In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March as World Water Day (WWD). The theme for 2018, Nature for Water, explores how nature can be used to overcome the water challenges of the 21st century.

The neglect of ecosystems makes it harder to provide everyone with the water required to survive and thrive. Environmental damage, together with climate change, is contributing to the water-related crises that are observed globally.

As floods, drought and water pollution are made worse by degraded vegetation, soil, rivers and lakes, nature-based solutions are required to help solve today’s water challenges.

Planting new forests, reconnecting rivers to floodplains, and restoring wetlands will rebalance the water cycle, as well as improve human health and livelihoods.

CNVP is a leading international NGO and civil society organization that is active in all six Balkan countries. It uses evidence-based analysis to improve the sustainable livelihoods of rural communities affected by the ongoing process of environmental and climate change within a policy framework of European accession.

CNVP’s focuses on agri-rural, natural resource management, forestry, renewable energy and governance activities to reduce environmental risks, ecological scarcities and transboundary pollution, as well as improve efficient water use and conservation.

CNVP is looking to identify CSOs active in the European Neighbourhood Space, the Caucasus and Turkey with which it can cooperate to build a greener economic environment, including the provision of improved drinking water, as well as better sanitation and drainage facilities.