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High-Level Consultation on Water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
21-22 March 2013 | The Hague, Netherlands
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Summary Highlights for the Meeting
Highlights for Thursday, 21 March 2013
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Daily web coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
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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. |
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| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and H.R.H. the Prince of Orange, Crown Prince of the Netherlands and Chair of UNSGAB, arriving to the meeting. |
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Highlights for Friday, 22 March 2013
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The High-Level Consultation on Water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda jointly convened on Friday 22 March with the celebrations of World Water Day on the theme of water cooperation. The morning began with an opening session on water cooperation, including the presentation of the “Water for Life” UN-Water Best Practices Award and a keynote speech by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Jordan. Four breakout sessions then convened on the themes: water cooperation is key to poverty eradication, social equity and gender equality; water cooperation creates economic benefits; water cooperation helps preserve water resources and protect the environment; and water cooperation builds peace.
The afternoon began with presentations by rapporteurs of the breakout groups of key challenges, solutions and actions for water cooperation. HRH Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, the Netherlands and Chair of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) then presented a keynote speech. This was followed by convening of the High-Level Forum on the Global Thematic Consultation, which discussed the outcomes of the Post-2015 Global Thematic Consultation on Water. The forum then endorsed the outcome for forwarding to the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP) and the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.
This was followed by a live link-up with the UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue on Water Cooperation, taking place at UN Headquarters in New York. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Netherlands, made a concluding speech. She also presented the outcome documents to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and Co-Chair, HLP, Enikö Györi, Minister of State for EU Affairs, Hungary, and Rahmat Bobokalonov, Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, Tajikistan, who will carry forward this message to other major fora, including the HLP, the Dushanbe Water Conference and the Budapest Water Summit. Following a presentation on the Budapest Water Summit, Youth brought the day to a close with the launch of “Walking for Water International,” calling on leaders “not just to talk, but to take the walk.”
The day was closed at 4:16pm. Return to this webpage on Monday, 25 March, for the IISD-RS Summary of the High-Level Consultation on Water in the Post-2015 Development. |
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| Todoroki Wadaiko, Japanese drums, Germany, opened the meeting. |
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From L-R: Moderator Bai-Mass Taal, Executive Secretary, AMCOW; Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, WMO, and Chair, UN-Water; HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, Jordan; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and Co-Chair, HLP; HRH Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, the Netherlands, and Chair, UNSGAB; Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever, and Member, HLP; Francisco Pereira, Vice Minister of Public Works, Mozambique; Betty Maina, CEO, Kenyan Association of Manufacturers, and Member, HLP; and Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
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Session resources
 Post 2015 Water Thematic Consultation
Agenda Day 1
Agenda Day 2
UN World Water Day 2013
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Leadership Meeting on Environmental Sustainability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 18-19 March 2013, San José, Costa Rica
IISD RS coverage of the High-Level Meeting of the Global Thematic Consultation on Conflict, Violence and Disaster in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 13 March 2013, Helsinki, Finland
IISD RS summary report of the Global Leadership Meeting on Population Dynamics in the Context of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 12-13 March 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the Final Meeting of the Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Governance, 28 February - 1 March 2013, Midrand, South Africa (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultation on Water: Water Resources Management and Wastewater Management and Water Quality, 27-28 February 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS summary report of the Public Dialogue and Leadership Meeting on Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 18-19 February 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark (HTML - PDF)
Water-L - A news and announcement list on water policy issues
Water Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Post-2015 Development Agenda Activities
SDG - A mailing list focused on internationally-relevant activities related to setting the post-2015 development agenda
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Post-2015 Development Agenda Activities |
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