Policy and Technical Solutions for Water Data Diplomacy and Exchange

In this two-part session, the co-convening partners will engage expert decision-makers and session participants in an experience exchange dialogue on water data exchange and explore application of water diplomacy approaches to supporting dialogue, trust-building, and exchange within hydrological and meteorological services at local, national, and regional levels with focus on Africa. Part 1 of the session will share new research related to good practice in data-sharing and consider how water diplomacy can support data-sharing processes. Reflections will be invited from a panel of experts elevating a variety of perspectives (context, scale, government, inter-government, global, civil society, etc.). Part 2 will provide an update on the current state of water data exchange at various scales and invite session participations to engage in an interactive exercise to explore water data exchange in practice and provide input into the WMO Unified Data Policy’s draft classification for prioritized data exchange. This event is open to all participants of the African Hydrological Dialogue, Africa Water Week, and Cairo Water Week conference participants joining in-person and online including formal and informal water and policy decision makers, researchers, and practitioners among others.
to be added soon
  • 11:30 - 13:00 (MONACO C)

Conveners

  • Center for Geospatial Solutions

  • The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

  • World Meteorological Organization

  • International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)

  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

  • Environmental Law Institute

  • Women in Water Diplomacy Network

  • Permanent Joint Technical Commission for Nile Waters

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Speakers

  • Dr. Faith Sternlieb / United States

  • Ms. Jessica Troell / United States

  • Dr. Dominique Berod / Switzerland

  • Ms. Harriette Okal / Kenya

  • Dr. Komlan Sangbana / Switzerland

  • Mr. Philip Saile / Germany

  • Dr. Stephan Dietrich / Germany

  • Eng. Abdelrahman Saghayroon Elzein / Sudan

  • Dr. Tahani Sileet / Egypt

  • Dr. Aref Gharib / Egypt