The World Water Forum is the largest international forum in the water sector involving various stakeholders in the water resources sector and has been held every 3 (three) years since 1997. This forum is attended by various countries from all levels and fields, including politics, multilateral institutions , academia, civil society, and the private sector. The Board of Governors of the 77th World Water Council which was held in March 2022 in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, West Africa has chosen Bali, Indonesia as the venue for the 10th World Water Forum which was held on 18-25th May 2024.
The theme “Water for Share Prosperity” in this forum discusses 6 priority issues including, (1) Water Security and Prosperity, (2) Water for Humans and Nature, (3) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, (4) Governance, Cooperation and Hydro -diplomacy, (5) Sustainable Water Finance, and (6) Knowledge and Innovation. This issue is very fundamental to be studied so that it has triggered worldwide attention regarding sanitation which is an enabler across sectors such as governance, science and technology, innovation, financing and investment, cooperation and partnerships, policy development, circular economy, education and capacity building.
Gadjah Mada University’s Postgraduate School (SPs) with interdisciplinary scientific fields fully supports effective policy direction regarding world water and sanitation governance. Prof. Dr. Eko Haryono, M.Sc., Chief of the Environmental Science Doctoral Study Program and Prof. Ir. Joko Sujono, M.Eng., Ph.D., lecturer at the Master of Disaster Management Master Program also participated as a representative from SPs. Prof. Dr. Eko Haryono, M.Si., delivered his presentation regarding Ground Water and Livelihoods in the Sewu Mountains which stretches across three different regions starting from Gunung Kidul Regency (DI. Yogyakarta Province), Wonogiri Regency (Central Java Province) to Pacitan Regency (Java Province East). Meanwhile, Prof. Ir. Joko Sujono, M.Eng., Ph.D., delivered a presentation on Water Resources Conservation in the Context of Climate Change. The presentation delivered by representatives of SPs lecturers was an examination of the general challenges of world sanitation, namely climate change, population growth, urbanization, energy crisis, and land and air pollution.
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, M.P.A., Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia said that Sustainable Development Goals can be achieved by ensuring universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 by considering the role of water in driving economic growth and prosperity.
The culmination of the World Water Forum process, which consists of political process, thematic process and regional process, is coordinated as a diversification of actions and implementation of water management with the aim of shared prosperity through integrated management, continuous innovation, the latest technology, active participation, sharing of interests and local wisdom.
This activity is in line with pillar 3 SDGs good health and prosperity, pillar 6 SDGs access to clean water and sanitation, pillar 7 SDGs clean and affordable energy, and pillar 13 SDGs handling climate change
Author: Siti Muyasaroh