Stockholm World Water Week 2024 – Transboundary water management: tools and approaches supporting cooperation and peace (Session ID 12065)

Session Description:

Water resources that cross national boundaries present unique challenges and opportunities for cooperation. This session will explore the complexities of transboundary water management, focusing on innovative solutions that promote peace and regional stability. Experts will discuss case studies, share best practices, and provide insights into the governance mechanisms that facilitate effective collaboration among nations.

Key topics to be discussed during this session include:

• Enabling Environment: Innovative and integrative approaches for improved transboundary cooperation, addressing outdated governance and organizational structures.
• Governance: Overly political, outdated top-down frameworks with no mechanisms to engage stakeholders.
• Data: Incomplete or obsolete science-based diagnostics and monitoring systems.
• Tools: Lack of protocols for natural disaster response (droughts and floods) and conflict resolution.
• Infrastructure & Finance: Insufficient basic infrastructure and development of unsustainable projects; need for financing and sustainable project development.

The STARS4Water project will be presented at the Session

Programme

• Welcome and Opening by Sergio Campos, Head of Water and Sanitation, IDB
• Keynote Scene-Setting by Mark Zeitoun, Director General of the Geneva Water Hub and Professor of Water Diplomacy at the Graduate Institute of Geneva
• Ignite Talks by
  • – James Dalton, Director Global Water Program, IUCN
  • – Judith Ter Maat, Expert surface water and delta management, Deltares
  • – Lama Ranjous, Fundraising and Partnerships Officer, OneWater
  • – Melissa McCracken, Assistant Professor of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
• Key Take-Aways and Closing by Sergio Campos, Head of Water and Sanitation, IDB