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2013 World Water Week Report

Sanna — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:15:11 +0000

The 2013 World Water Week Report “Cooperation for a Water Wise World – Partnerships for Sustainable Development” provides input into the discussions at the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm, which is held under the theme of Water Cooperation: Building Partnerships. The editors of the report are Anders Jägerskog, Director, Knowledge Services, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI); Torkil Jønch Clausen, Chair, World Water Week Scientific Programme Committee, SIWI; Karin Lexén, Director, World Water Week & Prizes, SIWI; and Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, SIWI.

The report focuses on some of the key opportunities and challenges to effective cooperation over transboundary waters; in the private sector and for environmental protection. The authors also explore emerging issues such as the role of information and communications technology in advancing water cooperation; the importance of climate mitigation and adaptation coherence; the interplay between actors in the water, food and energy ‘nexus’; as well as provide new insights to resolve long standing challenges, such as improving coordination and collaboration in the management of freshwater and coastal systems.

The chapters in this report do not necessarily represent the views of SIWI but are contributions from individuals and organisations to the theme of the 2013 World Water Week.

Mapping of Financial Support to Transboundary Water Cooperation in Africa (FRA)

Sanna — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:58:58 +0000

Un rapport du Groupe de Travail Afrique de l´Initiative européenne pour l´Eau, basée à SIWI, « Etude sur l´assistance financière à la coopération pour les eaux transfrontalières en Afrique » recommande que la gestion des ressources en eaux partagées, et en particulier ses bénéfices potentiels pour le développement socio-économique et l´éradication de la pauvreté, fasse l´objet d´une priorité accrue de la part des partenaires de développement.

En dépit d´une croissance des financements destinés à soutenir la gestion des eaux transfrontalières en Afrique, ce type de soutien ne dépassait pas 1% du total de l´Assistance publique au Développement en 2011. De même, la promotion de la coopération dans la gestion des ressources en eaux partagées est loin d´être l´approche privilégiée par l´ensemble des bailleurs de fonds.

L´étude recommande que la communauté des partenaires de développement, en concertation étroite avec les organisations de bassin africaines, axe ses interventions en faveur d´une approche plus cohérente, plus concertée et plus équitable du soutien financier à la gestion des ressources en eau douce transfrontalières, en complément des interventions déjà financées par les pays membres des organisations africaines.

Pour plus d´information sur le Groupe de Travail Afrique de l´Initiative européenne pour l´Eau, cliquez ici.

Mapping of Financial Support to Transboundary Water Cooperation in Africa (ENG)

Sanna — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:13:26 +0000

A new report from the Africa Working Group of the EU Water Initiative, hosted by SIWI, Mapping of financial Support to Transboundary Water Cooperation in Africa recommends that Transboundary Water Resources Management and its high potential contribution to socio-economic development and poverty eradication receive full policy attention from international development partners.

Despite an increase since 2007 of the resource flows supporting management of transboundary waters in Africa, it still represents less than one per cent of the entire Official Development Assistance spending in 2011. Far from all development partners make support to development and management of international water basins a priority of their assistance to the water sector in Africa.

The report therefore recommends that the donor community works together with African basin organisations for a more coherent, concerted and equitable approach to financing support to the management of shared water, complementing initiatives already funded by basin member states.

Click here to learn more about the work of the EU Water Initiative, Africa Working Group.

2013 World Water Week – What’s New?

Elin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:04:21 +0000

At the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm, decision-makers, international organisations, business leaders and scientists from across the globe will once again gather in the Swedish capital to discuss the world’s most pressing water challenges. Find out what’s new for this year’s conference, which will take a closer look at “Water Cooperation – Building Partnerships”.

Text: Ms. Sanna Gustafsson, Communications Officer, SIWI

2013 World Water Week – What’s New?

Will 2013 be seen as the International Year of Water Law Cooperation?

Elin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:02:41 +0000

2013 – the UN Year of Water Cooperation – is a big year for international water law. The UN Watercourses Convention, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1997, may well enter into force before 2014 – only five additional ratifications
are required. In addition, the amendment to the UNECE Helsinki Convention, which would allow non-UNECE States to join, is likely to become operational by the end of the year. Last but not least, this year sees States debate the fate of the 2008 Draft Articles on Transboundary Aquifers within the UN General Assembly.

Text: Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Reader in International Law, University of Dundee

Will 2013 be seen as the International Year of Water Law Cooperation?

Netafim Receives Stockholm Industry Water Award

Elin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:01:01 +0000

Netafim, a pioneer and leading provider of drip and micro-irrigation technology worldwide, has been named the 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award Laureate.

Text: Josh Weinberg, Programme Officer, Knowledge Services, SIWI

Netafim Receives Stockholm Industry Water Award

Dr. Peter Morgan Wins Stockholm Water Prize

Elin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:59:09 +0000

Dr. Peter Morgan has been named the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his work to protect the health and lives of millions of people through improved sanitation and water technologies.

Text: Mr. Josh Weinberg, Programme Officer, Knowledge Services, SIWI

Dr. Peter Morgan Wins Stockholm Water Prize

2013 Stockholm Statement: Advocating Water

Elin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:54:09 +0000

The Stockholm Statement advocates on key issues and governance priorities from the water community to stakeholders worldwide. Coordinatedand steered by SIWI, the Stockholm Statement aims to raise water higher up on the political agenda, both as a human right and as an essential productive resource. SIWI intends to elevate the status of water issues on the Post- 2015 development agenda.

Text: Maya Rebermark, Communications Officer, SIWI

2013 Stockholm Statement: Advocating Water

Setting the stage for collaboration over shared waters

Elin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:51:57 +0000

Rome was not built in a day and neither were the Mekong River Commission or the Nile Basin Initiative. The comparisons between Rome, which arguably once sat atop the pinnacle of human civilization,
and two water resource management (WRM) institutions should not be stretched too far, although those who were closely involved in their development might also argue that the challenge of establishing them was equal to that of building the Eternal City.

Text: Mr. Kerry Schneider, Programme Officer, Knowledge Services, SIWI

Setting the stage for collaboration over shared waters

Book review: Water, Christianity and the Rise of Capitalism

Elin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:47:11 +0000

This is not a book for the faint hearted. The popular wisdom of avoiding the topics of religion and politics in polite conversation is not without good reason! Water has always been an integral part of human
experience – both as blessing and as curse. It is not surprising therefore that it is deeply embedded in the holy writings and faith traditions of the world’s religions.

Book written by: Mr. Terje Oestigaard

Book review: Water, Christianity and the Rise of Capitalism