan PDF - -
Item 7 (b). Drinking water quality surveillance
Informal document      
Draft guidance document on risk-based approaches towards strengthening drinking water quality surveillance PDF - -
Item 8 (b). Water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities
Informal document      
Draft report on situation of WASH in health-care facilities in the WHO European Region PDF - -
Item 9. Small-scale water supplies and sanitation
Informal document      
Report of the subregional workshop on improving small-scale water supply and sanitation for better health (Minsk, 15-17 March 2017) PDF - -
Item 10. Safe and efficient management of water supply and sanitation systems
Informal document      
Draft concept note: Sanitation scoping study for the pan-European region PDF PDF PDF
Item 11. Equitable access to water and sanitation
Guidance Note on the Development of Action Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation (ECE/MP.WH/15) see publication
Informal document      
Draft outline of the publication: Capitalizing findings and lessons learned from the work on equitable access to water and sanitation under the Protocol PDF PDF PDF
Item 12. Increasing resilience to climate change
Informal document      
Information notice and provisional programme of the global workhshop on climate change adaptation PDF PDF PDF
Item 14. Outcomes of the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health
WHO Regional Office for Europe, Declaration of the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (EURO/Ostrava2017/6) PDF PDF PDF
Annex 1: Compendium of possible actions to advance the implementation of the Ostrava Declaration (EURO/Ostrava2017/7) PDF PDF PDF
Annex 2: Institutional arrangements for the European Environment and Health Process (EURO/Ostrava2017/8) PDF PDF PDF
Item 15. Implementation of the programme of work for 2017-2019
Programme of work for 2017-2019
(ECE/MP.WH/13/Add.2− EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2016/MOP-4/06/Add.2)		 PDF PDF PDF
Item 16. Financial resources to support the implementation of the Protocol
Programme of work for 2017-2019 (ECE/MP.WH/13/Add.2− EUPCR/1611921/2.1/2016/MOP-4/06/Add.2) PDF PDF PDF
Informal document      
Overview of contributions and expenditures related to the Protocol and resources required up to the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties compared with funds raised PDF - -

Presentations

Nos. Title ENG
1 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Supporting National Implementation and Review
Monika Linn, Principal Adviser & Chief, Sustainable Development and Gender Unit, UNECE		 PDF
2 Role of the Protocol  in achieving the 2030 Agenda in Romania
Carmen Neagu, Ministry of Waters and Forest, Romania		 PDF
3 Protocol and Protocol relevance to the SDGs
Natalja Šliachtic, Lithuania		 PDF
4 Preparation for the National Voluntary Review in Hungary
Peter Kovacs, Hungary		 PDF
5 Swiss Voluntary National Review (VNR) 2018
Pierre Studer, Switzerland		 PDF
6 Support for setting targets and implementing measures,
Pierre Studer, Switzerland, Chair of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting		 PDF
7 Portuguese Target Setting Experience
Helena Costa, Portugal		 PDF
8 The Integrated Monitoring Initiative and 2017 integrated baseline process
Will Reidhead, UN-Water		 PDF
9 Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Highlights for WHO European Region
Francesca Mitis, WHO		 PDF
10 Outcomes of the fourth reporting of UN-Water GLAAS
Enkhtsetseg Shinee, WHO		 PDF
11 Programme area 2.1 Strengthening capacity in surveillance of water-related diseases and outbreak management
Karin Nygård, Norwegian Institute of Public Health		 PDF
12 Activities to reach national targets under PWH program area 2.1  in Norway: Strengthen water-related disease surveillance and outbreak response
Karin Nygård, Norwegian Institute of Public Health		 PDF
13 Programme area: Drinking water quality surveillance
Alena Drazdova, Belarus		 PDF
14 WASH in institutional settings: Strenghtening WASH in schools
Ion Salaru, Republic of Moldova		 PDF
15 WASH in institutional settings: WASH in schools at the Paris High Level Conference
Oliver Schmoll, WHO		 PDF
16 WASH in institutional settings: Strenghtening WASH in healthcare facilities
Peter Kovacs, Hungary		 PDF
17 Catalyzing WASH improvements in health care facilities in the European Region
Arabella Hayter, WHO		 PDF
18 Small-scale water supplies and sanitation: Achievements
Dragana Jovanovic, Serbia		 PDF
19 Planned activities small-scale water supplies and sanitation 2017-2019
Bettina Rickert, Germany		 PDF
20 Safe and efficient management of water supply and sanitation systems/WA 5
Jelka Appelman, Netherlands		 PDF
21 Programme area 6: Equitable access to water and sanitation: translating the human right to water and sanitation into practice
Yannick Pavageau, France		 PDF
22 International Workshop on Water Scarcity: Taking action in transboundary basins and reducing health impacts
Alexander Belokurov, UNECE		 PDF
23 Programme Area 7: Increasing resilience to climate change
Luca Lucentini, Italy		 PDF
24 G7 Milan Health Ministers’ Communiqué
Luca Lucentini, Italy		 PDF
25 Assistance to support implementation at the national level. National Policy Dialogues on IWRM
Peep Mardiste, UNECE		 PDF
26 Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health”
Oliver Schmoll, WHO		 PDF
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