ANNUAL REPORT 2019

UNU-INWEH is linked to key processes in the UN system, and represents the entire UNU in UN-Water – a cross-agency group in the UN and international partners working on water and sanitation issues globally. [...] UNU-INWEH’s research has a diverse range of stakeholders, including politicians and policymakers in developing countries, concerned with water, health and environment issues; donors and implementing agencies from the North and the South; scientific community in water-related research institutions and academia; UN agencies and other international and regional organizations and networks; host countr. [...] UNU-INWEH partnered with the University of Kinshasa of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the new IDRC-funded project on gender-sensitive analysis of climate and water driven conflicts and migration in the Congo River Basin. [...] In November 2019, UNU-INWEH and FAO organized the meeting of water experts and a first large international Symposium devoted solely to the topic of unconventional water resources and technologies; this significantly raised the visibility of unconventional options in the context of alleviating global water scarcity. [...] UNU-INWEH also conducted the assessment of disaster risk and water security-related challenges in small island developing states (SIDS) focusing on how disaster risks are perceived and addressed in the SIDS, analyzing the current status of water security in SIDS using an indicator-based approach, and assessing gaps and needs in institutional and policy arenas that can facilitate adaptation and res.