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United Nations 2023 Water Conference – the transformative influence of civil society and youth

2023-06-20

News

From March 22 to 24, 2023, the first UN conference on water in almost 50 years was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. This conference was an exceptional opportunity to advocate for the advancement of water and sanitation issues. The International Secretariat for Water (ISW) played a key role in mobilizing, catalyzing, … Continue reading United Nations 2023 Water Conference – the transformative influence of civil society and youth →

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Bridging the local to the global – How a series of youth-led dialogues contributed to the UN2023 Water Conference

2023-06-16

News

Empowering civil society and youth to influence change has been a central element of the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) strategy for over 30 years. For the UN 2023 Water Conference, ISW mobilized and promoted the voices of changemakers, particularly those most affected by water issues, including women, youth, and indigenous communities. As an integral … Continue reading Bridging the local to the global – How a series of youth-led dialogues contributed to the UN2023 Water Conference →

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Closure of phase 2 of TonFuturTonClimat

2023-06-02

Your Future, Your Climate

From May 23 to 26, 2023, a regional workshop was held in Togo to close the second phase of the TonFuturTonClimat (TFTC) project. Bringing together all the partners and numerous participants, the workshop provided an opportunity to evaluate and capitalize on actions, and explore avenues for development, while mobilizing the commitment of other national and … Continue reading Closure of phase 2 of TonFuturTonClimat →

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Facilitation of a high-level Moldovan mission to France

2023-04-26

News

Since 2016, we have been developing with the support of various partners the project “Access to drinking water and sanitation in the villages of the Nirnova River Basin” in Moldova. The project’s action area is a mainly rural space comprising 30 municipalities spread over two raions (administrative entities-departments): Hincesti and Nisporeni. Our project was thought … Continue reading Facilitation of a high-level Moldovan mission to France →

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Civil society’s call to strengthen international water governance

2023-03-14

Publications

To address urgent water-related challenges and make the human rights to water and sanitation a reality, as well as to ensure the implementation of SDG 6 and all water-related goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, one UN intergovernmental conference dedicated to water every 46 years is not enough. At this rate, we … Continue reading Civil society’s call to strengthen international water governance →

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A call to action for SDG 6 – A joint letter ahead of UN 2023 Water Conference

2023-03-12

Articles

A group of Canadian non-governmental organizations have written an Open Letter to the Government of Canada ahead of the United Nations Water Conference asking Canada to -immediately act on the universal need, value and right to water. The UN 2023 Water Conference will take place at UN Headquarters in New York, March 22nd to 24th. … Continue reading A call to action for SDG 6 – A joint letter ahead of UN 2023 Water Conference →

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