| Official Side Events – UNHQ | ||
| Day, Time, Venue | Title of side event / Special Event | Lead organization |
| Wednesday 22 March, 09:30 – 10:45 EST, UNHQ, Side Event Room C | Indigenous Knowledge and practices on water resource management are key drivers for “Water for Sustainable Development” | Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP). |
| Wednesday 22 March, 14:00 – 15:15 EST, UNHQ, Side Event Room A | The Role of Indigenous People in Governing Shared Waters | Water & Tribes Initiative and University of Arizona. |
| Wednesday 22 March, 18:30 – 19:45 EST, Side Event Room 6 | Indigenous-led conservation for the health of water ecosystems in Canada and the world | Canada |
| Thursday 23 March, 10:00 – 13:00 EST | Informal Special Event – Reducing inequalities – implementing Human Rights | African Youth Parliament for Water, Aquafed, FILAC, International Indian Treaty Council, UN OHCHR, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, Women for Water Partnership |
| Thursday 23 March, 18:30 – 19:45 EST, Side Event Room 5 | Amazonian Flying Rivers: Securing the World’s hydrological engine steered by Indigenous Peoples. | IEPE – Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indigena |
| Thursday 23 March, 18:30 – 19:45 EST, Side Event Room C | The of role of Traditional Knowledge of Water Management and Governance system of Tharu Indigenous People in Nepal | Asian Indigenous International Network |
| Friday 24 March, 9:30 -10:45 EST, Side Event Room A | Protecting and restoring critical water related ecosystems in mountains: The role of Indigenous Peoples and biocultural territories in mountain ecosystems | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| Friday 24 March, 14:00 -15:15 EST, Side Event Room B | WOMEN 4OUR WATER- From Portuguese Speaking Countries to the World | Business as Nature |
| Friday 24 March, 15:30 – 16:45 EST, Side Event Room A | Rights of Nature: The missing connection to enhance and implement the SDGs on Water | Earth Law Center |
| Official Side events: External to UNHQ | |||
| Day | Title of side event | Lead organization | Hybrid Link / Website details |
| 20-21 March, 9:00 – 17:00 EST, Salvation Army Social Justice Commission Building, 221 E. 52ND STREET, NEW YORK CITY | Indigenous Peoples Pre Summit to the Water Conference | International Indian Treaty Council | Inhouse only |
| Wednesday 22 March, 11:30 -12:30 EST, The Nature Hub Apella – 450 E 29th Street, New York | Honoring ancestral knowledge to ensure sustainable and adaptive water management for climate change | WaterAid Colombia | TBD |
| Wednesday 22 March, 12:30 – 13:45 EST, The Nature Hub Apella – 450 E 29th Street, New York | Decolonizing water governance through Indigenous knowledge, self-determination, and relationships with water | University of Manitoba, Himalayan Peace Foundation, Carcross/Tagish First Nations | Virtual (Zoom Webinar): link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z619Z_HoR7aZwGGJNH1QHw BitLy: https://bit.ly/400KZQU |
| Wednesday 22 March, 15:30 – 16:15 EST, The Nature Hub Apella – 450 E 29th Street, New York | Maintaining connected freshwater corridors in the Amazon to sustain people and biodiversity | The Nature Conservancy | |
| Wednesday 22 March, 14:00 – 16:30 EST, Jay Suites Times Square, Room 1441 Broadway, 6th Floor. | Kayanní:yo (‘a good path’)Working with Indigenous ecological knowledge to advance resiliency. | American Indian Law Alliance | Further information can be found here: https://www.ohneganos.com/wwd2023 |
| Thursday 23 March, 13:30 – 14:45 EST, Doha Conference Room (304 E 45th st, 11th Fl), UNDP Offices, New York, USA | Joint Commitments to transforming water governance, climate adaptation and biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples, Member States and the UN system (In-person with live-streaming) | UNESCO (SIWI – Partners) | https://cap-net.org/joint-commitments-to-transforming-water-governance-climate-adaptation-and-biodiversity-indigenous-peoples-member-states-and-the-un-system/ |
| Thursday 23 March, 16:00 – 18:00 EST, Scalabrini International Migration Network, 307 East 60th Street. | Water as a Human Right: Connecting experiences from civil society, Indigenous Peoples, government and the private sector on promoting human-rights based approaches and partnerships in the water sector. | Fundacion Avina | Further information and registration at: https://www.avina.net/unwater2023-esp/#agenda |
| Friday 24 March, 8:30 – 10:00 EST, Riverview Room, 28th Floor East Tower, Millennium Hilton New York, One UN Plaza | Roundtable : Empowering Women, Youth and Indigenous Persons to Accelerate Global Water Security in the Water Action Decade | World Bank | |
| Friday, March 24, 2023, Session 1: 8:30 – 9:30. EST Session 2: 13:00 – 15:00 EST, Venue: Baha’i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, NY 10017-1822 | Session 1: Water Justice – Decolonizing and Restoring Intergenerational Relationships to Water for Access, Safety and Post-Traumatic Healing Session 2: Elevating Indigenous Perspectives, Knowledge and Action for Water and Nature Conservation in the Americas. Please note that there are additional sessions being offered on Saturday 25th. | AHAM Education | Further information and registration: https://www.ahameducation.org/unwater2023 |
