Global water in an Egyptian week
The internationalism of water in an Egyptian week
In recent years, strategies for enhancing water resources have become more important than ever, given the severe climate changes the world is witnessing, which coincide with water crises and the decline of its sources in many countries of the world. Therefore, Egypt has undertaken to increase water development projects, through water desalination plants and other related projects, which is represented in reality by the national strategy “Water Resources Development and Management Strategy until 2050.”
From here, international meetings and events continue in the land of Egypt, reflecting Egyptian leadership in the field of water promotion, and among the most important of these events is “Cairo Water Week”, which has been held since 2018 until it has become one of the most prominent international events in the field of water under Egyptian leadership, where high-level delegations participate in many technical sessions and workshops, and provide presentations and contributions from prominent international speakers.
After six years of Water Week, the first activities of the seventh edition ofCairo Water Week, which was titled “Water and Climate: Building Resilient Societies,” was launched on October 13, with the title “Water and Climate: Building Resilient Societies.” Under the patronage of the President of the Republic, this edition brings together a number of water resources development specialists from various countries of the world, as they seek to discuss the most important issues of water management and ways to enhance them to combat changes. Climate.
The sessions of the Seventh Cairo Water Week included many topics; They are: managing water resources to enhance the resilience of communities, shared water governance, innovation in financing water security solutions, building climate-smart communities in terms of planning and legislation, and working to adapt water to climate change.
Numbers and Challenges
In the seventh Cairo Water Week, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation – as the main organizer – works to achieve the greatest societal and international return on water issues, and to address all its challenges at the regional and global levels, in cooperation between it and all parties and institutions concerned, most notably the European Union in Egypt, the African Water Week, and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
In terms of numbers and statistics, official reports indicate that all editions of Cairo Water Week included more than 24 thousand entries, in addition to 25 competitions, 98 exhibitors, and 1,495 key speakers at the regional and international levels, in addition to 154 international organizations. Throughout its long history, Cairo Water Week also included 152 sessions, 113 research summaries, 18 lengthy summaries, in addition to 10 full papers.
These numbers reflect the value that this Egyptian International Week provides at the local and global levels, as it displays innovative and constructive ideas in the field of water promotion, communication with water policy experts around the world, and cooperation with national and international entities. This undoubtedly sheds light on Egypt’s rich culture, and measures its role in making global water policies more just and consistent with national needs in all countries of the world.
Therefore, the speech of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi expressed this importance in the truest way, as his sovereignty stressed that organizing the seventh Cairo Water Week at this time – despite the great challenges the world is witnessing – is an opportunity to highlight the importance of discussing issues of water resources management and development. To preserve the safety and sustainability of international water resources, in accordance with the principles of international water law.
It is worth noting that the event witnessed the organization of an exhibition on the sidelines of the 7th Cairo Water Week, where the Egyptian government provided governmental and private institutions with a platform that can shed light on its programs, products and innovations in the field of water and support its resources, in addition to the lively discussions included in this international week on the topics of water desalination and its national and international projects, renewable energy, and the latest technological solutions in the field. Water.
Closing of Cairo Water Week
Today – October 17 – the sessions of the Seventh Cairo Water Week are scheduled to include a number of important topics, including: a talk about the role of science in planning and legislating climate-smart societies, and a dialogue about hydrology in Africa, which is managed by the World Meteorological Organization, which confirms its vision and strategy in the field of hydrology, and the extent of its interest in contributing to the management of water resources and associated disasters, and the role of this in achieving the sixth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): clean water and hygiene. Health.
These global Egyptian moves in implementing strategies related to water and its resources are a major opportunity to confront the challenges of the water sector around the world, which represents real support for shared water benefits between countries, as Egypt was able to integrate climate and water policies into national visions andSustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
