The Valuing Water Initiative uses practical case studies to showcase the implementation of the United Nations Valuing Water Principles in order to bring systemic change in the way water is valued in policy, practice, finance and behaviour and to inspire others to do the same.
Better decisions impacting water
The Valuing Water Initiative calls for the many values of water to be recognized in decision-making to ensure we can live in a sustainable water-secure world. Inspired by the Valuing Water Principles, we work collaboratively with people across systems and sectors to better understand, value and manage water.
The Valuing Water Initiative calls for the many values of water to be recognized in decision-making to ensure we can live in a sustainable water-secure world. Inspired by the Valuing Water Principles, we work collaboratively with people across systems and sectors to better understand, value and manage water.
United Nations High Level Panel on Water
In 2016 the United Nations and the World Bank Group organized the High Level Panel on Water (HLPW). The HLPW identified ways in which the world could understand, value and manage water better to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was one of the eleven sitting Heads of State and Government in the HLPW.
The Valuing Water Principles and the Valuing Water Initiative
The HLPW published its outcome doc its ‘Making Every Drop Count’ in 2018, urging governments, businesses and civil society to incorporate water’s many values into decision-making. The HLPW defined 5 principles to value water better and triggered the Valuing Water Initiative (VWI) to put these principles into practice. VWI showcases the implementation of the Valuing Water Principles in order to bring systemic change in the way water is valued in policy, practice, finance and behaviour and to inspire others to do the same.
The five valuing water principles
The Valuing Water Initiative calls for the many values of water to be recognized in decision-making to ensure we can live in a sustainable water-secure world. Inspired by the Valuing Water Principles, we work collaboratively with people across systems and sectors to better understand, value and manage water.
This is what we do
We implement the valuing water principles in already existing water decision-making processes in these regions:
We place the multiple values of water higher on the agenda in:
Valuing water means recognising and empowering under-represented groups in water decision-making processes:
Valuing water campaigns
Tools & Research
Tools
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Research
Here you find research regarding valuing water.
Courses
We are developing a course. Coming soon…
News & Events
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Our partners
The Netherlands International Water Ambition
The Netherlands International Water Ambition is ‘to increase water security and water safety in the world of humans, plants and animals, and to optimise the Dutch contribution to this and the Dutch earning capacity’. VWI is contributing to the NIWA by strengthening local and international capacity through partnerships, adopting a systemic and values-based approach to water management and to promote Dutch expertise on systemic change to better understand, value and manage water. VWI recognises and empowers under-represented groups, such as youth, gender and local communities, in decision-making processes impacting water.