1. Brief, Progress & Lessons Learnt UN-Water Brief, Progress & Lessons Learnt by Pasquale Steduto Chair UN-Water 3rd Meeting Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes Rome, 22 October 2008

2. Operating from almost 5 years... UN-Water, established in 2003, is '… the inter-agency mechanism for follow up of the WSSD water-related decisions and the MDGs concerning water …' '…promoting coherence in and coordination of, UN system actions … complementing and add value to existing programmes and projects...facilitating synergies and joint efforts,...enhancing efficiency and avoid overlaps... '....terms of reference

3. Scope of UN-Water Freshwater Sanitation Water-related disasters and extreme events

4. It is a “coordination mechanism” Governance: mmesSenior Programme Managers in charge of water in 25 UN agencies, funds and programmes Rotating chair (2 years) Permanent Secretariat ) (UN-DESA) Holds biannual meetings How UN-Water works

5. UN-Water operates mainly through “Task Forces” addressing “thematic initiatives” Transboundary waters National level UN Coordination Sanitation Gender Indictors, Monitoring, Reporting Climate Change

6. UN-Water activities are implemented by members and partners UN-Water includes also 4 special programmes WWAP UNW-DPC UNW-DPAC JMP UNESCO Perugia UNU Bonn UNDESA Zaragoza WHO/ UNICEF

7. SectorsAgencies System Food production Hygiene and sanitation Ecosystems FAO WHO UNEP....................... Integrated Multi-sector Complex UNWater

8. Agencies own resources basic interagency coordination UN-Water Financial Resources Donors resources maintenance of interagency communication addressing “UN delivering as one” Targeted actions of global relevance boosting on-going processes responding to emerging issues/specific demands ≈ 0.3 M$ per year ≈ 2.8 M$ per year DfID, NORAD, SIDA +Italy, Germany, Spain for specific programmes +Italy, Germany, Spain for specific programmes

9. Major Outputs Policy briefs and Major documents Web site Water Monitoring Mapping Existing Global Systems and Initiatives

10. Monitoring Reports World Water Development Report – March 2009 WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme Report – May 2008 Global Annual Assessment on Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) – September 2008 IWRM

11. International Year of Sanitation 2008 Key indicators for the whole water-sector trend Single entry-point on Water Information System...Ongoing World Water Day 2007 Participation to global meetings

12. Key lessons learnt Support to the key functions Initial UN-internal commitment is essential Encouragement from wider support Focus on the significant added values of coordination Focusing on the drivers behind building efficient collaboration A shared vision and work programme A clear governance structure Moving towards results based management Communication is a strategic issue

13. Issues for consideration Sharing experiences Improving vertical collaboration and internalization Utilizing UN-Water to address emerging issues The long-term role of UN-Water UN-Water is recognized as a modern “model” of coordination mechanism...in summary  slim  flexible  cost effective  adding value

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