The Bonn Water Network* and the Water Integrity Network (WIN) cordially invite you to their webinar‘The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus: how to improve governance and accountability’
on Friday November 4th, 2022, 17.00-18.15 CET
The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus recognizes the interlinkages between the these sectors and highlights the importance of integrated solutions to address climate change issues with minimal, concerted trade-offs. In recent years, the WEFE Nexus has gained political traction as an important element of the ambitious climate targets of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
In order to support the performance and integrity readiness of WEFE Nexus initiatives, WIN and GIZ are jointly highlighting the integrity perspective and best practices in Nexus dialogues. In collaboration with BWN, this webinar is for WEFE Nexus stakeholders to share knowledge and learn about ongoing and evolving governance, integrity mechanisms and political-institutional conditions within WEFE Nexus.
Successful WEFE Nexus approaches will require coordination and integration across levels of government (vertical), as well as across sectors (horizontal). An ongoing WEFE Nexus project on strengthening integrity within WEFE Nexus Dialogue between GIZ and WIN shows that such coordination has many challenges, both technical and governance-related, linked to the need to assess common risks, ensure a balanced decision-making process, mobilize joint funding, and develop joint action plans towards common objectives. Addressing governance and integrity concerns within a WEFE Nexus initiative can make these processes more efficient and effective, and help attract Nexus-related investments. Building capacity of stakeholders to understand and address integrity challenges in WEFE initiatives must therefore be a priority.
Bonn Water Network welcomes you to this joint event with WIN and GIZ to discuss best practices and remaining challenges in WEFE-Nexus governance.
Please register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s49WYnCiQBC-1zX7qjl4SQ
Agenda
17:00-17:05 Welcome note
Dr. Annabelle Houdret, Speaker, Bonn Water Network, and senior researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability
17:05-17:15 Governance and the WEF Nexus Regional Dialogue-Global Nexus Secretariat
Eleonora Hoffmann, GIZ
17:15-17:25 Political-institutional conditions for coordination in the WEFE Nexus: Insights from Ethiopia, Jordan, Malawi and Mexico
Dr. Srinivasa Reddy Srigiri, senior researcher, IDOS, Bonn
17:25-17:35 An Integrity Framework for WEFE Nexus
Rebecca Sands, Programme Officer and WEFE Project Lead, WIN, Berlin
17:35-17:45 Governance and the WEF Nexus Regional Dialogue-The Niger Basin Nexus Dialogue Experience
Robert Kranefeld, Regional coordinator, Nexus Regional Dialogues in the Niger basin, GIZ
17:45-18:15 Panel Discussion
Moderated by Annabelle Houdret
Contact for questions regarding content of this event: [email protected] and [email protected].
More Information: JRF-Institute IDOS.
