The session will look at capacity-building at various levels in the water-sector. Enhancing capacities and competencies of authorities and practitioners, building on traditional knowledge, is crucial to ensure sustainable water and sanitation services. By strengthening water education and capacity, it is possible to raise awareness about how to better manage water resources. The session will stress the essential aspects of undertaking and financing capacity-building as a critical element in water strategies and implementation of IWRM at all levels.

The session will highlight the importance of building capacity for setting up integrated monitoring systems, including systems adapted to monitoring indicators for SDG targets. In line with that, it will highlight how efficient international cooperation is crucial for sharing knowledge on innovative technologies. There will be a focus on how to implement the ‘water target’ SDG-6.a (international cooperation and capacity-building support) and how that links to achieving the related targets. 

Specifically the session will aim at laying the grounds for further capacity-building partnerships by level and region that the project could foster; as well as a building a list of essential capacity-building interventions required to implement SDG6.A and other related targets.