The power of global collaborative innovation in water security to pave the way for climate adaptation:

learnings from youth-centered partnership impact with a focus on diversity and gender equality

Side event

Wednesday, March 22
14:00-15:15

The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
466 Lexington Ave 20th floor, New York, NY

Registration for the event is requested to ensure you are pre-registered with the building’s security, facilitating access on the day of the event.

Waterlution is extremely honoured that the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations has generously agreed to host our offical side event as part of the UN Water Conference 2023 program.

We invite you to join us

In New York for this spectacular opportunity to bring the world together in the name of WATER in the year that Waterlution celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Event description

It is essential to create mechanisms for international and transboundary knowledge mobilization for innovation to continue in the pursuit of global water security. Waterlution – a federally registered Canadian non-profit with 20 years of global programming in 6 continents – has successfully established itself as an internationally recognized water-focused organization offering distinctive capacity building, leadership and facilitation training to spark and mentor innovators and aspiring entrepreneurs in the water and climate change space.

In this 75 minute session hosted by Waterlution and representatives of its global partners, a series of case studies will be presented to articulate specific learnings with a view to foster an expansion of the collaborative potential of these methods (for and with those in attendance).

Special Thanks

Special thanks to:

  • Dr. Heather Cameron, Consul General for Canada in São Paulo, Brazil for your support
  • The Fund for Innovation and Transformation (FIT) for supporting knowledge sharing
  • The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations for hosting our event
  • All of Waterlution’s event co-organizers 
Special thanks to: - Dr. Heather Cameron, Consul General for Canada in São Paulo, Brazil for your support - The Fund for Innovation and Transformation (FIT) for supporting knowledge sharing - The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations for hosting our event - All of Waterlution’s event co-organizers

Important information

Registration for the event is requested so that everyone coming to the event can be pre-registered with the building’s security, facilitating access on the day of the event.

The event will take place in English and will not have translation.

Event Speakers

Victor Kinjo

University of São Paulo (USP) Post-doctorate

Michael Korpac

Co-Director CEWAS, member of UN - Sanitation and Water Entrepreneurship Pact

Karen Kun

Karen Kun

President Waterlution

Telma Rocha - Fundacion Avina Program Director Latin America

Telma Rocha

Fundacion Avina Program Director Latin America

Tjaša Griessler Bulc,

Global Water Partnership CEE Chair

Raunak Shrestha

Global Water Partnership South Asia

Vanessa Hasson- Director of MAPAS

Vanessa Hasson

Director of MAPAS

Sara Dia

Waterlution MENA and East Africa

Lesha Witmer

Steering CommitteeWomen for Water Partnership (WfWP)

Igor Vieira

Waterlution South America

Lesley Pories, Global Water Partnership

Dawn Fleming

Innovation Lead Waterlution Global, Steering Committee Women for Water Partnership (Moderator)

Megan Cornall

WIL Coordinator