WWC News
 Parliamentarians call for Helpdesk - More than 50 parliamentarians from all over the world gathered in Strasbourg, France last week to prepare the 5th World Water Forum parliamentarian process. Presented with the opportunity to share their legislative experience relating to issues such as adapting water management to global changes, the participants expressed difficulties to find relevant information. Read More.
 32nd Board of Governors' Meeting - Hosted by WWC Member, Agencia National del Aguas, the 32nd Board of Governors meeting will be held in Iguassu Falls, Brazil, on 26-27 November. Principally focused on the preparation of the 5th World Water Forum, it will also be the occasion to gain further momentum for the five Expert Panels in which the WWC is involved... Read article.
News from Members & Partners
 "Water for Peace - Peace for Water" - A few months prior to the Forum, the Fondation Chirac, UNESCO and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are organizing "L'Eau pour la Paix, la Paix pour l'Eau" (Water for Peace - Peace for Water). This conference which aims to promote transboundary cooperation and access to water in fragile States will be held Thursday, November 13, 2008 at UNESCO (Paris). Read more.
 Business and Conservation - Critics at the World Conservation Congress, held last week in Barcelona, said that environmental leaders must urgently learn and adopt business management approaches, otherwise the conservation movement will continue to “fail” to achieve the impacts it has been seeking for decades. "Conservation leaders need to stop counting birds and start counting dividends that nature can pay the people who live in it," added Ger Bergkamp, Director General of the World Water Council. See the discussion continue in the New York Times: The Failing Business of Conservation
 SITeau – A Water & Sanitation exhibition - The Maghreb Machrek Alliance for Water and the UNESCO Interdisciplinary Chair for Sustainable Water Management are organizing the first International Water and Sanitation Technologies Exhibition, SITeau, on January 14-18 in Casablanca, Morocco. The WWC supports this Event, which will contribute in the preparatory process for the 5th World Water Forum. More information on: www.almaeau
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5th World Water Forum
 Saving Europe's Water
WWC Director General Ger Bergkamp opened the European Policy Summit on Water, organized by the European Water Partnership and Friends of Europe on 5 November, with a speech highlighting the connection between the Summit and the 5th World Water Forum. Read article.
 IUWC presented at the World Urban Forum
The World Water Council and UN-Habitat co-organised a networking event entitled “Istanbul Urban Water Consensus: Mayors’ commitments” during the fourth session of the World Urban Forum, held in Nanjing, China, on 3 - 6 November. Read article...
 Water & Films Events Istanbul 2009 - Entries for the International Water & Film Events have been extended to 2 November 2008. You have a few more weeks to submit your spot, documentary or fiction film under the theme of "Water, People and Sustainable Development". Download the new brochure, and visit the IWFE brand new website!
Blue news
 Human Rights Council appoints Independent Expert for Water - The Human Rights Council has appointed Catarina de Albuquerque as the Independent Expert on human rights obligations related to safe drinking water and sanitation, from 1 November 2008. Read more on the OHCHR website.
 The 2008 Zaragoza Charter - After three intense months with more than 5 million visitors, Expo Zaragoza has come to an end. With that, the closing ceremony of the Water Tribune presented its final analysis in the shape of the 2008 Expo Zaragoza Charter. The results of the Expo will feed into the 5th World Water Forum in 5 months.
 Manila Declaration on Women, Water and Waste - As an outcome of their International Symposium held in the capital of Philippines in June 2008, the AGWWA (Assembly of Institutions for Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Waste in Asia) established a declaration, listing seven principles for cooperation towards gender equity in all activities related to the management of freshwater and waste in Asia. Read the declaration.
 Zimbabwe faces diarrhea outbreak - Residents in the eastern suburbs of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, have been hit by a wave of diarrhoeal outbreak. Parts of the city have lacked water for months and other parts, for years. Read article.
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