The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF will run a webinar called “Is your facility WASH FIT 2022?” at 1pm CEST, on 26 April 2022. Participants will hear about the … Read more
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On 2-3 March, the UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6) Steering Committee met to review the 2021 results and plan for the 2022 work. 2021 results In 2021, … Read more
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The FAO Land and Water Division has launched the new website of the Building Forward Better Initiative. The Building Forward Better Initiative “addresses countries in fragility and contributes to reduce … Read more
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosts the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) in its Land and Water Division. Now, FAO has launched … Read more
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A free, online course on gender and integrated water resources management (IWRM) is available until 31 March 2022. It is accessible on the Cap-Net virtual campus, and was jointly developed … Read more
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From the 29-31 March 2022 is the three-day opening workshop of the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA) workshop series on water quality monitoring. The proposed series of workshops aims at … Read more
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As part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will host a webinar called … Read more
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A new multimedia publication by the Global Water Partnership (GWP), released on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022, celebrates the way women in all corners of the globe are continuing … Read more
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A catalogue on groundwater management and governance tools, measures and instruments is being developed and will be introduced during the UN-Water Groundwater Summit, to be held in December 2022. The … Read more
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The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) are organizing a conference to promote the use of space technology in water management to the benefit of developing countries. The … Read more
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The online Water Youth Congress is co-organized by UNESCO Centre on Integrated and Multidisciplinary Water Resources Management (CIMWRM), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in Greece, in collaboration … Read more
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According to the World Bank, poor water and sanitation service delivery “frequently stems from a vicious cycle of dysfunctional political environments and inefficiencies in water and sanitation utilities”. Climate change, … Read more
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The workshop ‘What will you do with water data?’ is hosted virtually on 23 February at 8 – 9 am ET. The World Bank works closely with partners to achieve … Read more
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Women are an untapped pool of talent for the water sector. As documented in the World Bank’s Women in Water Utilities: Breaking Barriers report, only 18 per cent of water … Read more
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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Unit is issuing a call for expressions of interest in four areas: to provide technical support to three areas of its … Read more
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have released a new report: The AquaCrop model: enhancing crop water productivity. Ten years of development, dissemination and implementation 2009-2019. … Read more
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How can countries and other stakeholders of a shared water basin work towards an effective, adaptable and sustainable cooperation agreement? What do they need to consider in the design and … Read more
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UNESCO is committed to engaging with youth and young scientists as knowledge holders, change-makers and leaders that contribute to addressing water security. The Groundwater and Settlement Section of the Water … Read more
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World Wetlands Day is now an official United Nations observance. The UN General Assembly adopted resolution 75/317 in August 2021, proclaiming 2 February as World Wetlands Day. Celebrated since 1997, … Read more
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