The World Water Council is an international non-governmental organization with a total of 379 members from 50 different countries, 31 of which are from Türkiye. Established in 1996 with the aim of developing awareness of fair water use in the world, the World Water Council, including taking the most effective decisions at all levels, makes political commitments when necessary to ensure the global sustainability of critical life resources for the protection, development, planning, and water level use management.
The World Water Council conducts its important activities in the field of water through the 36-member Board of Governors, which is the executive body and elected every 3 years. The Board of Governors (Executive Board) consists of a chairman, a vice president, 4 office members, 30 board members (a chairman and 35 members), 1 permanent observer and 3 forum observers.
The Council is chaired by Loïc Fauchon from France. Türkiye is represented on the Board of Governors with 3 members.
The Council carries out various activities in order to underline the importance of water in the world agenda, to support the studies of the solution of water problems in the world, to draw the attention of the public by making suggestions that shall be exact solutions and to make political decisions on these issues. One of the most important one of these activities is the World Water Forum, which is held every three years together with the Ministerial Conference and water exhibition. The forum and the exhibition, which serve to share the knowledge and experiences of the countries, are held in a different country each semester.
The World Water Forum is an international organization that serves four main purposes. These purposes are:
- To increase the importance of water on the political agenda
- Formulating concrete proposals and bringing their importance to the attention of the world public
- Creating political commitments
- To ensure the efficient use of water resources
The forum organized by the council is financed by the host country, this funding is covered by special projects, donations and grants by governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations.
At the Forum, in which academicians, scientists, representatives of international organizations and non-governmental organizations participate, discussions on current water issues and important results are obtained for water problems. Throughout the forum, the innovations of the private sector companies in the field of science and technique related to water are introduced in the exhibition.
Click here for the official website of the World Water Council.