Creation• CSD invitation to the UN system to

produce a periodic WWDR

• Ministerial Declaration (The Hague in March 2000)

WWAP Mandate

• By bringing the concerns and activities of 23 UN agencies with interest and activities in Water to:

– Identify and describe the nature of water crises.

– Assess the coping capacity of societies.

– Assess the effectiveness of policies.

– Report progress on achievement of agreed targets.

– Enhance capacities of the participating countries.

International Expectation

• Create a sustainable exercise in reporting progress in water

• Continue building a durable UN system-wide collaboration

• Create a knowledge base

• Build capacity of the countries

• Develop indicators

World Water Assessment Programme

(WWAP)

World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

UN Commission on Sustainable Development

Data Information Information Advice Knowledge

Indicators andInformation

Network

Monitoring Progress

Global GeoreferencedMetadatabase

Information Systems

Water Portal

Dissemination

Feedback

UN-WaterS TRATEGIC O VERSIGHT

A DMINSTRATION

PR

OC

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WWAP Secretariat at UNESCO

WORLD WATERDEVELOPMENT

REPORT

(Triennial Report)

Assessment

National/Regional WaterDevelopment Reports

Indicators

Case Studies

Capacity Building

Education & Training

Monitoring & DatabaseDevelopment

Institutional, Legal & PolicyDevelopment

Water For PeaceConflict Resoulution

Water CooperationFacility

Transboundary WaterResource Data Sharing

National GovernmentsF OUNDATIONS

UN Agencies/Regional

Commissions

UNESCO-IHE,IWE

UN Water Centers

NGO and PrivateSectors

TAC

Publication of WWDR• Divided in two parts:

– Executive summary - a 34 -page document that distills the essence the UN’s view on water.•Published in 6 UN official languages, plus

Japanese– Main volume - a 576-page

document that offers the assessment of the state of freshwater•English with production in other UN

languages by the end of 2003

Contents of WWDR• Opens with chapter describing The

Water Crisis and– Reviews trends since the Rio Earth Summit;– Proposes methodologies and indicators – Assesses the state of the resource and

progress against targets in 11 challenge areas

– Presents seven pilot case studies of river basins Documents lessons learned;

– Lays the foundations for regular, system-wide monitoring and reporting

The Challenge Areas

Sharing Water Managing Risks Valuing Water

Meeting Basic Needs Securing food Supply Water for Ecosystems

GOVERNING WATER WISELY

Water and Energy

Water and Industry

Ensuring the Knowledge Base

Cities

• Together these offer a compelling policy agenda for countries to adopt

• Puts governance in the center

Water Solidarity within the UN System

• Brought UN Agencies together in assessing water issues

• Production of African Water Development Report

• UN Water has recognized – WWDR as the flagship product– WWAP as the flagship programme

• WWDR-1st edition has been recognized as the principle output of the UN system for the IFY- 2003

Working with Countries

• Up to the production of the First Edition of WWDR– Direct Contribution in the form of Case

studies from 12 countries– Concrete contribution in the form of

written text from 47 countries– Examples from 193 countries of the world.

• Call to support has been responded by over 100 countries

• WWDR was covered by 700+ media in 80 countries of the world

Water Solidarity by Working with NGOs

• Call to be inclusive has significantly increased after the Bonn Conference.

• WWAP has been able to muster cooperation of– GWP– Green Cross International– the IAHS– World Water Council….

• Over 120 Universities and research institutions have contributed to the preparation of the WWDR.

New Partnership through International

Representation• ICFWR-Bonn, WSSD-J’burg, WWF3-Kyoto,

CSD11-New York, G8-Evian• 50 international conference and meetings• 10 on-going international activities and

programmes (in the steering, scientific committees)– Millennium Development Goal Task Force– Dialogue on Water and Climate, – Monitoring Tailor Made– …

Refinement of methodology

• WWAP methodology was conceived to include two assessment tools:– Specific water indicators to relate water

resources and its socioeconomic implications; and

– Indices to monitor water related social and environmental performance.

Capacity Enhancement

• With inputs from UNDP, prepared a basic framework for capacity building

• Through case studies established conditions for south-south exchange of information and knowledge.

• Prepared Capacity Building Modules for Diplomats under PC CP

• Has noted further capacity building needs in the countries, which will be responded with appropriate intervention

From Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potentials (PC

CP)• “Application” projects coming out of

the WWDR• Advocates to nurture the idea of

peace in human minds• Deals with the philosophical

background and ethical mandate to deal with “water conflicts”.

Communication & Water Portal

• Five-tiered communication strategy– For specialized target groups: governments,

decision-makers, water managers– Within the UN family and partners– For capacity-building – within the UN, with partners,– For general audiences, NGOs, interested lay-people– For the media about WWAP/WWDR and water issues

• Developing a Water Portal• A ‘portal prototype’ has already been

developed for the Americas, as a model to prepare the Global Water Portal

Future of WWAP : Modality of Cooperation

WWAP shall continue to

•work on the international mandate given by CSD and the Ministerial Declarations

• reach out to all countries of the world– Stronger focus and priority to

address the water resource problems of the Least Developed Countries

Our goal will be to• Prepare the most comprehensive, up-to-

date overview of the state of water based on indicators

• Advise countries to take appropriate decision based on authoritative reporting

• Create a sustainable exercise in reporting progress

• Continue building a durable UN system-wide collaboration

• Build capacities to better monitor progress

WWAP expects cooperation

• To produce the second edition of WWDR for publication in 2006; – Case Studies– Contribution in Challenge areas

• To convert the first edition of the WWDR to a ‘living document’;– New information– Review and support in verifying information

• To continue development of ‘Conflict Resolution’ component;– Coupling with Transboundary initiatives

WWAP expects cooperation • To develop Indicators to Assess water stress and

situation– Cooperation in methodology development– Developing indicators and testing them– Develop a data-base system in support of indicators;

• To monitor progress against targets, including targets agreed at WSSD and the Third WWF and CSD-11– Strategic Review

• To produce Regional, sub-regional and country Reports;– Inputs for Europe, Mediterranean and Gulf Region and Aral Sea

region (Central Asia)

• Develop in-country capacities;– Cooperation

• Develop a Global Water Portal on the web. – Data Input