2030 WRG Newsletter
October 2015
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Strengthening Bangladesh delta management
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The government of Bangladesh signed an agreement with the Netherlands, the World Bank and 2030 WRG/IFC to strengthen management of the Bangladesh Delta. It is Asia’s largest and the world’s most populated delta.
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Peru formally adopts prioritization study as legal norm
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September marked the successful completion of the first analytical study that prioritized investments to close the water gap in coastal catchments. The government has formally adopted the results of the prioritization study by adopting the methodology as a legal norm across the whole country.
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Forming allies with Mexico's National Water Commission
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The National Water Commission in Mexico, CONAGUA, has signed a Cooperation Accord with 2030 WRG on addressing the development of a capital investment prioritization system, analyzing challenges and opportunities for private sector involvement in the water sector and the establishment of a multi-stakeholder platform.
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State of Uttar Pradesh to create Knowledge Centre
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The Indian State of Uttar Pradesh will collaborate with 2030 WRG to work towards river rejuvenation and sustainable and equitable water management including good irrigation practices through participative multi-stakeholder processes in the State.
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New program manager SWPN South Africa
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Zama Siqalaba has been recruited as the new Program Manager for the Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN) in South Africa. She has been involved in numerous water projects throughout South Africa and will be supporting a number of projects underway.
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Mongolian water scientists discuss solutions
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A Mongolian Water Scientsts Forum co-sponsored by the Global Water Partnership prioritized and analyzed water issues in the sector, made recommendations and provided proposals for an appropriate solution and approach to implementation.
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Kenya KBC TV reports on Kenya water collaboration
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Kenya NTV reports on new agreeement on water
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Financial Times reports on private investments needs
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Karnataka invests 250 USD million in drip irrigation
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Through the catalytical role of 2030 WRG, the State government of Karnataka committed an investment of 250 million USD to fund the implementation of drip irrigation programs for the production of sugarcane across the state.
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BRAC joins 2030 WRG Governing Council
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BRAC has officially joined the 2030 WRG Governing Council. This was formally approved in the last 2030 WRG Governing Council meeting in January in Davos, Switzerland. BRAC is an international development organization based in Bangladesh and is active in a number of countries around the world.
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Knowledge Exchange in South Africa
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2030 WRG is organizing an international knowledge exchange in South Africa in February 2016. The meeting is a second in a series of knowledge exchanges bringing together leading representatives from the public, private and CSO community working in our partner countries.
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Unlocking PPPs in agriculture in State of Maharashtra
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A project development workshop was organized in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, the Government of Maharashtra, agribusiness companies to identify PPPs to address the Aurangabad area water security issues.
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Tanzania expands collaboration in horticulture water
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The Tanzania Horticultural association, the Pangani Basin Water Board and 2030 WRG are collaborating to catalyze collective action in the Pangani basin. To this end, the Arusha Kilimanjaro-Meru Water Stewardship Workshop was organized in Arusha in June.
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Stockholm World Water Week successful
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The 2030 Water Resources Group joined the 25th Stockholm World Water Week with many successful events, including a Sunday seminar on Public Private Civil Society Platforms for Development and a number of other activities.
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The Guardian reports on water shortage global risks
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Greenbiz reports on corporate water footprints
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Watershed Connect reports on private-public partnerships
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Kenya 2030 WRG Partnership launched in Nairobi
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The Kenya 2030 Water Resources Group Partnership was launched at a high-level event that brought together senior members of Kenya's government, private sector and civil society to discuss solutions to bridging the gap between the country's future water demand and supply.
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Collaboration agreement signed with GIZ
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GIZ through its International Water Stewardship Programme will collaborate with 2030 WRG on raising awareness and convening stakeholders to identify urban water risk-management solutions in Kenya and elsewhere, starting with improving the water balance in the Nairobi catchment.
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New water scarcity case studies added to online catalogue
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The 2030 WRG has brought together new case studies from around the world of currently available, replicable and practical solutions for water use transformation. The solutions have been added to the online catalogue 'Managing water use in scarce environments'. The team is welcoming additional case studies to be added.
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Catalyzing PPPs in India's Ganga rejuvenation efforts
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A joint rejuvenation journey with the Ministry for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation has recently started. One of the activities will focus on catalyzing PPPs in urban and industrial wastewater treatment in a particular river segment.
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SWPN South Africa case study launched at 3GF Forum
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At the 3GF Regional Conference in Kenya, the joint publication ‘Perspectives on Green Growth Partnerships – Strategic Water Partners Network’ was launched. It provides insights into how partnerships can be a solution to green growth and what helps them succeed.
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Participation in recent international events
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See an overview of recent international events we have joined. This includes LAC Water Week in Chile, the UN General Assembly's 66th session, the 7th World Water Forum in Korea, the Global Water Summit in Greece, the 3GF Regional Conference in Nairobi and the WEF summit in South Africa.
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Triple Pundit reports on industry-led innovations in water
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El Comercio reports on financing solutions on water
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Bandudeltas reports on MoU signed in Bangladesh
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