SDG 6: Clean water & sanitation for all

About the event

The Green European Foundation with the support of Ecopolis Foundation is holding a full-day conference on 6th of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a universal call to action for a fair and sustainable world for all. The focus of the conference will be on clean water and basic sanitation, and we’ve invited a high-class panel from all over Hungary to discuss this topic. After the event, we will publish a report summarising the content in the next volume of Ecopolis SDG series.

Context

The Ecopolis Foundation has launched a series of conferences and publications examining the possibilities of implementing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Hungary. SDGs follow the idea that environmental, social and economic problems can only be successfully addressed systematically. The previous five goals are – eradicating poverty, eradicating hunger, health and well-being for all, quality education, gender equality. Publications on each topic are available here.

Program

10:00-10:10 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the place of the 6th goal in the system

Speakers:

• János Zlinszky, PhD. Associate professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies.
• Péter Pázmány, Catholic University Faculty of Law and Political Science,Department for Environmental Law and Competition Law.

10:20-10:50 Creating a safe, affordable and fair access to clean drinking for all

Speakers:

• Dr. András Szöllősi-Nagy PhD,  National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies
• Attila Antal, Senior Lecturer (Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law)

10:50-11:20 Creating access to an appropriate and equitable for basic sanitation, in particular for women, girls and women and for the special needs of the vulnerable

Speakers:

Gábor Ungvári, senior research associate, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research.

Gergely Papp, PAD Foundation for environmental justice.

11:20-11:40 Coffee break

11:40-12:10 Improving water quality (by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally)

Speakers:

• Vince Bakos, Assistant Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. Applied Biotechnology and Food Science
• Dr. János Tamás PhD, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management
• Kálmán Buzás, Honorary Professor, Budapest University and Economics,Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering

12:10-12:40 Water protection, water management law

Speakers:

• Sándor Fülöp PhD, Associate professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies, former commissioner of the Parliamentary Commision for Future Generations

12:40-13:10 Water efficiency, sustainable water abstraction

Speakers:

• Prof. Emeritus István Ijjas, Budapest University and Economics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering
• Adrienne Clement, Associate Professor, Budapest University and Economics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering

13:10-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:30 Implementation of an integrated river basin management

Speakers:

• Gábor Baranyai, Assistant Professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable
• Dr. Mária Eördöghné Miklós, University of Pécs,Faculty of buildingand plant engineering

14:30-15:00 Protection and restoring water-related ecosystems

Speakers:

László Tirják, director of Körös-Maros National Par Tamás Gruber, project lead of Freshwater habitat at WWF

15:00-15:30 Promoting the participation of local communities in the development of water management and sanitation

Speakers:

• Sándor Fülöp PhD, Associate professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies, former commissioner of the Parliamentary Commision for Future Generations
• Péter Kajner, program expert of Freshwater habitat at WWF

15:30-16:00 Audience questions

Practicalities

Date and Time:  Tuesday 11th January 2022, 10AM

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This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Ecopolis Foundation and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.