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The World Water Assessment Programme is a flagship programme of UN-Water, founded in 2000. Hosted and led by UNESCO, WWAP is a United Nations system-wide effort to develop the tools and skills needed to achieve a self-assessment capability and highlights the state different policies taking into account the impacts of WWAP of water resources in different physical, climatic climate change and the other major drivers such as Headquarters better understanding of and socio-economic conditions. For the first time, a demographic trends, economic development, Gervais St - France Pré Le Haas, Maro Missions & Activities separate case study volume, “Facing the consumption patterns, environmental effects and the processes,

Challenges,” will accompany the WWDR-3. social/cultural trends. Design: in Perugia, management practices As the flagship programme of UN-Water, WWAP 3) 5) and policies that will serves as an “umbrella” for coordination of existing Developing indicators for freshwater Building a Water Information Network. This will help improve the supply UN initiatives within the sphere of freshwater assessment.WWAP’s activities include: resources, their use and management. WWAP comprise a global-scale meta-database; knowledge Contact information and quality of global has established an Expert Group on Indicators, management systems to facilitate the assessment 1) Monitoring and Databases (EG-IMD), which and dissemination of information; an online library, - M. Ravassard © UNESCO freshwater resources. promotes dialogue between potential users of data website and newsletter. The network will facilitate World Water Assessment Programme Preparing and producing the triennial United and indicators and experts in the provision and capacity building, raise awareness about water, and Villa La Colombella Nations World Water Development Report interpretation of data. This is a complementary enhance communication between governments and Località di Colombella Alta Initially housed in (WWDR), as well as outlining recommendations 06180 Colombella (PERUGIA) process that will support WWAP’ s input to the water-related non-governmental groups. UNESCO’s headquarters in resulting from the findings of these reports. The UN-Water Task Force on Indicators, Monitoring and Italy third edition of the WWDR, called “Water in a Reporting that seeks to improve data collection 6) Email: [email protected] Paris, the WWAP Changing World” and launched on March 16, 2009 th processes in order to refine and develop indicators Proposing capacity-building programmes. The www.unesco.org/water/wwap Secretariat is located at at the 5 World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey for the resource, its use and management by primary purpose is to promote the ability of builds on the work of the previous two editions. making them more robust and more useful. governments to conduct their own assessments the Villa La Colombella, through human resource development; education 2) ©March 2009 UNESCO WWAP Photographs: WWAP 2009 UNESCO ©March its new headquarters in 4) and training; the provision of methodologies; the Producing case studies in conjunction with Development of possible water futures (water improvement of institution and infrastructure; and Perugia, Italy. national partners that outline water resource scenarios). WWAP has initiated a scenario the development of data and information networks. issues and practices in use in different parts of the exercise to examine possible futures under world. This helps countries improve their The WWAP Secretariat WWAP Funding //////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////

The establishment and operation of the WWAP Secretariat during the first six Olcay Unver Michela Miletto WWAP Coordinator Deputy Coordinator years of the programme [email protected] [email protected] (2000-2006) have been made possible by generous project-based funds from the

Engin Koncagul Government of Japan. Lena Salame Programme Officer PCCP Coordinator Case Study Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] The third phase of WWAP (2007-2009) is financed by WWAP Geography & background: the Ministry for Environment, Perugia & Villa La Colombella WWAP Facilities Land and Sea of Italy. Headquarters //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Adriana Fusco Domitille Vallee Astrid Schmitz at the Villa La Executive Assistant to Situated east of , is known as “Il changed to Villa La Colombella. Once the property The property comprises four buildings laying on a The Casa Colonica and the Limonaia host the Programme Officer the Coordinator Office Assistant In addition to the Italian Cuore verde d’Italia”, the Green Heart of Italy. of the prominent Piccolomini family, the Villa La surface of two hectares. WWAP Secretariat offices. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Colombella in Perugia, funds, the Government of Indeed, the Umbrian landscape is one of gently Colombella was acquired by the University for Italy rolling hills where silver-green olive groves are Foreigners in 1972. The Villa is the main building, where most events The hotel wing consists of sixty-five rooms, of Japan and the Danish interspersed with deeper greens of vineyards and are hosted. It offers the following facilities: which twelve have been refurbished as offices and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are natural woodland. Since 1985, the university has used the Villa to for lodging to host WWAP’s guests. The WWAP Secretariat, initially hosted at house the Water Resource Research and • a reception area, continuing to support the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, has Perugia, the capital of Umbria, is an Etruscan city Documentation Centre (WARREDOC), which has • two conference rooms that can accommodate Shaukat Hakim Floriana Barcaioli Simone Grego WWAP Secretariat for its third transferred its offices to Umbria in Italy. The founded in the sixth century B.C. and is rich with held numerous conferences and training up to ninety people each, Perugia Administrative Officer Administrative Assistant Programme Officer Umbrian Region has generously assigned history. A renowned tourist destination, Perugia is workshops at the premises. • four meeting rooms that can accommodate [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] phase. UNESCO the use of the Villa La Colombella in also home to two universities, the Università degli approximately sixteen people each, the municipality of Perugia. WWAP has based its Studi di Perugia () and the In 2007 the complex of Villa La Colombella was • a computer lab with twenty desktop PCs headquarters at the Villa, where it also hosts Università per Stranieri (University for Foreigners). rented from the University of Foreigners by the available for guests. capacity-building activities and other events Located in the centre of Italy, 176 km north of Region of Umbria, who assigned it to UNESCO th jointly with partner organizations. Rome and 160 km southeast of Florence, Perugia through an agreement signed on the 26 of July has a population of 160,000. 2007, for use by the UNESCO Programme Office Lisa Gastaldin Abigail Parish Stefanie Neno WWAP is pleased to present its new facilities in on Global Water Assessment to host the WWAP Office Assistant Communications Officer Networking Officer Perugia and to share this beautiful, historic site Colombella is part of the municipality of Perugia. Secretariat. th [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] with the extended international water During the 17 century, Colombella’s castle was community. modified to become a residence and its name

Samantha Akif Altundas Daniel Perna Wauchope Assistant to Programme Officer Publications Coordinator Programme Officer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Source : google maps