Loic Fauchon Opening Speech for 10th World Water Forum Kick-off meeting
For the opening ceremony of the 10th World Water Forum Kick-off meeting, held on 15 and 16 February in Jakarta, Loïc Fau
The 10th World Water Forum, held from May 18th to 25th, 2024, in Bali, Indonesia, provided a unique opportunity for the water community and key decision-makers to collaborate and bring innovative answers to global water challenges. The Forum allowed stakeholders to voice their political, thematic, and regional perspectives to turn water solutions into action.
The 10th World Water Forum in numbers:
- A global audience of 20,000+ registered participants
- 75,000+ visitors from 160 countries around the world
- 6 heads of state and 135 ministerial delegates, including 51 ministers and 34 international organization representatives
- 216 parliamentarian representatives from 44 countries
- 300 local and regional governments and basins’ representatives
- Over 280 sessions and more than 100 activities in the Expo and Fair booths
- 254 Expo and Fair Booths, including 19 Country Pavilion
- More than 4,000 youth participants
- 1,000 journalists from 120 media producing 2,000 news during the week
- A Compendium including 113 water and sanitation projects, valued at 9.4 billion US$
Discours d'ouverture de la réunion de lancement du 10e WWF
The Indonesian delegation in Marseille
H.E. Mr. Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of Public Works, and Housing and Loïc Fauchon at the working meeting for the preparation of the 10th World Water Forum in Bali.
On the side-lines of the ICOLD Congress, the Indonesian delegation, led by H.E. Mr. Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of Public Works, and Housing, came to Marseille.
This allowed us to conduct initial meetings for the preparation of the 10th World Water Forum of Bali, which will be held in 2024.