World Water Forum
The World Water Council was established in 1996 in repsonse to the growing concern of the global water situation and granted special consultancy status by the UNESCO and ECOSOC. Every third year the WWC hold a World Water Forum (WWF) where all international water partners aprticipate to discuss the most critical issues related to the global water situtation at the moment. The WWC aims to promote awareness and increase the political commitment. In doing so the WWC aims to trigger action on critical water issues from all levels of decisison making and thereby facilitate sustainable water management.
First World Water Forum, Marrakech, Morocco - March 1997
Second World Water Forum, The Hague, The Netherlands - March 2000
Third World Water Forum, Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka, Japan - March 2003
Fourth World Water Forum, Mexico, March 2006
Fifth World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey - March 2009
Under the theme "Bridging Divides for Water" 33.000 participants met in Istanbul to discuss challenges and solutions within water related to 5 themes:
- Global Changes & Risk Management
- Advancing Human Development and the MDGs
- Managing and Protecting Water Resources and their Supply Systems to Meet Human and Environmental Needs
- Governance and Management
- Finance
- Education, Knowledge and Capacity Development
Thematic Report & Session outcomes (from ei. Water & Energy, Water & Climate)
Ministerial Declaration and Outcomes
Overview of Water on the International Agenda
Danish Water Forum was involved in the European preparatory process and will continue to be active within the selected 8 European topics.
Read the European document here.
Find more information about the European regional process at: http://www.ewp.eu/projects/european-regional-process-erp
Danish Water Forum in cooperation with The Trade Commission of Denmark organized a Danish pavilion at the fair. Grontmij/Carl Bro Turkey (Engineering and Environment Consultancy), DHI (international consulting and research organisation), and the Environment Agency attended the Forum through Danish Water Forum's pavilion. Companies such as NKT Flexibles (Pipe systems to the offshore oil and gas industry as well as the chemical water industry worldwide), Danish Clean Water (Disinfection systems for the food and water industry), Danfoss RO (Seawater desalination), and the Trade Commission of Denmark in Istanbul had their own stands as a part of the Danish pavilion.
