About World Water Forum

Date: 2009.11.16 | Category: Global Water Issues | Tags: awareness,event,global,Instanbul,political agenda,water issues

The first World Water Forum was held in Marrakech, Morocco, in 1997. The Forum is organized every three years by the World Water Concil, in close collaboration with authorities of the hosting country. It is the largest international event in the field of water, primarily serving four main purposes:

• To raise the importance of water on the political agenda
• To support the deepening of discussions towards the solution of international water issues in the 21st century
• To formulate concrete proposals and bring their importance to the world’s attention
• To generate political commitment

Successive World Water Forums have served as stepping-stones towards global collaboration on water problems and have offered the water community and global decision-makers the unique opportunity to make recommendations for ensuring the security of water resources in the different parts of the world. 

A final report on outcomes of the 5th World Water Forum hosted in Instanbul this year may be reviewed at LINK: FINAL REPORT 5TH WORLD WATER FORUM 

More information on the Forum LINK: World Water Forum