UN-Water Family News
Online Youth Water Congress: Emerging water challenges since COVID-19
The online Water Youth Congress is co-organized by UNESCO Centre on Integrated and Multidisciplinary Water Resources Management (CIMWRM), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in Greece, in collaboration... Read more
World Bank: creating water and sanitation utilities fit for the future
According to the World Bank, poor water and sanitation service delivery “frequently stems from a vicious cycle of dysfunctional political environments and inefficiencies in water and sanitation utilities”. Climate change,... Read more
Virtual workshop: What will you do with water data?
The workshop ‘What will you do with water data?’ is hosted virtually on 23 February at 8 – 9 am ET. The World Bank works closely with partners to achieve... Read more
Equal Aqua – an inclusive water institutions platform
Women are an untapped pool of talent for the water sector. As documented in the World Bank’s Women in Water Utilities: Breaking Barriers report, only 18 per cent of water... Read more
Call for expressions of interest to support WHO’s water, sanitation and hygiene work
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Unit is issuing a call for expressions of interest in four areas: to provide technical support to three areas of its... Read more
New FAO report: The AquaCrop Model
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have released a new report: The AquaCrop model: enhancing crop water productivity. Ten years of development, dissemination and implementation 2009-2019.... Read more
Agreements for transboundary water cooperation: a practical guide
How can countries and other stakeholders of a shared water basin work towards an effective, adaptable and sustainable cooperation agreement? What do they need to consider in the design and... Read more
UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network – call for interest
UNESCO is committed to engaging with youth and young scientists as knowledge holders, change-makers and leaders that contribute to addressing water security. The Groundwater and Settlement Section of the Water... Read more
World Wetlands Day 2022, action for people and nature
World Wetlands Day is now an official United Nations observance. The UN General Assembly adopted resolution 75/317 in August 2021, proclaiming 2 February as World Wetlands Day. Celebrated since 1997,... Read more