| Session 1: Friday 24 March, 10:00 – 12:00 EST Session 2: Friday 24 March, 13:30 – 15:30 EST Venue: The New School at 66 West 12th Street in the school’s main auditorium, A106. | Indigenous Water Ethics (Hybrid) | Water Culture Institute, Indigenous Environmental Network and Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School | Further information and registration: https://www.waterculture.org/copy-of-resources |
| Friday 24 March, 11:00 – 13:00 EST, TBC | Effects of climate change on water resources and livelihood of Indigenous Peoples southern plain areas of Himalayan Nepal | Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Global Home for Indigenous Peoples | Limited detail available. |
| Side Events: Virtual Sessions | |||
| Day | Title of side event | Lead organization | Hybrid Link / Website details |
| Monday 20 March, 7:00 – 8:00 EST | Climate Change, Wetlands and Women: Actions Towards Creating Resilient Communities and Ecosystems. Joining stakeholders provide a platform to voice indigenous women. Showcase South-Asian illustrations providing leadership opportunities, women as change makers. Discussing existing challenges etc | Women for Water Partnership | https://www.womenforwater.org/ |
| Monday 20 March, 22:00 – 0:00 EST | Committing to the Flow of People-Centered Water Action Join Indigenous Peoples, environment defenders and CSOs and hear their experiences & challenges, harness their knowledge & actions to achieve a truly sustainable management of water resources. | International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL), | https://www.ipmsdl.org/events/committing-to-the-flow-of-people-centered-water-action/ |
| Tuesday 21 March, 15:00 – 16:30 EST | Decolonizing our Waterways: Indigenous Voices from Southeast United States. Colonization displaced Indigenous women from traditional roles; South-eastern women will discuss challenges they face accessing power and places where decisions about water are made. | Sierra Club | https://sierraclub.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7RGQV3kuQt2_hnzFHZim_A |
| Wednesday 22 March, 11:00 – 12:30 EST | Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) Approaches to achieving water security: examples and lessons from local implementation. the VCA alliance and its local partners highlight the many challenges faced by communities regarding water management in the face of climate change. Concrete examples of scalable approaches that would contribute to the Water Action Agenda will be shared as well as actions and commitments that promote the adoption of LLA principles and financing mechanisms for locally led solutions in the water sector. | Hivos- Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries | https://voicesforjustclimateaction.org/news-and-views/join-the-vca-alliance-during-the-un-water-conference-2023/ |
| Thursday 23 March, 10:00 – 11:30 EST | Conserving Water, Preserving Culture: Co-Creating Tools with Indigenous Communities in Water Management Co-creation, collaboration and continuous dialogue as tools for acknowledging and incorporating the Indigenous communities’ ancestral water management practices in order to co-create systemic change. | Asociación Civil Hecho por Nosotros | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conserving-water-preserving-culture-tickets-558781619867 |
| Thursday 23 March, 15:15 – 14:45 EST | Indigenous Peoples Knowledge, Science and Practicies for protecting, conserving and sustainably managing water in the time of clime crisis. | International Indian Treaty Council | Register through: https://www.iitc.org/event/indigenous-peoples-knowledge-science-and-practices-for-protecting-conserving-and-sustainably-managing-water-in-the-time-of-climate-crisis/ |
| Friday 24 March, 10:30 – 12:00 EST | “Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure -IKRI”: A Unique Tool to Address the Global Water Challenges “Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure: IKRI”, a unique tool aimed to address water for (a) climate, resilience, and environment, (b) sustainable development, and (c) cooperation. | Pawanka Fund | Spanish https://caneus.org/IKRI_UN_Water_en.pdf English https://caneus.org/IKRI_UN_Water_sp.pdf |
| Friday 24 March 2023. 22:00 – 0:00 EST, Please note, this may be a repeat of session from earlier in the week. | Committing to the Flow of People-Centered Water Action Join Indigenous Peoples, environment defenders and CSOs and hear their experiences & challenges, harness their knowledge & actions to achieve a truly sustainable management of water resources. | International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) | https://www.ipmsdl.org/events/committing-to-the-flow-of-people-centered-water-action/ |
