Introduction of Political Process

2. Introduction of Political Process General Description The Political Process aims to bring together politicians and elected officials from all over the world, not only responsible for water, environment, agriculture or energy policies, but also for finance or other domains in order to create the understanding of the urgency of positive and pro-active policies on water issues Structure of the Process Government Parliament Local Authorities

3. Key Point of Political Process Coherence and Linkage within and without the Process (within) government, parliament, local authorities e.g. Trialogues during the 6th World Water Forum • (without) Regional Process, Thematic Process, Science and Technology Process •  The elements of the Political Process should come from other Processes

4. Key Point of Political Process • End-products of Political Process • Documents such as declaration and progress report • - To renew our political will, serving as a guideline of our concrete actions Other forms of end-product could be explored, as appropriate. - The Korean government will give due consideration in close consultation with the WWC to the ideas from various stakeholders

5. Key Point of Political Process Ensuring Action-oriented Forum • Action for a real change is key to success of the WWF, and at the center is the Political Process • The 7th World Water Forum highlight ‘implementation’ • The year of 2015 is a critical juncture as it is end of MDGs and new-start of post-MDGs and SDGs

6. Way Forward Organizational Set-up Political Process Commission & Sub-committees for the three political segments Roadmap for the Preparation of the Political Process Official Launch of the Political Process PrepComs Prepare end-products through in-depth consultation and discussion between stakeholders