CHALLENGING TYPE II OUTCOMES IN THE WATER SECTOR:
HOW TO BUILT SOUND PARTNERSHIPS FOR WATER SECURITY?
Panel presentation organised by the Washington Office of the
Heinrich Boell Foundation in co-operation with the National Wildlife
Federation
Date: August 29
Time: 15h00-18h00
Venue: Boell Forum at the People's Global Forum +
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Type-II-Partnerships may
be the major outcome of the World Summit for Sustainable Development.
Particularly in the water sector, partnerships among governments,
businesses and civil society organisations will be launched and
considered as a way of implementing sustainable development.
Many crucial questions remain, however. Civil Society, for example,
is asking: Who is really setting the goals for partnerships? What
are the rules? Who will monitor them and ensure equity among partners?
Who is accountable? And how will they be evaluated? While many governments
call for a broad range of partnerships, they refuse to frame these
in the Political Declaration
or in the Plan of Action.
The Heinrich Boell Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation
invite governments, businesses and non-governmental organisations
to scrutinize Type-II-Partnerships launched in Johannesburg and
to discuss how the urgent but open questions could be answered to
ensure healthy water for people and nature in the coming decades.
Speakers include Bryan Pritchett, Chair, Board of
Directors, National Wildlife Federation; Sascha Müller-Kraenner,
Director, Heinrich Boell Foundation North America; Ingvar Andersson,
Senior Water Policy Advisor, UNDP; Gordon Young, Coordinator,
World Water Assessment Program, UNESCO; John Briscoe, Senior
Water Advisor, Rural Development Department, World Bank; Werner
Burkart, Deputy Director-General, International Atomic Energy
Agency; Friedrich Barth, Water Framework Directive, European
Commission (invited); Hazem Nasser, Minister of Water and
Irrigiation, Jordan; Barbara Schreiner, Department of Water
Affairs and Forestry, South Africa; Jack Moss, Senior Water
Advisor, Suez; Ger Bergkamp, IUCN- The World Conservation
Union; Shiney Varghese, Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy; Erik Olson, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense
Council; Orhan Esen, Istanbul Water Initiative, Turkey
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