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World Water Forum Launches Global Quest for Solutions to the World’S Water Issues: Marseille Kicks Off Preparation for the 6Th Forum in 2012
World Water Forum Launches Global Quest for Solutions to the World’s Water Issues: Marseille kicks off preparation for the 6th Forum in 2012 • In developing countries, 80% of health problems are linked to inadequate water and sanitation. • In Africa alone, up to 5% of GDP is lost annually to water-borne diseases and poor sanitation. • One dollar invested in sanitation can save between US$3 to US$34 in medical costs and lost productivity. • Agriculture represents 70% of total water use, but 50% of food is wasted between farm and fork. Investing in food-chain efficiency is crucial. • 3 billion people depend on the sustainability of 263 river basins and hundreds of underground water reservoirs shared by several countries. Paris/Marseille, 2 June 2010. Over 400 ‘water leaders’ from around the world will gather in France from 3-4 June to launch the preparation for the 6th World Water Forum (Marseille, 2012). With over 2.5 billion people suffering water-related stress every day, solutions must come faster and at a larger scale then ever before. For that reason, the organizers of the World Water Forum are launching a world wide quest to find practical solutions to today’s water challenges. In Paris tonight, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France will celebrate the Kick-off by offering the decisive support of his country as the host of the 2012 event. The World Water Forum is organized every three years by the World Water Council, together with a host country and host city, counting regularly over 20,000 participants. Four hundred Kick-off participants, representing several dozen countries and organizations, will take part in workshops during two days in Marseille, to work on the global water priorities and to debate what targets can be set and achieved. -
Cladmag 2018 Issue 2
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8TH WORLD WATER FORUM Brasilia, 18-23 March 2018
Briefing December 2017 8TH WORLD WATER FORUM Brasilia, 18-23 March 2018 “Sharing Water” This briefing aims at informing UCLG members on key background elements prior to the 8th World Water Forum due to take place in Brasilia, Brazil, from 18th to 23rd March 2018 UCLG and the issue of Water The Final Declaration of the UCLG Founding The World Water Forum is the world’s biggest Congress stated: “Access to sufficient, good water-related event and is organized by the quality water at a reasonable price must be a World Water Council, an international right for all, and requires both legislative and organization that brings together all those social measures to protect the least advantaged interested in the theme of water. communities.” It is crucial for UCLG to have a presence at this Although overall improvements in citizens’ major meeting in order to promote the local access to water and sanitation services can be government position on the local management noted on a global scale, there are still of water resources. UCLG’s participation will inadequacies in many urban areas, especially in make it possible to initiate a debate with informal settlements. This is especially the case national governments, corporate partners and regarding access to piped water, which could be leading international organisations on the seen as a minimum living standard for urban areas. Between 1990 and 2010, the number of Deadlines urban-dwellers without access to piped water grew by nearly 300 million. Registration to the Forum: 10th January 2018 (first deadline) UCLG has played a key role in mobilizing its 28th February 2018 (second deadline) members and defending the interests of local and regional governments at various World Sponsorship expression of interest: Water Forums (Mexico 2006, Istanbul 2009 and 30th January 2018 Marseille 2012, Daegu 2015). -
Daegu-Gyeongbuk Water Action for Sustainable Cities and Regions
Daegu-Gyeongbuk Water Action for Sustainable Cities and Regions Draft as of 14 April 2015 Local and Regional Authorities play a vital role in ensuring water security in a context where already more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and urbanization is accelerating. At the same time water and sanitation services are lagging behind and infrastructure systems are often in dire need of repair or replacement. While the majority of Local and Regional Authorities is in charge of providing water and sanitation services for their populations, they are also responsible for a much broader palette of water-related tasks, including local economic development, provision of energy, ensuring adequate access to food, poverty reduction, environmental management, resilience to climate change and disasters, and addressing public health issues. Since 2006, Local and Regional Authorities have been joining forces to promote sustainable practices in water management