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Forum Programme Book now available
The Forum Programme Book is now available to be downloaded. In the Forum Programme book, you will find the details of all of the sessions, regional presentations, side events, Learning Centre courses, prize ceremonies, and much more besides. Make sure you are well informed about all of the activities in the Forum beforehand, so as not to miss out on anything during the week. |
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| THE FORUM GOES INTERACTIVE |
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Plan Your Forum Week!
Two new features have been designed on the Forum website to make your participation in the Forum as fruitful as possible. An Interactive Map of the Forum Venue will allow you to find your way around the Forum and the various components and activities taking place throughout the week. The Forum Week Planner will allow you to plan your activities for each day, in such a way as to be sure that you won't miss out on any of activities! Click here to make your Forum experience an interactive one. |
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Make use of the Content Management System (CMS)
In order to make the various presentations, conclusions, summaries, statements, video streams, podcasts, photos and any other product of the Forum week available and easy to find for a wide audience, the Forum organizers have made available a Forum week document centre, known as the Content Management System (CMS), open to any interested party. Use the CMS to keep informed about the discussions in the Forum. |
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Session Situation Documents unveiled
Concise documents summarizing the current situation of each session that will take place at the 5th World Water Forum have now been made available. The aim is to ensure that potential participants will have sufficient time to read through and reflect upon them, and will thus be able to attend the sessions well informed on the progress already achieved. These session situation documents are available by clicking here. By clicking on the link at the bottom of each session situation document, you can also discuss these documents in advance of the Forum. |
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Kyoto Prize Finalists announced
The 11 finalists of the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize, who will be competing for the Prize during the Forum week, have now been announced. Both the 11 finalists and the 19 pre-selected candidates will be presenting their grassroots activities throughout the Forum week, in the Global Water Education Village (for pre-selected candidates, from March 17th to 20th) and the Citizen's Water House (for finalists, on March 21st). Click here to view more details of the candidates' activities and presentations. |
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TURKISH EXPRESSION OF THE MONTH |
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Suya sabuna dokunmamak
Not touching water and soap |
Meaning: A person who never deals with controversial issues (who keeps his or her nose clean) |
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| THIS MONTH'S SURVEY |
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Your expectations for the 5th World Water Forum
Please take this opportunity to let us know what you expect from the 5th World Water Forum. Are you excited about sharing your ideas with experts from all over the world? Optimistic of making a difference to the quality of lives of millions? Or hoping to learn about new perspectives and approaches to solving the water crisis? Please let us know what you expect from the Forum, and share your views with others, by clicking here. |
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Raymond Jost
Secretary General, International Secretariat for Water
"I especially hope that the magic emanating from Istanbul, as the crossroad of cultures, will remind us that water is also culture, tradition, spirituality, art and nature, and we must engage more than ever before citizens in order to preserve our venerated water." |
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Terry Hardt
Facilitator to the 5th World Water Forum
"The Forum is going to be an exciting event. We have a very talented group of people making all of this possible." |
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Sign up to speak in the Speakers' Corner
The draft programme for events in the Speakers' Corner has now been published. A quarter of the space in the Speakers' Corner throughout the Forum week has been filled already, meaning that there are still plenty of opportunities for you to sign up to speak your mind during the Forum. Speakers' Corner events should be 30 minutes long, and can be on any water-related topic. If you are interested in signing up for an event, please look for the staff attending the Speakers' Corner events, or go to the Civil Society Office, in room 1 of the Bedestan Hall (Feshane) |
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Discover Istanbul with organized tours
The 5th World Water Forum's Professional Conference Organizers, IKON Events, are organizing tourist activities for the Forum week, as well as pre-post tours. If you have not yet booked your hotel, you can do so by clicking here, where you will find a large number of negotiated rates in a wide range of hotels throughout Istanbul. You may also book tourist activities through the same site.. |
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Make partnerships at the Forum
Whether you are interested in learning about partnerships, hear discussions on partnerships or are merely exploring ways to enhance the capacities of your own organization, then we have an event for you. Come and hear from diverse actors in the water world to discuss how challenges can be made into opportunities at the Partnership Bazaar. Audience participation is strongly encouraged. Click here for more details. |
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To provide some insight and debate on some of mankind's key water-related challenges, five High-Level Panels will be organized at the Forum, bringing together experts and personalities from different disciplines to discuss and come forward with sets of practical recommendations. Panels will focus on water and disasters; local financing; water, food and energy; sanitation; and water and climate change. Forum participants are invited to take part in these panels. Please click here for more details |
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