The Sanitation and Water for All Global High Level Meetings

The Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meetings (HLM) bring together Ministers of Finance from developing countries, Ministers of Development Cooperation from donor countries and high-level representatives from development banks and other donor institutions to address the lack of priority given to sanitation and water as a development intervention, the poor targeting of aid in the sector, and the need for robust planning and institutions. 

The second SWA High Level Meeting is on Friday 20 April 2012, before the weekend World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC. Find out more about the High Level Meeting here.

You can also join the SWA here or contact the SWA secretariat for more information here .

For information on previous SWA High Level Meetings including progress reports and summaries from the meeting, please click here.

 

Latest news  about the 2012 HLM

High level meeting sets course towards Water and Sanitation for All

40 developing countries aim for swifter progress on meeting basic needs

WASHINGTON DC, April 19, 2012 –- Ahead of the World Bank’s Spring Meetings here this week, government ministers from almost 40 developing countries are meeting with UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, UK International Development Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell, Chair of the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation HRH the Prince of Orange, and major donors and water and sanitation sector organizations, to discuss speeding up global access to water and sanitation.

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Date announced for 2012 HLM

Following the success of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) 2010 Global High Level Meeting, UNICEF, on behalf of the SWA Partnership, plans to convene the second Global High Level Meeting in April 2012 just prior to the World Bank Spring Meetings, in Washington DC. 

The Concept Note I (Fr) for the 2012 SWA High Level Meeting outlines the multi-stakeholder preparations in developing countries as well as the preparatory processes for donors. The theme for the 2012 SWA High Level Meeting will be the economic gains of investing in water and sanitation and the costs of failing to invest.