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Mr Henk OVINK

Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Government of the Netherlands

Henk Ovink was appointed in 2015 by the Dutch Cabinet as the first Special Envoy for International Water Affairs. As the Ambassador for Water, he is responsible for advocating water awareness around the world, building institutional capacity and coalitions amongst governments, multilateral organizations, private sector and NGO’s, and initiating innovate approaches to address the world's stressing needs on water. “Worldwide, water is the number one global risk, the connecting challenge across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and our best opportunity for inclusive and comprehensive action!” Ovink is also Sherpa to the UN / World Bank High Level Panel on Water. Henk Ovink served on President Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force where he led the long term innovation, resilience and rebuilding efforts. He developed and led the ‘Rebuild by Design’ competition and initiated the National Disaster Resilience Competition. 

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Sábado 04 Septiembre 11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 8 Pyrénées
Opening Plenary: Our Freshwater Global Risk - Taking Actions to Reverse the Trend
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