A presentation on GWP's Global Dialogue on Water Security and Sustainable Growth by Dr Fraser MacLeod

1. Dr Fraser MacLeod,
Head of Global Projects
Global Dialogue on Water
Security and Sustainable Growth

2. Background
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• GWP and OECD launched the Global
Dialogue in 2013
• Objectives
• To organise global, regional and country-level consultations on
Water Security and Growth
• To generate new economic knowledge in order to support a
Sustainable Development Goal on ”water security for all”
• To integrate this goal into a robust post-2015 development
framework

3. Global Dialogue Process
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Task
Force
Country
Consultations
High
Level
Panel
New
information for
research,
debate and
policy advice
Information and
evidence
7th WWF and
global media
Post-2015
SDG Debate
Guidance

4. Country Consultations
• Phase 1 Jan – Mar 2013
• 22 countries discuss
challenges and priorities
post-2015
• Phase 2 Feb – Apr 2014
• 29 countries discuss UN-
Water advice on targets
and indicators
• Synthesis report May
2014
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5. Country Consultations
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Tunisia
Ghana
Benin
Nigeria
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Vietnam
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Nepal
Kazakhstan
Tadjikistan
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Poland
Romania
Peru
Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Trinidad &
Tobago
Cameroon

6. Emerging Messages
• Strong support for a specific water goal, with a desire to
set targets at the national level;
• Broad support for the targets, although many
suggestions at the indicator level reflecting country
context;
• Confirmation that the proposed goals and targets are
very much in line with existing national policies;
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7. Emerging Messages
• Reinforcement that a more integrated and
comprehensive perspective is essential between water
targets, and between water and other proposed goals;
• Positive reinforcement of youth and gender as key
factors in successful implementation; and
• Great appreciation for the opportunity to engage and
participate, with a strong voice for continued proactive
community engagement in water reform.
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8. Visibile Findings
• Individual country reports provided to representatives in
New York as input to SDG discussions
• Inject into the UN-Water SDG Working Group and the
OWG directly
• Present key messages in Singapore
• Shape the research undertaken by the Task Force
• Advocacy through the High Level Panel
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9. Expert Task Force
• Co-Chairs
• Claudia Sadoff
• Professor David
Grey and Jim Hall
(Oxford University)
• Global scale research
• Basin scale research
• Integrating the findings
of the country
consultations
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10. Policy Dialogue
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• GWP and OECD to convene a High Level Panel
• H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia,
who is also AMCOW Goodwill Ambassador for
Water and Sanitation
• Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary General of OECD,
formerly Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Minister of Finance

11. High Level Panel
• Membership being finalised
• Indicative meeting schedule:
• Stockholm International Water Week (Sep 2014)
• OECD Global Forum (Nov 2014)
• World Water Forum (Mar 2015)
• Global Dialogue final report launched at World Water
Forum
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12. Thank you !
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