The World Water Council is co-organising their 8th World Water Forum with a host country. This year, the forum takes place in beautiful Brasília, Brazil! Governments, experts and advocates interested in the theme of water have been brought together in this way since 1997. As in all previous editions, Green Cross International will be among the non-governmental organisations representing civil society. Follow our contributions at the following key events:
20 March
Event: Great Rivers and Climate Change – Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers (IFGR)
Time: 12:00 to 12:30
Location: Stand SUEZ (E27A)
Featured Speaker: Marie-Laure Vercambre – Water for Life and Peace Programme Director for Green Cross International, and member of the IFGR
Event: Green Drop Award for Best Documentary of the Green Film Festival
Special Edition of Green Cross Italy and Venice Mostra’s Green Drop Initiative
Time: 20:30
Location: Cine Brasília
Featured Speaker: Elio Pacilio – President of Green Cross Italy
21 March
Event: Successful Negotiation and Implementation of Global, Regional and Bilateral Transboundary Cooperation Agreements
Time: 09:00 to 10:30
Location: Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center, Room 28
Featured Speaker: Marisa Arienza – President of Green Cross Argentina
22 March
Event: Alternative Forum’s Religious Gathering
Time: 09:00 to 12:00
Location: Pavilhão Parque da Cidade
Featured Speaker: Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp – President of Green Cross Netherlands
Event: Learning from Traditions: How Water Heritage Can Guide Our Water Future
Time: 11:00 to 12:30
Location: Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center, Room ST2
Featured Speaker: Sônia Guajajara – Coordinator of the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), and candidate for co-presidency of the Republic of Brazil
Event: Water and Spirituality
Time: 14:30 to 18:00
Location: Planalto Auditorium
Featured Speaker: Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp – President of Green Cross Netherlands
Event: Citizen’s Forum Comission – Film Festival
Special Screening of the Green Drop Award Winning Documentary followed by a debate with Elio Pacilio and the film’s producer
Time: 20:00
Location: Cine Brasília
Featured Speakers: Elio Pacilio – President of Green Cross Italy
Featured Speakers
Marisa Arienza
Prof Marisa Arienza Mallmann is the President of Green Cross Argentina, a founding member of the Forum Humanum, Secretary of the Argentinean Chapter of The Club of Rome, and Secretary-General for Latin America of The Club of Rome (under the Presidency of Belisario Betancur). She brings with her an expertise in sustainable development and transboundary water cooperation.
Sônia Guajajara
Sônia Guajajara is world renowed activist in defense of indigenous and environmental rights. Born in a village in the Amazon rainforest, she recognizes the importance of conserving natural resources and it’s cultural significance. She currently serves as candidate for the co-presidency of the Republic, along with Guilherme Boulos, for the PSOL Party.
Elio Pacilio
Elio Pacilio is an Italian environmentalist who founded Green Cross Italia in 1998 and is its president. As the representative of Green Cross Italia, he was elected to the Green Cross International Board in 2013 and is co-founder of the Green Drop Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp
Rabbi Soetendorp is an award-winning human rights advocate, lecturer, writer and environmental activist. He is a founding member of Green Cross International and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, the world’s first multi-faith initiative working to improve access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and proper hygiene.
Marie-Laure Vercambre
Marie-Laure Vercambre has been Director of Green Cross International’s Water for Life and Peace programme since 2010. Before starting with Green Cross International, Marie-Laure worked with the organization in France as Director of Communications and Advocacy. She represents GCI at the End Water Poverty network, the Butterfly Effect network, the Coalition Eau and French Water Partnership, the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation and Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers.