Side-event on “Fostering innovation in water and agriculture for smallholders”

Tuesday 19 June 2018 from 9.00 to 10.30

This side event will discuss innovation in a water and food system perspective in the context of climate change where agriculture and rural livelihoods are at stake.  The new FAO/IWMI publication on “A Global Review of Water Pollution from Agriculture” will be also launched during the event. 

Chair and Moderator - Oleg Guchgeldiyev, FAO Representative in Tajikistan

Keynote speaker - Gary M. Grossman, Associate Director of Programs, School for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University, USA

Speakers - Yaya Boubacar, National Director, National Direction for Water, Mali

Maggie White, Programme Manager, Swedish International Water Institute (SIWI)

Patricia Mejias Moreno, Water Resources Officer, Land and Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Timothy Williams, Director for Africa, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Diana Iskreva, Executive Director, Earth Forever / Women for Water Partnership

Publication launch of “A Global Review of Water Pollution from Agriculture”, FAO-IWMI/WLE

Claudia Sadoff, Director General, IWMI

Olcay Unver, Deputy Director, FAO

Organized in collaboration with IFAD, IWMI and SIWI

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Action Panel on “Integrated water resources management, water efficiency and productivity”

Wednesday 20 June 2018 from 14.30 to 16.00

Promoting holistic, balanced approaches to water resources management in order to increase food production using less water, will help realize the 2030 Agenda. This Action Panel will focus on how science and policy can support Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) with the aim to increase water efficiency and productivity.

CO-CHAIRS - H.E. Mr. Shavkat Khamraev, Minister of Water Resources, Uzbekistan

H.E. Mr. Gilbert Houngbo, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Chair of UN-Water

MODERATOR - Claudia Sadoff, Director General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Olcay Unver, Deputy Director, Land and Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

PANELISTS - H.E. Eng. Essa Bin Hilal Al-Kuwari, President, Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation ”Kahramaa”, Qatar

Tony Slatyer, Special Adviser on Water, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

Zhisen Liu, Deputy Director, The Pearl River Basin Water Resources Protection Bureau, Ministry of Water Resources, China

Guangzhe Chen, Senior Director, Water Global Practice, World Bank Group

Guljamal Nurmuhamedova, Regional Chair, Global Water Partnership (GWP)

Jelle Beekma, Senior Water Management Specialist, Zarafshon Integrated Basin Project, Tajikistan

RAPPORTEUR - Kristina Johansson, Programme Officer, Swedish International Water Institute (SIWI)

Organized in collaboration with GWP, IFAD, UNESCO and SIWI

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Action Panel on “Water, food, energy and environment nexus”

Thursday 21 June 2018 from 09.00 to 10.30

This Action Panel will contribute to the discussion on how to address the complex relationship across the water, food, energy and environment sectors, taking into account the global challenges of a rapid population growth and climate change.

CO-CHAIRS - H.E. Mr. Usmonali Usmonzoda, Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Tajikistan

H.E. Mr. Julio Cesar Arriola Ramirez, Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the United Nations 

MODERATOR - H.E. Mr. Jan Kickert, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Mark Smith, Deputy Director-General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

PANELISTS -H.E. Yerlan Nysanbayev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Kazakhstan

Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros, Director of the Division of Water Sciences and Secretary of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Diana Iskreva, Executive Director, Earth Forever / Women for Water Partnership 

RAPPORTEUR - Adeel Zafar, Executive Director, Pacific Water Research Centre, Canada

Organized in collaboration with IFAD and IWMI, SIWI, UNECE/Water convention and the Pacific Water Research Centre

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Action Panel on “Water for vulnerable people, including refugees and migrants”

Thursday 21 June 2018 from 14.30 to 16.00

This Action Panel will focus on the linkages between water, poverty and migration and will contribute to on-going discussions on the strategies to improve water security and the livelihoods of rural communities, as well as to ensure the human right to access to water, including for migrants and refugees.

CHAIR - H.E. Dr. Hassan Janabi, Minister of Water Resources of Iraq

MODERATOR - Alice Bouman-Dentener, Director of Diploria and Honorary Founding President of Women for Water Partnership

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS - H.E. Eng. Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources of Nigeria

H.E. Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General of IOM (videomessage)

PANELISTS - Yaya Boubacar, National Director, National Direction for Water, Mali

David Michaud, Practice Manager, Water Global Practice, World Bank

Patricia Mejias, Technical Officer, Land and Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Timothy Williams, Director for Africa, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Assem Chreif, Programme Coordinator, Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST)

Adeel Zafar, Executive Director, Pacific Water Research Centre

RAPPORTEUR - Riccardo Biancalani, Project Coordinator, FAO

Organized by FAO on behalf of UN-Water in collaboration with IOM, UNHCR and OHCHR