5th World Water Forum, Istanbul 2009

WECF activities and stand at the 5th World Water Forum

16.03.2009 | WECF Event

Issues: Water & Sanitation
Duration: 01/2009 - 03/2010

Women in Europe for a Common Future will be present at the 5th World Water Forum from March 16-22, 2009, in Istanbul, with a delegation of 20 member organizations from the EU, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.

Several WECF members and staff have been invited to speak at panels on the “right to water and sanitation” and on “effects of climate change”, and to take part in the Ministerial Roundtables. One member organization, Katachel Afghanistan, has been nominated for the Kyoto Water Prize.

The WECF program includes the following events:

  • On Monday, March 16th, 14:30-19:00, WECF co-organizes together with the UN Taskforce on Gender and Water a special high-level session on Gender, Water and Sanitation. WECF member organization Central Asian Alliance for Water will present its activities and results. To download the program, click here. In preparation of the Gender special session, WECF as member of the UN-Water Taskforce on Gender and Water has helped to prepare the background flyer and report for the meeting, which are based on an expert group meeting organized by UN-DESA in December 2008.
  • On Tuesday, March 17th, 17:00-18:00, WECF co-organizes the European Regional high level plenary. WECF member Anna Tsvetkova of MAMA-86 will be speaking on the first panel, WECF is in charge of organizing the second panel on Sanitation in the European Region. To download the programm, click here.

WECF will be present on an exhibition stand together with other European organizations.

The World Water Forum is a three-annual event with an expected 20.000 visitors. For more information see: www.worldwaterforum5.org

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