Launch of the Forum Platform of Solutions

Pr. Benedito Braga, President of the Forum, has officially launched on August 25th the international Platform for Solutions www.solutionsforwater.org and made a call for active contribution from all.

In order to enable a widespread involvement and to trigger concrete contributions for water, this “Platform of Solutions” is open to all stakeholders and public at large. This interactive tool enables everyone to propose and access feasible solutions. It also helps foster and secure the necessary commitments for their implementation and upscaling throughout the world.

Designed by the International Forum Committee of the 6th World Water Forum, this platform is an open-source, English-language, sustainable digital tool dedicated to collect, to share and to follow solutions and commitments for water, from the international water community, but not only, driven by our global priorities and our thematic or regional targets, following a WISE methodology: Wide Involvement Stakeholders Exchanges. This international platform is a working space, a knowledge-sharing basis, a network as well as an international communication and exchange device.

What is a Solution? Existing or innovative solutions can be legal (a law, a decree, a treaty...), technical (an appropriate device, a plant, a tool, a software...), institutional (governance structures, plans, policies...), financial (levy, transfers, tariffs...) or communication-related (advocacy campaigns, videos, leaflets...). Above all, the solution must contribute to tackling a key water-related issue and help reach the World Water Forum targets in any regions in the world. A set of 7 criteria will help contributors identify relevant solutions: fit with the Forum priorities and targets, feasibility, cost-effectiveness, demonstrated impact, replicability, existing commitment, and sustainability.

Pr. Benedito Braga explained “This is the Forum of Solutions, and as such, we are looking for feasible proposals towards solving the water challenges around the world. As such, our Solutions Fair at the Stockholm Water Week was instrumental in generating momentum and enabled water stakeholders to present more than 200 solutions. For example, an encouraging solution has been proposed “to provide affordable water purification and supply services to poor urban communities in India ”

More information on www.solutionsforwater.org

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