through dedicated events at the triennial World Water Forums. In 2009, at the Fifth World Water Forum, Local and Regional Authorities endorsed the Istanbul Water Consensus, expressing their commitment to sustainable urban water management. Since then, over 1,000 Local and Regional Authorities from all around the world have signed the Consensus. Five months before final decisions will be taken by the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2015, it can be expected that the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will include several water-related goals, amongst them one which is specifically dedicated to water. If adopted they will open a new phase of strong commitment for the achievement of sustainable water management by relevant stakeholders at all levels and in all sectors, including for universal access to water and sanitation. -
Facts and Figures About Water
Facts and Figures about Water • 3 hours on average per day is spent by girls and women to collect water from distant sources (Source: WTN 2007) • 25% of the human population remains does not have proper access to water and sanitation (Source: WHO) • 42% of the world’s population does not have access to improved sanitation facilities (Source: UN) • 42% of households in 2002 had no toilets, and one in six people had no access to safe water. (Source: UNICEF) • 45% is the proportion of people living in countries chronically short of water by 2050 • 64% of the population can’t access hygienic sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: UNICEF) • 66% in Latin America and the Caribbean have access to piped water through household connections. 49% in Asia, 24% in Africa (Source: UN) • 97.25% of the earth's water is not drinkable. (Source: The Economist) • 260 000 additional people need to gain access to improved water sources and an additional 370 000 people should gain access to improved sanitation in order to meet the water supply and sanitation target (WHO 2004, Facts and Figures). • 1.1billion people lack access to safe drinking water according to the UN • 2.6 billion people lack toilets and other forms of improved sanitation. (Source: Millennium Development Report 2005) • 5% of GDP in Africa is lost annually due to illness and death caused by dirty water and poor sanitation • 20% of children in poor countries do not reach the age of 5 because of infectious diseases provoked by poor water quality. (Source: UNESCO) • 39% reduction in diarrhoea episodes can be achieved through improving household drinking water (Source: UNICEF) • 50% of developing world’s hospital beds are occupied by parents suffering from water-related diseases at any one time (Source: UN) • 65% of deaths cause by diarrhoeal diseases can be reduced by the integrated approach of providing water, sanitation and hygiene. -
2 – College Affairs the College Year
ST ANTONY’S COLLEGE RECORD 2009–2010 Designed and produced in the Development Office at St Antony’s College © The Warden and Fellows of St Antony’s College, 2010 Contact information: St Antony’s College, Oxford, OX2 6JF Tel – 01865 284 700 www.sant.ox.ac.uk CONTENTS 1 – Overview of the College The College.................................................................................................... ........... 1 The Fellowship.......................................................................................................... 3 The Staff.................................................................................................................... 8 2 – College Affairs The College Year....................................................................................................... 10 From the Bursar......................................................................................................... 11 The Graduate Common Room................................................................................... 13 The Library................................................................................................................ 20 The St Antony’s–Palgrave Series.............................................................................. 21 3 – Teaching and Research African Studies.......................................................................................................... 22 Asian Studies............................................................................................................ -
A Brazilian Journey WORLD WATER COUNCIL - 2011
