FYI
From: Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi <Mabhaudhi@ukzn.ac.za>
Sent: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 09:44
To: Baitsi Podisi <Bpodisi@ccardesa.org>
Subject: FW: Invitation: SDG 6 Relay Marathon
Dear Podisi,
I trust that you are well. Can you kindly assist with sharing this on CCARDESA’s dgroup?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Tafadzwa
From: Hanke-Louw, Nora (IWMI-South Africa) <N.Hanke-Louw@cgiar.org<mailto:N.Hanke-Louw@cgiar.org>>
Sent: Wednesday, 01 March 2023 14:16
To: IWMI-Everyone in the Southern Africa Office <iwmi-everyoneinsouthernafricaofc2@cgiar.org<mailto:iwmi-everyoneinsouthernafricaofc2@cgiar.org>>
Subject: Invitation: SDG 6 Relay Marathon
Dear all,
Through Tafadzwa, I have been roped into an initiative by the IHE Delft outlined below and in the attachments. Please RSVP and send to your networks! Link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/esu6meY6UdzfVctG8
As you will be aware, in March 2023 there will be a unique occasion, for the first time in more than 40 years the General Assembly of the United Nations will debate the challenges of the freshwater crisis and its solutions. In 2020 the Secretary General António Guterres announced his concern with the delays with which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being achieved. He called on the World to accelerate in particular the water SDG (SDG6), as water cross-cuts and is key to almost all other SDGs. Five accelerators were proposed: Finance, Data and information, Capacity development, Innovation and Governance.
We are organizing a virtual/hybrid event involving a large partnership of academic institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the private sector as part of the NY Water Week and UN Water 2023 to debate the research and innovations that are needed to improve the five pillars of the SDG 6 acceleration framework. What research is needed to accelerate for example the financing of the water sector, or governance, capacity development?
The South African event will take place on 21 March from 10AM-12PM. We form part of a global event marathon relay, where a virtual baton will be passed on to meeting participants distributed over the different time zones. We will start in New York City and end approximately 24 hours later back in New York. On the way a debate will be passed on and ideas and commitments will be picked up on.
Please feel free to contact me for any questions.
Regards,
Nora
[cid:image001.png@01D94B87.3633E8A0]<http://www.iwmi.org/>­
Nora Hanke-Louw
Project Coordinator
International Water Management Institute – Southern Africa
Hatfield Gardens, Block G, Ground Floor
333 Grosvenor Street, Hatfield Pretoria, South Africa
n.hanke-louw@cgiar.org<mailto:n.hanke-louw@cgiar.org>
T: +27-12 845 9100 M: +27-72 843 6133
S: nora hanke-louw L: linkedin.com/in/nora-hanke-louw
The International Water Management Institute<http://www.iwmi.org/> is an international, research-for-development organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing countries.
IWMI is a CGIAR<https://www.cgiar.org/> Research Center
[cid:image002.jpg@01D94B87.3633E8A0]<https://www.cgiar.org/>
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RELAY_MARATHON_Draft 2.pptx
SDG6 Marathon Relay NY Water Week 2023 - ver Feb 20.docx
From: Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi <Mabhaudhi@ukzn.ac.za>
Sent: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 09:44
To: Baitsi Podisi <Bpodisi@ccardesa.org>
Subject: FW: Invitation: SDG 6 Relay Marathon
Dear Podisi,
I trust that you are well. Can you kindly assist with sharing this on CCARDESA’s dgroup?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Tafadzwa
From: Hanke-Louw, Nora (IWMI-South Africa) <N.Hanke-Louw@cgiar.org<mailto:N.Hanke-Louw@cgiar.org>>
Sent: Wednesday, 01 March 2023 14:16
To: IWMI-Everyone in the Southern Africa Office <iwmi-everyoneinsouthernafricaofc2@cgiar.org<mailto:iwmi-everyoneinsouthernafricaofc2@cgiar.org>>
Subject: Invitation: SDG 6 Relay Marathon
Dear all,
Through Tafadzwa, I have been roped into an initiative by the IHE Delft outlined below and in the attachments. Please RSVP and send to your networks! Link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/esu6meY6UdzfVctG8
As you will be aware, in March 2023 there will be a unique occasion, for the first time in more than 40 years the General Assembly of the United Nations will debate the challenges of the freshwater crisis and its solutions. In 2020 the Secretary General António Guterres announced his concern with the delays with which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being achieved. He called on the World to accelerate in particular the water SDG (SDG6), as water cross-cuts and is key to almost all other SDGs. Five accelerators were proposed: Finance, Data and information, Capacity development, Innovation and Governance.
We are organizing a virtual/hybrid event involving a large partnership of academic institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the private sector as part of the NY Water Week and UN Water 2023 to debate the research and innovations that are needed to improve the five pillars of the SDG 6 acceleration framework. What research is needed to accelerate for example the financing of the water sector, or governance, capacity development?
The South African event will take place on 21 March from 10AM-12PM. We form part of a global event marathon relay, where a virtual baton will be passed on to meeting participants distributed over the different time zones. We will start in New York City and end approximately 24 hours later back in New York. On the way a debate will be passed on and ideas and commitments will be picked up on.
Please feel free to contact me for any questions.
Regards,
Nora
[cid:image001.png@01D94B87.3633E8A0]<http://www.iwmi.org/>­
Nora Hanke-Louw
Project Coordinator
International Water Management Institute – Southern Africa
Hatfield Gardens, Block G, Ground Floor
333 Grosvenor Street, Hatfield Pretoria, South Africa
n.hanke-louw@cgiar.org<mailto:n.hanke-louw@cgiar.org>
T: +27-12 845 9100 M: +27-72 843 6133
S: nora hanke-louw L: linkedin.com/in/nora-hanke-louw
The International Water Management Institute<http://www.iwmi.org/> is an international, research-for-development organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing countries.
IWMI is a CGIAR<https://www.cgiar.org/> Research Center
[cid:image002.jpg@01D94B87.3633E8A0]<https://www.cgiar.org/>
UKZN email disclaimer:
The contents of this e-mail may contain personal information, and/or privileged information, and/or confidential information. The information contained herein is therefore only meant for consumption by the recipient mentioned and for the purpose as specified in the body of the e-mail. Should you receive this e-mail in error kindly inform the sender of such by responding to the sender via a response e-mail and thereafter please delete the original e-mail received as well as the response e-mail. The University of KwaZulu-Natal e-mail platform is meant for business purposes (of the University) only and the University therefore does not accept any liability whatsoever that may arise from instances where such platform is utilised for personal reasons. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail represent those of the author and may not necessarily be binding on the University. The author of the e-mail may also not bind the University in any manner that may be construed from the contents of the e-mail unless such sender has been granted the requisite authority to do so by the University.
Attachments
RELAY_MARATHON_Draft 2.pptx
SDG6 Marathon Relay NY Water Week 2023 - ver Feb 20.docx
