Event on GROUNDWATER: Making the invisible visible

Registrations are open for the MEP Water Group event on Groundwater, 25 March 2022. This will relate to this year’s theme for World Water Day; GROUNDWATER: Making the invisible visible. Thus, save the date on the 25th of March 2022!

The MEP Water Group and UNESCO are organising an online event on the new UN water Report 2022 on groundwater, on 25 March from 9.00 am to 10.30 am. The event will be hosted by MEP Pernille Weiss, Chairman of the MEP Water Group, during which the United Nations World Water Development Report will be presented. The event will conclude with a panel discussion and a Q&A session. The agenda is as follows:

09:00‐ 09:10 Welcome
Pernille WEISS, Chairwoman of the MEP Water Group

Opening Remarks
Louise HAXTHAUSEN, Director of UNESCO Office in Brussels

09:10 ‐ 9:30       Keynote
                            Pietro Benassi, Italian Ambassador to the European Union (tbc)
                            Philippe Léglise‐Costa, French Ambassador to the European Union (tbc)

Video on
Groundwater

09:30 – 09:50    Presentation of the United Nations World Water Development Report
                            Richard CONNOR, WWDR Editor in Chief, UNESCO World Water Assessment
                            Programme

09:50 – 10:20    Panel discussions and Q&A
                            Moderator
                            Sophie VERMOOTEN (Deltares), Groundwater Expert

                            Panel
                            – Stefano Burchi (AIDA), Transboundary Groundwater Governance
                            – Jippe Hoogeveen (FAO), Groundwater and Agriculture
                            – Johan Schutten (Wetlands International), Groundwater and Ecosystems
                            – Tom Diez (De Watergroep), Groundwater and Human Settlements

Wrap‐up
10:20 – 10:30 Pernille WEISS, Chairwoman of the MEP Water Group