Final Programme Beyond the River - World Water Week

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Special Sessions Photos: SIWI, Frida Lanshammar, SIWI, and Mats Lannerstad Celebrating 10 Years of the Global Water Partnership Convenor: Global Water Partnership (GWP) 18-20 August: Consulting Partners Meeting 20 August: 10th Anniversary Celebration 18:00–19:30 Norra Latin, Aulan Conceived in 1995 and launched in 1996, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on August 20, 2006. The idea of the GWP grew out of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 – where water was recognised as a scarce resource, an integral part of the ecosystem and a social and economic good. The conference highlighted the fragmentation of responsibilities for water resources development among sectoral agencies and called for effective implementation and coordination mechanisms to promote Integrated Water Resources Management based on public participation – including that of women, youth, indigenous people and local communities – in water management policy- and decision-making. Created in response to this call, the GWP advocated an approach to better water resources management that brings more integration among the water user sectors, more value ascribed to the resource, more financially sustainable systems, more attention to management processes including better laws and consultation with those involved in water resources development, management and use. To get this process going, the GWP established a worldwide network of believers by bringing water experts from several countries together at the regional level. Now, ten years on, broad multi-stakeholder water partnerships have been established in fourteen regions and in over fifty countries. The resulting efforts of these partnerships, together with many others, have indeed succeeded in contributing towards raising water higher on political agendas around the world. And ultimately, in a bold, ambitious leap of faith by those participating in the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development, a call for national IWRM and Water Efficiency Plans to be developed by 2005 was made. Though this target was practically impossible to fully reach within the given three year period, it has created a momentum and good progress is being made everywhere: the second informal survey undertaken by GWP at the end of 2005 on the status of IWRM planning suggests that over three quarters of the countries surveyed have either completed or have a process in place to prepare their national plans. The challenge today is how to keep this momentum going and ensuring continuous efforts are made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The GWP itself has been directly involved in these efforts, helping governments by facilitating their planning processes in fourteen countries, mostly in Africa. Though an advocacy and awareness organisation, the GWP had a moral duty to respond to these requests for practical support. With sustainability in mind, the GWP has focused on the local ownership and experience needed. In the Consulting Partners meeting that will be held on August 18 and 20 – prior to the Anniversary – the GWP will be looking ahead and, based on the lessons learned and the momentum that the 2005 target has raised, identify what GWP can do and what is required to keep this process going – a process that in many cases has just started and in need of more support. The Anniversary celebration will reflect on GWP’s contributions, big or small, and those who made it possible. Our patrons, donors, ministers and friends world wide will celebrate with us and we look forward to seeing you there. 68
The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food From Assessment to Research and Actions Developing and managing water resources to help end poverty and hunger, feed an additional 2 billion people, while reversing trends of ecosystem degradation presents the most significant water challenge of our time. Despite great gains in food production, the use of water for food security and poverty reduction remains unfinished business for millions of rural poor. The dilemma posed by this challenge is that more people will require more water for agriculture, yet the way in which people use water in agriculture is the most important driver of ecosystem degradation. Taking up this challenge will lead us toward attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on poverty, hunger and environment. Sharply diverging views exist on the water-food-ecosystem choices. Some place emphasis on developing more water through large infrastructure to relieve scarcity, to fuel economic growth, and as a way to relieve pressure on the environment. At the other end of the spectrum is a call for a halt to agricultural and hydraulic infrastructure expansion, and promotion of practices that restore ecosystems to their original balance. The divergence of positions is exacerbated by differences in language and approach used to describe the situation. There is growing interest for common ground. The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (the CA) was formed to bring these diverse views together. Over the past five years, the CA has critically evaluated the benefits, costs and impacts of 50 years of water development, the water management challenges communities are facing today, and solutions people have developed. The results of these findings will be presented and discussed during the 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm. The overarching picture of the water-food-livelihoods-environment nexus offered by the CA enables the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) to put results into action by investing in research that leads to better management and investment decisions in water and agriculture and aims to address both human and environmental water needs. Special Session Photo: Mats Lannerstad Poster Sessions 69 General Information
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