Asia Focus: Accelerating inclusive water governance to advance sustainable development

The water crisis is often a crisis of governance, so addressing effective water governance should be one of the highest priorities in Asia-Pacific. Key regional actors will share innovative approaches in examining and improving water governance to boost sustainable and inclusive development and will kick-start commitments towards concrete collaborative action.

 

Wednesday 25.08.2021, 8:00 – 9:00 CET
Programme:

Introduction
APWF

Position and status of water governance for Asia Pacific countries to address issues on regional water governance

  • IUCN – Nature-Based Solutions in water governance
  • ICHARM – Innovation of capacity building on water-related disaster risk reduction
  • JICA – Japanese lessons about water governance throughout history
  • OECD – Water governance for Blue Cities

Learning exchange sharing and discussion on concrete case studies in water governance

  • IUCN – Nature-Based Solutions in water governance
  • ICHARM – Innovation of capacity building on water-related disaster risk reduction
  • JICA – Japanese lessons about water governance throughout history
  • OECD – Water governance for Blue Cities

Plenary Panel Discussion 
Joint actions and solutions for water governance to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs through enhanced water governance
Presenter & Facillitator: GWP

Closing
APWF

This session has been organized in collaboration with:
Global Water Partnership
Asia-Pacific Water Forum
Asian Development Bank
Japan International Cooperation Agency
International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

 

For registration: https://waterintegrity.net/b6j

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