The Global Water Leadership Program has been implemented with the objective of supporting leadership development for improved water, sanitation, and hygiene services and climate adaptation.
The Global Water Leadership Program is being implemented in collaboration with the World Water Partnership, UNICEF, Sanitation for All and Water, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Joint Monitoring Program for Sanitation, and the World Health Organization. The program will run until 2024.
The program is being implemented in 10 countries including Nepal, Bangladesh, Chad, Central African Republic, Madagascar, Palestine, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Water and Energy Commission is confident that the program will help the government to implement effective and inclusive climate-resilient water policies and strategies and help maintain climate-resilient communities.
Water resources management and drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (housing) sectors are involved in the program. The Commission has stated that the implementation of the program will provide ample opportunity to identify the impact of climate change on water resources management and housing services and to identify and support climate finance.
The Commission believes that the collection and analysis of important data related to water resources management and housing services in the country will help in refining the relevant policies and strategies.
The Commission stated that it will help strengthen water governance and promote stakeholder cooperation for uplifting and inclusive water resource management and habitat services, advocating for the importance of sustainable water resources and habitat services for health, livelihood, climate resilience, and economic growth.
A 17-member program coordination committee has been formed under the chairmanship of the secretary of the commission for the effective implementation of the program. The purpose of the program is to address the challenges facing developing countries due to the climate crisis.
Speaking at a workshop organized today to discuss the preparations for the implementation of the program, Secretary of the Commission Dinesh Kumar Ghimire said that the program was implemented to fulfill the international commitment expressed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
