2016 World Water Week programme

Tuesday | 30 August
Is sustainability truly compatible with access to
water and sanitation?
12:45-13:45
Convenors: Guardian Global Development Professionals Network,
in collaboration with SIWI and supported by FEMSA Foundation
Room: FH Little Theater / Lilla teatern Room: Congress Hall A
The need for clean water and adequate
sanitation is great. Globally, 650 million
people lack access to safe water and 2.3
billion live without adequate sanitation.
Without action, these figures will grow
as the global population increases. The
UN predicts that another 1.5 billion
people will be living on this planet
and using its resources by 2030 - the
vast majority in developing countries.
And yet, the sustainable development
goal (SDG) to ensure clean water and
sanitation for all does not address
access over time.
Can sustainable water and sanitation
access be achieved, or is it an
YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS
13:00-13:45 YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS
During the lunch, participants are
invited to join networking discussions
on topics related to jobs, development
and youth. Teasing topics will be
prepared to stir the debate. Senior and
junior experts will be invited to host
debates at several tables, facilitate new
connections and sharing of insights,
views and experiences.
Bring your lunch and join the
discussions!
insurmountable problem to which
we must adapt? What can be done
with existing resources? Do we need
a new wave of water innovations?
This panel will discuss the obstacles
NGOs, governments and the private
sector face in making access to
water and sanitation sustainable.
It will debate the reasons why
attempts to achieve sustainable
water and sanitation access have
failed, and suggest ways those
working in the sector might make
the global water goal a reality in a
sustainable way.
12:45 Welcome
12:55 Panel debate
Panelists:
Chair: Eliza Anyangwe,
The Guardian
Mariano Montero, Director,
Fundación FEMSA
Alejandro Jiménez, SIWI
Sergio Campos, Inter-American
Development Bank
Jayanthi Iyengar, Xylem Inc.
Bill Kingdom, The World Bank
Group
13:30 Q&A and closing remarks
Young Professionals’: Jobs and youth
Organizers: Water Youth Network & World Youth Parliament
for Water
Photo: Thomas Hdenrikson
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