Room 10 EXPO

Specifically, UAF-Africa will organize a high level panel on 23rd March during the main forum to discuss the challenges that African womn face when it comes to access, control and use of water. The panel discussions will entail conversations that uplift a critical feminist analysis of African womn’s water justice struggles. Additionally, the panel discussion will seek to center thought leadership and influence feminist action of alternative solutions to the dominant water governance challenges that African Womn face.

The Ecological Water Initiative aims to build relationships with national and international institutions working in the field of water resources management,
to generate scientific evidence to support national and local policy reforms in favor of ecological water. Because of its transversality, ecological water management requires a multi-stakeholder and multi-level partnership.

The Occitanie Region is present in Dakar both on the business side with its attractiveness agency and its Aquavalley competence pole, but also on the political level with its Vice-President in charge of water resources. It also has many cooperations with actors / NGOs that will be present. The side-events aims at gathering and networking the "Occitanie family" present in Dakar. Format: exchange + cocktail