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World Water Assessment ProgrammeVilla La Colombella
Località di Colombella Alta06180 Colombella (PERUGIA)
Italy
Email: [email protected]/water/wwap
Headquarters in Perugia, Italy
(WWAP)
The World Water Assessment Programme is a flagship programme of UN-Water, founded in 2000. Hosted and led by UNESCO, WWAP is a United Nations system-wide effort to develop the tools and skills needed to achieve a better understanding of the processes, management practices and policies that will help improve the supply and quality of global freshwater resources.
Initially housed in UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, the WWAP Secretariat is located at the Villa La Colombella, its new headquarters in Perugia, Italy.
WWAP Missions & Activities
As the flagship programme of UN-Water, WWAP serves as an “umbrella” for coordination of existing UN initiatives within the sphere of freshwater assessment.WWAP’s activities include:
1)
Preparing and producing the triennial United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), as well as outlining recommendations resulting from the findings of these reports. The third edition of the WWDR, called “Water in a Changing World” and launched on March 16, 2009 at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey builds on the work of the previous two editions.
2)
Producing case studies in conjunction with national partners that outline water resource issues and practices in use in different parts of the world. This helps countries improve their
self-assessment capability and highlights the state of water resources in different physical, climatic and socio-economic conditions. For the first time, a separate case study volume, “Facing the Challenges,” will accompany the WWDR-3.
3)
Developing indicators for freshwater resources, their use and management. WWAP has established an Expert Group on Indicators, Monitoring and Databases (EG-IMD), which promotes dialogue between potential users of data and indicators and experts in the provision and interpretation of data. This is a complementary process that will support WWAP’ s input to the UN-Water Task Force on Indicators, Monitoring and Reporting that seeks to improve data collection processes in order to refine and develop indicators for the resource, its use and management by making them more robust and more useful.
4)
Development of possible water futures (water scenarios). WWAP has initiated a scenario exercise to examine possible futures under
different policies taking into account the impacts of climate change and the other major drivers such as demographic trends, economic development, consumption patterns, environmental effects and social/cultural trends.
5)
Building a Water Information Network. This will comprise a global-scale meta-database; knowledge management systems to facilitate the assessment and dissemination of information; an online library, website and newsletter. The network will facilitate capacity building, raise awareness about water, and enhance communication between governments and water-related non-governmental groups.
6)
Proposing capacity-building programmes. The primary purpose is to promote the ability of governments to conduct their own assessments through human resource development; education and training; the provision of methodologies; the improvement of institution and infrastructure; and the development of data and information networks.
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Olcay UnverWWAP Coordinator
Lena SalamePCCP Coordinator
Domitille ValleeProgramme Officer
Shaukat HakimAdministrative [email protected]
Lisa GastaldinOffice Assistant
Daniel PernaProgramme Officer
Abigail ParishCommunications Officer
SamanthaWauchope
Publications [email protected]
Michela MilettoDeputy [email protected]
Engin KoncagulProgramme OfficerCase Study [email protected]
Adriana FuscoExecutive Assistant tothe [email protected]
Floriana Barcaioli Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Astrid SchmitzOffice [email protected]
Simone GregoProgramme [email protected]
Stefanie NenoNetworking [email protected]
Akif AltundasAssistant to Programme [email protected]
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The establishment and operation of the WWAP Secretariat during the first six years of the programme (2000-2006) have been made possible by generous project-based funds from the Government of Japan.
The third phase of WWAP (2007-2009) is financed by the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea of Italy.
In addition to the Italian funds, the Government of Japan and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs are continuing to support the WWAP Secretariat for its third phase.
WWAPHeadquartersat the Villa La Colombella in Perugia, Italy
The WWAP Secretariat, initially hosted at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, has transferred its offices to Umbria in Italy. The Umbrian Region has generously assigned UNESCO the use of the Villa La Colombella in the municipality of Perugia. WWAP has based its headquarters at the Villa, where it also hosts capacity-building activities and other events jointly with partner organizations.
WWAP is pleased to present its new facilities in Perugia and to share this beautiful, historic site with the extended international water community.
Situated east of Tuscany, Umbria is known as “Il Cuore verde d’Italia”, the Green Heart of Italy. Indeed, the Umbrian landscape is one of gently rolling hills where silver-green olive groves are interspersed with deeper greens of vineyards and natural woodland.
Perugia, the capital of Umbria, is an Etruscan city founded in the sixth century B.C. and is rich with history. A renowned tourist destination, Perugia is also home to two universities, the Università degli Studi di Perugia (University of Perugia) and the Università per Stranieri (University for Foreigners). Located in the centre of Italy, 176 km north of Rome and 160 km southeast of Florence, Perugia has a population of 160,000.
Colombella is part of the municipality of Perugia. During the 17th century, Colombella’s castle was modified to become a residence and its name
changed to Villa La Colombella. Once the property of the prominent Piccolomini family, the Villa La Colombella was acquired by the University for Foreigners in 1972.
Since 1985, the university has used the Villa to house the Water Resource Research and Documentation Centre (WARREDOC), which has held numerous conferences and training workshops at the premises.
In 2007 the complex of Villa La Colombella was rented from the University of Foreigners by the Region of Umbria, who assigned it to UNESCO through an agreement signed on the 26th of July 2007, for use by the UNESCO Programme Office on Global Water Assessment to host the WWAP Secretariat.
The property comprises four buildings laying on a surface of two hectares.
The Villa is the main building, where most events are hosted. It offers the following facilities:
• a reception area, • two conference rooms that can accommodate
up to ninety people each,• four meeting rooms that can accommodate
approximately sixteen people each, • a computer lab with twenty desktop PCs
available for guests.
The Casa Colonica and the Limonaia host the WWAP Secretariat offices.
The hotel wing consists of sixty-five rooms, of which twelve have been refurbished as offices and for lodging to host WWAP’s guests.
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