The Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) on Water Management was launched at the Stockholm World Water Week in August 2007. The network will coordinate the participation of stakeholders (government, civil society and international organizations) in the preparation of the water and sanitation review at the May 2008 session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16). It also aims to ensure that the linkages between water and the six thematic issues on the CSD-16 agenda - agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification, and Africa - are reflected in the conference proceedings and outcomes. The GPPN further wants to ensure that the integration of water with other sustainable development issues continues in 2009, through to 2015 and beyond.

The water and sanitation review at CSD-16 will look at five themes agreed at CSD-13 in 2005:

• access to basic water services
• integrated water resources management (IWRM)
• access to basic sanitation
• sanitation and hygiene education
• wastewater collection, treatment and reuse

The GPPN was initiated by the Stakeholder Forum and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), which also provide staff for the Secretariat. A GPPN Steering Committee and Working Groups are planned.

Web site:GPPN on Water Management

Contact: GPPN Secretariat - Mr Chris Kyriacou, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, UK, ckyriacou@stakeholderforum.org ; Mr Johan Kuylenstierna, SIWI, Sweden, johan.kuylenstierna@siwi.org

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