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1st UNESCO Water Youth Dialogue: A Milestone for Youth Engagement in Water Governance
Date: 12–13 June 2025 Location: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris The 1st UNESCO Water Youth Dialogue successfully brought together 60 young water professionals and advocates from around the world for a 2 day high-impact exchange at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Held on 12 and 13 June 2025, the event was co-organized by UNESCO, and several youth organizations,…
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Youth Leadership at COP16: Dr Sinafekesh Girma Champions Drought Resilience in Riyadh
December 2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — UNCCD COP16 In early December 2024 the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) convened its 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Representing the Water Youth Network, Treasurer Dr Sinafekesh Girma joined delegates from around the world to ensure that young professionals had a clear,…
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The Geo-Enabled Dashboard Project for Strengthening WASH Regulatory Systems
Building on efforts of the Global Call to Action Coalition on Strengthening WASH Regulatory Systems, a member of the Water Youth Network [Faith A.O.] ideated a model for strengthening WASH Regulatory Data Systems. The model involves data sharing between a country’s corporate registry and a WASH regulatory body to enable geo-mapping of all WASH service…
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🌍💧 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION – First UNESCO Water Youth Dialogue 💧🌍
Are you part of a youth-led water organization working to make a difference in water issues Be part of a historic moment at the first-ever UNESCO Water Youth Dialogue, happening in person at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 12–13 June 2025. 🌊 This global event will bring together youth organizations and water professionals to share…
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6th meeting of the OECD Water Governance Initiative (WGI)
Once again the WGI, a multi-stakeholder platform of +100 organizations gathered together for sharing on-going reforms, projects, lessons and good practices in support of better governance in water sector. 2015 was a turning point for the WGI. The 34 Ministries of OECD countries backed the Principles on Water Governance developed by WGI members, in an…
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Water Youth Network partners for new Erasmus+ project ‘Youth in action for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’
Izola, Slovenia: The kick off meeting of the new ‘Youth in action for Sustainable Development Goals (YiA4SDGs)’ project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union took place from May 3rd to 5th, 2016 in the beautiful city of Izola in Slovenia. Water Youth Network (WYN), as one of the nine project partners from…
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Call speakers and facilitators Young Scientist Platform @ Understanding Risk Conference- deadline 27 March
We are excited to announce the open call for speakers and facilitators at the Young Scientists Platform on DRR Focus day event at the Understanding Risk conference in Istanbul this May. This is a great opportunity for you to share your experiences on DRR with other young scientists, practitioners and experts in thematic areas such as risk modelling,…
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Call for participants ! Singapore International Water Week, an opportunities’ incubator
Innovative, inspiring, connected, engaging – here are just few keywords that could define the experience of Singapore International Water Week (SIWW). Since 2008, the event has become a landmark for water professionals, gathering over 20,000 participants from 133 countries (SIWW 2014), bringing together the government, industry, academia and international organizations sectors. For a young professional,…
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Critical agents of change’ in the 2030 Agenda: Youth-inclusive governance indicators for national-level monitoring
Download here the document: Critical Agents of Change – Youth-Inclusive Governance Indicators for National-Level SDG Monitoring In September 2015, all 193 countries of the United Nations (UN) agreed on a new set of development goals that will follow up on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which end in 2015.These new Sustainable Development Goals form a…
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Voice of the youth: sustainable urban future
On 22 January 2016, the Water Youth Network, with support from IAHT Young Professionals Network, organized a youth consultation: inviting the voice of the youth for a sustainable urban future. The consultation was done in order to support the work of United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY), which is in charge…
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Water Youth Network and the World Toilet Day 2015
Author: Diana Oradei “Happy World Toilet Day! The World Toilet Day was celebrated at UN headquarter in New York, where the The UN High-Level Water and Sanitation Days, a set of coordinated events, are taking place to reflect on the recent transition from the 2015 Millennium Development Goals to the new adopted 2030 Sustainable…
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Ready for Amsterdam International Water Week 2015?
As Water Youth Network were are enthusiastic about the coming event, Amsterdam International Water Week (AIWW) 2015 held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in the coming week. We encourage you to attend the Young-IWW special program for young water professionals. This program is integrated with the conferences of IWW and the Aquatech and comprises a…
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Youth Science Policy Interface Platform on DRR
Are you ready to contribute to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) with your scientific knowledge? There is currently a great opportunity for young students and professionals to share their knowledge on DRR and contribute to the science-policy interface during the upcoming UNISDR Science and Technology Conference by attending, submitting a poster and/or applying to…
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International Day for Disaster Reduction 2015
The Theme for the International Day for Disaster Reduction in 2015 is: Knowledge for Life. In these terms UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stresses: “Traditional and indigenous knowledge is the indispensable information base for many societies seeking to live in harmony with nature and adapt to disruptive weather events, a warming globe and rising seas.” For…
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- 1st UNESCO Water Youth Dialogue: A Milestone for Youth Engagement in Water Governance
- Youth Leadership at COP16: Dr Sinafekesh Girma Champions Drought Resilience in Riyadh
- The Geo-Enabled Dashboard Project for Strengthening WASH Regulatory Systems
- WYN Participating in the ECOSOC Forum 2025
- 🌍💧 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION – First UNESCO Water Youth Dialogue 💧🌍
