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Sunday | 27 August | 11:00-12:30<br />
Accelerating actions for water and disasters in the next decade<br />
Room: NL<br />
Pillar Hall<br />
Convenors: HELP, HLPW and Office of the UNSG’s Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water<br />
In parallel with the UN/international process to discuss the actions for water and disasters in the framework of the<br />
International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, the event will be the opportunity for stakeholders<br />
to express their views on priority actions for water and disasters in the next decade.<br />
Event<br />
11:00 Opening<br />
Dr Kenzo Hiroki, Sherpa of the<br />
Special Advisor to the HLPW and<br />
Coordinator, HELP<br />
11:05 Tbd<br />
H.E. Malanie Shultz<br />
Van Haegen, Minister of<br />
Infrastructure and Environment,<br />
[the Netherlands] (tbc)<br />
11:20 Panel debate: How to promote<br />
investment and financing<br />
for water-related disaster risk<br />
reduction<br />
Sulton Rahimov, First Deputy<br />
Minister of Energy and Water<br />
resources of Tajikistan, and<br />
Special Envoy of the President of<br />
the Republic of Tajikistan on the<br />
HLPW<br />
Osward Chanda, ADB<br />
tbd, US<br />
tbd, UNESCO<br />
tbd, The World Bank Group<br />
tbd, ADB<br />
tbd, UN-Water<br />
12:25 Summary and wrap-up<br />
Dr Kenzo Hiroki, Sherpa of the<br />
Special Advisor to the HLPW and<br />
Coordinator, HELP<br />
12:30 Close of session<br />
Citizen observatories empowering people in integrated water and waste<br />
management<br />
Room:<br />
FH 202<br />
Convenors: Akvo, Earthwatch, Gavagai, IHE Delft and SU<br />
Citizen observatories are innovative programmes of collective action between citizens, agencies and scientists to promote<br />
a more sustainable and participatory water management. In this interactive event, participants will explore novel<br />
approaches by research, policy and NGO communities to meet the opportunities and challenges of citizen observatories<br />
for integrated resource management.<br />
Event<br />
10:00 Introduction<br />
Uta Wehn, IHE Delft<br />
10:15 Carousel session with<br />
GroundTruth 2.0 partners:<br />
• Successes and challenges of<br />
citizen observatories focused on<br />
anthropogenic waste in freshwater<br />
ecosystems<br />
Steven Loiselle and<br />
Ian Thornhill, Earthwatch<br />
Institute<br />
• A new socio-technical approach<br />
for developing sustainable citizens<br />
observatories<br />
Uta When, IHE Delft<br />
• The use of novel ITC and<br />
analytical technologies to inform<br />
citizens and decision makers<br />
Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson,<br />
Akvo Foundation<br />
• New decision support tools<br />
that enable policy makers and<br />
communities to co-create novel<br />
policy solutions to water quality<br />
and waste challenges<br />
Teresa Cerratto-Pargman, SU<br />
• Innovative tools for using social<br />
media analytics to track public<br />
opinion and attitude towards key<br />
water and waste issues<br />
Jussi Karlgren, Gavagai<br />
11:15 Wrap up and review of event<br />
Uta Wehn, IHE Delft<br />
11:30 Close of session<br />
6 World Water <strong>Week</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Water and waste: Reduce and reuse programme.worldwaterweek.org