UN-Water Brief, Progress & Lessons Learnt
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UN-Water Brief, Progress Brief, Progress & & Lessons Learnt Lessons Learnt by Pasquale Steduto Chair UN-Water 3rd Meeting Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes Rome, 22 October 2008
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UN-Water Brief, Progress & Lessons Learnt. by Pasquale Steduto Chair UN-Water. 3rd Meeting Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes Rome, 22 October 2008. Operating from almost 5 years. UN-Water, established in 2003, is - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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UN-WaterBrief, Progress Brief, Progress &&Lessons LearntLessons Learnt
by
Pasquale Steduto
Chair UN-Water
3rd Meeting Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses
and International LakesRome, 22 October 2008
Operating from almost 5 years...UN-Water, established in 2003, is
'… the inter-agency mechanism for follow up of the
WSSD water-related decisions and the MDGs
concerning water …'
'…promoting coherence in and coordination of,
UN system actions … complementing and add value
to existing programmes and projects ...facilitating
synergies and joint efforts, ...enhancing efficiency
and avoid overlaps... '
....terms of reference
Scope of UN-Water
Freshwater
Sanitation
Water-related disasters and extreme events
It is a “coordination mechanism” Governance:• Senior Programme Managers in charge of water
in 25 UN agencies, funds and programmesmmes• Rotating chair (2 years)• Permanent Secretariat (UN-DESA))• Holds biannual meetings
How UN-Water works
UN-Water operates mainly through “Task Forces” addressing “thematic initiatives”
• Transboundary waters
• National level UN
Coordination
• Sanitation
• Gender
• Indictors, Monitoring, Reporting
• Climate Change
UN-Water activities are implemented by members and partners
UN-Water includes also 4 special programmesWWAP UNW-
DPCUNW-DPAC
JMPUNESCO
Perugia UNUBonn
UNDESAZaragoza
WHO/UNICEF
Sectors Agencies System
Food production
Hygiene andsanitation
Ecosystems
FAO
WHO
UNEP
................ .......
Integrated
Multi-sector
Complex
UNUNWaterWater
Agencies own resources basic interagency coordination
UN-Water Financial Resources
Donors resources
maintenance of interagency communication addressing “UN delivering as one”
Targeted actions of global relevance boosting on-going processes responding to emerging issues/specific demands
≈ ≈ 0.3 M$ per 0.3 M$ per yearyear
≈ ≈ 2.8 M$ per 2.8 M$ per yearyear
DfID, NORAD, DfID, NORAD, SIDASIDA +Italy, Germany, Spain for specific +Italy, Germany, Spain for specific
programmesprogrammes
Major Outputs• Policy briefs and Major documents
• Web site
Water MonitoringMapping Existing Global Systems and Initiatives
• Monitoring Reports
World WaterDevelopmentReport – March 2009
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring
Programme Report – May 2008
Global Annual Assessment on
Sanitation and Drinking Water
(GLAAS) – September 2008
IWRM
• International Year of Sanitation 2008
• Key indicators for the whole water-sector trend
• Single entry-point on Water Information System
...Ongoing
• World Water Day 2007
• Participation to global meetings
Key lessons learnt
Support to the key functions
Initial UN-internal commitment is essentialEncouragement from wider support Focus on the significant added values of coordination Focusing on the drivers behind building efficient collaboration
A shared vision and work programmeA clear governance structure Moving towards results based management Communication is a strategic issue
Issues for consideration
Sharing experiences
Improving vertical collaboration and internalization
Utilizing UN-Water to address emerging issues
The long-term role of UN-Water
UN-Water is recognized as a modern
“model” of coordination mechanism
...in summary
slim flexible cost effective adding value
Thank You
www.unwater.org
