Achieving sustainable development requires that we institutionalise and act upon lessons learned in the arena of urban water management and city development.
Published on: 17/03/2011
Achieving sustainable development requires that we institutionalise and act upon lessons learned in the arena of urban water management and city development.
Holistic approaches, methods and skills are needed to enable successful cooperation and collaboration, including communication techniques which enable stakeholders to exchange knowledge, views and preferences so as to build a collective, feasible vision of the future and an effective programme of implementation.
Specific outcomes of the meeting – especially case studies – will be presented on World Water Day on 22 March 2011.
A selection of SWITCH cities’ stories of change are available at: www.irc.nl/page/61309
See the official conference website at: www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/swm_cities_zaragoza_2010/index.shtml
The daily newsletter with interviews of participants and reports from the sessions is available at: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/swm_cities_zaragoza_2010/daily_newsletter.shtml
Petra Brussee