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6th World Water Forum Political Process Outcomes Marseille, France, 12-17 March 2012

6th World Water Forum Political Process Outcomes Marseille, France, 12-17 March 2012. Andras Szöllösi-Nagy, Governor and Bureau member, World Water Council 15 May 2013 7th World Water Forum Kick-off. 1. Forum Events Theme: Time for Solutions. Political Processes

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6th World Water Forum Political Process Outcomes Marseille, France, 12-17 March 2012

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  1. 6th World Water Forum Political Process OutcomesMarseille, France, 12-17 March 2012 Andras Szöllösi-Nagy, Governor and Bureau member, World Water Council 15 May 2013 7th World Water Forum Kick-off

  2. 1. Forum EventsTheme: Time for Solutions • Political Processes • High Level Opening Day Events (Rio+20, Europe, Chad, Gaza, Niger) • Ministerial Roundtables and Conference • Local and Regional Authorities • Parliamentarians • Trialogues

  3. 2. Facts and Figures • Over 19,000 Total Participants • 15 Heads of State, Governments and European Commissioners • 173 represented countries • 103 Ministers, Vice-Ministers and Secretaries of State • 170 national delegations and international organisations taking part in the Ministerial Declaration • More than 750 elected officials, including 250 mayors and 250 parliamentarians

  4. 3. Top Highlights • Ministerial Conference • International consensus on the right to water and sanitation • Commitment to accelerating progress in line with UN resolutions and MDGs • Attention given to water-energy-food nexus • 12 Ministerial Roundtables: • Adaptation to climate change • Implementation of the right to water and sanitation • Transboundary waters • Water for Developemnt in Africa • Water security and sustainability • The water-energy-food nexus • Financing infrastructure • Green economy/growth • The future of water desalination • Wastewater management • Water and health • Water-related disasters

  5. 3. Top Highlights, cont. • Local and RegionalAuthorities • 12 thematic sessions in the 3rd International Conference of Local and RegionalAuthorities for Water • Adoption of a joint statement • Over 1,100 signatoriesreached for the Istanbul Water Consensus • Parliamentarians • Adoption of a Manifesto • Launch of the Water HelpDesk for Parliamentarians • Pan-AfricanParliamentcommitted to improving water and sanitaiton • Opening Day • François Fillon, Prime Minister of France; MikhailGorbachev, President of Green Cross International; Message from Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General; Kim Hwang-sik, Prime Minister of Korea; Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger • Launch of the 4th World Water Development Report

  6. 3. Top Highlights, cont. • High Level Panels • Water, food and energy nexus (EDF, CGIAR) • Water and food security (Ministry of Agriculture - France, FAO) • Making the right to water and sanitation a reality for all (WWC with Catarina de Albuquerque) • Water and disasters (UNSGAB) • Global water governance (UN Water, National Water Agency of Brazil, WWC) • Water and green growth (WWC, Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs – Republic of Korea) • Future of the world’s water beyond 2025 (Third World Centre for Water Management) • Water for development in large countries (US Army Corps of Engineers) • Water scarcity in arid areas (Institute of Research for Development, Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall, Center for Strategic Studies and Managemetn Science, Technology and Innovation)

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