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22/05/2026

Edition 5 of Insights from Baku is out.

From Baku to Abu Dhabi, the latest GWOPA newsletter follows how water and sanitation are shaping the urban housing roadmap towards the 2026 United Nations Water Conference.

This edition highlights the UN-Habitat Arena discussion on housing, water and sanitation, the formal exchange of the UN-Habitat–Asian Development Bank Memorandum of Understanding, water-responsive urbanism for African cities and young people imagining water-resilient futures.

Read Edition 5 here:
https://mailchi.mp/gwopa.org/un-habitat-insights-wuf13-5

UN-HABITAT

21/05/2026

Edition 4 of Insights from Baku is out.

The latest GWOPA newsletter from WUF13 highlights how water and sanitation are shaping conversations on women’s priorities, sanitation worker dignity, water-smart cities, services for older persons and water as a connector for resilient housing.

Read Edition 4 here:
https://mailchi.mp/gwopa.org/un-habitat-insights-wuf13-4

UN-HABITAT

21/05/2026

Insights from Baku: GWOPA at WUF13 | Edition 3 is out

Water and sanitation services are shaping some of the key conversations at the World Urban Forum – from adequate housing and resilient cities to sanitation, swimmable urban waters and the road to the 2026 United Nations Water Conference.

The third edition of GWOPA/UN-Habitat’s WUF13 newsletter brings together highlights, voices and reflections from Baku, including how utilities are helping connect water, sanitation and urban development in practice. It also features perspectives on sanitation as a foundation for safe housing, the idea of swimmable cities and a new interview in the series Two and a Half Questions for WOPpers, with Chris Cormency of UNICEF.

Read the latest edition here: https://mailchi.mp/gwopa.org/un-habitat-insights-wuf13-3

UN-HABITAT

21/05/2026

Today at WUF13 | High-Level Event on the Road to the 2026 United Nations Water Conference

How can the road to the 2026 United Nations Water Conference help connect water security, sanitation, housing and sustainable urban development?

Join today’s High-Level Urban Arena Event at the World Urban Forum: UN 2026 Water Conference: Urban Housing Roadmap

⏰ 12:00–13:00 Baku time (GMT+4)
📍 UN-Habitat Arena
👩🏾‍💻 Online: Watch live on UN Web TV or catch up on the recording: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1r44e9cjc

The session will bring together high-level voices from the United Nations, water and urban development sectors to discuss the roadmap from Baku to Abu Dhabi, and how water, sanitation, housing, land and slum transformation can be better integrated in global policy dialogues.

Featuring:
🔹 Anacláudia Rossbach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat – Welcome Address
🔹 Rose Kaggwa, Senior Director of Business and Scientific Services, National Water and Sewerage Corporation – Moderator
🔹 Henk Ovink, Executive Director and Commissioner, Global Commission on the Economics of Water – Keynote Address
🔹 Sebastian Herold, Senior Policy Officer, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany – Panellist
🔹 Norio Saito, Senior Sector Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Asian Development Bank – Panellist
🔹 Rose Molokoane, Co-Founder, Slum Dwellers International – Panellist
🔹 Simon Edward Springett, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean – Wrap-up and reflection

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UN-HABITAT Julie Perkins Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) Asian Development Bank

20/05/2026

Partnership Matters: Utility-to-Utility Collaboration for Stronger Service Delivery

How can utilities strengthen resilience, improve services and learn faster from each other?

Join GWOPA at the 2026 Danube Water Forum for a session on the power of utility-to-utility collaboration, regional communities of practice and Water Operators’ Partnerships.

