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2015 UN Water International Zaragoza Conference
17 January 2015
The 7th World Water Forum Secretariat
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The 7th World Water Forum
• World Water Forum held since 1997
• a platform where the water community and decision-makers from around the world come together to find solutions to global water is-sues
• 7th edition will be held in Daegu/Gyeonguk, Rep. of Korea 12-17 April 2015
• expecting some 35,000 participants from the global water com-munity
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3 Key Objectives
• Moving from Solutions to Implementation
• Bridging the Platform of Science & Technology to Water Issues
• Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (S-
DGs)
“TIME FOR SOLUTIONS”
“IMPLEMENTATION”
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THEMATICProcess
POLITICALProcess
REGIONALProcess
SCIENCE & TECHProcess
CITIZEN’SFORUM
Processes
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Implementation
Thematic Process
RegionalProcess
Science & Technology
Process
Action Goals Action Tools1. Water Security for
all2. Water for Devel-
opment and Pros-perity
3. Water for Sustain-ability
4. Constructing Fea-sible Implementa-tion Mechanisms
1.1 Safe Water1.2 Sanitation1.3 Adapting to Change1.4 Infrastructure
2.1 Food2.2 Energy2.3 Cities
3.1 Green Growth3.2 Ecosystem3.3 Water Quality3.4 SMART
4.1 Finance4.2 Governance4.3 Conflict4.4 Culture/Justice4.5 Education
Regions Cross - Regions
Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Arab MediterraneanEconomically
Water Insecure(EWI)
Main Focus1 Main Focus2 Main Focus3 Main Focus4 Main Focus5
Efficient water management
Resource re-covery from wa-ter and waste-water systems
Water and Natu-ral disasters
Smart technol-ogy for Water
Understanding and managing ecosystem ser-vices for water
Themes
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Themes
Climate Change
Food Energy Water NexusSDGs
Governance
Technological Solution
FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE
Implementation
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
monitoring IWRM
indicators
smart managementculturehuman rights
disaster response
risk management
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Key Outcomes
• Ministerial Declaration
• Draft under review• Prepcom II to be held in Paris 24-25 February 2015
• Implementation Roadmap & Action Monitoring System
• Identifying challenges & champions for implementation and har-nessing commitment & actions