Water on the agenda at Durban conference
The conference gets underway today.
MORE than 120 local, national and international delegates and speakers are gathering in Durban from 14 – 16 September to participate in the Sharing and Caring for Water 2017 conference, co-hosted by The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa NPC (WESSA), eThekwini Municipality and the Global Participatory Water Management Network (GPWMN).
The challenges and successes of government and civil society in working together to manage the sharing and caring of water resources will be high on the agenda.
A key document will also be drawn up which will serve as Africa’s presentation to the World Water Forum, which will be held in Brazil in 2018.
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Speakers will include Ariel Silva and Pedro Domanicky of GPWMN, Professor Michael Kidd from WESSA and Dr Valerie Naidoo of the South African Water Research Commission.
Various sessions and workshops will be held which will focus on participatory water governance initiatives at local, regional, provincial and national government as well as elsewhere on the African continent.
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Topics include supporting Education for Sustainable Development in the national school curriculum using the Eco-Schools programme as a case study; community-based projects; community/corporate partnerships changing water management practices; and river projects which empower communities living on or near rivers and their responsibility to improve river health.
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