EU Water Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Forum 2015
EU Water Initiative
Event details
Description
The Seminar is organised as the annual Multistakeholder Forum of the EU Water Initiative (EUWI), and constitutes a contribution to the 2015 'EU Year of Development'. The Seminar will present and discuss the new initiatives being launched and developed in the different partnerships established in the EUWI framework, enhancing the role of water as a driver for sustainable development, with a special focus on the water-energy-food security nexus. It will present experience and good practice from the ongoing work and debate on further actions
EU Water Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Forum 2015
Stockholm, Thursday, 27 August 2015
11:00 – 12:30
Room NL Auditorium/Aulan
Co-convened by European Commission and SIWI
Draft agenda
| Opening Remarks | ||
| 11.00 – 11.10 |
Co-hosts - European Commission |
Ms. Marta Moren Abat, DG Environment and Mr. André Liebaert, DG Development and Cooperation |
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SIWI |
Ms. Marianne Kjellen |
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| Keynote address | ||
| 11.10 – 11.20 |
Lessons from the China-EU Water Platform (CEWP), with a focus on the ‘Business component’ |
Mr. Henrik Dissing, CEWP representative |
| New developments of the EUWI Regional components | ||
| 11:20 – 11:40 |
Africa region – Strategy under a renewed Africa-EU Partnership |
Executive Secretary of AMCOW (Mr Bai-Mass Taal), and associated programmes (Mr. Nico Elema, Centres of Excellence) |
| 11:40– 12.00 |
EECCA, Mediterranean and Latin American (tbc) components : Opportunities for the future – EU regional programmes and Nexus regional dialogues |
EUWI-EECCA (Mr. Bo Libert - UNECE), EUWI-MED (Mr. Vangelis Constantianos, GWP-Med) |
| Concluding multi-stakeholder dialogue | ||
| 12.00 – 12:30 |
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Reflections from Civil Society (Mr. Stefan Reuter, BORDA) and EU Member States
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Related documents
EU Water Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Forum 2015 - Agenda
English (27.45 KB - DOCX)EUWI Multi-stakeholder Forum Report
English (344.65 KB - PDF)AU/NEPAD African Networks of Water Centres of Excellence
English (3.09 MB - PDF)5+5 WATER STRATEGY in the WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
English (2.38 MB - PDF)
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