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Marketplace: come and pick your flavour of the day. Marketplace topics for session 6.2.2 “Decision-making in an uncertain world”. www.Water4health.eu. Pierre-Yves Nury – Bullukian Foundation Health as a key and common driver. Water & Health economies are not linked yet.
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Marketplace: come and pick your flavour of the day Marketplace topics for session 6.2.2 “Decision-making in an uncertain world” World Water Forum 5 Session 6.2.2 - Decision-making in an uncertain world
www.Water4health.eu Pierre-Yves Nury – Bullukian Foundation • Health as a key and common driver. • Water & Health economies are not linked yet. • Shared expectations between cities to be defined. • Innovation schemes and tools to be mutualised. • A long term project based on studies, experimentation, meetings and the willingness of cross cultural partners to commit to face the health issues. World Water Forum 5 Session 6.2.2 - Decision-making in an uncertain world
Building a Network of Centresof Excellence in Water S&T in Africa Heidi Snyman (South African Water Research Commission) • AMCOST CPA includes Water S&T as a flagship programmes of NEPAD. • Enable Africa to apply S&T and related innovations to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development • To ensure Africa contributes to the global pool of scientific knowledge and innovation. • The inter-ministerial dialogue agreed to commit to establishment of African Network of Centres of Excellence in Water Science & Technology • Themes for Centres • Assessment of Africa’s water resources and systems • Water-related disasters (monitoring technology) • Improve water quality and quantity World Water Forum 5 Session 6.2.2 - Decision-making in an uncertain world
SWITCH for the City of the Future Khaled AbuZeid (CEDARE) • Integrated Urban Water Management principles • Participation of key water sectors • Using the appropriate water resource for the appropriate use • Use of non-conventional water resources, recycling, water demand management, and making use of every available water drop • Learning Alliance approach • Better knowledge sharing for better planning • Future City IUWM plans • Prioritizing different strategies to cope with future scenarios • Demonstration projects for replications and scaling up • Developing IUWM planning tools World Water Forum 5 Session 6.2.2 - Decision-making in an uncertain world
Envisioining the future of water in Europe – SCENES project Juha Kämäri (Finnish Environment Institute – SYKE) • SCENES – a 4-year IP of FP6 • Aim to develop and analyse a set of comprehensive water scenarios – both qualitative and quantitative • Project area cover the “Greater” Europe • 6 distinct phases of scenario development • Narrative qualitative storylines • Quantification of drivers • Quantitative modelling • Indicator assessment • Backcasting • Synthesis World Water Forum 5 Session 6.2.2 - Decision-making in an uncertain world
RiPPLE Tamene Chaka (RiPPLE) • Five year action research project on WSS funded by DFID • Five CPs & 12 network partners • Works in three thematic areas • Key approach is LPA • Capacity development • We did 9 case studies and we are on the Phase of LARS • Policy engagement strategy (LPA approach) World Water Forum 5 Session 6.2.2 - Decision-making in an uncertain world