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New Messages Series, based on the findings of the WWDR-3

The third edition of the World Water Development Report: "Water in a Changing World" provides decision makers with the tools to implement sustainable use of our water – offering best practices to help stimulate ideas and actions for better stewardship of this most essential resource. However, government, business, civil society and a host of other actors all make decisions which have implications on water use. In an effort to ensure this diverse group of actors understand how their decisions have an impact, WWAP has produced 10 four-page "Messages" based on the findings of the WWDR-3 targeted at different groups of influential decision makers. These short brochures illustrate how the findings of the WWDR relate to their particular areas of interest and their stakeholders, and suggest ways they could incorporate these findings into their own activities. WWAP will be releasing more of these targeted Messages soon. For more information on this series, please see our webpage on the Messages of the WWDR-3

G8 Water and Sanitation Experts meet at WWAP Headquarters in Perugia, Italy from 27-29 April 2009

The fourth meeting of water and sanitation experts from the Group of Eight (G8) countries was held at WWAP Headquarters in Perugia, Italy from 27 to 29 April 2009.

The event was co-hosted by WWAP, the Region of Umbria and the Perugia University for Foreigners. Mr. Lamberto Bottini, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development of the Umbria Region and Prof. Roberto Chionne, Director of the University’s Water Resources Research and Documentation Centre (WARREDOC), welcomed the participants.

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17th Session of the UN CSD: WWAP session on 'Water in a Changing World: Findings of the new World Water Development Report'

The seventeenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17), located at the United Nations headquarters in New York, began Monday, May 4th and will last until Friday, May 15th, 2009. During the activities of the CSD, delegates will consider the CSD’s thematic cluster for 2008/2009 - agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa.

On Wednesday May 13th, the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) will host a side event on "Water in a Changing World: Findings of the new World Water Development Report", which will address the CSD’s current thematic cluster in the context of water, a topic also covered by the CSD in previous years.  In addition to this event, WWAP will be a contributor to a side event organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and the World Water Council (WWC) on Thursday, May 7th, titled "5th World Water Forum - Water Management Adaptation Strategies to the global changes".

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New Side Publications Series

WWAP is pleased to announce a new series of side publications to accompany the third edition of the UN World Water Development Report, "Water in a Changing World". Written by partner organizations, these publications will provide more focused, in-depth information and scientific background knowledge discussed in the WWDR-3, and take a closer look at some less conventional water sectors. The series is divided into three primary kinds of publications: Scientific Side Papers, Sector and Topic-Specific ‘Insight’ Reports and a ‘Dialogue Series’.  Launched during the March World Water Forum in Istanbul, the first of these publications, seventeen in total, are now available on-line.

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