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Three years from now the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be reached. It is often assumed that the MDGs have been a total failure, but this is not entirely true. Even if many of the goals will not be met by 2015, at least some have been achieved at global level, including those of the MDG drinking water availability target, the improvement in the living conditions of slum dwellers, and halting the spread of HIV.

The Government of Honduras is the host and organising country for the First Latin American and Caribbean Dialogue on Climate Change Finance and Development Effectiveness. This event will be held on 3 and 4 May 2012.

For more information visit http://www.financiamientoalcambioclimatico.org/

Please find attached the Ministerial Declaration of the 6th World Water Forum.

Here some related article:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201203141229.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/mar/14/world-water-forum-declaration-human-rights

Matt McGrath reports for the BBC the outstanding news that researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London (UCL) found out that the dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. They have mapped in detail the amount and potential yield of this groundwater resource across the continent. Read the full article.

Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Water-sector-needs-R573bn-pumped-into-it-20120416 Cape Town - Water-stressed South Africa needs to invest a massive R573bn in waterinfrastructure,services and demand management over the next decade, but has budgeted for less than half this amount, government said on Monday. This gap was a "significant shortfall", water affairs chief operations officer Trevor Balzer told reporters at Parliament. "If you look at [what is needed across] the total watervalue chain, you're looking at a figure of R573bn over 10 years."

UN water posted online a wide, smart and funny set of campaign material to stay informed on issues related to water. You can download school games, promotional and educational videos, posters, leaflets and much more to understand and promote the role of water in relation to food production.

Please visit http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/campaign.html for their great water campaign materials!

The Guardian posted today new pictures illustrating the extent to which dam construction and deforestation have already started.

Take a look at the gallery and share with us your impressions.

WssTP & ACQUEAU's joint stakeholder event Water Innovation Europe is pleased to announce a number of high profile speakers for its two-day conference, held on the 15 & 16 May 2012 at the International Press Centre, Brussels.

Water does not exist in isolation. It is an integral part of any ecosystem and as such, every major change to this ecosystem has hydrological impacts which then lead to sociological, economic and other environmental consequences. The world’s freshwater resources are under threat from a wide variety of factors. Many of them such as over-abstraction of water from rivers and aquifers, pollution from point and non-point sources, changing patterns of precipitation are popularly known, debated and discussed widely.

Take a look at the latest news and actions of the Cap-Net international network for capacity building in sustainable water management!

Download the April newsletter or visit http://www.cap-net.org/

The first announcement for the 4th Africa Water Week has now been made. It will take place on 14-18 May in Cairo, Egypt.

Call for abstracts  for technical sessions BY 15 April 2012

For further details, please see http://www.africawaterweek.com/

Today on World Water Day the UN launches " Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk - The United Nations World Water Development Report 4."

To buy a copy click here.

India Water Portal reports that the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute seeks opinion from the public on the concept of groundwater recharge with treated municipal wastewater.

For more information and to complete the survey please click here.

INTRODUCE YOUR COMMENTS HERE

The paper is now accessible and open for Interactive Public Discussion until 23 Mar 2012 at: http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/9/485/2012/

ABSTRACT

You can now access the new version of the Water Project Toolkit!

Its contents have been updated, and the interactive version has been enhanced and made more user friendly.

Enjoy!

The report issued by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) says that between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources such as piped supplies and protected wells.

An interesting 'Inside Story' by Al Jazeera asks two salient questions:

Network of Climate Change Technology Transfer Centres in Europe and Latin America (CELA) newsletter  01 / 2012  is available online now here!

www.cela-project.net/download/CELA_newsletter_2012_01_english.pdf

Did you know that the UK has less rainfall per person than its northern European neighbours and that London is drier than Istanbul?[1] Water not only underpins the global economy but also provides sustenance for life itself. Yet, it is oft-forgotten during the course of everyday life. The anthropologist Daniel Miller argues that the more significant the material in question is, the more it is relegated to the context and becomes merely a part of the landscape. This perhaps holds true in the case of many things, most especially water.

Dear colleagues

Are you planning to attend the WWF6 (http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/) during the week of 12 March 2012 in Marselle, France?

If you are not planning to attend yourself: The EU JRC extended an invitation for member-organizations of the NEPAD Southern CoE Network  who will not be attanding the conference and would like to display promotional material at their stand, to please get in contact with them (obviously space is limited)

This year, the World Bank/Water and Sanitation Program’s calendar depicts water and sanitation challenges from a gender perspective to call attention to some of the social norms that result from, and reinforce poor service quality.

http://www.wsp.org/wsp/content/2012-cartoon-calendar#cartoons

Taking place in Marseille from 12th to 17th March 2012 in Marseille, the 6thWorld Water Forum is a major event in the international political and environmental agenda. Designed to be the Forum of Solutions, the 6th edition of the World Water Forum aims to generate concrete solutions to issues of access to water and sanitation, in particular through the launch of an online solutions platform. 

Se ha habilitado en la WEB del CEDEX un espacio dedicado al Museo Virtual del Organismo donde se pueden consultar 250 maquetas de la Colección de Historia de las Obras Públicas, así como las exposiciones realizadas por CEHOPU en sus casi 30 años de trayectoria.

Se accede pulsando sobre la imagen “Museo Virtual” de nuestra página WEB

> http://www.cedex.es/

o mediante el enlace directo

http://www.museovirtual.cedex.es/index.html