Kim Moolenaar, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Netherlands - 7th WGI Meeting (23-24 June 2016 - The Hague)

1. High-Level Panel on Water
&
UN Global Water Architecture
23-06-2016
Kim Moolenaar
kim.moolenaar@minienm.nl
Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
the Netherlands

2. Introduction
2 Recommendations of UNSGAB
∗ Convene a Heads of State Panel on Water
∗ Establish a UN Intergovernmental Committee on Water
UNSGAB report:
“There is currently a mismatch between the integrated and
ambitious 2030 vision of freshwater and sanitation management
and the international political structures available to contribute
to its implementation”
Implementation of water-related SDGs

3. High Level Panel on Water
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Enrique Peña Nieto
President, Mexico
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Macky Sall
President, Senegal
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Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister, Bangladesh
János Áder
President, Hungary
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
President, Mauritius
Hani F. Mulki *
Prime Minister, Jordan
Malcolm Turnbull
Prime Minister, Australia
Mark Rutte
Prime Minister, Netherlands
`Jacob Zuma, TBC
President, South Africa
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Co-chairs
UNITED NATIONS
Jim Yong Kim
President, World Bank Group
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General, United Nations
Co-convened by:
Dr. Han Seung-soo
Former prime
Minister, South Korea
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
Minister, Peru
Special Advisors to the Panel
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Emomalii Rahmonov
President, Tajikistan
* To be confirmed
Each Panel Member will appoint a Sherpa that will represent them for day-to-day
matters

4. High Level Panel on Water
The Panel aims to mobilize effective action to accelerate the
implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 and its
related targets.
The Panel is being established for a period of 2 years
The Sherpa’s of the Panel are currently working on the Action
Plan.
It will:
∗ Motivate effective action
∗ Advocate on financing and implementation

5. An adequate water architecture for
the 2030 Agenda
A dedicated UN Intergovernmental
Body on Water :
∗ Motivate follow-up and review of
the implementation of all water-
related goals and targets
∗ Key thematic input to the High
Level Political Forum
∗ Supported by a secretariat and
linked to ECOSOC
∗ Minimal implications on the UN
budget

6. ∗ How to collect and coördinate input to monitor
the progress on water-related SDGs (WASH,
IWRM, Water & Disaster, Water Quality, etc.)?
∗ How to avoid new burocracy and high
administrative costs?
∗ How to stimulate advocacy, financing and
knowledge exchange, focused on
implementation at the national level?
∗ How to organize involvement of relevant
stakeholders?
Challenges in setting up the new
body

7. ∗ The High Level Panel on Water’s website is at
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/waterandsanitation/hlpw
∗ Water Architecture: contact
∗ Niels Vlaanderen: niels.vlaanderen@minienm.nl
∗ Koos Wieriks: koos.wieriks@minienm.nl
Further information