9th World Water Forum

Dear Stakeholders,

The International Steering Committee of the 9th World Water Forum is pleased to announce the
45 organizations that will form the 4 Priorities Pilot Groups and the 200 organizations part of
the Priorities Action Groups of the 9th World Water Forum. We seize this opportunity to express
our appreciation to all organizations that have responded to our call and volunteered to be part
of the 9th World Water Forum.
CAPTION
Priorities Pilot Groups (PGs)
Priorities Action Groups (AGs)

1. WATER SECURITY AND SANITATION

International Economic & Technical Cooperation and Exchange Center
– China
University Cheikh Anta Diop - Dakar (UCAD)
Aquafed
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
K-water/Asia Water Council (AWC)
PILOT GROUP French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
CONGAD
University Cheikh Anta Diop - Dakar (UCAD)/ Sciences Academies,
ANSTS, AAS & TWAS
Senegalese National Assembly
Water Youth Network
Délégation de l’Union européenne au Sénégal
ACTION GROUPS
African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW)
Eau Vive Internationale
Solidarités International
A. Implement the Right to Water Gates Foundation
and Sanitation and provide access Department of Water and Sanitation – South Africa
to safe water and sanitation in Réseau Eau et Climat des Organisations de Jeunes d'Afrique Centrale
emergency situations (6.1, 6.2,1.4, (RECOJAC)
11.1) Birzeit University - Palestine
Asian Development Bank
Brazilian Army
Center for Water Security and Cooperation - USA
International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Société Nationale des Eaux du Sénégal (SONES)
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
B. Improve water quality and Office National de l’Assainissement du Sénégal (ONAS)
waste management (6.3 11.6 12.4, Technical University of Cologne, Germany
12.5) Syndicat interdépartemental pour l'assainissement de l'agglomération
parisienne (SIAAP)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Municipality of Barreiro, Portugal

