On Thursday participants met in plenary all morning, and in three parallel working groups in the afternoon. In plenary, the meeting considered the topics of “Financing Infrastructure for Water Security” and “Addressing the Environmental and Social challenges”. The six topics considered by the working groups were meeting the water and sanitation-related targets of the MDGs, the infrastructure platform and transboundary cooperation, launching a roadmap for the Africa Ground Water Commission, water security for agricultural water use, addressing the environmental and social challenges, including climate change, and investing in information, knowledge and monitoring in the context of achieving water security.