Water Partnerships for Collective Action – bridging borders between stakeholders
26 August (Mon) 11:00-12:30 CEST
Co-Conveners: NoWNET
- Japan Water Forum / NoWNET Secretariat (lead convener)
- Danish Water Partnership
- Finnish Water Forum
- French Water Partnership
- Korea Water Forum
- Netherlands Water Partnership
- Portuguese Water Partnership
- Swiss Water Partnership
- Swedish Water House (hosted by Stockholm International Water Institute)
- Global Water Partnership
- World Water Council
Session Overview
This session discusses and evaluates the pivotal roles of water partnerships in accelerating effective actions for water-related challenges at the local, national, and global levels.
The Northern Water Network (NoWNET) – a network of currently 11 country-level water partnerships, with more than 1000 member companies and organizations in Europe, Japan and the Republic of Korea – along with the World Water Council and Global Water Partnership, aims to discuss the ways of effective transformation of water community architecture to accelerate actions through the value added of multi-stakeholder platforms to reach the SDGs. On this occasion, NoWNET will be celebrating its 20th anniversary, and will look back at some of its achievements in that period.
In the session, we will share the experiences and perspectives of various national water partnerships and how they contribute to achieving the SDGs, as well as illustrate them with examples.
The session will also serve as a platform to exchange good practices and looking forward to NoWNET’s new strategic direction, will discuss the opportunities of water partnerships and networks to increase the impact of diverse stakeholders by empowering them to boost the achievement of the SDSs. It will engage the audience in a participative approach called fish-bowl conversation.
Program
Overview of the session:
Ms. Yumiko Asayama, NoWNET Secretariat / Chief Manager, Japan Water Forum
Distinguished Opening Remarks: Mr. Loic Fauchon, President, World Water Council
Keynote presentation: NoWNET – why and how was it born in 2003?
Dr. Torkil Jønch-Clausen, International Water Advisor
(One of NoWNET Founding members, Founding Chair of Danish Water Forum
Founding Chair of GWP Technical Committee in2003)
Transition of NoWNET Activities
Ms. Yumiko Asayama, NoWNET Secretariat / Chief Manager, Japan Water Forum
Fishbowl Dialogue
- Sportlight1 Sandec/Eawag （Swiss Water Partnership Member）
- Spotlight 2 Finnish Water Forum
- Spotlight3 French Water Partnership
- Spotlight 4 Netherlands Water Partnership
Fishbowl Exercise with the audience
Onsite Moderators:
- Ms. Louise Heegaard Partnerships and Funding Mobilisation Expert, DHI（On behalf of Danish Water Forum）
- Mr. Manuel Eckert, Programme Officer, International Policy SIWI/ Swedish Water House
Online Moderator: Ms. Michele Heeb, Coordinator, Swiss Water Partnership
Wrap Up
Participation online is free of charge. Registration is required from: https://worldwaterweek.org/tickets
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（Reporter：Yumiko Asayama, Chief Manager）
