Dr Fraser MacLeod,

Head of Global Projects

Global Dialogue on Water Security and Sustainable Growth

Background

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• GWP and OECD launched the Global Dialogue in 2013

• Objectives• To organise global, regional and country-level consultations on

Water Security and Growth• To generate new economic knowledge in order to support a

Sustainable Development Goal on ”water security for all”• To integrate this goal into a robust post-2015 development

framework

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Global Dialogue Process

Task Force

Country Consultations

High Level Panel

New information for research, debate and policy advice

Information and evidence

7th WWF and global media

Post-2015 SDG Debate

Information

and evidenceEvidence

based input

Evidence

based input

Evidence based input

Guidance

Guidance Gui

danc

e

Country Consultations• Phase 1 Jan – Mar 2013

• 22 countries discuss challenges and priorities post-2015

• Phase 2 Feb – Apr 2014• 29 countries discuss UN-

Water advice on targets and indicators

• Synthesis report May 2014

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Country Consultations

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TunisiaGhanaBeninNigeriaKenyaUgandaTanzaniaZambiaZimbabweIndonesiaVietnamPakistanSri LankaBangladeshNepal

KazakhstanTadjikistanBulgariaSloveniaPolandRomaniaPeruBrazilArgentinaColombiaGuatemalaNicaraguaTrinidad & TobagoCameroon

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Emerging Messages• Strong support for a specific water goal, with a desire to

set targets at the national level;• Broad support for the targets, although many

suggestions at the indicator level reflecting country context;

• Confirmation that the proposed goals and targets are very much in line with existing national policies;

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Emerging Messages• Reinforcement that a more integrated and

comprehensive perspective is essential between water targets, and between water and other proposed goals;

• Positive reinforcement of youth and gender as key factors in successful implementation; and

• Great appreciation for the opportunity to engage and participate, with a strong voice for continued proactive community engagement in water reform.

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Visibile Findings• Individual country reports provided to representatives in

New York as input to SDG discussions• Inject into the UN-Water SDG Working Group and the

OWG directly• Present key messages in Singapore• Shape the research undertaken by the Task Force• Advocacy through the High Level Panel

Expert Task Force• Co-Chairs

• Claudia Sadoff• Professor David

Grey and Jim Hall (Oxford University)

• Global scale research• Basin scale research • Integrating the findings

of the country consultations

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Policy Dialogue

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• GWP and OECD to convene a High Level Panel

• H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, who is also AMCOW Goodwill Ambassador for Water and Sanitation

• Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary General of OECD, formerly Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance

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High Level Panel• Membership being finalised • Indicative meeting schedule:

• Stockholm International Water Week (Sep 2014)• OECD Global Forum (Nov 2014)• World Water Forum (Mar 2015)

• Global Dialogue final report launched at World Water Forum

Thank you !

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