2023 UN Water Conference - Side Event - Water security and Peace building in Africa: challenges and opportunities for African basin organizations
10:00-11:15 EST/GMT+5
UNEP New York Office
March, 23rd 2023
10:00 am
Zurich
(+01:00)
Impact
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The Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028 document can be found below.
About the Event
African transboundary basin organizations crystallize all the stakes in the fight against climate change and peace building around a resource to which 300 million Africans do not have access: water
Objectives
The event will present the possibility to engage multi-sector actors to share experiences and address solutions based on SDGs. It will aim at:
- Pursuing advocacy, cooperation, networking and promoting and strengthening actions for implementation of the water-related SDGs.
- Sharing experiences and learning lessons between Basins organization in Africa
- Bridging projects together and bringing partners
Coordinating Partners
- African Network of Basin Organization (ANBO)
- Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal (OMVS)
- African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW)
- International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
- Global Water Partnership (GWP)
- Geneva Water Hub
- Pole Eau Dakar
- Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)
- DHI