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Sectors: European Union

[Automatic translation follows] Platform for all French actors working on #water. Collective advocacy #SDGs #climateiswater The French Water Partnership (PFE) is a non-profit association governed by the law of 1901, created in 2007 on World Water Day. A French platform for exchanges and reflection, it contributes to putting water on the global political agenda and shares French know-how internationally and collectively. The PFE now brings together 200 members, public and private water stakeholders including representatives of the State and its public institutions, NGOs, associations and foundations, local and parliamentary authorities, economic stakeholders, research and training institutions, and French and foreign …

Sectors: Environment

Official account of the United Nations. For peace, dignity & equality on a healthy planet. Founded at the end of the Second World War, the United Nations is an international organization made up of 193 Member States committed to maintaining international peace and security. Every day the UN works to tackle global challenges and deliver results for those most in need. Giving life-saving support to populations hit by humanitarian crises, helping build and keep the peace in conflict-ridden areas, supporting governments and their citizens to advance development and fight poverty, and promoting human rights worldwide are the core pillars of …

Sectors: International development