Enhancing capacity building addressing Water and Energy interlinkages for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region

Theme: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Water, Energy 

25-26JUNE2019

Location: Beirut, Lebanon Event Type: Expert Group Meeting

UNESCWA and UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) with support from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund, are organizing an  Expert Group Meeting on “Enhancing capacity building addressing Water and Energy interlinkages for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region”, to take place on the sidelines of ESCWA’s Committees on Energy and Water Resources.

 
The main objective of this meeting is to enhance ESCWA member countries and other relevant stakeholders ability to achieve an integrated and sustainable management of water and energy resources through South-South cooperation thereby contributing to the Sustainable Development of the Arab region. The meeting also aims to assess progress on the water-energy nexus in the Arab Region within the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate actions and to discuss institutional mechanisms and integrated approaches for pursuing policy coherence towards ensuring water and energy security at the regional and national levels.

Participants  will also be invited to identify a possible policy tool or instrument that can be applied to support  mainstreaming of water-energy interlinkages at the national level.