Webinar: SDG 6 ‘acceleration snapshots’ launch event

Water and sanitation data are essential for stronger accountability, increased commitment and investments, and more effective decision-making. These country examples demonstrate, through real-life recent examples, that accelerated progress is possible and are being shared for inspiration and learning. 

IMI-SDG6 supports countries in monitoring water- and sanitation-related issues and in compiling country data to report on global progress towards SDG 6. The snapshots have been identified based on the official country data reported on the SDG 6 global indicators and collated by IMI-SDG6. The latest data are available at the SDG 6 Data Portal.

Join the ‘acceleration snapshots’ launch webinar on 16 Mar 2023 at 09:00-10.30 CET and 16:00-17:30 to learn more about these examples of successful country action, and to discuss how data can help identify progress, how the progress can be understood, and how this could inform future SDG 6 action. The webinar will start with a brief presentation of the work, followed by a discussion about lessons learned, and will end with questions and reflections from the audience.

Countries featured in the set of snapshots include Albania, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, China, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, North Macedonia, Pakistan, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

• Download the snapshots here.
• Download the presentation here.
• Watch the recordings from the webinar here.
• For further information please contact monitoring@unwater.org.

Agenda 16 March 09:00-10:30 CET (Eastern Hemisphere)

• Welcome by Will Reidhead, UN-Water
• Presentation of snapshots by Maria Schade, UN-Water
• Panel discussion with country representatives, moderated by Charafat El Yedri Afailal, IMI-SDG6 Strategic Advisory Group
  • Shofiqul Alam, WASH Specialist UNICEF and Syed Adnan Ibna Hakim, WASH Officer UNICEF in Bangladesh
  • Jerry Asumbere, Senior Programme Officer, Environmental Protection Agency in Ghana
  • Patrick Mlilo, Director Strategic Water Resource Planning, Department of Water and Sanitation in South Africa
• Discussion with the audience
• Summary and closing by Graham Alabaster, UN-Habitat and IMI-SDG6 Steering Committee

Agenda 16 March 16:00-17:30 CET (Western Hemisphere)

• Welcome by Will Reidhead, UN-Water
• Presentation of snapshots by Maria Schade, UN-Water
• Panel discussion with country representatives, moderated by Maria Jose Iturbide-Chang, IMI-SDG6 Strategic Advisory Group
  • Alba Zhori, Head of Performance Sector, Performance Management Directory, Water Resources Management Agency in Albania
  • Felipe de Sá Tavares, Head of the Superintendence of Hydrological and Socioeconomic Studies, National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) in Brazil
  • Andrew M. Kinyua, Deputy Director, Water Quality Monitoring, National Water Resources Department, Ministry of Water, Sanitation & Irrigation in Kenya
• Discussion with the audience
• Summary and closing by Tom Slaymaker, UNICEF and IMI-SDG6 Steering Committee