Advancing Human Development and the MDGs

1. Advancing Human Development and the MDGs Objective 1: Topic Issues and Questions Objective 2: Identifying Stakeholders

2. Water, sanitation and hygiene for all • Association with development • Rights, risks and responsibilities (inc. funding) • Priority on sanitation (waste management) • Public perception/education/information • Recycling and re-use of water • Learning from the past, building on success • Emphasis on LDC context • Linkage with ongoing initiatives, eg: • 2008 Year of Sanitation • CSD 2008/2009

3. Water, sanitation and hygiene for allStakeholders • Major groups (women, youth, farmers, unions, indigenous peoples, NGOs, business and industry, local authorities, academics) • Research institutes • Local government • Development NGOs/CSOs • Cooperatives • Potential topic consortium: • UNICEF/WHO/UN-Water/DESA • Sustainable Sanitation Assoc. • Women’s Coalition • Freshwater Action Network

4. Water for energy – Energy for water • Linkage with development (often same people lacking energy and water services) • WEHAB nexus • Role of energy pricing, finance and incentives • Differentiate between use and consumption of water (hydro vs energy crops) plus quality and quantity of supply • Climate-change impact and mitigation • Transport (optimizing navigation, water freight) • Economic driver for multipurpose water uses • Impact of thermal power on water quality • Role of renewable energy (integration, decentralization, moving/treating/heating water) • Desalination • Sustainability criteria and performance indicators

5. Water for energy – Energy for waterStakeholders • Major groups • Utilities + private sector • Professional assocs. (ICOLD, IAIA, etc) • Renewable energy alliances • Conservation + development NGOs • Financing agencies + OECD • Community cooperatives • Potential topic consortium: • IHA • WEC • IEA • FAO • WWF/TNC

6. Water and food for ending poverty and hunger • Food production and population growth (role of diet) • Cultivation, irrigation and yield • Emphasis on LDC context • Impacts of climate change on availability/price • Options well studied, but poor implementation • Strategic planning and stakeholder involvement • Optimization of food and water cycles • Finance for drainage and irrigation • Relationship between investment and poverty eradication

7. Water and food for ending poverty and hunger - Stakeholders • Major groups • Development and cooperative banks • Research organizations • Water management agencies • Development CSOs • Farming cooperatives • Potential topic consortium: • FAO • ICID • IWMI - “CA” • Farmers’ Union and associations • IUCN

8. Multiple uses of water • Sustainability criteria to support decision-making • Governance and optimization, including social and cultural aspects • Strategic river basin planning and management, including stakeholders • Multipurpose reservoirs • Climate adaptation and demand management • Linkages between water and specific sectors • Role of infrastructure for flood and drought mitigation • Cross sector complications (legislation, markets, eg: energy, agriculture, navigation, etc.) • Management of quantity and quality issues

9. Multiple uses of water • Major groups • Utilities + private sector • Water users, fisheries, tourism etc. • Research organizations • Basin organizations • Professional assocs. (IAIA, ICOLD, IHA,) • NGOs (WWF, TNC, Oxfam,) • Resource planners • Potential topic consortium: • UN-Water • IWRA • IWA • ICID

10. Advancing Human Development and the MDGs Objective 3: Ideas for interactive engagement

11. Preparation phase • Communicate and invite through networks, media, key events and processes • Evaluate list of stakeholders for each topic (balance) • Post information on website, but dialogue through the internet is limited – use associated networks/ memberships, use printed and distributed media services (eg: local radio) • Use concise briefing papers, incorporate/examine previous recommendations • Link to ongoing initiatives and events • Maintain calendar of relevant events • Ensure consortia receive comments and suggestions • Ensure transparency of process and participation

12. Forum Sessions • Focus on the challenges, link to previous initiatives • Ensure time for meaningful dialogue (min. 2h sessions) • Strong facilitation is essential • Consider debate/panel/voting formats • Minimize/avoid formal presentations • Consider session guidelines/tips/training • Define the deliverables • Clarify linkage with Forum output

13. Complementary activities • Maintain a listing of activities • Side events, training courses (process?) • Space for ad-hoc meetings • Clear and simple mechanism for posting session outcomes

14. Post-Forum follow-up • Appoint a multi-stakeholder observer group (to give participants’ feedback) • Publish theme, topic and session output summaries • Survey coordinators and contributors on lessons learnt

15. Theme group • D. Altinbilek (Facilitator) • B. Schultz (Co-Facilitator) • S. Bensaid • Hao Zhao • D. Renault • P. Victoria • M. Diren • K. Njobl • M. Sen • E. Cakir • L. Witmer (Flip-chart Writer) • R. Taylor (Notes/Reporter)