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The Road to the 2014 SWA High Level
Meeting
11 April 2014
The third SWA High Level
Meeting (HLM)
Convened by UNICEF, on behalf of the SWA
Partnership, it will be hosted bythe World Bank. There is
a great deal of opportunity, as well as work to be done,
in the lead-up in order to generate political attention and
press for greater action and accountability in the delivery
of commitments.
The 2012 High Level Meeting was unprecedented in
attracting over 50 ministers and high-level participants.
It demonstrated the increase in political prioritization of
WASH that SWA has been able to achieve. The annual
Progress Update of the 2012 SWA HLM commitments,
released in August this year, shows that significant gains
have already been achieved, such as increased budgets,
strengthened national planning and country-level dialogue
among ministers, technical stakeholders, civil society,
donors and development banks.
regional cooperation and environment” and the need to
further advocate for a distinct water goal in the post 2015
development framework.
Sub Themes
aww-5 has four sub themes which essentially drive
the consideration of water as a goal in the post-2015
development agenda viz:
•
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
•
Water Resources Management for Sustainable
Development
•
Wastewater Management and Water Quality
•
Water and Disaster Risk Management
aww-5 will utilize technical sessions and Sector /
Stakehold-er Forum in pursuit of achieving set objectives
and actions.
Deadline for submission is already 22 March
For more information, visit www.africawaterweek.com
Water Convention 2014
AfricaSan 4: Fourth Africa Conference on
Sanitation and Hygiene
(an event of Singapore
International Water Week)
May 2014
1st to 5th June 2014
Dakar, Senegal
Singapore
Organised by: African Ministers’ Council on Water
(AMCOW)
Website: http://www.siww.com.sg/water-convention
AfricaSan is an AMCOW initiative to help agencies
and governments shape strategies for action to realize
the eThekwini Commitments on sanitation in Africa.
It provides a forum for sanitation technical experts to
exchange lessons about approaches and technologies that
work best in their local circumstances.
Water Convention 2014 will examine world water trends
along 5 themes: Delivering Water from Source to Tap,
Effective and Efficient Wastewater Management, Water
for Liveability and Resilience, Water Quality and Health &
Water for Industries.
AfricaSan 3, held in 2011 in Rwanda, drew nearly 900
people from 67 countries, including 23 African Ministers
and deputy Ministers in charge of Sanitation, Water, Local
Government, Health, or Infrastructure.
Contact person: Charmaine Tan
Organized by: Singapore International Water Week Pte
Ltd
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 31st July 2013
World Water Week in Stockholm
5th Africa Water Week
31 August - 5 September
2014
Date: 26-31 May 2014
Stockholm, Sweden
Location: Dakar, Senegal
The World Water Week in
Stockholm is the annual
meeting place for the planet’s most urgent water-related
issues. Organized by the Stockholm International
Water Institute (SIWI), it brings together 2,500 experts,
practitioners, decision-makers and business innovators
from around the globe to exchange ideas, foster new
thinking and develop solutions. In 2014, t H