Creation

2. Creation • CSD invitation to the UN system to produce a periodic WWDR • Ministerial Declaration (The Hague in March 2000)

3. WWAP Mandate • By bringing the concerns and activities of 23 UN agencies with interest and activities in Water to: • Identify and describe the nature of water crises. • Assess the coping capacity of societies. • Assess the effectiveness of policies. • Report progress on achievement of agreed targets. • Enhance capacities of the participating countries.

4. International Expectation • Create a sustainable exercise in reporting progress in water • Continue building a durable UN system-wide collaboration • Create a knowledge base • Build capacity of the countries • Develop indicators

5. World Water Assessment Programme(WWAP)

6. Publication of WWDR • Divided in two parts: • Executive summary - a 34 -page document that distills the essence the UN’s view on water. • Published in 6 UN official languages, plus Japanese • Main volume - a 576-page document that offers the assessment of the state of freshwater • English with production in other UN languages by the end of 2003

7. Contents of WWDR • Opens with chapter describing The Water Crisis and • Reviews trends since the Rio Earth Summit; • Proposes methodologies and indicators • Assesses the state of the resource and progress against targets in 11 challenge areas • Presents seven pilot case studies of river basins Documents lessons learned; • Lays the foundations for regular, system-wide monitoring and reporting

8. The Challenge Areas • Together these offer a compelling policy agenda for countries to adopt • Puts governance in the center

9. Water Solidarity within the UN System • Brought UN Agencies together in assessing water issues • Production of African Water Development Report • UN Water has recognized • WWDR as the flagship product • WWAP as the flagship programme • WWDR-1st edition has been recognized as the principle output of the UN system for the IFY- 2003

10. Working with Countries • Up to the production of the First Edition of WWDR • Direct Contribution in the form of Case studies from 12 countries • Concrete contribution in the form of written text from 47 countries • Examples from 193 countries of the world. • Call to support has been responded by over 100 countries • WWDR was covered by 700+ media in 80 countries of the world

11. Water Solidarity by Working with NGOs • Call to be inclusive has significantly increased after the Bonn Conference. • WWAP has been able to muster cooperation of • GWP • Green Cross International • the IAHS • World Water Council…. • Over 120 Universities and research institutionshave contributed to the preparation of the WWDR.

12. New Partnership through International Representation • ICFWR-Bonn, WSSD-J’burg, WWF3-Kyoto, CSD11-New York, G8-Evian • 50 international conference and meetings • 10 on-going international activities and programmes (in the steering, scientific committees) • Millennium Development Goal Task Force • Dialogue on Water and Climate, • Monitoring Tailor Made • …

13. Refinement of methodology • WWAP methodology was conceived to include two assessment tools: • Specific water indicators to relate water resources and its socioeconomic implications; and • Indices to monitor water related social and environmental performance.

14. Capacity Enhancement • With inputs from UNDP, prepared a basic framework for capacity building • Throughcase studies established conditions for south-south exchange of information and knowledge. • Prepared Capacity Building Modules for Diplomats under PC  CP • Has noted further capacity building needs in the countries, which will be responded with appropriate intervention

15. From Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potentials (PC CP) • “Application” projects coming out of the WWDR • Advocates to nurture the idea of peace in human minds • Deals with the philosophical background and ethical mandate to deal with “water conflicts”.

16. Communication & Water Portal • Five-tiered communication strategy • For specialized target groups: governments, decision-makers, water managers • Within the UN family and partners • For capacity-building – within the UN, with partners, • For general audiences, NGOs, interested lay-people • For the media about WWAP/WWDR and water issues • Developing a Water Portal • A ‘portal prototype’has already been developed for the Americas, as a model to prepare the Global Water Portal

17. Future of WWAP : Modality of Cooperation

18. WWAP shall continue to • work on the international mandate given by CSD and the Ministerial Declarations • reach out to all countries of the world • Stronger focus and priority to address the water resource problems of the Least Developed Countries

19. Our goal will be to • Prepare the most comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the state of water based on indicators • Advise countries to take appropriate decision based on authoritative reporting • Create a sustainable exercise in reporting progress • Continue building a durable UN system-wide collaboration • Buildcapacities to better monitor progress

20. WWAP expects cooperation • To produce the second edition of WWDR for publication in 2006; • Case Studies • Contribution in Challenge areas • To convert the first edition of the WWDR to a ‘living document’; • New information • Review and support in verifying information • To continue development of ‘Conflict Resolution’ component; • Coupling with Transboundary initiatives

21. WWAP expects cooperation • To develop Indicators to Assess water stress and situation • Cooperation in methodology development • Developing indicators and testing them • Develop a data-base system in support of indicators; • To monitor progress against targets, including targets agreed at WSSD and the Third WWF and CSD-11 • Strategic Review • To produce Regional, sub-regional and country Reports; • Inputs for Europe, Mediterranean and Gulf Region and Aral Sea region (Central Asia) • Develop in-country capacities; • Cooperation • Develop a Global Water Portal on the web. • Data Input