#WaterDecade High-level Interactive Dialogue on the Water for Life Decade: Progress achieved and lessons learned

Date: 30 March 2015
Place: UN Headquarters, New York, USA.
Organisers: President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), UN-Water

On 19 December 2014 the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution (A/RES/69/215) on the ’International Decade for Action, «Water for Life», 2005-2015’, calling to evaluate progress achieved in the implementation of the Decade and continue taking steps for achieving internationally agreed water-related goals. The resolution also invited the President of the UN General Assembly to convene a High-level Interactive Dialogue on the theme ’The International Decade for Action: Progress achieved and lessons learned relevant to the achievement of sustainable development'. The dialogue will review progress achieved and gaps in the implementation of the Decade and will reflect on lessons learned that can contribute to a comprehensive approach to sustainable management of water and sanitation in the post-2015 development agenda. The event will feature a plenary segment and a high-level, interactive, multi-stakeholder panel discussion on the theme ’Carrying lessons learned from the Decade into the post-2015 development agenda'. It will result in a President's summary that will be circulated to Member States and other stakeholders. The UN Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) will moderate the interactive discussion on good practices with regards to means of implementation and partnerships.
>> Visit the event website >> Provisional programme >> Background document

#WWF7

Date: 12-17 April 2015
Place: Daegu and Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
Organiser/s: World Water Council (WWC)

The 7^th World Water Forum will take place under the theme, ’Water for Our Future;' to raise awareness on the importance of tackling water challenges within the context of the post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The World Water Forum is an international conference that is held every three years to provide a forum for global water issues in cooperation with the public and private sectors, academia and industries. Different UN agencies will play an active role in the WWF: On 13 April, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) coordinates facilitating the inter-regional cooperation for better water and sanitation service provision at the inter-regional session for the Caribbean and the Pacific ; the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) organises the event Water and food security in a changing world the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Safe drinking water for all: Realizing the human right to water and sanitation . The same day, United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (UN WWAP UNESCO), in cooperation with UN-Water Members and partners, will present the main findings and messages of the World Water Development Report 2015 (WWDR 2015) . On 14 April, the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) coordinates the session Innovative financing for small and decentralized water and sanitation operators and actors. The UN Office to Support the International Decade for Action: Water for Life 2005-2015 will participate at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) session on water governance indicators Counting what counts: getting indicators right for better water governance and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) session Efficient water management in the Post 2015, both on 15 April. The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme will convene on 16 April the event Water Education and Capacity Building: Key for Water Security and Sustainable Development, and UNEP will coordinate Sustainable Wastewater Management and Reuse. UNW-DPAC will participate at the UNESCO high level session on Water Security and Sustainable Development: Co-operation among Disciplines and Stakeholders and the Thematic Process Session entitled Addressing water security challenges: Case-studies and sharing of experiences on providing enough safe water for all, on 16 April 2015.
>> Access the 7^th World Water Forum website >> See the complete Programme

#Post2015

Date: 20-24 April 2015
Place: New York
Organiser: Office of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President

The United Nations is in the process of defining a post-2015 development agenda to be launched at a Summit in September 2015, which is the target date for realizing the Millenium Development Goals (MDG). The intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015 development agenda are taking place over several sessions from January 2015. The upcoming 4^th session will focus on the means of implementation and global partnerships for sustainable development.
>> More information >> Read more about the previous sessions

#Post2015

Date: 18-22 May 2015
Place: New York, U.S.A.
Organiser: Office of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President

The intergovernmental negotiations on post-2015 development agenda will take place over several sessions starting in January 2015. The 5^th session of the intergovernmental negotiations will focus on follow-up and review.
>> More information >> Learn more about the process

#WaterDecade

Date: 9-11 June
Place: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Organisers: Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in cooperation with UN-Water and other partners

The UN General Assembly resolution (A/RES/69/215) on the ’International Decade for Action, «Water for Life», 2005-2015’ included the convening of a High-level International Conference on the implementation of the Decade. The Conference provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges and gaps in the implementation of the International Decade and on this basis, recommendations will be elaborated for further action to be taken after 2015, including contributing to the development of the Sustainable Development Goals related to water resources. The conference program will include a variety of activities, including plenary and thematic sessions, sessions on regional perspectives, an exhibition and a tour. The Tajikistan Conference is open to all stakeholders for conducting side events.
>> Visit the Conference’s website! >> Read the 1^st announcement of the Conference

#Financing&Development

Date: 13 to 16 July 2015
Place: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organiser: President of the UN General Assembly, UN Economic and Social Council, Government of Ethiopia

The 3^rd International Conference on Financing for Development will focus on:(1) assessing the progress made in the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration and identifying obstacles and constraints encountered in the achievement of the goals and objectives agreed therein, as well as actions and initiatives to overcome these constraints;(2) addressing new and emerging issues, including in the context of the recent multilateral efforts to promote international development cooperation, (3) reinvigorating and strengthening the financing for development follow-up process. The Conference will gather high-level political representatives, including Heads of State and Government, and Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, as well as all relevant institutional stakeholders, non-governmental organizations and business sector entities. The event will result in an intergovernmentally negotiated and agreed outcome, which should constitute an important contribution to and support the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda.
>> Learn more >> More information >> UN General Assembly resolution on Modalities for the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development (A/RES/68/279)

#Post2015

Date: 25 - 27 September
Place: New York, USA.
Organiser: Office of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President

The post-2015 development agenda will be launched at the Summit in September 2015, which is the target date for realizing the MDGs. It is currently being elaborated through informal consultations of the UN General Assembly. The President of the General Assembly has appointed two Co-facilitators to lead those informal consultations. The process of arriving at the post 2015 development agenda is Member State-led with broad participation from Major Groups and other civil society stakeholders. There has been numerous inputs to the agenda, notably a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by an open working group of the General Assembly (GA), the report of an intergovernmental committee of experts on sustainable development financing, GA dialogues on technology facilitation and many others. The UN Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda was mandated by the UN General Assembly in September 2013 (Resolution 68/6) . The Summit will be convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, per Resolution 69/244 of December 2014.
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#ClimateChange

Date: 30 Nov - 11 Dec 2015
Place: Paris, France
Organiser: Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Water is the primary medium through which climate change influences Earth’s ecosystem and thus the livelihood and well-being of societies. France will be hosting and presiding the 21^st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 11th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP21/CMP11), otherwise known as ’Paris 2015’ from 30 November to 11 December 2015. COP21 will be a crucial conference, as it needs to achieve a new international agreement on the climate, applicable to all countries, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2^oC. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted during the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992. It entered into force on 21 March 1994 and has been ratified by 196 States, which constitute the ’Parties’ to the Convention - its stakeholders. The Conference of the Parties (COP), made up of all ’States Parties’, is the Convention’s supreme decision-making body. It meets every year in a global session where decisions are made to meet goals for combating climate change.
>> Access the Conference website >> Learn more at the United Nations Climate Change Newsroom