Water, sanitation businessmen to gather for Budapest summit

The Budapest Water Summit, organized by the Hungarian government in cooperation with the UN System and the World Water Council from Oct. 8-11, will be one of the major events of the year relating to water and sanitation, according to the Hungarian Embassy in Riyadh.

The main objective of the summit, is to take stock of the various developments within and outside the UN System, in preparing water-related goals for the post Rio+20 development agenda.

During the four days, governments (from developed and developing countries), international organizations, financial institutions, businesses as well as civil society and science will gather in Budapest to discuss the most pressing challenges of water and sanitation.

The summit strives to provide defining contributions to the elaboration of one overarching specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely (SMART) sustainable development goal (SDG) on water and sanitation that corresponds and responds to multidimensional challenges. Adaptation to the water-related challenges generated by the unstoppable wave of urbanization and the effects of climate change is now a major issue for long-term business planning. Therefore, the Budapest Water Summit has a special focus on bringing together the business leaders active in the water and sanitation industry to generate a vibrant debate shaping the future, the embassy stated.

The Water and Sanitation Expo as an integrated element of the whole summit will focus on clean, innovative and affordable solutions in the field of water and sanitation, clustered into the following areas, the embassy said.

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Source: arabnews.com