Rural development

This session looks at cross cutting solutions that cuts across the thematic areas and generates a multidisciplinary dialogue across disciplinary areas surrounding water

Rural maldevelopment, rising climate problems, degradation of natural resources, water, food and socio-political insecurity... The 2020-2030 decade will be decisive (MDGs, climate action...). We need to change our way of thinking, we need to build differently.
Building differently means moving from not doing (neglecting the rural world) or "doing" (top-down, silo-based, technocratic actions and policies) to "doing with": with people, with nature and with territories.

The 2F3 session's main objective is to promote water resource management experiences/initiatives in rural areas, implemented in climatic contexts characterized by frequent water scarcity, possible root-cause of migratory phenomena, both internal (from rural to urban) and to neighboring countries.

Rural Transformation (RT), involves rising agricultural productivity,
increasing commercialization and marketable surpluses, and diversification of
production patterns and livelihoods. It also involves expanded decent off-farm
employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, better rural coverage and access to
services and infrastructure, and greater access to, and capacity to influence, relevant
policy processes.

Almost 1 in 2 people globally do not have access to adequate sanitation, can’t safely evacuate or reuse wastewater. The situation in rural settings for the most vulnerable people is even more critical, 2 third of the people globally lacking access to basic sanitation living in rural areas.
Innovating in sanitation chain is a necessity. A necessity to prevent public health issues, environment pollution, to preserve water resources, developing the production of non-conventional water and promote rural development.