Mohamed Ait Kadi presented at the SWWW2015 conference on realizing the vision of the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to water. He argued that development strategies must consider water's role in economic growth, social wellbeing, and environmental sustainability. He outlined a conceptual framework showing the dynamics between water security and sustainable growth. Achieving the vision of SDG #6 on water will require governments to take a leadership role in water resources management, investing in sequenced projects combining institutions, information systems, and infrastructure to manage water and risks, and overcoming knowledge gaps in vulnerable countries.

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Water for Development
and Development for
Water
Realizing the New SDGs’
Vision
Dr Mohamed AIT KADI
Chair of GWP Technical Committee
SWWW, Stockholm, August 23, 2015

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Inter-Connected
SDGs
Mohamed Ait Kadi, SWWW2015

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Current development paradigm needs to be re-
examined and modified as such that national
development strategies consider more explicitly the
multifaceted role that water resources management
plays in the economic development, social wellbeing
and environmental sustainability.
First Implication:
Mohamed Ait Kadi, SWWW2015

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Conceptual framework of the dynamics of
water security and sustainable growth
Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015
Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC

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Conceptual framework of the dynamics of
water security and sustainable growth
*Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015 Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC

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Relative economic impacts of water
insecurity
*Source: GWP-OECD TF Report, 2015Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC

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Second Implication:
Fundamental trade-offs need to be clarified. It is the
State’s responsibility to determine water allocations
within a country’s boundaries that balance the
objectives of a high-growth, dynamic economy with
societal notions of fairness and equity.
Mohamed Ait Kadi GWP/TEC

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Accept and embrace interconnectedness and comprehensiveness
Mohamed Ait Kadi

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Conclusion
SDG#6 rosy future, only if…..
 Governments assert their leadership role in guiding water
resources development and management including building
stronger partnerships with the private sector and NGOs;
 Countries invest in portfolios of sequenced projects that combine
institutions (agencies, rules, and incentives), information
systems (hydro-meteorological, economic, and social), and
infrastructure (natural and constructed) in the management of
water resources and water-related risks;
 Find ways to package tailored financing mechanisms to support
countries most afflicted by water insecurity;
 Give high priority to overcoming the water information and
knowledge gaps in highly vulnerable countries.
Mohamed Ait Kadi

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