Some 2.4 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation, and 1.1 billion people are without access to safe drinking water. Current water management practices and lack of environmental sanitation contribute substantially to water-related diseases. Even in countries where a large part of the population has access to improved water, sanitation and the quality of water resources need improvement. At the World Summit in Johannesburg in September 2002 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan identified water and sanitation as one of the five key areas in which concrete results were expected.
The 3rd World Water Forum will also address issues of water, water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and water pollution. Numerous activities are already under way worldwide. UN organizations such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF have been working rigorously with national and local governments and NGOs on water and sanitation by executing mitigation projects and providing technical guidance. The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council has developed a global and local-level advocacy campaign, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for All (WASH), which has been launched internationally and locally. The results of other activities on drinking water quality and health implications in developing countries, ecological sanitation, improved water management practices, water pollution control, and urban wastewater and water reuse will also be presented to representatives of international organizations, government officials, decision-makers, NGOs, and the private sector.
Also covering such broad perspectives as health, security, people-centered approaches, indicators and monitoring, legal frameworks and financing, and sustainable development, issues that influence and are influenced by water management practices, the sessions are expected to produce a "Kyoto Statement" on future dialogue that will further integrate evaluations and discussions of case studies. |
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Organaizer / Convening Organizations |
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Safe Motherhood and Water [OTHE-04] |
16.March 12:30-15:15 |
Japanese organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning(JOICFP) |
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Opening Plenary : Water Supply, Sanitation, Hygiene and Water Pollution [SANI-OP] |
16.March 13:00-15:00 |
WSSCC, WHO, WHO, WHO, UNICEF, UNICEF, Japan Water Research Center, Japan Sewerage Committee for the 3rd World Water Forum |
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Measures for on-site treatment of domestic wastewater; Johkasou [SANI-06] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
Office of Johkasou Promotion, Ministry of the Environment; the National Federation of Johkasou Business Organizations; Japan Education Center of Environmental Sanitation |
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Revising the Water Reuse Guidelines(Purple Book)- International Experience [SANI-04] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
United States Agency for International Development(USAID) |
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Sustainable Urban Sanitation: Findings from a research/actions programme [SANI-08] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
pS-Eau, Municipal Development Partnership (MDP), |
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Technological and Policy Dimensions of Arsenic Contamination in the Asian Region [SANI-07] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
United Nations University (UNU) |
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Technology Alternatives for Developing Countries [SANI-15] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) |
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WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All [SANI-03] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) |
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Wastewater Management and Water Pollution Control [SANI-02] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
Japan Sewerage Committee for the 3rd World Water Forum |
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Water pollution and Control in developing countries [SANI-09] |
16.March 15:45-18:30 |
Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Aswan, Egypt |
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Drinking water quality and health implications in developing countries [SANI-18] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
Centre for Community Health Research |
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Ecological Sanitation - Progress Being Made Around the World: What is ECOSAN and what is being done generally? [SANI-17] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Japan Toilet Association (JTA), and the City of Kyoto |
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Global Initiatives on Wastewater and Sanitation Revisited [SANI-05] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
UNEP/GPA United Nations Environment Programme - Coordination Office of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, jointly with the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Programme for Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT) and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) |
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Operation and Maintenance Network [SANI-11] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
NIPH / O&M Network / WSSCC |
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Safe water : Household Security and Quality [SANI-16] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
UNICEF |
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Supporting Accelerated Sanitation Delivery: Africasan, SA Case Studies and Testing Indicators [SANI-13] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry in collaboration with the WSSCC and the Water Research Commission of South Africa |
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Sustainable and Secure Water Delivery and Flood Control Systems [SANI-12] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
Association of Japansese Consulting Engineers |
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The Trends and Prospects of International Cooperation in Technologies of Water Supply System [SANI-14] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
Japan Water Research Center |
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Water, Sanitation and Health [SANI-10] |
17.March 8:45-11:30 |
World Health Organization (WHO) |
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Closing the Digital Divide: Information and Knowledge Sharing for Safe Water and Sanitation in the Developing World [SANI-20] |
17.March 12:30-15:15 |
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre |
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Pathways to the Provision of Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation Services to Communities Worldwide [SANI-19] |
17.March 12:30-15:15 |
International Water Association (IWA) |
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Wastewater Treatment with Effective Microorganisms (EM) [SANI-21] |
17.March 12:30-15:15 |
EM Research Organization |
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Wrap up Plenary : Water Supply, Sanitation, Hygiene and Water Pollution [SANI-WP] |
17.March 16:00-18:00 |
WSSCC, WHO, WHO, WHO, UNICEF, UNICEF, Japan Water Research Center, Japan Sewerage Committee for the 3rd World Water Forum |
