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Uruguay joins SWA

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Uruguay has recently joined SWA becoming the 71 government to join the partnership. SWA has seen its presence in the Latin America region increase significantly over the last months with Nicaragua joining at the beginning of May. The government of Uruguay will be represented by the National Environment, Water and…

Finance webinar with ministers from Nigeria & Swaziland

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Achieving access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene for all as called for by the SDGs depends on both the effective use of existing financial resources and the ability to mobilize and redirect additional financial resources; these are needed to both maintain current systems and to extend services to the…

SWA Focal Points from Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe to meet in Lusaka

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Next week, SWA is convening a meeting in Lusaka for focal points from Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. SWA is multi-stakeholder, so these Focal Points include governments, civil society, donors, and other constituencies. There is now an increased understanding of the implications of the SDGs and the need for continued political…

Announcing SWA’s New Cycle of High-level Meetings

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In SWA’s new cycle of High-Level Meetings, the Finance Ministers’ Meetings will take place every three years during the World Bank’s Spring Meeting. Smaller-scale Sector Ministers’ Meetings will be held back-to-back with the FMMs for sector ministers accompanying their finance counterparts. Sector Ministers’ Meetings will be hosted by an SWA…

Out now: draft preliminary findings - Global Review on National Accountability Mechanisms for Goal 6

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A group of CSOs in 27 countries under the umbrella of SWA partners End Water Poverty, Watershed, Coalition Eau and WSSCC just published the draft preliminary findings of their study Global Review on National Accountability Mechanisms for Goal 6. The study investigated the nature of the existing national accountability mechanisms as…