The Kick-off Meeting of the 9th World Water Forum was held in Diamniadio (Senegal) on 20 and 21 June 2019 in preparation for the 9th World Water Forum. 

The Kick-off Meeting was an opportunity for interested stakeholders to contribute with ideas and experiences at the earliest stages of preparation of the 9th World Water Forum. Besides building upon previous Fora and, in particular, the 8th World Water Forum (Brasilia, 2018), the 9th World Water Forum will go further. Through an innovative framework, it will seek to identify, promote and implement concrete responses and actions for water and...

On 17 June, the Council and Global Water Partnership (GWP) co-convened a side-event on ‘Scaling Up Access to Climate Finance for Water Investments: GCF & innovative funding models’ at the official UNFCCC Intersessional Climate Change Conference in Bonn.

 

The event included an exchange on the report co-published by the Council and GWP ‘Scaling up financing: innovative funding models for water infrastructure for climate adaptation.’ The report provides an overview of existing innovative financing tools for water infrastructure, to help increase funding for adaptation and achieve global climate...

Placed under the theme “Raising ambitions on the road to CoP25”, the high-level strategic workshop will aim to increase global climate ambitions through the crucial recognition of water as a main game-changer. It will serve as preparation for CoP25, to be held in Santiago, Chile, in December 2019.

The central objective of the meeting is to mobilize and encourage a range of political, institutional, technical, and scientific stakeholders to work together to assure the continued and improved long-term visibility of water within climate discussions as well as the implementation of national...

SITeau holds its 6th edition on June 11th, 12th and 13th, 2019 at the Hayat Regency Hotel in Casablanca and promises to offer exchange, meeting and market opportunities to exhibitors and participants. 

The position of Morocco, bridge between the two shores of the Mediterranean, illustrated by its return to the African Union and its presence through including many private groups makes it a gateway for international investment in this region. State commitments expressed at COPs and social demands place water as a priority, followed by agriculture and health, whose interactions with this...

UNESCO brings together its actors and partners to share innovative solutions to contemporary challenges. Thanks to its experience and expertise in the fields of education, sciences (both natural, and social and human sciences), culture and communication, UNESCO offers holistic and sustainable approaches to resolve issues impacting the governance and management of water. The UNESCO International Water Conference aims to advance sustainable water security and peace by leveraging intersectoral management of water resources. 

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The conference will convene leading international experts and organizations to discuss “Water for a Hungry World: Innovation in Water and Food Security,” focusing on the next generation of research, smart technology, policy development and best practices that are achieving breakthroughs in this vitally important mission. The conference headlines a week of water and food security-related presentations, side events, networking opportunities and tours.

This event gathers experts from academia and industry working to understand the diverse aspects of how biofilm impacts drinking water including water safety, microbial monitoring and applied biofilm research.

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The International Conference on Water, Environment and Climate Change aims at addressing, discussing and delivering implementable solutions to address the current challenges of bridging the gap between government policy makers and providers of science and solutions with innovative ideas and new visions to help resolve the challenges facing us in the area of water, environment and climate change.

The conference will include representatives from the public and private sectors, research, academia, civil society and governments to discuss many topics related to climate change, including...

Under the patronage of Cabo Verde and in collaboration with Italy and FAO, WASAG announces its 1st International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture to be held in Praia, Cabo Verde from 19 to 22 March 2019, to coincide with the celebration of World Water Day 2019 which this year adopts the theme of ‘Leaving no one behind’.



The forum aims at identifying concrete – practical, innovative and collaborative- solutions to address water scarcity in agriculture in a changing climate. With a focus on Cabo Verde, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and West African countries, the forum is expected...

Two organizations are joining forces to deliver a unique synergistic program that will leverage the political might of the AfricaSan 5 Conference along with the practical and technical output of the FSM Conference. Attendees will have access to a wider array of practitioners working to implement new technology in the field as well as to ministers working to frame the policies that will facilitate development in this sector.