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TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY. TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY. OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW. Water and sanitation crisis and progress Food, energy, urbanization, finances, development Need for collaboration, understanding, solutions and commitments .
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TOGETHERWE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW • Water and sanitation crisisand progress • Food, energy, urbanization, finances, development • Need for collaboration, understanding, solutions and commitments SECURING WATER SECURES THE FUTURE FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME .
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY HISTORY • Dublin Conference and Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 • Creation in 1996 • Headquarters in Marseille, France • 36 organizations on the Board represented by a Governor • President Ben Braga, University of São Paulo
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY THE COUNCIL TODAY A worldwide networkwith wide-ranging competenciesand interests that facilitates important water policy dialogues and motivates actions
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY OUR AMBITION Identify future challenges Help policy makers understandProvide a platform for the water community EXPLORE DISCUSS BRING TOGETHER
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY FOCUS FOR 2013-2015 Catalyzing collective action during and in between each World Water Forum Bringing people together through active hydro-politics Exploring newideas and concepts
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY A BIT MORE DETAIL Active hydro-politics • The United Nations system • National Governments • Parliaments • Local Authorities
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY A BIT MORE DETAIL New ideas and concepts • The Right to Water • Water, Food and Energy • Water for Health and Nature • Climate and water-related disasters • Water, demography and urban development • Water and Green Growth • IWRM
TOGETHER WE MAKE WATER A GLOBAL PRIORITY A BIT MORE DETAIL The World Water Forum