A Brazilian journey WORLD WATER COUNCIL - 2011 INTERNAL DOCUMENT > 25 Sept. - 2 Oct. 2011 Several ministers, some governors, about ten senators and the same number of parliamentarians, countless meetings with NGOs, several mayors, professional organizations, enterprises, journalists, large audiences composed of thousands of people, 22 speeches and a lot of interviews, more than 5,000 kilometers travel- led within the country: this was the schedule of the official visit of the President of the World Water Council and his accompanying team when visiting Brazil from 25 September to 2 October 2011. Each of these meetings was characterized by an exceptional interest in all water issues. Water and global changes highlighted at the XIVth IWRA- World Water Congress Global changes facing water management were at the heart of the debates of the XIVth International Water Resources Association World Water Congress held in Porto de Galinhas from 25 to 28 September 2011. Invited to speak at the opening session, the President of the Council recalled that “in the face of global challenges and threats which weigh heavily today on water, the future of water not only depends on tech- nological progress, but also depends on political commitments.” The President of the World Water Council and Benedito Braga, President of the International Forum Com- mittee, moved by the performance of a young Brazilian pianist in the opening ceremony, invited her to come to the 6th World Water Forum next March for a concert benefiting a project on access to water in Brazil. This was also the occasion for Benedito Braga, Dogan Altinbilek, and Jun Xia to present in plenary session of about 800 participants, the situation regarding the preparation of the 6th World Water Forum. -
A Series of Readers Published by the Institute of Network Cultures Issue No
A SERIES OF READERS PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE OF NETWORK CULTURES ISSUE NO. 16 EDITED BY I. ALEV DEGIM JAMES JOHNSON & TAO FU ONLINE COURTSHIP INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS ACROSS BORDERS Theory on Demand #16 Online Courship: Interpersonal Interactions Across Borders Editors: I. Alev Degim, James Johnson, Tao Fu Copy-editing: Jess van Zyl Editorial Support: Miriam Rasch Design: Jess van Zyl EPUB development: Gottfried Haider and Jess van Zyl Printer: ‘Print on Demand’ Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2015 ISBN: 978-90-822345-7-2 Contact Institute of Network Cultures web: http://networkcultures.org This publication is available through various print on demand services. EPUB and PDF editions of this publication are freely downloadable from our website, http://networkcultures.org/publications/#tods This publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). 6 THEORY ON DEMAND CONTENTS Introduction 8 I. Alev Degim and James Johnson The Pre-History of Print and Online Dating, c. 1690-1990 17 H.G. Cocks Old and New Methods for Online Research: The Case of Online Dating 29 Murat Akser Dating Maps: Mapping Love in Online Dating Communities 36 Ramón Reichert The Virtual Nightclub: Adolescents from Low-Income Sectors Search for Their Couples through Facebook 47 Diego Basile and Joaquín Linne 'Dating' or 'Escaping'? Cuban Profiles in Dating Websites 57 Lázaro M. Bacallao Pino Self-presentation in the Portuguese Online Dating Scene: Does Gender Matter? 71 Cláudia Casimiro Liberalism Conquering Love: Reports and Reflections on Mass Romantic and Sexual Consumption in the Internet Age 96 Pascal Lardellier The Advertising and Profit Model of Leading Dating Sites in China: A Comparison of Jianyuan, Baihe and Zhenai’s Targeting and Advertising 106 Caiyun Wen Remediating the Matchmaker: Arranging Marriage Online in the South Asian Diaspora in America 117 Sheena Raja and Bryce J. -
7Th World Water Forum Ten Major Outcomes
7TH WORLD WATER FORUM TEN MAJOR OUTCOMES WORLD WATER COUNCIL REPORT “WATER FOR OUR RECORD FUTURE” ATTENDANCE THE 7TH WORLD WATER FORUM FOR THE TOOK PLACE AT A TURNING POINT AT THE DAWN OF A MINISTERIAL NEW SET OF GLOBAL GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT. IT MARKS THE RISE OF A NEW PARADIGM IN CATALYZING POSITIVE CHANGE FOR A WATER-SECURE WORLD. Figures of the 7th World Water Forum OVER 40,000 ENTRIES FROM 168 COUNTRIES 10 WORLD LEADERS 121 OFFICIAL NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS DELEGATIONS More than 100 ministerial delegations participated in the Forum 80 GOVERNMENT MINISTERS 71 PARLIAMENTARIANS “Water is at the core of sustainable development. It is thus important to 95 LOCAL AND REGIONAL ensure both a stand-alone water goal and AUTHORITIES a comprehensive concept of water, energy 400 SESSIONS & EVENTS and food security as part of the post- 2015 sustainable development agenda.” 900 JOURNALISTS FROM Neven Mimica, European Commissioner FIVE CONTINENTS for International Cooperation and Development 7th World Water Forum The 7th World Water Forum met a record of participation The declaration also commits to ministers working within its ministerial process with more than 100 together to ensure a successful outcome at CoP21 in full ministerial delegations participating in the event. On recognition of the importance of water-related issues in 13 April 2015, the Ministers adopted the Ministerial climate change. Declaration, which was accompanied by a full set of recommendations from the international water The declaration also emphasizes the importance of community on how best to overcome today’s water science and technology’s role in moving from the challenges. -
