UNU-INWEH was actively involved in the preparation and coordination for the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille in March 2012.

Targets

UNU-INWEH Programme Officer, Corinne Wallace, is a Core Group Member for Priority for Action 1.3. In addition, she is the Core Group Coordinator for the following two targets:

1.3.1"By 2015 develop ten modular education programmes, based on harmonized communication strategies, that foster a better understanding of linkages between water, sanitation, hygiene, food security and health to consumers, practitioners, policy/decision-makers and health promoters, and to deliver these programmes in 30 countries by 2018."

Read the 1.3.1 background document

1.3.5 "By 2015 establish 10 solid research projects in parts of the world selected for high water-associated disease burdens on multi-exposure to water contaminants and aquatic environments that by 2018 will have contributed at least 25 peer-reviewed articles to support evidence-based decision-making for managing water to protect health."

Read the 1.3.5 background document

Alex Bielak, Senior Research Fellow, is a Core Group Member for Condition for Success 3.1:

CS3.1 "By 2015, design and implement a programme, including in developing countries, to improve the delivery of research for water governance with a view to increase capacity/strengthen leadership of decision makers at various levels through establishing effective science-policy interfaces."

For more information on the CS3.1 session, please click here.

Solutions

UNU-INWEH has submitted several of its projects to the World Water Forum's Suite of Solutions. See the solutions here:

Deep Words, Shallow Words: An Initial Analysis of Water Discourse in Four Decades of UN Declarations

Hydrosanitas: A Global Safe Water Provisioning Knowledgebase

IW: Science - Enhancing the Use of Science in International Waters (IW) Projects to Improve Project Results

K*(Star): Where Next for Knowledge?

KIM-UNU (Knowledge Integration and Management - United Nations University) Platform - A Knowledge Management System for Water and Development Research

Mapping Vulnerability: A Global Initiative to Measure, Map and Meet the Needs of Individuals and Communities Vulnerable to Select Water-Related Diseases in the Face of Environmental Change

Water Without Borders Collaborative Graduate Program in Water, Environment and Health