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Monday, 04 March 2019

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Overview

Though water in its normal form is liquid, there are solid facts about water. They are fascinating but fatally worrisome. Only 2.5 percent of the total water available on our planet is fresh water, which is essential for most of the life on the earth including plant-life. Of that only 30 percent is accessible in rivers, lakes and ground water. Rest is locked in glaciers and permanent snow.

For billions of years the water on earth has remained as fixed amount. The demand on this scarce, non-renewable and fixed water is increasing as the human population which is heading towards 10 billion from present 7.7 billion. The availability is under threat due to climate change. Urbanization is threatening the inclusiveness.

We are heading for dry and dead future. World Water Day (WWD) - 22 March of 2019 comes with this dreadful warning.

What is it about? Today, 2.1 billion people are still living without clean and safe water. Their households, schools, workplaces, farms and factories are struggling to survive. Marginalized groups – women, children, refugees, indigenous people, disabled people and many others face discrimination, as they try to access and manage the safe water they need.

The theme for World Water Day 2019 is 'Leaving no one behind'. This is an adaptation of the central resolve of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The aim to be inclusive in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Why is it Important? Whoever you are, wherever you are, water is your human right. Access to clean water underpins public health and is therefore, critical to sustainable development and a prosperous world.

What Needs to be Done? To 'leave no one behind', we must focus our efforts towards including the people who have been marginalized or ignored. Water services must meet the needs of marginalized groups and their voices must be heard in decision-making processes. Regulatory and legal frameworks must recognise the right to water for all people, and sufficient funding must be fairly and effectively targeted at those who need it most. In short we have to follow ' water-governance'.

Awareness of this situation, identification of such marginalized groups, providing them with solutions and helping them to implement the activities will be the bed rock of the water-governance.

To make everyone Aware of the theme and to provide the message behind the theme TERRE Policy Centre, under its flagship project of Smart Campus Cloud Network (SCCN) is announcing a "Poster Competition" for the colleges and universities ( see sccnhub.com ). SCCN is supported by UNESCO.

About the competition

Following should be reflected in the poster:

1. Innovative way to identify the critical water-governance issue in context of marginalized group and their water related problem, focusing around the theme 'Leaving no one behind'.

2. Providing creative solution to the problem (government support, technology support, funds, self-help groups, social water-entrepreneurship and use of digital technology).

3. Catchy phrases (that can be used as slogans in the campus), pictures or sketches, infographics and original communication techniques.

* Above three criteria would be the deciding factors by the jury.

4. The main objective would be to spread awareness about water challenge, SDGs and Climate Change among students.

Eminent juries with national and international expertise would judge the entries.

Jury will select TOP THREE posters and there will be attractive prizes for the selected entries. We will soon

be declaring the prizes that you can look forward to !!

How to participate?

1. Make a DIGITAL POSTER based on the points mentioned above

2. Fill the ONLINE FORM in the link provided ( please Click Here for the form ) and UPLOAD your poster there itself.

Important dates:

4^thMARCH 2019 - Launch of competition

15^thAPRIL 2019 – Last date for poster entries