On the shores of the Bosporus Strait, H2O will have its say at the 5th World Water Forum.

Aptly subtitled Bridging the Divide, the 2009 World Water Forum will be where east meets west, in the beautiful heart of Istanbul, Turkey.

The forum's main goal is to manifest global action on the biggest issue we all face, the issue of water .

The forum deals with the problems of water of the whole world and has participants from around the world says the vice secretary-general of the event, Professor Ahmet Mete Saatçi.

The planning for the forum has been based on three processes: thematic, regional and political. The thematic process aims to bring all themes, topics and sessions ultimately to one goal: for action to bridge the divide in water. There are six themes in total, which are global changes and risk management; advancing human development and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); managing and protecting water resources and their supply systems to meet human and environmental needs; governance and management; finance; and finally education, knowledge and capacity development.

Sounds big ... 

The second process is the political process. At this level, it is important to gather the participants who are politicians and official bodies. "The problems to be discussed in the forum need to be heard at the political level in order to make the decisions more efficient. At this level, we want to bring prime ministers, ministers, parliamentarians and municipal officials together, Saatçi says.

Emphasizing the importance of municipal officials and mayors, Saatçi adds, They are maybe the most important officials because municipalities deal with water problems in their districts. He further highlights that municipalities have promised to take action on certain water issues and that these pledges will be discussed in the forum.

Bringing water to underserved people, especially children, allowing for human societal development, keeping water out of the hands of out of touch corporate behemoths, that is what we would like to see.

Good luck .. we'll be following the developments.

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