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Building capacities in the Arab region on "Valuing Water"

Following the launch of World Water Development Report (WWDR) 2021 Arabic in Cairo Water Week 2021, the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) and UNESCO Doha Office, with the financial support of the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation and in cooperation with the Water Sciences and Technology Association (WSTA), Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) and the Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC SG) are organizing an online training on the theme of the Report 2021, ‘Valuing Water’.  
The training in Arabic will target countries that are in the UNESCO Doha Office cluster. Contents of the training will be presented through four online sessions that will take place on 15-16-21 and 22 February.
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This training will be the fourth following the suit of the ones that took place in 2018 (Cairo, Egypt), 2019 (Beirut, Lebanon), and 2021 (online). Close to 200 water professionals directly benefitted from these capacity development activities.
 

Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation has been supporting WWAP for the Arabic translation of the World Water Development Report since 2017. Thanks to this long-term collaboration, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 editions of the Report are now available to download free of charge on UNESCO’s website. These Reports provided in-depth information on ‘Wastewater: An Untapped Resource’, ‘Nature-based solutions for Water’, ‘Water and Climate Change’ and ‘Valuing Water’, respectively.

The WWDR is UN-Water’s flagship report on water and sanitation issues, focusing on a different theme each year. The report is published by UNESCO, on behalf of UN-Water and its production is coordinated by the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme.

The report provides decision-makers with knowledge and tools to formulate and implement sustainable water policies. It also offers best practices and in-depth analyses to stimulate ideas and actions for better stewardship in the water sector and beyond.