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Hello and welcome to our last newsletter for 2019!
Our WATEC delegation in front of a 2,000-year-old aqueduct system in Israel
As we enter the new decade, we look forward to strengthening the sustainability of our Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs), expanding into new geographies and exploring city-based MSPs, and connecting with similar platforms.
Our team is incredibly humbled by the opportunity to work with such brave champions in the public, private, civil society, and academic sectors, which has enabled us to leverage nearly US$ 889 million in co-financing since the start of the program. This has led to the implementation of projects and to accelerated impact on the ground in many areas of our work – especially in our strategic priorities of Transforming Value Chains, Promoting Circular Economies Through Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, and Water Security and Resilience Planning. Our sincerest thanks to our partners and friends who have helped achieve all of this. For more on the country-level progress we've made in the past year, I invite you to read our newly-released Annual Report.
While I was just recently in Israel to participate in WATEC (Water Technology and Environment Control) alongside our partners from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Vietnam, and Peru, my thoughts still also turn gratefully to the 2030 WRG Peru team and partners who made it possible for our Governing Council (GC) Co-Chairs Laura Tuck and Paul Bulcke as well as our esteemed Global Steering Board members to visit the 2030 WRG Peru MSP. This field visit facilitated an exchange of lessons learned from our work in Peru in the past 5 years. I am also thankful for the opportunity to have met GC members earlier in September in New York City, where we discussed recent developments and future priorities. I appreciate everything that all of you have done for our mission, and I admire and have so much gratitude for your unwavering commitment to sustainable water resources management and improved water governance.
Finally, I hope you like our newsletter's updated look and new name, which is intended to highlight the catalytic nature of our work. Please feel free to let us know how we can continue improving, and stay in the loop by following us on Twitter.
Warm wishes,
Karin Krchnak
2030 WRG Program Manager
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2030 WRG Global Steering Board Meets Local Peru MSP
The first-ever field visit for the 2030 WRG Steering Board members to a country program was held in Lima, Peru from 11 to 13 November, bringing together over 60 participants. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the Governing Council Co-Chairs and global Steering Board members to a multi-stakeholder partnership in action and to get to know the country stakeholders and learn from their experiences. Read more >>
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2030 WRG Bangladesh Dissemination Workshop on Valuing Water
Bangladesh is starting something no country has done before: developing and implementing the assessment of the value of water so that all future investment decisions – from government and private sector – will consider their impact on water and make better decisions. Last month in Dhaka, the 2030 WRG and partners organized a workshop targeting the private sector to share the benefits of valuing water for their business operations. Read more >>
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Scaling Sanitation and Promoting Circular Economy Top Priorities for 2030 WRG Kenya Governing Board
The 2030 WRG Kenya Governing Board unanimously endorsed two new concept notes during its second annual meeting last month in Nairobi. The initiatives take aim at curbing water pollution through more effective private sector participation in scaling sanitation solutions and leveraging opportunities to incorporate circular economy principles in the country's national water management strategies. Read more >>
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Q&A with Victor Lichtinger, President of Consejo Consultivo del Agua: Collective Action Central to the Democratic Process
In this interview, the President of Mexico's water advisory council discusses how MSPs can become more sustainable, the role of collective action in sustainable solutions, and how the 2030 WRG is addressing bottlenecks to progress in a democratic way. Read more >>
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To Revitalize Urban Rivers, We Must First Change the Way We Look at Them
Urban watercourses are often seen as having to be tamed or exploited for urban development. An alternative view is that urban rivers can enhance environmental quality, urban landscape, and quality of life. As such, the 2030 WRG in Brazil is championing the revitalization of the Anhanguera creek in São Paulo. If successful, this initiative could help change prevailing views of urban watercourses in São Paulo and serve as an example for other cities. Read more >>
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2030 WRG Hosts Session at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2019
Cape Town, South Africa – Following the summit's theme of "Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution," the session explored the pathways to urban resiliency and saw more than a dozen attendees investigate how current and emerging partnerships are making African cities more resilient, with a focus on circular economy approaches – particularly industrial and municipal wastewater reuse. Read more >>
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2030 WRG at the African Green Revolution Forum 2019: On Farmer-Led Irrigation
Accra, Ghana – The 2030 WRG participated in a special session on the digitization of farmer-led irrigation at this year’s forum. Speaking on the panel was 2030 WRG Africa Senior Water Resources Management Specialist Joy Busolo, who shared examples of how digitization can help ensure adequate availability and sustainable use of water resources for smallholder farmers, drawing on examples from 2030 WRG programs across Africa and Asia. Read more >>
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PUBLICATION
Accelerating and scaling solutions -
Five years of 2030 WRG in Peru
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COUNTRY INNOVATION STORY
Strengthening Urban Water Management
Where: Mongolia
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PUBLICATION
2019 Annual Report Building Trust, Growing Resilience
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WATER SCARCITY SOLUTION
Water Recycling in Paper Production
Where: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
2030 WRG Governing Council Meeting
Where: New York City
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