UN Water Conference 2023 - Side Event 

Joined-up Action and Collective Outcomes to Accelerate SDG6

Date: Wednesday March 22nd

Time: 08:00 – 10:00 EST

Location: UNICEF House – Danny Kaye Hall

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Event Description:

The Global WASH Cluster (GWC), on behalf of over 90 humanitarian WASH agencies, in partnership with Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), will convene a high-level session on “Joined-up Action and Collective Outcomes to Accelerate SDG 6” to showcase the UN humanitarian-development coordination structures as a catalyst for maximizing gains to reach the targets set by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.  Leaving no one behind, ending needs by reducing risks and vulnerabilities, achieving sustainable development and peace are shared commitments by the GWC and SWA.

The event will highlight the need for ‘joined-up’ action for collective outcomes by the humanitarian, development, and peace actors to reduce risks and vulnerabilities and achieve sustainable development and peace. The discussion will emphasize the importance of effective leadership and coordination to achieve collective outcomes. The panelists will also advocate for and promote the need for multi-stakeholder platforms to drive consistent and coherent approaches for achieving collective outcomes in the WASH sector, including through joint analysis and linking national priorities across humanitarian and development planning processes. As part of their commitments, the Global WASH Cluster will support over 30 countries for over 100 million people annually in humanitarian contexts until 2025 by strengthening collective action, promoting joint analysis, linking national priorities, calling for the recalibration of financing mechanisms, and advocating for innovative partnerships and coordination.

For more information, please contact Monica Ramos, Global WASH Cluster Coordinator monramos@unicef.org