WWC News Update n.34 - La Lettre du CME n.34

In this issue:

-          Editorial: Energy for Water: It is of the utmost urgency…

-          Host the 6^th World Water Forum!

-          WWC News

ü       First African Water Week in Tunis

ü       Meeting the “Banker to the Poor”

ü       Partnership MEEDDAT-WWC

ü       “European Crisis Cooperation 2008: Flood Response”

ü       WWC in Morocco

-          5^th World Water Forum

ü       Dünya Su Günü (World Water Day) 2008 : The Istanbul Urban Water Consensus

ü       2^nd announcement of the 5th World Water Forum

ü       First Workshop for the preparation of the 5^th World Water Forum’s “MENA- Arab region” regional process

ü       Launch of the Turkish Sub-Regional Process

-          News from Members and Partners

ü       Global Sanitation Fund

ü       WatSave Awards 2008: invitation for nominations

ü       First Forum of the Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean

ü       The VidéEau Festival

ü       Consultation of Public Comment on the Table of Contents for the WWWDR-3 is closed

ü       Nomination: Martin Walshe

ü       Small Grant Funds

-          In Brief

ü       The UN Human Rights Council Moves Forward on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation

ü       Wallonia Creates an International Water Solidarity Fund

ü       Turkey, Syria and Iraq Establish Water Institute

ü       Japan puts Water & Sanitation Firmly on the G8 Agenda

-          Where to meet, Agenda