NWP Workshop in Mexico: Water & CC -Day 3 THE END
In this final day we made a summary of the previous sessions.
Mr. Alex Simalabmi, GWP, gave us a concrete example of the how the Global Water Partnership had been manage the sharing within the parties, the ministers, the decision makers in general. Through 5 Policy Briefs communication tools such as investing in water security for climate resilient growth and development; ensuring adaptation for all levels; managing risks and making robust decisions for development and innovative approaches to water and climate financing.
Then Mr.Seleshi, UNECA-ACPC, share with us the ACPC perspectives as a regional center. He told us that Africa faced very diverse challenges and they vary in their complex. Manage water under climate change; transboundary basins cooperation; water for food security; develop hydropower; adequate sanitation; safe drinking water, and meet growing water demands.
Ms. Sophia Sandstorm, WMO, explain us the UN Water mechanism and its thematic priority area on water and climate change. The UN Water is the UN coordination mechanism (and she remarks the concept mechanism and explains that its not an agency or a organization) for all freshwater related resources such as: water supply, water management, sanitation, wastewater, climate change adaptation, ecosystems and disasters.
There are 30 UN Water members and 25 UN water partners and other 4 partners with special status as WSSCC and the Global Compact.
The UN Water strategic directs are: Bring further coherence amongst its members and partners; Play a major role in ensuring that water is included in global policy debates; Support its members and partners at all levels; but with a particular focus on the country level.
Professor KK Pandey, 31 July 2012Above points are self explanatory and will form basis for future policies.There are two basic actions on above i. e. conservation and treatment.Cities in the south have to struggle to carryout these two tasks under adverse circumstances on account of unplanned growth and fiscal stress.
However,public awareness and participatory resources/funding will go a long way to promote conservation and treatment .It will create a positive political economy and facilitate governance system to plan and respond suitably.
Mariana Araujo, 2 August 2012Thanks, yes I agree with you and also we need to think more on adaptation strategies and not just mitigation ones. The more interesting about this workshop was the opportunity to know more about how to deal with the water issues in extreme and how the regional projects has been developed.
Professor KK Pandey, 2 August 2012Yes , adaptation is essential for sustainable growth.The two poits mentioned above namely water issues in extreme and regional approach are highly relevant to south.cities alone can not address as they lack know how and do how.therefore,a regional level instituion to engage,guide,motivate and support cities is needed.These cities actually need handholding to carryout corrections in extreme cases.Information dissemination on these was really a good point which need to be publicised further.
Mariana Araujo, 6 August 2012Information dissemination and also to adress once again the difference between information (as observed data or satellite data) and the knowledge (from native, local and indigenous communities). I think both need to be published and linked to better outputs.
Professor KK Pandey, 8 August 2012Building knowledge among poor is an important aspect of urban initiatives.It is also linked with their health and hygiene which has multiplier effect on overall productivity and health status of urban community.Therefore for poor the conservation and domestic treatment are important to know and apply.