Events
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The BPP at the PWF 2024 Bali
Despite significant opposition from the government of Indonesia and the World Water Council, the organizers of the World Water Forum, the 1st People’s Water Forum came to a successful conclusion in Bali, Indonesia. The Corporate Capture of Water Governance at the World Water Forum The World Water Council and the government of Indonesia hosted the
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Bridging Waters: Uniting Activists for Bottom-Up Solutions
(español mas abajo) Water Justice activists from Kenya and South Africa recently convened in Cape Town for the inaugural Bridging Waters event, a collaborative initiative organised by the Africa Water Justice Network in collaboration with the Blue Planet Project, the African Water Commons Collective and the Nairobi Water Justice Working Group. The gathering marked a
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Indonesian Water Defenders Under Siege in Bali
Water Defenders, including Pedro Arrojo Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, threatened and assaulted in Bali People’s Water Forum Press Release – Bali, Indonesia 21 May 2024 From 18 to 24 May 2024, Indonesia is hosting the 10th World Water Forum. This triennial event is convened by
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Academics Denounce Attempts to Shut Down the People’s Water Forum 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.
A statement by academics has been issued denouncing efforts to suppress the People’s Water Forum (PWF) in Bali, Indonesia, including the cancellation of the venue for the event, which was to be held at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts. The Blue Planet Project unequivocally supports this call to respect academic freedom and human rights.
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People’s Water Forum 2024 Bali – Registration and Call for Proposals Now Open!
The People’s Water Forum is pleased to invite registrations and session proposals for the People’s Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia, 21-23 May, 2024. Click here to learn more, register or submit your proposal now!
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Horizons of Public and Community Water Management – Report
The Platform for Public and Community Partnerships of the Americas held the second Horizons of Public and Community Water Management Meeting from September 25-27, 2023, in Popayán, Colombia. This meeting of water defenders and movement from across the region and around the world was convened to share knowledge and experiences, gain new understandings of old
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Horizons of Public and Community Water Management Meeting is Fast Approaching!
Since it was founded in 2009, the Platform for Community Partnerships of the Americas (PAPC) has been working to promote and defend access to and supply of water as a common good and a fundamental human right. As a part of this work, the PAPC convened the Horizons of Community Water Management Meeting in Medellin, Colombia in 2019. To
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The Blue Planet Project at the UN 2023 Water Conference
The BPP will be at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York from March 22-24, alongside our partners from around the world. The Water Justice Manifesto We have joined global Water Justice Movements to amplify the voices of water defenders and frontline communities to call on all those present at the conference to address
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Launch of the People’s Water Forum and the Blue February campaign: Towards the 2023 UN Water Conference
Building on more than two decades of opposition to the corporate capture of global water governance at the World Water Forum, held every three years, Global Water Justice Movements have come together to form a permanent People’s Water Forum. As the UN prepares to host its first conference on water in 40 years, the 2023
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‘Our Future is Public: Santiago Declaration for Public Services’
From 29th November to 2nd December the Blue Planet Project joined over a thousand representatives from over one hundred countries, from grassroots movements, advocacy, human rights, and development organisations, feminist movements, trade unions, and other civil society organisations, in Santiago, Chile, and virtually, to discuss the critical role of public services for our future. Read