Local Authorities Process

LOCAL AUTHORITIES: “Istanbul Water Consensus”

One of the main outcomes was achieved in the Local and Regional Authorities’ political process through the Istanbul Water Consensus (IWC). By signing the IWC, participating cities commit to prepare action plans to analyse water-related challenges and implement strategies to cope with them, to set up a series of indicators and to report on the progress at the next World Water Forum.

250 Local and Regional Authorities from 43 countries were represented in Istanbul and more than 600 Mayors have already signed the IWC. Ten big cities like Vienna, Lausanne, Incheon, Paris and Buenos Aires have even committed to become “champion cities” of the IWC and will build on the momentum and coordinate the work carried out for specific subjects.

The Local Authorities Process documents which were endorsed during the Forum can be found in the CMS.

Sign the Istanbul Water Consensus now!

To join the other signatory cities, please fill the sign-on form (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese) and send it back to Ms. Céline Dubreuil by e-mail or by Fax: +33 (0)4 91 99 41 01.

Final version of the Istanbul Water Consensus

With the financial support of:

Agence de l'Eau Seine Normandie (France)
Agence de l'Eau Rhône Méditerranée et Corse (France)
Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement durable et de la Mer (France)