civil society: murray biedler, un water, 16th january un water zaragoza conference 2015

CIVIL SOCIETY AND WATER RISKS

Water Risks: Types

• Sharp onset events– Floods– Landslides (heavy rains & floods)

• Slow onset– Drought– Contamination (chemical & bio-hazard)

• Water-related (transmission & hygiene)– Diseases (ebola, malaria, cholera)

Water Risks: Responses

• Policy• Declarations• Funding• Dev & Humanitarian Assistance• Adaptation

Water Risks: Strategies

• Needs Assessments• Monitoring & Evaluation• Transparency & Accountability

Water Risks: Tools

• UNDG Post Disaster Needs Assessment PDNA Guidelines (2014)

• AMCOW Monitoring & Evaluation Platform (2014)

• Capacity Building: Institutional & Individual (COEs – Africa /LAM and PAUs Africa)

Water Risks: Civil Society

• Governance: accountability & transparency• Cross-cutting: gender, age, health, culture,

education• Needs Assessments – M & E: information and

data collection

Links• http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/crisis-preventio

n-and-recovery/pdna/• http://www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/project-portfolio/project

/p-z1-eaz-038/

• http://nepadwatercoe.org/ • http://www.aquaknow.net/en/ralcea-centros-de-excelencia-en-america-lati

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Thank You!Murray Biedler Deep Blue Consultants