Strengthening disaster and emergency preparedness and responsiveness of water and sanitation systems.



Focus on effective disaster and emergency preparedness and responsiveness of water and sanitation systems.

The 15th meeting of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting under the United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office
for Europe Protocol on Water and Health will take place in Geneva, on 5 and 6 November 2026. 

The meeting will be organized under the leadership of Switzerland, Chair of the Task Force, and lead
Parties under Protocol programme area 1 - Portugal and Romania - in cooperation with lead Parties
for programme area 2 - Belarus and Norway, programme area 5 - Bosnia and Herzegovina and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, and programme area 7 - Italy and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The main focus of the Task Force meeting will be to support Parties in their efforts to strengthen
disaster and emergency preparedness and response of water, sanitation and health systems, including
consideration of operational security-related aspects.


Other objectives of the meeting are to:
  1. Take stock of the Protocol community contributions to the UN 2026 Water Conference (United Arab Emirates, 8-10 December 2026);
  2. Review progress by Parties in setting, revising and implementing their targets, in accordance with article 6 of the Protocol, with a particular focus on targets related to resilience, emergency preparedness and operational security. Other States will also be invited to report on different initiatives in this area;
  3. Discuss lessons learned from the 6th reporting cycle under the Protocol and collect feedback on the use of the new online reporting system;
  4. Review progress in the implementation of projects currently ongoing under the Protocol;
  5. Review implementation of the activities in the programme of work for 2026-2028 assigned to the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting and collect ideas for the next meeting of the Task Force with a thematic focus on ambient water quality.

Location: Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève, Switzerland

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