The High-Level Consultation on Water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda opened on Thursday, 21 March, with a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Water in the Post-2015 Agenda: Presentation and Discussion of the Results of the Global Thematic Consultation on Water, hosted by the Netherlands. HRH Willem-Alexander, The Prince of Orange, the Netherlands and Chair, UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, Chair, High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, opened the dialogue. The main outcomes of the Thematic Consultations on Water, under the streams of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Water Resources Management (WRM), and Wastewater Management and Water Quality (WWMWQ) were then briefly presented.

The process then broke into roundtables for discussions on the draft “Advanced Summary of Synthesis Report” of the Post-2015 Water Thematic Consultation and the draft “Wake Up Call,” developed through a Dutch initiative. The morning roundtable discussed the interlinkages between water and poverty reduction and sustainability. The afternoon roundtable focused on water, development and inclusive finance for WASH, WRM and WWMWQ. Outcomes of these roundtables were then fed back the Outcome Document for the Post-2015 Water Thematic Consultation, as well as into the Dutch "Wake-Up Call on Water," which was presented at the end of the day by Youth.