The UN 2023 Water Conference, which is officially known as the UN Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Sustainable Development’ 2018-2028, will be held from the 22nd till the 24th of March in New York. The Republic of Tajikistan and the
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Countries in the GCC and the Arab region face challenges to provide water for an increasing population and rising demand under prevailing water scarcity. Due to the urgency to improve the financial and water resource management, public water supply and sanitation institutions initiated reforms towards a client-oriented, efficient, and equitable service delivery. Water regulators serve
The water sector, like many other sectors with large-scale infrastructure projects, public sector involvement as well as high technical complexity and multiple stakeholders, is at risk of corruption. The Global Outlook on Water Integrity estimates that $75 billion of water investments is lost to corruption annually. Water is indispensable for human health and welfare, therefore
AWARENET together with its partners UNDP WGF @ SIWI, IUCN-ROWA, GWP-Med postponed the 3rd regional Training Course “Water Integrity for MENA Region” to December 2016 (tentative dates). The training course is part of the SIWI-led and UfM-labelled Water Integrity Capacity Building Programme in MENA, co-sponsored by Sida, Cap-Net UNDP and GWP-Med. Further details to follow.