2016 World Water Week programme

SWA: Contributing to the follow-up and review of SDG 6
Introduction
Convenor: Sanitation and Water for All
Room: NL Pillar Hall / Pelarsalen
Room: FH Little Theatre /Lilla teatern
The SDGs have created new opportunities and challenges for the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, and tracking progress against the
targets will inject important momentum. This session will demonstrate how the SWA Partnership works with States and development
partners to provide a dynamic, multi-stakeholder framework for SDG Follow-up and Review.
14:00 Call to order
Amanda Marlin, SWA
14:10 Welcome and opening
remarks
Hon Kevin Rudd, Chair, SWA
14:30 Means of Implementation as
they apply to WASH,
relationship with the SWA
Collaborative Behaviours and
the building blocks
governments need to put
into place to achieve capacity
for the SDGs
Hon Minister Dr Sudarshini
Frenandopulle, State Minister
of City Planning and Water
Supply, Sri Lanka (tbc)
Hon Eng Gerson Hosea Lwenge,
Minister of Water and
Irrigation, Tanzania (tbc)
15:00 Panel discussion
Moderator: Bruce Gordon, WHO
Panelists:
Jyoti Shukla, The World Bank
Group
Hon Minister Dr Sudarshini
Frenandopulle, State Minister
of City Planning and Water
Supply, Sri Lanka (tbc)
Hon Eng Gerson Hosea Lwenge,
Minister of Water and
Irrigation, Tanzania (tbc)
Representative of the Bill and
The surprising benefits of transboundary cooperation
Melinda Gates Foundation
Representative of the Scaling
Up Movement (SUN)
15:25 Closing remarks
Hon Kevin Rudd, Chair, SWA
15:30 Close of event
Convenors: Government of Estonia, Green Cross International, UNECE, University of Dundee and WWF
Through case studies from basins around the world, this session will highlight the breadth of potential benefits of transboundary water
cooperation, which range from accelerated economic growth, increased human well-being, enhanced environmental sustainability and
increased political stability. We will demonstrate how a benefits-based approach can help advance transboundary cooperation.
Moderator: Lesha Witmer, WWF
14:00 Introduction
Francesca Bernardini, UNECE
14:05 Identifying, assessing
and communicating
benefits of transboundary
water cooperation – The
approach under the Water
Convention
Harry Liiv, Ministry of
Environment, Estonia
14:20 Carrying out a benefits
assessment in the Okavango
Basin – First results and
lessons learned
Ebenizario Chonguica,
OKACOM
14:30 Benefit-sharing in Cambodia
Marc Goichot, WWF
14:40 Reaction
Kerry Schneider, SIWI
14:45 Interactive discussion in
groups and report back
15:20 Conclusions
Francesca Bernardini, UNECE
Peter Kovacs, Chair of the
Water Convention, Hungary
Lesha Witmer, WWF
15:30 Close of event
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