2016 World Water Week programme
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Tuesday | 30 August | 09:00-10:30<br />
How to measure and value social impact?<br />
Convenors: Firmenich, Nestlé, South Pole Group/Coop, The Gold Standard Foundation, Valuing Nature and<br />
<strong>World</strong> Business Council for Sustainable Development<br />
Room: NL Pillar Hall / Pelarsalen<br />
How much impact have you created? For most organizations in the water space, this question is difficult to answer. Get to know tools<br />
available and practical exemples. Get a look into the future and be ready to deploy those tools to make a lasting social change.<br />
09:00 Introduction<br />
<strong>Water</strong> valuation concepts and<br />
existing tools/approaches<br />
Samuel Vionnet, Valuing Nature<br />
Introduction to the social capital<br />
protocol within the SDGs and<br />
private sector context<br />
Tatiana Fedotova, WBCSD<br />
09:10 Case studies<br />
Social return on investment as a<br />
tool for decision making in<br />
investing in supply chain<br />
resilience for a company<br />
Johanna Levy, Director<br />
Sustainability, Firmenich<br />
Insetting project case study<br />
for Coop Switzerland – Valuing<br />
social and water related cobenefits<br />
in carbon offsetting<br />
projects in Africa. How to create<br />
water related social benefits<br />
through innovative finance<br />
Tilmann Silber, South Pole Group<br />
The value of water stewardship:<br />
new approach to value the cost<br />
of action to reach water<br />
stewardship<br />
Carlo Galli, Nestlé<br />
09:35 A look into the future<br />
Brendan Smith, Gold Standard<br />
Foundation<br />
James Dalton, IUCN<br />
09:50 Collective brainstorming<br />
Brainstorming in small tables<br />
and analysis of audience opinion<br />
on three important questions<br />
that will be submitted during the<br />
session: 1) barriers to social impact<br />
valuation 2) Influencing decisionmaking<br />
with social impact metrics<br />
3) Develping new business models<br />
around social impact<br />
10:30 Close of event<br />
Integrating climate governance and water diplomacy<br />
Convenors: adelphi, GIZ and Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Germany<br />
Room: NL Music Hall / Musiksalen<br />
What consequences will climate change have on flows in contested international basins? How could adaptation help mitigate social and<br />
political tensions? Convened by adelphi, the German Foreign Office and GIZ, this event will discuss pragmatic steps to enhance resilience<br />
and cooperation, drawing in particular on the NBI’s experiences.<br />
09:00 Introduction<br />
Dr Susanne Schmeier, GIZ<br />
09:05 Managing shared risks in a<br />
transboundary river basin.<br />
Blending analytic work with<br />
water diplomacy – The NBI<br />
experience<br />
Dr Abdulkarim Seid, Nile-Sec,<br />
Entebbe<br />
Prof Dr Seifeldin Abdalla, Nile<br />
Basin Initiative for Sudan<br />
09:25 <strong>Water</strong> and climate diplomacy<br />
after Paris: Integrative<br />
approaches for adaptive action<br />
in transboundary river basins<br />
Dr Sabine Blumstein, adelphi<br />
Dr Benjamin Pohl, adelphi<br />
09:40 Lessons learned in promoting<br />
transboundary water<br />
cooperation through climate<br />
action<br />
Sonja Koeppel, UNECE<br />
09:55 Panel discussion<br />
German Foreign Office<br />
the UN Economic Commission<br />
for Europe<br />
the European Commission/DG<br />
Devco<br />
Moderator: Dr Susanne<br />
Schmeier, GIZ<br />
10:30 Close of event<br />
Photo: stocksolutions , Shutterstock.com<br />
58 <strong>2016</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Week</strong>: <strong>Water</strong> for sustainable growth
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