RésEAU Updates August 2024

News to read

• A new must-read for WASH professionals: The United Nations' System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation
• The Report «Water for Shared Prosperity» by the World Bank explores the connection between water, economic growth, and shared prosperity
• The latest Newsletter from the SDC Office in Lima highlights the 2024 Water Week in Peru under the motto «United for Water»
• El Agua nos Une in collaboration with the Pacific Alliance Business Council conducted a study on reclaimed water for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC); its publication «Reúso y recirculación del agua: Un estudio integral en América Latina» is available in Spanish
• In the Political Guidelines 2024-2029, the European Commisson (EU) states its ambition to take action for food security,  water and nature, pleading for a new European Water Resilience Strategy (see p. 21-22)
• WASH emergencies in conflict areas are in the rise, being exacerbated by heat waves, as reported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) from the Syrian camp Al Hol, and from Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Secretary General released a global Call to Action on Extreme Heat, highlighting the transversal role of access to water for crisis response.
• The latest issue of WASH for Development Journal features an article on Scaling up the practice of water operators’ partnership and its linkages with investment programmes
• Based on a research conducted in Ghana, the International Water Management Institute IWMI developed a guidance for socially and gender-inclusive policies for landscape and water
• The IWRM Action Hub helps finding relevant documentation for operations related to IWRM, for example indicating guidance for WASH business models in the field of climate finance

Conferences and Events to join

Swiss presence at the Stockholm World Water Week 2024

SDC is among the 4 key collaborators supporting World Water Week 2024. Find below an overview of the conference's on-site sessions involving Swiss stakeholders. Find the respective event details online by entering the Session ID in the search bar of the programme. Note that online events can be attended for free upon registration.

• 25 August - Enhancing resilience through indigenous crops for food security and nutrition, at 16:00 - 17:30; Location: A2, Level 6, Session ID 11810
• 26 August - Water Partnerships for Collective Action–bridging borders between stakeholders, at 11:00 - 12:30; Location: C2, Level 2, Session ID 11727
• 27 August - SIWI Seminar Series (2/3): Water and Armed Conflict: Social and Humanitarian Impact, at 14:00 - 15:30; Location: Room 27, Level 2, Session ID 12075
• 28 August - SIWI Seminar Series (3/3): Management of shared water resources for peace and cooperation, at 11:00 - 12:30; Location: Room 26, Level 2, Session ID 12067
• 29 August - Countries and Partners step up collaboration towards resilient agrifood systems, at 14:00 - 15:30; Location: C1, Level 2, Session ID 11837

Other Events

• 9-11 August 2024 - Alpine Rivers Symposium organized by One Water and City of Burghausen, to be held in Burghausen, Germany
• 11-15 August 2024 - World Water Congress & Exhibition, hosted by the International Water Association (IWA) to be held in Toronto, Canada
• 24 August 2024 - 34th SuSanA Meeting, to be held in Stockholm, Sweden and online
• 4-6 September 2024 - 6th International Conference for Water Safety hosted by IWA in Montevideo, Uruguay
• 8-13 September 2024 - World Groundwater Congress hosted by the International Association of Hydrogeologists to take place in Davos, Switzerland

E-workshops and webinars to attend

• 20 August 2024 - Launch event e-learning course «Building WASH resilience, conflict sensitivity and peace» by the IRC WASH Systems Academy at 15:00 CEST (online)
• 26 August 2024 - SIWI Seminar Series (1/3): Management of shared water resources for peace and cooperation, 11:00 - 12:00 CEST, online (use the Session ID 12065 in the World Water Week programme search bar)
• 28 August 2024 - How sanitation can help meet the global methane pledge, at 11:00 - 12:00 CEST online (use the Session ID 11570 in the World Water Week programme search bar)
• 4 September 2024 - Thoughts for Food 17 by the Agriculture and Food Systems Network, 08:15 - 09:00 CEST, online
• Introduction to Environmental Flows in Hydropower Projects - self-paced learning on UN SDG:Learn by UN DESA
• Change in water-use efficiency over time - self-paced learning on UN SDG:Learn by FAO
• Level of water stress - self-paced learning on UN SDG:Learn by FAO

Opportunities to apply for

• Swiss Water Partnership Youth - Water Challenge 2024: Submit your project proposal by 11 August 2024
• Blue Peace Middle East Fellowship: Apply here by 31 August 2024 and check out their recent and ongoing activities here

Please consider sharing your news with all other RésEAU members by sending an email to ResEAU@dgroups.org.

Best regards,

Dr. Daniel Maselli, RésEAU Focal Point, SDC

Delphine Magara, RésEAU Backstopper, Skat Consulting Ltd.