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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