Launch of the High-Level Campaign on Water: Mind the Gap-Invest in Water
Official sideline event at the UN 2023 Water Conference
United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
15:30 – 16:45 EDT, 24 March 2023

H.E. Macky Sall
Co-Chair
President of the Republic of Senegal Chair: African Union

H.E. Hage Geingob
Co-Chair
President of the Republic of Namibia

H.E. Mark Rutte
Co-Chair
Prime Minister of the Netherlands

H.E. Jakaya Kikwete
Alternate Co-Chair
Former President of the United Republic of Tanzania
The International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, in collaboration with Global Water Partnership (GWP), will convene an official high-level side event during the UN 2023 Water Conference to launch the campaign “Mind the Gap – Invest in Water”.
“MIND THE GAP – Invest in Water” is a one-year campaign of the AIP International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, designed to raise awareness and influence change to address the gaps in water governance, finance, and capacity for improved access to water and sanitation services by 2030.
The goal of the campaign is to double current funding for water security, sanitation services, improve governance and capacity for growth and development. The objective of the campaign is to raise awareness and influence change to address the gaps in water governance, finance, and capacity for improved access to water security and sanitation services by 2030.
The event will also unveil and launch the Changemakers 2.0 as a global innovation challenge to identify and showcase the most promising innovations with the greatest potential for scale up and investment to support a water-secure world. The High-Level Panel in partnership with Changemakers 2.0 will seek proposals from those innovations that have already proven their business model by operating for at least one year. Selected winning proposals will receive seed funding to develop the investment opportunity to access debt and equity funding to enable them to scale up. Changemakers 2.0 follows a highly successful 2020 Water Changemakers Awards convened by GWP with more than 30 partners around the world.
Partners

News
Global leaders say Africa can achieve water security by 2030, present three pathways supported by action plan
Achieving water security and sustainable sanitation for all in Africa is possible by 2030 and is within the power of African leaders. This is the key message from the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, which released a landmark report,...
Watch the launch of the report of the International High Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa live
The International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, which draws representatives from current and former Heads of State as well as other global leaders, will release its High-Level Report during an official side event at the UN 2023 Water...
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD and Global Water Partnership Africa sign MoU to transform water investments in Africa
The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) and Global Water Partnership Africa have renewed their partnership to transform water investments in Africa. The partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation and collaboration towards...