UN Day Dresden November 9th, 2023 - "Water is Life"

Celebration of the United Nations Day (UN Day) 2023 with the award ceremony of the Local Agenda Dresden Prize 2023 on November 9^th, 2023.

Today, 771 million people – one in 10 – do not have access to clean water and 1.7 billion people – one in four – do not have access to a toilet. Water is the most vital resource for life on Earth – and our ability to find solutions for sustainable and equitable water use, access to clean water, and sanitation will be critical.

Halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 goals, adopted by UN member states in 2015, this event looks at the prospects for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (“Clean water and sanitation”).

This event is directly related to the conference "Realizing Sustainable Development post-2030: The International Politics, Economics and Law of Clean Water & Sanitation (SDG 6)"  of the Center for International Studies (ZIS), which begins the following day.

Registration

We are pleased about your registration for the United Nations Day including the Award Ceremony of the Local Agenda Dresden Prize 2023.

Due to the limited number of seats, we will provide a live stream on the Youtube-Channel of the City of Dresden.

Program

• Opening by Mrs Eva Jähnigen, Deputy Mayor, Department of Environment and Municipal Utilities, Public Order and Security
• Video message by Mr Wolfram Günther, State Minister for Energy, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Agriculture
• Keynote by Dr. Valentin Aich, Water- and Climate Expert, Global Water Partnership (GWP) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Video message by Mr Neven Subotic, Founder Neven Subotic Foundation, and former professional football player
• Panel Discussion (with Prof. Edeltraud Günther, Director UNU-FLORES and Prof. Jürgen Stamm, Speaker of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TU Dresden)
• Award Ceremony of the Local Agenda Dresden Competition 2023
• Reception and Buffet (accompanying exhibition „Everything Flows!? – Water in Crisis“ of the Heinrich-Böll Foundation Think Ahead and information on the Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre - ABCD-Centre)

We look forward to your participation – on-site or in the live stream!

The venue is barrier-free and accessible. There are elevators, a guidance system for the blind via visor boxes, and toilets for disabled people. Hearing loops have been installed in the event rooms. There are parking spaces for disabled people in front of the venue.

If necessary, the event will be accompanied by sign language interpreters (please contact us).

Contact

© Thorsten Eckert

Managing Director

Name

Mr Dr. rer. nat. André Lindner

& Advisor Internationalisation

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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Hülsse-Bau, south wing, room 595 Helmholtzstr. 10

01069 Dresden

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This project is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of the federal and state excellence strategy.