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To facilitate the required actions an SDG Working Group has been established within the Branch Planning & Information which is composed as follows:
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Chair and oversight manager: DDG Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Programme coordinator: acting CD WS & LWM, Mr Rexson Mtileni
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Theme champions and leaders:
The SDGWG is represented by the Team Leaders of each of the 9 Task Teams shown below
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6.1 by 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
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6.2 by 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
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6.3 by 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater, and increasing recycling and safe reuse by x% globally
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6.4 by 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
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6.5 by 2030 implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
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6.6 by 2020 protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
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6.a by 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water and sanitation related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
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6.b support and strengthen the participation of local communities for improving water and sanitation management
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TT Sector Support and Coordination
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TT Water and Sanitation Sector Leadership Group
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Note: an additional Task Team, bringing the total number of Task Teams to 10, is currently being initiated and will be called the Task Team ? Research and Innovation, which will provide specialist support to the other Task Teams
Figure 2: High level Overview of a Task Team
Each Task Team is responsible to implement their specific Targets and submit reports to the United Nations for each of the Targets annually / as required, once a specific request has been received from UNECE and other UN agencies. These annual reports will highlight progress each year towards the 2030 deadline
Requests from UN Water have so far arrived unexpectedly and with limited time to compile and submit. A formal schedule has been requested for effective future planning by DWS. Each report requires a signature from the Task Team Leader responsible for the report before an email submission to UN Water can be made through STATSSA and by the due date.
Following the UN Report submission, each Task Team will prepare a Gap Report specifically relating to their responsible sub-goal which will identify key issues that need to be addressed by the Sector, including DWS in order to reach the 2030 objectives.
A consolidated bi-annual Status Report will be compiled using Gap reports from each Task Team. This Status report will be used to influence ?vehicles of change? such as the National Water & Sanitation Masterplan (NW&SMP) and the National Water & Sanitation Resource Strategy 2 (NW&SRS2).
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