Beyond Borders: Governing Shared Waters – Emerging Lessons and Challenges

lobal experts discuss how stronger transboundary water governance—including emerging approaches to green water— can unlock resilience, financing, and development gains ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference. Hosted at WMO, Geneva.

May, 4th 2026 - May, 4th 2026

16:00 heures - 17:30 heures

Zurich (+02:00)

OMM

7bis avenue de la Paix, Geneva

Link to register to the event

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This roundtable brings together leading voices from the World Bank Group, UNECE Water Convention, the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC), and UN-Water to examine how transboundary water governance can be strengthened to meet growing global challenges.

Prof. Mark Zeitoun, Director of the Geneva Water Hub, will deliver a 5-minute opening speech. Panellists include Irene Alaoui (World Bank Group Special Representative to UN & WTO), Komlan Sangbana (Legal Affairs Officer, UNECE Water Convention secretariat), Dimka Stantchev (Program Manager, SDC Water Section), Christina Leb (Lead Water Specialist, Global Facility for Transboundary Waters, World Bank Group), and Federico Properzi (Chief Technical Advisor, UN-Water).

Date: 4 May 2026, 4:00–5:15pm CET
Venue: WMO, 7bis avenue de la Paix, Geneva

The event takes place ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference and explores how emerging approaches—including green water governance—can unlock resilience, financing, and development gains.

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