📍 Friday, 22 May 2026
⏰ 11:00 – 12:00
📌 Toplocentrala, Hall 1 | Sofia, Bulgaria

The session will bring together:
• Rita Studniczki, Senior International Relations Advisor, Budapest Waterworks
• Roxana Alexandru, Chair, Young Water Professionals Romania
• Ana Badhofer, Benchmarking and Partnerships Manager, International Association of Water Service Companies in the Danube River Catchment Area
• Yang Villa, Strategy and Partnerships Team, Asian Development Bank
• Emrah Engindeniz, Programme Management Officer, Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance, UN-Habitat
• Mladen Nikolic, Wastewater Trainer, Association for Water Technology and Sanitary Engineering, Serbia
The discussion will also include a practical case example from the Water Operators’ Partnership between Hamburger Wasserwerke and Miyahuna Amman.

With Emrah Engindeniz bringing the perspective of GWOPA/UN-Habitat, the session will explore how structured Water Operators’ Partnerships can help utilities share expertise, solve operational challenges and deliver more resilient services.

Because no utility builds resilience alone.

More info: https://www.iawd.at

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Asian Development Bank Emrah Engindeniz UN-HABITAT

20/05/2026

Today at WUF13 | 15:15 – 16:15 (Baku time) - NEW time
Water connects housing, health and resilient cities.

Join the roundtable Water: Superconnector for Housing and Cities, organized by GWOPA/UN-Habitat and Canada, to explore how reliable water and sanitation services underpin safe, healthy and inclusive communities.

The session will highlight why housing cannot be considered adequate without access to essential services, and how stronger links between water, sanitation and urban development can help cities respond to rapid growth, inequality and climate pressures.

📍 Canadian Pavilion, WUF13

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UN-HABITAT

20/05/2026

🎥 Showing today at WUF13 | 11:45–12:30 (Baku time)

Sanitation workers keep cities functioning every day. Yet too often, their work remains unsafe, undervalued and invisible.

Join the Urban Cinema screening Sanitation Workers of South Asia – Dangerous Work Demands Respect and Dignity, co-organized by Public Services International, GWOPA/UN-Habitat and WaterAid.

The screening will highlight the realities faced by sanitation workers across South Asia and underline a simple but urgent message: safe and resilient cities depend not only on infrastructure, but also on the people who operate, maintain and protect essential services.

📍 Urban Cinema, WUF13
📅 Wednesday, 20 May

Not in Baku? Watch the movies on YouTube!

Dangerous Gutters: South Asia's Despised Sanitation Workers: https://youtu.be/zxm3OHDaZxI

Weight of waste: Story of Sanitation: https://youtu.be/kFoXkjFyIdo

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Mahreen Matto

19/05/2026

Insights from Baku: GWOPA at WUF13 – Edition 2 is out.

This issue captures new highlights from the World Urban Forum, from the opening ceremony’s reminder of the lasting value of resilient water infrastructure to a GWOPA member field visit inside Baku’s Jeyranbatan water supply system.

Read the newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/gwopa.org/un-habitat-insights-wuf13-2

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18/05/2026

Insights from Baku: GWOPA at WUF13 - The first edition of GWOPA/UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum newsletter is out.

This issue captures highlights from the opening day in Baku, including the GWOPA Assembly, the first World Urban Forum gathering on urban service providers and discussions on the role of water and sanitation operators in sustainable cities.

At the centre of the conversation: stronger utilities, scaled-up partnerships and faster collective action for safe, reliable and inclusive services.

Read the newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/gwopa.org/un-habitat-insights-wuf13-1

Watch the recording of the Assembly: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1x/k1xeg2kglz

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UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

18/05/2026

🌟 Join the GWOPA Team! We’re Hiring Interns 🌟

UN-Habitat’s Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) is looking for dynamic and motivated Interns to join our team and support our mission to strengthen water and sanitation services through partnerships and collaboration.

Duty Station: Hybrid, Bonn, Germany
Deadline: 29 May 2026

Intern - Project Management: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/276568?language=en

Intern - Data and Sanitation: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/276570?language=en

Intern - Governance and Membership: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/276572?language=en

Intern - Media Communications: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/276578?language=en

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