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It's World Water Week!

Submitted by Saadia Iqbal on August 18, 2009 - 11:45

Did you know August 16-22 is World Water Week? This annual event is dedicated to the planet’s most urgent water-related issues. The theme this year is: “Accessing Water for the Common Good."

Around the globe, access to water is becoming harder and harder for many people, because of high demand and erratic availability. Still, there are some factors that provide an opportunity to improve things. For example, the global economy, as well as many local economies, are growing several times faster than population growth. And this growth might help people and governments to deal with problems and increase productivity. (Of course now the world's current financial turmoil may have a negative impact on this).

The World Water Forum came to an end, but many of the water and sanitation challenges still need solutions

Submitted by Joao Felipe Sca... on March 30, 2009 - 09:22

Joao has been blogging from the World Water Youth Forum in Istanbul, Turkey.

The last 3 days of the World Water Forum in Istanbul were extremely busy, and prevented me from sending any updates. Now that the marathon is over I will try to summarise those long, intense days that concluded one of the world’s largest events on tackling water and sanitation issues.

Thursday, 19th March

Submitted by Joao Felipe Sca... on March 20, 2009 - 12:14

Joao is at the World Water Youth Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, from where he's keep us posted on what’s happening and how young people are participating at the forum.

Thursday, 19th March, Istanbul: Another busy day at the World Water Forum, especially for all the young people attending.

As the end of the Forum approaches, things are getting busier in the corridors and conference rooms. We are halfway through now, and it’s time to get our act together at the World Water Youth Forum.

Wednesday, 18th March

Submitted by Joao Felipe Sca... on March 18, 2009 - 16:03

Joao is at the World Water Youth Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, from where he's keeping us posted on what’s happening and how young people are participating at the forum.

Wednesday, 18th March, Istanbul:  The early morning meeting of the youth delegates kicks off another long and intense day at the 5th World Water Forum. Our group gathers briefly to report on what happened yesterday and where we are at in relation to the theme discussions. We also discuss the highlights in today’s agenda and our strategy for the day. Everything is over with a quick distribution of tasks and everybody is back to work.

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