6th World Water Forum
Political Process Outcomes
Marseille, France, 12-17 March 2012
Andras Szöllösi-Nagy,
Governor and Bureau member,
World Water Council
15 May 2013
7th World Water Forum Kick-off
1. Forum Events
Theme: Time for Solutions
Political Processes
High Level Opening Day Events (Rio+20, Europe, Chad, Gaza, Niger)
Ministerial Roundtables and Conference
Local and Regional Authorities
Parliamentarians
Trialogues
2. Facts and Figures
Over 19,000 Total Participants
15 Heads of State, Governments and European Commissioners
173 represented countries
103 Ministers, Vice-Ministers and Secretaries of State
170 national delegations and international organisations taking part in the Ministerial
Declaration
More than 750 elected officials, including 250 mayors and 250 parliamentarians
3. Top Highlights
Ministerial Conference
International consensus on the right to water and sanitation
Commitment to accelerating progress in line with UN resolutions and MDGs
Attention given to water-energy-food nexus
12 Ministerial Roundtables:
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Adaptation to climate change
Implementation of the right to water and sanitation
Transboundary waters
Water for Developemnt in Africa
Water security and sustainability
The water-energy-food nexus
Financing infrastructure
Green economy/growth
The future of water desalination
Wastewater management
Water and health
Water-related disasters
3. Top Highlights, cont.
Local and Regional Authorities
12 thematic sessions in the 3rd International Conference of Local and Regional Authorities for
Water
Adoption of a joint statement
Over 1,100 signatories reached for the Istanbul Water Consensus
Parliamentarians
Adoption of a Manifesto
Launch of the Water HelpDesk for Parliamentarians
Pan-African Parliament committed to improving water and sanitaiton
Opening Day
François Fillon, Prime Minister of France; Mikhail Gorbachev, President of Green Cross
International; Message from Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General; Kim Hwang-sik, Prime Minister
of Korea; Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger
Launch of the 4th World Water Development Report
3. Top Highlights, cont.
High Level Panels
Water, food and energy nexus (EDF, CGIAR)
Water and food security (Ministry of Agriculture - France, FAO)
Making the right to water and sanitation a reality for all (WWC with Catarina de Albuquerque)
Water and disasters (UNSGAB)
Global water governance (UN Water, National Water Agency of Brazil, WWC)
Water and green growth (WWC, Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs – Republic
of Korea)
Future of the world’s water beyond 2025 (Third World Centre for Water Management)
Water for development in large countries (US Army Corps of Engineers)
Water scarcity in arid areas (Institute of Research for Development, Pan-African Agency of the
Great Green Wall, Center for Strategic Studies and Managemetn Science, Technology and
Innovation)