Meet Dr. Zafar Adeel succeding Dr Steduto as UN-Water Chair. Dr. Adeel is Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health at the United Nations University in Hamilton, Canada. In this interview he talks about the challenges ahead, sharing his view on global issues: economic crisis, poverty, sanitation, climate change with the Millennium Development Goals' deadlines.
Dr Adeel believes his environmental-policy experience, involvement in water-pollution issues and work as director of UNU-INWEH in forming a bridge of knowledge between the scientific community and policy processes will stand him in good stead for his new role.
UNICEF is seeking a Senior Adviser WASH (Scaling up), responsible for providing support and building capacity of UNICEF Regional and Country offices for the strategic design and planning of UNICEF WASH programmes, with the aim of positioning UNICEF support to scale up and accelerate progress towards the MTSP results related to WASH. The position is at P-5 level and it is based in New York, USA. UNICEF Employment
World
Water Day 2010: Water Quality
Life on earth is based on
water. The quality
of life directly depends
on water quality. Healthy
ecosystems are sustained
by good water quality, which
leads to improved human well-being.
On the contrary, poor water
quality affects the environment
and human well-being. With
waterborne diseases causing
the death of more than 1.5
million children every
year and 2 million tons
of sewage and other effluents
draining into the world’s
waters every day, we
all need to be more aware
of what water quality is
all about.
The United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) is embarking on their next strategic phase with the release of the Hashimoto Action Plan II. In only a few years, world leaders will assess progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals, including the targets to halve by 2015 the number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. View/Download the Document
Global Water Partnership seeking a Head of Network Operations
GWP is looking for an experienced water professional with previous management responsibilities in an international environment and with excellent people management skills, to provide guidance and support to the GWP Network in implementing its strategic goals. She/he provides strategic thinking and programmatic direction, overall supervision regarding governance, financial and contractual matters, fosters cooperation and pro-actively supports knowledge sharing at all levels and is a member of the management team.
Follow-up: Conference of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS)
The conference took place at the United
Nations University (UNU) Headquarters in Tokyo,
Japan. The aimwas to facilitate focused
discussions on three issues 1) positioning
sustainable sanitation in society 2) optimizing
sanitation technology and 3) financing sanitation,
which are critical in achieving sanitation-related
MDG and beyond. Go
to the Year of Sanitation website
Updates
on the 4th World Water Development
Report (WWDR4)
The
United Nations World Water Assessment
Programme (WWAP) is pleased to invite
you to comment on the newly released
annotated Table of Contents for the
fourth edition of the UN World Water
Development Report (WWDR4). As a unique,
global report which aims to inform
us all, WWAP hopes to receive your
comments and contributions throughout
the development of the Report. Please
join us in its preparation by sharing
your comments with us through the public
consultation for the annotated
Table of Contents of the
WWDR4
Official UN-Water World
Water Day Event
On 22 March 2010 a UN-Water World Water Day 2010 event will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, to mark the World Water Day 2010, with the theme on “Water Quality”, under the slogan “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. Jointly hosted by UNEP, UN-Habitat, and UNSGAB, on behalf of UN-Water, and the Government of Kenya, the event will bring together policy makers, scientists and eminent personalities to discuss how to address the challenges of degrading water quality around the world. Read more on World Water Day 2010 Visit World WaterDay 2010 Website
UN-Water
Seminar on “UN-Water’s
Perspective on Water Supply
and Sanitation and Needs
for Capacity Development
in Africa"
UNW-DPC
is coordinating the “UN-Water
Seminar on“UN-Water’s
Perspective on Water Supply
and Sanitation and Needs
for Capacity Development
in Africa” which will
take place suring the International
African Water Congress organized
by the African Water Association
on 15-18 March in Kampala,
Uganda. Read more
UNW-DPC
is coordinating the “UN-Water
Seminar on“UN-Water’s
Perspective on Water Supply
and Sanitation and Needs
for Capacity Development
in Africa” which will
take place suring the International
African Water Congress organized
by the African Water Association
on 15-18 March in Kampala,
Uganda.