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C. Reduce water-related illness
and deaths (3.9, 3.3, 3.2)
D. Protect and restore ecosystems
and forests, including coastal and
marine impacts, and combat
desertification (6.6 14.1, 14.2,
15.1, 15.3)
E. Halt the loss of aquatic
biodiversity and invasive species
in water ecosystems (15.5 15.8,
15.9)
F. Strengthen resilience and
adaptive capacity to climate
change and natural disasters
(13.1, 11.5, 1.5, 11.B, 13.3)
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Association des Maires et Parlementaires du Gorgol, Mauritanie
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Water
Management, Treatment Section, Turkey
World Health Organization (WHO)
University of North Carolina at Capel Hill – Water Institute, United
States (UNC)
Action contre la faim (ACF)
Master of Public Health graduate at McMaster University - Canada
Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
WATER AID
SEN’EAU
Ghana Health Service
Croix-Rouge française
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
University Cheikh Anta Diop - Dakar (UCAD)
Office des Lacs et Cours d’Eau (OLAC) - Senegal
National Parks Director - Ministry of Environment Sénégal
Sahara and Sahel Observatory
Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Dakar
Partenariat régional pour la Conservation de la Zone côtière et marine
(PRCM) - Senegal
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Conservation International
Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management (S2S Platform)
Ramsar Convention Secretary General
Ministry of Water and Sanitation - Senegal
Wetlands international West Afrique
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
SPYGEN
University of São Paulo (USP) - Brazil
Consórcio PCJ
The Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Japan Water Forum (JWF)
Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie (ANACIM)-
Senegal
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Global Alliances for Water and Climate (GAfWaC)
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
The Borders Institute (TBI), Africa -Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Réseau des jeunes pour l’eau et le climat Afrique centrale
Office Français de la Biodiversité
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PILOT GROUP
A. Ensure universal access to
water (in rural areas) (6.1, 1.4)
B. Ensure universal access to
sanitation and hygiene (in rural
areas) (6.2, 1.4)
C. Provide public water, sanitation
and hygiene facilities (schools,
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2. RURAL DEVELOPMENT
American University of Beirut
President of Cities Council of Podor
Mouvement Paysan
Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Office of Rural Wells (OFOR) - Senegal
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
GLOBE
National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA)
Association of Young Water and Sanitation Professionals in Senegal
(AJPEAS)
Regulatory Agency for Water, Energy, and Basic Sanitation of the
Federal District of Brazil (ADASA)
French Development Agency (AFD)
Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water of Morocco -
Department of Water
ACTION GROUPS
Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN)
Office of Rural Wells (OFOR) - Senegal
Young Water Professional - Senegal
Programme Solidarité Eau (PSEau)
Arya Drillers - India
Assane Seck Ziguinchor University - Senegal
Easy Water for Everyone
Water and Sanitation for Africa (EAA, Office of Togo)
National Agency for drinking water in rural areas of Benin (ANAEPMR)
Butterfly Effect
Ministry of Water and Sanitation of Senegal
Water and Sanitation for Africa (EAA)
African Network for Integrated Development (RADI)
India Water Foundation
National Federation of Cooperative Health Service Ltda. (FESAN) -
Chile
Association of Young Water and Sanitation Professionals in Senegal
(AJPEAS)
World Toilet Organization
Secours Islamique France (SIF)
National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
(INRAE) - France
National Association of Municipalities of Benin
Programme Solidarité Eau (PSEau)
Global Water 2020
Ministry of National Education of Senegal
UNICEF Senegal
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healthcare facilities, etc.) (4.A 5.1,
4.5, 3.3,3.9, 6.1)
D. Ensure sustainable agricultural
practices, including water
productivity and efficiency,
reduction of diffuse pollution, and
decreased food losses (2.3, 2.4,
12.3, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 14.1, 14.2)
E. Engage and empower rural
communities to be the drivers of
social-economic development
through water (8.2, 5.4, 5.A, 1.4,
2.A)
F. Harmonize the rural-urban
divide to curb migration (11.A,
10.7, 11.3)
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WaterAid
Banka BioLoo - India
Centre for Community Health Research (CCHR)
Water Youth Network
Citizen for a Participative and Active Consciousness (CICOPA)
French Development Agency (AFD, Amman Regional Office)
Mediterranean Water Forum
International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID)
Ministry of Agriculture of Senegal
National Society for Planning and Exploitation of the Senegal River
Delta Land and the Valleys of the Senegal and Falémé River(SAED)
Professional Consultant - Gambia
General Council for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas (CGAAER) -
Ministry of Agriculture of France
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Morocco
Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of
Nebraska (DWFI)
Global Agribusiness Alliance (GAA) - World Business Council for
Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture
(ICCIMA)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Women for Water Partnership (WfWP)
Tournesol/Enda
Municipality of Gandiaye - Senegal
French National Research Institute for Development (IRD)
Development Company of the São Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys
(Codevasf) - Brazil
UN-Habitat
International Organization for Migration (IOM, Regional office for
West and Central Africa)
Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
Assane Seck Ziguinchor University - Senegal
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Caritas Senegal
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PILOT GROUP
A. Implement IWRM at all levels
(6.5)
B. Implement transboundary
cooperation to foster peace and
prevent conflicts (6.5, 6.A)
C. Expand international
cooperation, including ODA, and
capacity building to foster peace
(6.A,17.2, 16A, 10.B)
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3. COOPERATION
Korea Water Forum
Organization for the Development of the Gambia River - OMVG
Organization for the development of the Senegal River- OMVS
Ministry of Water - Senegal
Platform of civil society organizations on water and sanitation -
POSCEAS
Local Governments for Sustainability - ICLEI Africa
International Network of Basin Organizations - INBO
National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water - ONEE - Morocco
World Youth Parliament for Water
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - UNECE
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation -DDC
ACTION GROUPS
Organization for the development of the Senegal River -PGIRE/OMVS
Global Water Partnership - GWP-A
American Water Resources Association - AWRA
Water Supply and Sewerage Authority in Bethlehem
North Star NGO
Group for Research and Technology Exchanges - Gret/DGPR
Iraqi ministry of Water Resources
Resilient G.A.P.
French Committee - UNESCO IHP
Regulatory Agency for Water, Energy, and Basic Sanitation of the
Federal District of Brazil - ADASA
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - UNECE
Nile Basin Initiative
International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN
Mekong River Commission Secretariat
Ibrahim Abd El Al Foundation for Sustainable Development
Geneva Water Hub
Researcher/IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Independent expert - Senegal
Ministry of Regional Development of Brazil (MDR)
UNESCO IHP
Drexel University
Turkish Water Institute - SUEN
Cap-Net
UNESCO-Asia Pacific
African Network of Basin Organizations - RAOB
Eau Vive
International Centre for Water Hazard - ICHARM
Interdepartmental Syndicate for the Sanitation of the Paris
Agglomeration - SIAAP
University Center INTA, Sobral-CE - Brazil
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UNESCO International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable

