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Informed International Policy

Informed International Policy

SIWI informs and engages in collective efforts to raise awareness on water’s key role for sustainable development and climate resilience. SIWI believes that through cooperation and partnership building, we can set fair, inclusive, and forward-looking strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation, and for a wise use of the world’s water resources. By remaining a neutral advisory body, SIWI is able to keep its focus on water issues and not be influenced by political affiliations.

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Improved Water Governance

Improved Water Governance

Our goal is to contribute to integrated, transparent and participatory governance processes, as cornerstones to ensure the sustainable and equitable use of water resources and to expand the delivery of clean water supply and sanitation services to all.

 

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Cooperation Over Shared Waters

Cooperation Over Shared Waters

Regional cooperation on transboundary waters is a public good that benefits all parties and can open new opportunities for riparian states to sustainably develop water resources. SIWI helps basin actors to engage in transboundary processes with a long-term perspective of promoting both security and development, and encourages a holistic approach that includes the perspectives of other affected sectors. By employing tools such as modelling, SIWI enables decision makers to gain understanding of risks, benefits and opportunities associated with different strategies.

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Cross-cutting Issues

Cross-cutting Issues

Cross-cutting issues accelerate our efforts to achieve a water wise world and augment the chances of successful outcomes of all the work we do. They are transformative not only for water governance, but for society at large and its aspirations to eradicate poverty, and give our actions additional impact, engagement and sustainability. They are integral parts of our value system.

 

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Water: Addressing the global crisis - Open online course from SIWI and SDG Academy

Water is the defining issue of our age. That’s why the United Nations SDG Academy and SIWI have joined forces to create the open course Water: addressing the global crisis, covering the latest water trends.

Unpredictable and unsustainable access to water is a rapidly growing problem and one of the world’s greatest risks. We must learn to manage water more wisely, fairly and sustainably to avoid global crisis. The course brings you some of the world’s leading experts and practitioners and is aimed at development professionals, private sector actors, water activists and advanced students.

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