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Water for Developmentand Development for

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Realizing the New SDGs’Vision

Dr Mohamed AIT KADIChair of GWP Technical Committee

SWWW, Stockholm, August 23, 2015

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Inter-ConnectedSDGs

Mohamed Ait Kadi, SWWW2015

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Current development paradigm needs to be re-examined and modified as such that nationaldevelopment strategies consider more explicitly themultifaceted role that water resources managementplays in the economic development, social wellbeingand environmental sustainability.

First Implication:

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Conceptual framework of the dynamics of water security and sustainable growth

Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC

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Conceptual framework of the dynamics of water security and sustainable growth

*Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015 Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC

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Relative economic impacts of water insecurity

*Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC

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Second Implication:

Fundamental trade-offs need to be clarified. It is theState’s responsibility to determine water allocationswithin a country’s boundaries that balance theobjectives of a high-growth, dynamic economy withsocietal notions of fairness and equity.

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Accept and embrace interconnectedness and comprehensiveness

Mohamed Ait Kadi

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ConclusionSDG#6 rosy future, only if…..

Governments assert their leadership role in guiding water

resources development and management including building

stronger partnerships with the private sector and NGOs;

Countries invest in portfolios of sequenced projects that combine

institutions (agencies, rules, and incentives), information

systems (hydro-meteorological, economic, and social), and

infrastructure (natural and constructed) in the management of

water resources and water-related risks;

Find ways to package tailored financing mechanisms to support

countries most afflicted by water insecurity;

Give high priority to overcoming the water information and

knowledge gaps in highly vulnerable countries.Mohamed Ait Kadi

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THANK YOU!