To build a consensus and lead the specified global water agenda
To share best practices of the host countries on the identified primary water agdenda in contribution to the SDGs
To make recommendation and deliver to the 9th World Water Forum and beyond to act on implementation on the identified primary water agenda discussed in the WWP
Participants
The high-level key actors of WWF (Water related governments and key high-level participants from the WWF host countries, organizations and relevant partners)
Short Description
Date& time
December 10(Thu) 20:00~22:00 KST (GMT+9)
Venue
Virtual platform
Host
Ministry of Environment
Organizer
Korea Water Forum, World Water Council
Object
As the representative follow-up action of the 7th World Water Forum(WWF) in 2015, the WWP is the annual cooperative gathering organized by the Korea Water Forum (KWF), which brings together water-related governments, key high-level participants from the WWF host countries, organizations and relevant partners. All participants have shared their accumulated experiences and practical cases on water-related agendas and discussed their roles to contribute to the global water community.
The WWP is the annual cooperative gathering, which brings governments, key high-level experts from the World Water Forum(WWF) host countries together.
For this year, 12 high-level experts from 8 countries (Morocco, the Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, France, Rep. of Korea, Brazil, Senegal) had participated to discuss on the framework for ‘the Call for Response’, the expected outcome of the WWP by 2021.
The key experts of each country shared their insights on the Focus area 1 and 4 of the Call for Action adopted in the WWP 2016(Focus area 1: Ensure Sufficient Safe Water and Sanitation for All, Focus area 4: Engage in Socio-Economic Development and Activities) to link the discussion to the four priorities of the 9th WWF.
Through this process, all participants expect to contribute to the process of the 9th WWF by disseminating the accumulated knowledge and experience of the WWF host countries to the global water decision makers.
KWF will host regular prep-meetings for further development of the Call for Response until the WWP 2021 scheduled in September of 2021 in KIWW.
WWP 2019 Outcome
The participants from the previous and the next host countries of the World Water Forum including Morocco, Japan, Turkey, France, Rep. of Korea, Brazil, Senegal along with the World Water Council strived for building a consensus on deriving the best ways of contributing to the global water community through the World Water Forum process. All high-level participants discussed the pragmatic path to make a contribution based on accumulated know-hows and lessons and learnt from the previous World Water Forum to the next World Water Forum in Dakar, which will be boiled down to working with focal points of each of the host countries who have participated in the World Water Partnership 2019. In addition, Korea Water Forum, the secretariat of KIWW, and the co-host of the Forum, the World Water Council will jointly take a role as a coordinator for this process in order to strengthen the partnership and draw the results out of the discussion between the host countries.
The future direction of World Water Partnership will be more specified through discussion with the World Water Council and WWP 2019 participants after sharing of the result and collecting additional opinions until the next World Water Partnership in 2020.
WWP 2018 Outcome
We shared opinions on major water-related agendas among World Water Forum host countries and case-sharing on “Strengthen Equitable Participatory and Accountable Water Governance,” the third of the four main agendas of the Call for Action (KIWW 2016). The participants also agreed on the importance of World Water Partnership as a venue to enhance cooperation on the international community's major water agenda and contribute to the next World Water Forum through sharing experiences and opinions of the host countries of the World Water Forum.
WWP 2017 Outcome
Call for Action of World Water Partnership adopted in KIWW 2016 was reviewed to ensure continuity between KIWW 2016 and KIWW 2017. In particular, 14 participants shared in-depth insights and experiences on the theme 2 of Call for Action, ‘Adpt to Climate Change : Managing Risk and Uncertainty for Resilience and Disaster Preparedness’ and discussed the major water issues to ensure leadership of participating countries of the WWP
WWP 2016 Outcome
Call for Action of World Water Partnership adopted in KIWW 2016 was reviewed to ensure continuity between KIWW 2016 and KIWW 2017. In particular, 14 participants shared in-depth insights and experiences on the theme 2 of Call for Action, ‘Adpt to Climate Change : Managing Risk and Uncertainty for Resilience and Disaster Preparedness’ and discussed the major water issues to ensure leadership of participating countries of the WWP