BACKGROUND
Despite considerable achievements in the Asia and the Pacific, around 1.5 billion people in rural areas and 600 million in urban areas still lack adequate water supply and sanitation. Sound water management and access to reliable service delivery remain vital to inclusive economic growth and social well-being, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) 2020, launched in December 2020, assesses national water security across the Asia and the Pacific, with a focus on five key dimensions: (i) rural household water security (water and sanitation); (ii) economic water security (water to sustainably satisfy economic growth); (iii) urban water security (water and sanitation and flood management); (iv) environmental water security (catchment and aquatic health and environmental governance); and (v) water-related disaster security (resilience against droughts, floods, and storms). The publication highlights the importance of finance and governance to water security, as well as provides guidance on future decisions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) of water security in Asia and the Pacific.
The full publication is available for download at: https://www.adb.org/publications/asian-waterdevelopment-outlook-2020
OBJECTIVES
Building upon the country launch of the AWDO 2020 on 27 January 2020, the webinar will allow participants to:
– learn about AWDO 2020 and the progress that has been made as well as the remaining gaps in the Asia and the Pacific;
– learn about best practices demonstrating how the AWDO has influenced policy development at the national or subnational level;
– discuss the opportunities to further operationalize AWDO as a policy tool in achieving the UN SDGs of water security in the region.
DETAILS
– Date: Tuesday, 23 February 2020, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (GMT+7/Jakarta/Bangkok time)
– Zoom link: to be provided by UNDIP
– Language of event: English
SPEAKERS
JAROT WIDYOKO, Director-General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Indonesia
PIYATIDA RUANGRASSAMEE, PhD., Assistant Professor, Water Resource Engineering Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand LINK PRESENTATION
Dr. P.S. RAO, Advanced Center for Integrated Water Resource Management, Government of Karnataka, India
LINK PRESENTATION
Dr. MOCHAMMAD AMRON, National Water Resources Council, Indonesia
Prof. STEVEN KENWAY, Advanced Water Management Center, University of Queensland, Australia
ISWAR AMINUDDIN, City Secretary Acting Mayor of Semarang City Government
Prof. SURIPIN, Head of Doctoral Study Program Civil Engineering Department, Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP), Indonesia