2016 World Water Week programme

Room: FH Little Theatre/Lilla teatern
Room: FH 202
Seminar: Good water governance for inclusive growth and poverty reduction
Convenors: IWMI, OECD, SIWI, UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI and WRC
This seminar will elaborate on the core dimensions of good water governance, as depicted in the OECD Principles on Water Governance,
given diverse social, economic and institutional environments, the need to engage actors from other sectors and the requirement
to support achievement of SDG 6 targets, specifically related to local participation and IWRM.
Tools and methodologies for good
governance
Chair: Eiman Karar, UNEP
09:00 Seminar opening and aim of
the session
Prof Guillermo Donoso, UCCL
Eiman Karar, UNEP
09:10 Dimensions and principles of
water governance
Prof Francisco Nunes Correia,
Universidad Técnica de Lisboa
09:25 Water stewardship: Enabling
conditions for improved water
governance in Europe
Kathy Hughes, WWF
MENA focus: Informing the SDGs through the Arab MDG+ initiative
Convenors: Arab Countries Water Utilities Association, League of Arab States, Sida and UN-ESCWA
Lessons learned from the MDG+ Initiative launched by the Arab Ministerial Water Council in 2010 and its experience collecting indicators
on water availability, affordability, quality, wastewater treatment and reuse can inform monitoring and reporting on the water-related
Sustainable Development Goals at the regional and global levels.
09:00 Session I: Arab regional
cooperation for sustainable
development
Moderator: Roula Majdalani,
ESCWA
The Arab Ministerial Water
Council and its water security
strategy for sustainable
development 2010-2030
Hammou Lamrani, League of
Arab States
Swedish support for Arab
cooperation on water and the
SDGs
Dr Anders Jägerskog, Sida
Embassy of Sweden, Jordan (tbc)
09:30 Progressive tariff: A way to
promote equity and inclusive
growth
Dr Imrul Muniruzzaman, WaterAid
09:35 Towards implementing the
SDGs through multi
stakeholder platforms
Dr Nicole Kranz, International
Water Stewardship Programme
09:40 MSP/Social learning approach
to complexity of basin
governance: Rufiji, Tanzania
Mturi James, TAWASANET
09:45 Dynamics of change: network
characteristics that improve
service authority performance
Duncan McNicholl, University of
Cambridge
Origins of the MDG+ Initiative
and its regional indicators
Khaldoun Khashman, Secretary
General, ACWUA
09:30 Session II: Lessons learned
from the MDG+ Initiative
Moderator: Hammou Laamrani,
League of Arab States
The MDG+ Initiative findings for
informing the SDGs
Carol Chouchani Cherfane,
UN-ESCWA
Institutional arrangements for
informing SDG implementation
Jarrah Al-Zubi, ACWUA
09:50 Roundtable discussions
Water stewardship
Progressive tariffs
Multi-stakeholder platforms
Social learning
Networks
10.12 Ramping-up access in Niger:
reform, pro-poor policies, and
performance
Amianata Ibrahim, Veolia
10:16 Maximizing economic & social
welfare through localised
water resources management
Kate Harawa, Water For People
10:20 Summary and wrap-up
10:30 Close of seminar
10:00 Session III: Panel discussion
Moderator: Roula Majdalani
On indicators
Dr Ahmed Moawad, Vice Chairman,
Holding Company for
Water and Wastewater, Ministry
of Housing and Water and
Wastewater Utilities, Egypt (tbc)
On institutions
Ibrahim Kabi, Electricity and
Water Authority, Bahrain (tbc)
On the human right to water
and sanitation
Manal Zakkak, Palestinian
Water Authority (tbc)
10:30 Close of event
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