Team #Finland 🇫🇮 thanks the organizers for successful 4th #Baghdad International Water Conference antti rautavaara Jukka Ilomäki Eya Henrietta Toivanen Simo Ristolainen Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Special Envoy for Water ⁦antti rautavaara⁩ ⁦MFA Finland 🇫🇮⁩ at 4th Baghdad Int’l #Water Conference

” #Iraq as new party to ⁦Water Convention & Protocol on Water and Health⁩ Helsinki Convention pioneers transboundary water cooperation in the region for #Peace and #Security ” ⁦⁦Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen⁩

As widespread droughts spark national emergencies in Southern Africa, Water Convention and partners convene in Zambia to strengthen transboundary water cooperation

For more details about the workshop on Allocation, Nexus & Agreements in Livingstone, see👇
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💦 Water is not only a source of life but also a source of peace.

💦 The number of people having access to a safe water source has gone up by 1.8 bn since the year 2000.

💦 Still more has to be done.

💦 Finland - together with our outstanding companies - is engaged in water

Insightful points! Congratulations on the launch process of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network in Orange-Senqu river basin 💦

#Nambia & #Finland met today in Livingstone, Zambia to exchange technical expertise, case studies, common challenges & good practices.

This is part of a Twinning Initiative under the #WaterConvention aiming to facilitate accession, support implementation & strengthen cooperation

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This week, Young Water Diplomats Jemina and Kristian from 🇫🇮 took part in Water & Peace Seminar in Almaty: 'Great insights on dynamics of large infrastructure in transboundary basins. Mutual benefits, resilient institutions and multistakeholder cooperation are critical.'Water Cooperation & Diplomacy @IHE

IHE Delft 💧 Institute for Water Education #youngwaterdiplomats , the Water and Development Partnership Programme project members of the #waterCroWD and international experts this morning in sunny Almaty at the Water & Peace Seminar.

📢Happening now in Livingstone, Zambia🇿🇲:

Workshop on #Transboundary #Water Allocation & the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus! 💧

Countries, river basin reps & experts are exchanging experiences & showcasing tools like the Handbook on Water Allocation.

Stay tuned for more!

🌍Great turn-out at our workshop in Zambia, bringing together decision-makers & technical experts!

We are diving deep into the #WaterConvention ’s institutional framework for peaceful cooperation & advancing collaborative efforts towards allocation agreements & arrangements.💦

🇿🇲Today & tomorrow, experts are sharing step-by-step guidance for crafting effective agreements for #transboundary #water #cooperation .

The workshop aims to boost capacity, exchange good practices, and promote the Handbook on Water Allocation in a Transboundary Context. 💦🌍

Our IHE Delft 💧 Institute for Water Education #youngwaterdiplomats are busy negotiating effective cooperation arrangements during a negotiation training in Almaty, starting a week of trainings and workshops.

“ #Water is one foreign and security policy instrument for solving global challenges through cooperation. Water diplomacy is a means to promote #peace , #security and long-term #sustainability around the world,” says antti rautavaara Special Envoy for Water at MFA Finland 🇫🇮.

Under världsvattenveckan i Stockholm den 25–29 augusti deltar Finland på ett synligt sätt i den del av programmet som handlar om vattentvister och fredsmedling.🌊

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Suomi on näkyvästi mukana vesikiistoja ja rauhanvälitystä käsittelevällä ohjelmaosuudella Tukholman vesiviikolla 25.–29. elokuuta. 🌊

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Finland will have a prominent role in the programme session on water disputes and mediation in World Water Week in Stockholm on 25–29 August.🌊

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Vesipäivän seminaarissa tarkasteltiin vesiyhteistyön ja diplomatian mahdollisuuksia rauhan edistämisessä ja konfliktien ehkäisyssä.

Ulkoministeri Elina Valtonen korosti puheenvuorossaan, että vesivarat tulee nähdä myös yhteistyön mahdollistajana. 💧

#MaailmanVesipäivä

Tervetuloa mukaan #MaailmanVesipäivä ​n seminaariin 22.3.! Tämän vuoden teema on ”Water for Peace – Vesi rauhan vipuvartena”.
Lisätiedot ja ilmoittautuminen: vesiyhdistys.fi/2024/02/05/ves…
Seminaarin järjestävät Finnish Water Diplomacy, Suomen Vesiyhdistys ry | Water Association Finland ja MFA Finland 🇫🇮, Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry tuella. #Vesi

On #WorldWaterDay 22 March 2024, we invite you to join us in the seminar 'Leveraging water for peace – Vesi rauhan vipuvartena', organised together with Suomen Vesiyhdistys ry | Water Association Finland and MFA Finland 🇫🇮 with the support of Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry. More information and registration: vesiyhdistys.fi/2024/02/05/ves…