OECD 9th Roundtable on Financing Water

On behalf of the OECD Secretariat and UN-Water, please save the date for the 9^th meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Water. The meeting will be held from 7 - 9 February 2023 at the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva (in-person participation by invitation only) and online.

The Roundtable on Financing Water will play a key role in the lead-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference, possibly contributing a finance perspective to the Water Action Agenda. It will bring together the finance community and water community to share information on recent and future developments of common interest.

The Roundtable meeting will also be the first societal dialogue of the Global Commission on the Economics of water, which ambitions to anchor equity in water economics and define the hydrological cycle as a global common good.

Please find here the draft agenda for the Roundtable meeting. Sessions will focus on:  

• The hydrological cycle as a global common good. What does this mean for finance?
• New economics to value and finance the hydrological cycle
• Equity in financing water: Enhancing access to finance for water
• Changing finance for water: the role of governments and public finance
• Changing finance for water: driving the behaviour of corporates and financiers
• Towards a transformative agenda on financing water

Please indicate here by Tuesday 20 December whether you would be interested in participating online or in person.

Please note that in-person participation is limited due to the room logistics and it will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Further details will be available on the meeting webpage soon.

We look forward to your engagement and participation.

With kind regards,

The OECD Secretariat and UN-Water