Management(i-WSSM)
XR2LEAD
Mediterranean Water Forum
International Commission on Large Dams - ICOLD
Ministry of Water of Senegal
D. Enhance cooperation on
ITAIPU Binacional
multipurpose infrastructure,
Asian Development Bank
including hydropower (7.A, 7.B,
French Electricity - EDF
1.A, 9.1, 9.4, 9.A)
Freelance – Afghanistan
Bousfields Inc. and Water Youth Network
Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar- UCAD
Senegal Academy of Water Sciences
International Water Association - IWA
E. Enhance North-South, South-
International Office for Water - OIEau
South and triangular cooperation
University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan - Triesdorf
on data and information sharing,
The Greatlakes Water Conflict Watch -GWCW
and capacity building (17.6, 12.8,
Adour-Garonne water agency in connection with CNES
16.10, 17.9, 17.18)
EAU-AFRIQUE and CIMA International
Youth United in Action and Latin American Network for Democratic
Development
Association of mayors of the Senegal river basin
National Water Partnership Senegal
World Business Council for Sustainable Development - WBCSD
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture
(ICCIMA)
F. Enhance multi-stakeholder
Earth Forever
dialogue and partnerships,
French Water Partnership
including with outside sectors
India Water Foundation
(17.16, 17.17)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis -IIASA
Asia-Pacific Water Forum Secretariat based in Japan
Sightsavers
Konrad Adenuaer Stiftung, Regional Program Energy Security and
Climate Change Middle East and North Africa

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PILOT GROUP
A. Mobilize additional financial
resources and promote innovative
funding (17.3, 2.A)
B. Implement the principles of
good water governance, including
participatory decision-making
(6.5, 6.B, 16.7, 5.5, 17.18)
C. Foster a water-sensitive
approach to legislation and
regulation (10.3, 5.C)
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4. MEANS & TOOLS
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD
Operating Company of Manantali and Felou-sa (SEMAF-sa)
UNESCO-IHP
WaterAid West and Central Africa
National Water Partnership – Senegal
Development Bank of Latin America - CAF
Ministry of Environment - Republic of Korea
African Development Bank - AfDB
Young Water Solutions
United Cities and Local Governments Africa - UCLG Africa
Inter-Parliamentary Union - IPU
Scientific and Technical Association for Water and the Environment -
ASTEE (on behalf of Water Governance Initiative OECD)
ACTION GROUPS
FINANCE
AfDB - CAF - SENEGAL
African Development Bank - AfDB
World Bank
Ministry of Finance - Senegal
Development Bank of Latin America - CAF
French Development Agency
Waterpreneurs
Water.org
Research Institute for Japan's Globalization - RIJAG
Deltares
Malian Public company for drinking water - SOMAGEP-SA
GOVERNANCE
OECD - SENEGAL
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Water
Governance Initiative - OECD WGI
National Water Partnership - Senegal
Mayors Association of Senegal
Global Local Forum
University of Dschang - Cameroon
Water Supply and Sanitation Regulatory Agency - AGIR - Brazil
BlueWeave Impact Consulting
International Secretariat for Water
Scientific and Technical Association for Water and the Environment -
ASTEE (on behalf of Water Governance Initiative OECD)
Inter-Parliamentary Union - IPU
Water and Sanitation Civil Society Platform - POSCEAS
Environmental Law Institute
International Association for Water Law - AIDA
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Water Coalition
Environment Development Action in the Third World - ENDA RUP
WaterAid
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Regulatory Agency for Water, Energy and Sanitation of the Federal
District – ADASA - Brazil
National Association of Environmental Prosecutors – ABRAMPA -
Brazil
Water Integrity Network
WaterAid West and Central Africa
D. Develop effective, accountable Directorate of Water Resources Management and Planning – DGPRE -
and transparent institutions at all Senegal
levels and promote integrity (10.6, African Water Association - AFWA
16.6, 17.15) African Institute for Governance
Citizen Forum
Citizens Alliance - A Global Community
KNOWLEDGE
UNESCO - SENEGAL
CEO Water Mandate
DELVIC Sanitation Initiative
Water Footprint Network
Water Europe
UNESCO-IHP
E. Increase water efficiency and Ministry of Environment - Republic of Korea
sustainable management through Middle East Water Forum
science, technology, innovation International Youth Council Pilipinas, Inc. / Philippine Parliament for
and education (6.4, 12.2, 8.4, 17.7, Water
17.8, 5.B, 4.3, 9.5, 12.A) National Research Agency - France
Research Institute for Development
Bahia Federal University - Brazil
International Water Management Institute
New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Intercultural Network for Development and Peace (INDP)