BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE
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| Dignitaries at the 3rd Ghana Water Forum |
The
Water Directorate of Ghana’s Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing
(MWRWH), has announced its rescheduling of the 4th Ghana Water Forum
(GWF) to the year 2013.
Originally planned for September this year, the Directorate said the GWF
planning committee has had to postpone Ghana’s biggest forum on water, due to
recent national developments.
In the interim, the
planning committee says as it works on a new date for the forum, it will be
reflecting on past events, reviewing and following up on past communiqués
(decision points), and report on progress at the forthcoming forum.
It says it therefore
welcomes inputs such as suggestions, comments and others from various
stakeholders, to ensure an improvement over the previous water forums held
since its establishment three years ago.
The
Ghana Water Forum (GWF) was established in 2009 out of the then Ghana
Government/Development Partners Annual Review Conference, to create a platform
for Ghana’s political leadership, water sector professionals, stakeholders and
partners to discuss opportunities and challenges of achieving water security
for Ghana’s socio-economic development.
It is also aimed at taking stock
of the status of the achievements of the MDGs in Ghana, reviewing key
achievements and challenges and proposing strategies and actions for
accelerating the achievement of the water and sanitation targets and also build
consensus on water security and provide recommendations for consideration at
the highest political level.
The GWF, which has already been
held three times since its inception, is also geared at formulating concrete
policies, strategies and actions to accelerate water resources development and
the provision of services, providing a platform for exchange of Water and
Sanitation Sector knowledge and information and serving as a forerunner to the
Africa Water Week, where proceedings from the GWF are presented.
In a communication
signed by the GWF planning committee chair and Deputy Director for Water at the
Water Directorate, Mr. Harold Clottey, the committee pledged to finalise and
communicate the rescheduled date and details soon, regretting any inconvenience
the postponement might cause.
Previous Ghana Water
Forums have been held in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in Accra under the themes: “Accelerating
Water Security for Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development” , “The role of Children and the Youth in
Sanitation and water service delivery in Ghana: The Sustainability factor"
and “Water and Sanitation Services Delivery in a
Rapidly Changing Urban Environment”, respectively and attracted
large participation from sector stakeholders and development partners as well
as the Ghana business community.
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