8th Annual Conference of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Water Services

Part I: Views on current trends on Water Services
Chair: Unesco Chair Petri S. Juuti; TAU
10.30  Opening, Petri Juuti, Tampere University
10.40  Water Struggles in the Web of Life: Social Reproduction, Ecology and Capitalist Accumulation, Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK
11.10 The benefits of international cooperation to Finnish water utilities, Osmo Seppälä, Managing Director, Finnish Water Utilities Association
11.40  Views of Water Education and Related Issues in UNESCO, Dr. Alexandros Makarigakis, Programme Specialist, Water for Human Settlements, UNESCO Paris
12.10  Surface  Water  Catchment-and  Integrated  Water  Resources  Management (Iwrm) as Public Policy Implementation - and Impacts    Determination in the Municipal Management of Merafong City Local Municipality, Gauteng Province, South Africa, Eric Nealer, Professor, Department of Public Administration and Management, University of South Africa, Pretoria
12.40  Discussion
12.50  Lunch break /Lounastauko

Osa II: Water Services and Cooperation / Vesihuollon yhteistyö
Chair: UNESCO co-chair Riikka Rajala; TAU
13.30  Five Global Priority Messages for WASH Response to COVID-19,  Antti Rautavaara, Director of International Water Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
13.45  A case for improved local-level participation in Kenya Water Sector, Doctoral student Japheth Koros, CADWES
14.15  Uudistuva vesihuoltolaki: tarvitaanko kategorisia reformeja vai jatkuvaa kehittämistä? Dosentti Tapio Katko, CADWES
14.45  Discussion / Keskustelu
15.00  Closing words / Tilaisuus päättyy, Riikka Rajala