Water in Cities conference programme

The five-day programme starts with field visits in Zaragoza (one of the SWITCH cities) and focus on four topics on consecutive days: stakeholder engagement, stakeholder engagement and social inclusion, political engagement and media engagement.

Monday 13 December 

Field visits

Tuesday 14 December - Stakeholder Engagement

Presentation of experiences (Belo Horizonte, Lódz, Zaragoza, and other city experiences). What is sustainable urban water management? How far are we away from it? How do the challenges differ between cities? How can we learn from each other?

Wednesday 15 December – Stakeholder Engagement and Social Inclusion

Tools and Approaches (including hands-on workshops). What have we learnt about specific tools and approaches? What are the positive and negative lessons from the SWITCH experience? How do we specifically engage the marginalized people to constructive effect?

Thursday 16 December – Political Engagement

The practical politics of changing to sustainable urban water management; how does it happen? How can it be promoted?

Friday 17 December – Media Engagement

Who wants to know what, what else do they need to know? How do they want to know it? How can we better communicate with each other? What is the role of the media and what can we learn from the media

See also: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/swm_cities_zaragoza_2010.