Fourth pillar

Political positioning of Rainwater Harvesting

 

Rainwater Harvesting is a strategic and sustainable way of achieving the Millennium Development Goal for freshwater and is a powerful tool for climate change adaptation. The IRHA works to influence policy at local, national, regional and international levels, thereby raising Rainwater Harvesting to the top of the political agenda.

 

2012

 

“A Glass of Rainwater?” – Geneva, Switzerland (November)

 

6th World Water Forum – Marseille, France (March)

 

UEA Water Security and ICID seminar - London, England (February)

 

2011

 

Verbier Green Pioneering Summit – Verbier, Switzerland (December)

 

“A Glass of Rainwater?” – Geneva, Switzerland (December)

 

2010

 

“A Glass of Rainwater?” – Geneva, Switzerland (December)

 

IRHA Rainwater Harvesting Seminar – Geneva, Switzerland (November)

 

Prix Suisse de l’Ethique – Lausanne, Switzerland (November)

 

ARCSA Annual Conference – Austin, USA (October)

 

The IRHA in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN – New York, USA (July)

 

2009

 

2nd Africa Water Week – Johannesburg, South Africa (November)

 

5th World Water Forum – Istanbul, Turkey (March)

 

2008

 

Indian Expo – Zurich, Switzerland (April)

 

2007

 

World Water Week – Stockholm, Sweden (August)

 

2006

 

Rainwater Harvesting in Timor-Leste – Geneva, Switzerland (November)

 

4th World Water Forum – Mexico City, Mexico (March)

 

Political work in Ethiopia – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (February)

 

2005

 

9th SearNet Annual Conference – Kigali, Rwanda (December)

 

European Solidarity Week for Water – Strasbourg, France (October)

 

S-DEV Geneva 05 – Geneva, Switzerland (October)

 

Commission for Sustainable Development 13 – New York, USA (April)

 

2nd Alternative World Water Forum – Geneva, Switzerland (March)

 

2004

 

8th SearNet Annual Conference – Gaborone, Botswana (December)

 

Global WASH Forum – Dakar, Senegal (December)

 

2003

 

7th SearNet Annual Conference – Arusha, Tanzania (December)

 

1st Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (December)