Seventy-Eight Water ChangeMakers Take the Next Step in Their Journey

After learning about more than 350 Water ChangeMaker stories from around the world, we are excited to share with you the list of 78 semi-finalists that have been identified by our qualified and diverse technical jury to pursue the next stage in the Awards selection process. While the possibility to submit stories was offered in six languages, a majority of the semi-finalists come to us from South Asia, South America and Central America, with wide representation from 11 other regions. During this process, the jurors that selected the 78 semi-finalists were truly impressed and inspired by the brilliant and creative solutions received from around the world to manage water better in the face of climate change. In particular, the submissions demonstrate how to leverage technology to solve common water-related challenges; to acknowledge the critical role of gender and social equity; and to engage all stakeholders in making decisions over shared water resources.

Change journeys

The Water ChangeMaker Awards are designed to find, celebrate and make visible teams and organisations who have shaped decisions about water that have helped build climate resilience. We look to collect these journeys, through the submissions towards the Awards, in order to create the opportunity for knowledge exchange and learning processes. Some 27 Partners are associated with the programme for that to happen.

What’s next?

It is important to remember that the Awards are not an end in themselves, but also a way to bring people together to create inertia for action around common challenges in a new way, and contribute with fresh, inspiring initiatives and stories that will contribute new insights to the GWP IWRM Toolbox. This has become even more important in the context of the new normal we are operating under the COVID pandemic. We are currently designing opportunities for different communities of ChangeMakers to interact and learn from each other and the GWP Network. A second stage jury of thought leaders will convene in October to consider additional input to the submissions and determine the list of finalists, with winners to be announced in early 2021. GWP’s Technical Committee has also been recruited to analyze the submission contents with the aim of creating a publication to be launched next year on lessons learned about making positive change happen for water and climate resilience. There is more excitement to come!

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News type	Inbrief
File link	https://www.gwp.org/en/About/more/news/2020/results-are-in-seventy-eight-water-changemakers-take-the-next-step-in-their-journey/
Source of information	gwp.org
Subject(s)	DRINKING WATER , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Geographical coverage	World,
News date	01/09/2020
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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