Water Integrity Events at SWWW15
June 28, 2015
While it is widely recognized that better governance is needed to tackle water sector challenges, a key but often neglected element of improving governance is enhancing integrity. This requires more transparency, accountability, participation and anti-corruption measures. The Water Integrity Global Outlook, to be published this year, will describe current approaches to achieve this, as well as the main integrity risks and challenges we face today in the water sector.
Draft conclusions and recommendations from the publication will be presented at this seminar, with contributions from experts and seminar participants in a fishbowl discussion. Join us to make the publication a participatory and living document embraced by the global community.
Key speakers: Barbara Frost, Themba Gumbo, Jack Moss, Ravi Narayanan, Hakan Tropp, …
Seminar: Uncovering the Contribution of Investigative Journalism to Water Integrity
Monday, August 24, 2015, at 2 PM
Investigative journalism has the power to shake public opinion by bringing to light causes, effects and possible solutions to endemic weaknesses of the universal right to water. What does this power entail? How effective is it and how can different media be used? How can civil society and researchers work with, and like, journalists to enable more participatory management of water resources?
These are a few of the questions, our panel of journalists and experts will delve into in Stockholm.
Key speakers: Fred Pearce, Magda Mis, Yogesh Pant, Jacopo Gamba, …
Organized in collaboration with the Thomson Reuters Foundation and Helvetas.
Workshop: (Re)thinking Governance
Thursday, August 27, 2015 from 9 AM
Governance of the plural and dynamic process of development must be socially fair, legally effective and institutionally transparent. From local to global levels, civil society stakeholders and private sector must be heard and responded to in meaningful dialogues with government agencies. In particular, defining water, energy and food security demands participation of community leaders, entrepreneurs and civil society. Effective and just governance presumes accountability, access to information and a new compact between development agencies and stakeholder entities. The Post-2015 development agenda demands a more decentralized planning and implementation framework.
With the above system perspective, this workshop will explore the important roles that inclusiveness and integrity play in effective governance implementation. It will also demonstrate the positive outcomes that results from being open about failure.
Key speakers: Tushaar Shah, Howard Buffert, Frank van der Valk, Hakan Tropp, …
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