Listening to Chinese Music
Listening to Chinese Music 1 Listening to Chinese Music This article is an English translation of part of the book Listening to Chinese Music 《中國音樂導賞》edited by Chuen-Fung Wong (黃泉鋒) and published by the Hong Kong Commercial Press in 2009 as a project of the Chinese Music Archive of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. With the permission by the Chinese Music Archive, this article is uploaded onto the Education Bureau’s website for teachers’ and students’ reference. As for the recordings of selected music, please refer to the CDs accompanying the printed copy of the Chinese version. © The Chinese Music Archive, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced in any form or by any means. 2 Contents Foreword…………………………………………………………………………………..5 Translator’s Preface……………………………………………………………………….6 Chapter 1 Modern Chinese Orchestra ............................................................................. 8 Section 1 The Rise of the Modern Chinese Orchestra ......................................................... 9 Section 2 Instruments Used in the Modern Chinese Orchestra .......................................... 10 Section 3 The Characteristics of Chinese Orchestral Music and Its Genres ....................... 11 Section 4 The “Improvement” of Chinese Instruments ...................................................... 13 Section 5 The Development of Modern Chinese Orchestra ............................................... 15 Listening Guide ................................................................................................................... -
Living in Seoul
Living in Seoul 2015 Living in Seoul English Edition Living in Seoul Guide for Living in Seoul English Edition SEOUL GLOBAL CENTER | Tel_ 82-2-2075-4180 Fax_ 82-2-723-3205 http://global.seoul.go.kr English Edition contents Immigration 08 Visa 09 Stay 14 Foreign Registration 16 Overseas Koreans 18 Re-entry Permission 19 Departure 20 Q&A Transportation Accommodation 22 Using Public Transportation 38 Types of Accommodation 22 Subway 40 Types of Lease Contracts 25 Intra-city Buses 43 Real Estate Agents 27 Taxis 45 International Districts 29 Transit Cards 48 Purchase Procedures for Foreigners 30 Express Buses 49 Making the Move 31 Trains & Planes 51 Electricity 34 Q&A 51 Gas 52 Water Service 53 Q&A Garbage Disposal Communication Education Driving 56 Preparations for Garbage Collection & Banking 106 Education System 132 Driving in Seoul 57 General Waste 106 Educational Options 137 Penalty Points for Traffic Violations 57 Food Waste 66 Communication Facilities 107 Preschools 138 Penalty Points from Traffic Accidents 58 Recycling 71 Postal Services 108 Foreign Schools 139 Purchasing a Vehicle 59 Large Waste Matter 75 Telephone Services 114 Korean Language Education 144 Resident Prioritized Parking System 61 Recycling Centers and Flea Markets 78 Banking 116 Libraries & Book Stores 144 Rental Cars 63 Q&A 82 Q&A 119 Q&A 145 Motorcycles 146 Traffic Accidents 147 Q&A Employment Medical Services 86 Scope of Activities and Employment for Foreigners in Korea 122 Korean Medical System 86 Employment Procedures by Visa Status 123 Medical Services for Foreigners -
PRESS KIT 7Th World Water Forum South Korea April 12-17, 2015
2015: THE TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION 1 PRESS KIT 7th World Water Forum South Korea April 12-17, 2015 1 2 2015 : FROM THE 7TH WORLD WATER FORUM IN SOUTH KOREA TO COP21 : CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD! Gr OWING NEEDS GROWING NEEDS EMERGENCY IES S STR OSE Y U RP IT ND U R I P U & IC C Y T + E S G S R E D E M O N O O E D +2-3 billion F people by 2050 Access tO DRINkiNG WATER AND SANITATION 1,8 2,5 billion million HEALTH people do not have people use water access to proper CONCERNS contaminated sanitation by faecal matter GeNDER INEQUALITY GENDER EMERGENCY INEQUALITY water collection CHOOL chores for women insecurity S and children no school for girls 3 POLLU TION AND DEGRADATION OF ECOSYSTEMS In developing countries, 90% of waste water LEFT UNTREATED DISAPPEARANCE OF 64% 100 000 ANIMAL OF THE EARTH’S WETLANDS SPECIES IN DANGER NATURAL DISASTERSNATU RANDAL D CLIISAMATESTER SCHAN AND GECLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY FLO DRO TSU STO MELTI ODS UG NAM RM NG G HT IS S L S AC IE R S 4 South Korea, the cities Daegu and Gyeongju will host the 7th World Water Forum from April 12 to 17, 2015. of Daegu and Gyeongju, All water stakeholders — from governments to parliamentarians, local and the Gyeongbuk province regional authorities, NGOs, users, intergovernmental organizations, public and private corporations, professionals, scientists and experts — will be present. and the World Water Council are organizing Since 1997, these Forums have become essential triennial events and have been instrumental in adressing the major water issues and challenges of the the 7th World Water 21st century : Forum.