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Green Paper: "EU development policy in support of inclusive growth and sustainable development – Increasing the impact of EU

Participation in this consultation (open until 17/1/11) will be important to raise the profile of water in the green growth agenda, and in the new EU development policy this paper is meant to prepare.

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New ACP-EU Water Facility call for proposals // Facilité ACP-UE pour l’Eau – nouvel appel à propositions

A new call for proposals of the ACP-EU Water Facility has been published, with a focus on sanitation in poor peri-urban and urban areas in ACP countries.

National Policy Dialogues on Water: taking stock of 10 years of progress in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Ten years since the launching of the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI), some 50 representatives of the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as European Union (EU) member States and international organizations, are gathering in Geneva to discuss progress in implementation. In those countries the Water Initiative is implemented through National Policy Dialogues supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Caroline Jackson to join the Waste Management forum as a speaker

11 December 2010

15 march 2012- EU-AFRICA DIALOGUE at the WORLD WATER FORUM 6

 

EU-Africa dialogue on development cooperation regarding water for growth

Side event at 6th World Water Forum, Marseille, France

Conveners: AWG and AMCOWRoom: Europa 7 (PEU7)Info is also available on the World Water Forum website.

 

Progress towards the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in Turkmenistan

On 27 September 2012 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the second meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) committed to further progress towards the implementation of IWRM in Turkmenistan following the country’s accession to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) in August 2012.

Umweltcluster Bayern - partner of the South-East European Conference & Exhibition on Waste Management & Recycling 2011

10 December 2010

By Via Expo, Sofia, Bulgaria

OECD official approval of EUWI AWG guidance note

In 2011, the EUWI Africa Working Group published the document "OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System: Guidance for the use of Water Supply and Sanitation Purpose Codes".

Video recordings of the EUWI Seminar during World Water Week 2012.

As part of World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm, on 29 August the EU Water Initiative held a special Multi-Stakeholder Forum to mark the 10 year anniversary of its establishment at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development.

Please click on the following links to view the various presentations and panel discussions:

 

Video clip 1: Per Bertilsson (Swedish International Water Institute): Welcome and overview of the EUWI seminar.

The EUWI statement on sanitation 2008

A commitment to do more on sanitation through an Africa -EU partnership to help achieve the sanitation MDG target in Africa where 589 million people(60% of the population) lack access to safe sanita