 The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) welcome entries for the fourth edition of the WASH Media Awards. This competition is open to journalists who publish or broadcast original investigative stories and reports on water supply, sanitation or hygiene (WASH) related issues and their impact on individual and country development.
Entries must be published or broadcast between 1st April 2011 and 1st April 2012 in English, French or Hindi (works not originally produced in one of these languages must be submitted together with a translation). Eligible formats are: print & online, TV, radio, cartoons & photos.
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Produced by the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC), this review brings you every two months the latest publications produced by United Nations agencies and programmes on issues related to water and sanitation.
The UN Office to support the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) has just launched a video library. This video library features water-related videos produced by United Nations agencies, programmes and/or initiatives, and facilitates access to this selection of videos by theme and by region. It also provides access to UN Youtube Water Channels. 
UNEP and the UNRIC in collaboration with partners launched on 9 December a European Advertising competition open to professionals and non-professionals in 48 European countries called "The Future We Want – Drop by Drop" to highlight the links between water, the green economy and next year's Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development.
The Conference Book presents the main outcomes of the Conference that took place in Zaragoza, Spain, from 3 to 5 October 2011. It includes in particular a Water Toolbox, a best practice guide of actions, instruments and policies which can support the transition towards a green economy and constitutes a contribution of UN-Water to the Rio+20 process. 
UNW-DPC, together with FAO, UNEP and UNU-INWEH, is beginning a two-year project on the topic of "Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture." An international workshop to kick off the project will take place in Bonn on November 14th and 15th, with regional workshops to follow. 
Six thousand farmers have been trained in groundwater management by a project run by Indian NGOs and guided by the FAO. This video, entiled 'India's barefoot water scientists' is a look at what happens when these farmers are empowered to manage their own resources scientifically and in cooperation with other farmers. 
The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus - Solutions for the Green Economy, on 16 November 2011 in Bonn, Germany. UN-Water discussed its messages for Rio+20 and key initiatives that are important in supporting the role of water in the development agenda. UN-Water Statement on "Water in the Green Economy" was also presented.
Water is essential to life. The vocabulary of water percolates into daily conversations worldwide, whether in relation to personal or societal survival, the status and health of the global environment, or to water's importance in other realms of sustainable development including food and energy security.
