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Civil Society Messages during the SWA High-level Meetings

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Answering the SDG challenge means putting the most marginalized populations at the centre of our common action and working collaboratively. On the 19th and 20th of April 2017 the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Partnership, UNICEF and the World Bank hosted the High-level Meetings (HLM) in Washington DC focusing…

Matt Damon joins World Bank President, and UN Deputy Secretary-General to open Finance Ministers' Meeting

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The first part of the Finance Ministers’ Meeting on 20 April will be live-streamed, 17:00-17:30 (Eastern Time). Access via https://live.worldbank.org/water-and-sanitation (Washington DC, 5PM, 18 April 2017) - The SWA partnership’s Finance Ministers' Meeting will be opened by World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, and…

GLAAS 2017 report: Investments in water and sanitation need “radical increase”

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Countries are not increasing spending fast enough to meet the water and sanitation targets under the SDGs, says the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2017. The report is published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of UN-Water – the United Nations inter-agency coordination…

Partner Perspectives #HLM2017 series: Chad’s Civil Society gets ready for the SWA HLM

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The Partners Perspectives #HLM2017 series in preparations for the 2017 SWA High-level Meetings (HLMs) has a blog post from A.ction Against Hunger (Action Contre la Faim - ACF).  In order to prepare Chad civil society’s contribution to the HLM, ACF Chad, ROSCINUT (SUN network) and REAT  (Réseau Assainissement et Eau au…

World Bank's message on the importance of the upcoming SWA 2017 FMM

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Guangzhe Chen, Senior Director of the Water Global Practice at the World Bank Group, welcomes partners to the upcoming SWA 2017 High-level Meetings. The Finance Ministers’ Meeting (FMM), convened by the World Bank on behalf of the SWA partnership, will take place on 20 April. “We're working hard with our…