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Sector minister’s meeting on water, sanitation and hygene to strenghten connections with climate, health and the economy
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SECTOR MINISTERS’ MEETING ON WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS WITH CLIMATE, HEALTH, AND THE ECONOMY
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The annual Sector Ministers’ Meeting (SMM) on water, sanitation, and hygiene will convene government ministers to discuss joint solutions for climate change resiliency, pandemic prevention, and increased economic development.
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The annual Sector Ministers’ Meeting (SMM) on water, sanitation, and hygiene will convene government ministers to discuss joint solutions for climate change resiliency, pandemic prevention, and increased economic development.
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For the first time since its inception, the annual Sector Ministers’ Meeting (SMM) on water, sanitation, and hygiene will convene government ministers of environment, climate, health, and economy to discuss joint solutions for climate change resilience, pandemic prevention, and increased economic development. The SMM will be hosted by the Government of Indonesia and co-convened by the
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership
and UNICEF in Jakarta, Indonesia from 18-19 May with a focus on “Building Forward Better for Recovery and Resilience.”
“Over the past two years, COVID-19 has triggered an economic crisis against the backdrop of a mounting climate emergency,” said Catarina de Albuquerque, SWA’s CEO. “The triple climate, health, and economic crisis highlight the crucial role of water, sanitation, and hygiene in building resilient communities and achieving sustainable development, including meeting environmental goals. We need strong partnerships across our sectors to improve policy, as well as boosts to encourage innovation and efficiency.”
During the event, ministers of environment and climate will be provided with opportunities to collaborate with water, sanitation, and hygiene ministers to ensure that climate priorities are integrated into national recovery plans. This meeting is to be preceded by a 6-month-long preparatory process, composed of multi-stakeholder discussions at national and regional levels. During these discussions, SWA partners will jointly analyze national progress on water, sanitation, and hygiene, identify bottlenecks and successes, and agree on joint action.
The outcomes of the meeting will be followed up through the national-level processes and will contribute to the preparatory process of COP27 and the
UN Conference on the Water Action Decade Conference
in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023, and the SWA 2023 Finance Ministers’ Meeting.
For more information, visit:
www.smm-swa.org
About SWA:
SWA is the United Nations-hosted global multi-stakeholder partnership of governments and their partners from civil society, the private sector, United Nations agencies, research and learning institutions, utilities and regulators, development banks, and the donor community, for achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
The mission of the SWA partnership is to eliminate inequalities in realizing the human rights to water and sanitation – by raising political will, ensuring good governance, and helping to optimize financing. The partnership focuses on the hardest to reach and most vulnerable individuals, communities, countries, and regions, and puts women and girls at the center, not just as passive recipients, but as dynamic agents of change. SWA works by harnessing the collective power of its partners, to support government-led, multi-stakeholder action at national, regional, and global levels. This includes work to integrate the climate and the water, sanitation, and hygiene agendas.
SWA convenes regular High-level Meetings with sector ministers and ministers of finance that are preceded by a 6-month-long preparatory process. Ministries of the environment are welcomed to support the preparatory process and to consider a delegation to attend the upcoming Sectors Ministers’ Meeting in May 2022.
For more information, visit:
www.sanitationandwaterforall.org
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3/24/2022
Created at 3/28/2022 7:19 PM by Brian Mayanja
Last modified at 5/30/2022 3:46 PM by Stefan Dierks
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