Program of the Third Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference
Plenary session
The Plenary session of the Third Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference will provide an opportunity for the Heads of Delegation to make political statements. Guidelines to make statements consistent with the Water Action Decade and SDG 6, as well as Water Action Agenda of the UN 2023 Water Conference will be provided to Heads of Delegations through diplomatic channels, as appropriate.
Interactive Dialogues
The Third Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference will include five Interactive Dialogues correspond to that of the UN 2023 Water Conference. The Dialogues will focus on the implementation of the goals and targets of the Water Action Decade, review the progress catalyzed by the UN 2023 Water Conference particularly implementation of the Water Action Agenda, identifying challenges and opportunities in their implementation, sharing best practices and innovative solutions and strengthening partnerships among stakeholders towards the implementation of the water-related goals.
The co-chairs of the appropriate interactive dialogues of the UN 2023 Water Conference are invited to co-organize the interactive dialogues of the Dushanbe Conference jointly with other partners of the Dushanbe Water Process. The Terms of Reference for the Interactive Dialogues will be prepared by the Conference Secretariat.
The Dialogues will cover the following themes correspond to that of the UN 2023 Water Conference:
Interactive Dialogue -1. Water for Health: Access to WASH, including the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation. Concept Paper (pdf)
Interactive Dialogue -2. Water for Sustainable Development: Valuing Water, Water-Energy-Food Nexus, and Sustainable Economic and Urban Development.
Interactive Dialogue -3. Water for Climate, Resilience, and Environment: Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate, Resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Concept Paper (pdf)
Interactive Dialogue -4. Water for Cooperation: Transboundary and International Water Cooperation, Cross-Sectoral Cooperation, including Scientific Cooperation, and Water Across the 2030 Agenda. Concept Paper (pdf)
Interactive Dialogue -5. Water Action Decade: Accelerating the Implementation of the Objectives of the Decade, including through the UN Secretary-General’s Action Plan. Concept Paper (pdf)
The outcomes of the Interactive Dialogues will be presented at the Closing session. They will also be reflected in the outcome documents of the 3rd Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference.
Forums
The Forums will be held before the opening ceremony of the Conference and will provide focused engagement of private sector, academia, women, youth and other major groups, in the manner consistent with objectives of the Conference. The objective of the Forums is to create an additional platform for broader discussion of water-related issues among specific types of stakeholders or in certain regions.
The Forums make it possible to involve different types of stakeholders, including women, youth, indigenous people, professional groups, scholars, private sector and others in the implementation of the water agenda with a focus on catalyzing water action and partnership at the local, national, regional and global level. Factual and relevant deliberations, findings and solutions may effectively contribute to the Conference and address the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework.
The Forums will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on the outcomes of the UN 2023 Water Conference and 2nd Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference in their narrow context. The outcomes of the Forums will be presented at the Closing session. The Terms of Reference for the Forums will be prepared by the Conference Secretariat.
Structure of the program
The program of the 3rd Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference will follow the structure of the UN 2023 Water Conference, including a plenary session, five interactive dialogues that will comprehensively review progress made since the UN 2023 Water Conference, forums, side events, cultural events, an exhibition, a press conference and field trips.
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