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22.10.2020

Building Peace

First working group meeting on international cooperation in Senegal-Mauritania A...

The first meeting of the Regional Working Group on transboundary cooperation on the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer (SMAB) took place on 22 October 2020.
16.10.2020

Education & Training

Webinar series on Hydro-diplomacy n°3 - Gender and Hydrodiplomacy

5:00 - 6:30 pm Indian Standard Time (IST) 13:30 - 15.00 Central European Time (CET)
30.09.2020

Building Peace

Navigating the COVID-19 crisis for the water and peace agenda - A white paper

The Geneva Water Hub has defined six main lines of emphasis concerning its action and relevance in the context of the current period. These lines of force o...
09.09.2020

Shaping Law and Policy

Hydrodiplomacy in Rapid Action: Early Insights from the Sardoba Dam Disaster in ...

On 1 May 2020, following days of inclement weather, a dam wall at the Sardoba reservoir in Uzbekistan collapsed.
24.08.2020

Shaping Law and Policy

WWW 2020 - Facing the climate emergency: effectively leveraging science, governa...

Online 16:00-16:45 CET
10.08.2020

Protection of Water During & After Armed Conflict

World Bank Forum on Fragility, Conflict and Violence - Water for peace: prevent...

The World Bank Washington, D.C.
28.07.2020

Protection of Water During & After Armed Conflict

10 years celebration of the proclamation of the right to water

To start the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the resolution on the right to water, the Geneva Water Hub has asked to the Permanent Missions of Togo,...
30.06.2020

Protection of Water During & After Armed Conflict

"Intensified Action", second annual follow-up report

The second, annual follow-up report of the Geneva Water Hub, Secretariat of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace is available. It adopts the same ...
15.06.2020

Shaping Law and Policy

"DAMS: water flows regulation in a fragmented world" IUCN collaboration

Focusing on these challenges and on existing dynamics at play, the Geneva Water Hub and IUCN’s Environmental Law Centre launch the initiative “Dams: water f...
10.06.2020

Education & Training

Russian version of our MOOC on Water Resources Management and Policy

As of today, our MOOC in Water Resources Management and Policy is available in Russian!
11.05.2020

Building Peace

Stay tuned - The Global Observatory on Water and Peace

The Global Observatory on Water and Peace, recommended by the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, was launched in March 2019 at the 5th Arab Water F...
29.04.2020

Protection of Water During & After Armed Conflict

Stay tuned - The Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastruc...

In its report “A Matter of Survival”, the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace underlined the adverse consequences of armed conflicts on water resourc...
22.03.2020

Protection of Water During & After Armed Conflict

2020 World Water Day in times of crisis

A regularly updated page on the Geneva Water Hub activites! 
19.03.2020

Protection of Water During & After Armed Conflict

10 years of conflict in Syria - Strengthening the legal regime on the protection...

Photo credit © ICRC
14.03.2020

Building Peace

Blue Peace Day - in the blue exhibition

----- EVENT POSTPONED - STAY TUNED ----- 11.00 - 17.00 Angela Lyn and Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie Rämistrasse 18, Zürich Switzerland