Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions:Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions: Achieving Water and Energy Sustainability and other SDGs in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

This document presents the overall strategy for a 4-year cooperation between the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs OdN DESA) and Itaipu Binacional (Brazil/Paraguay), the "Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions" (hereinafter referred to as "the Project"). The objective of this Project is to build a global multi-stakeholder partnership and network to enhance capacities, dialogues and cooperation at all levels, for enabling cross-sectoral approaches, advocacy and knowledge management that address SDG6 and SDG7 and interlinkages with other SDGs holistically, in order to accelerate progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This Project will be implemented for an initial period of 4 years, from 2017 until 2021, with the possibility of extension subject to mutual agreement between the UN DESA and ltaipu Binacional, donor to the project. This Project is funded through extra-budgetary contributions. Itaipu Binacional will provide the initial financial contribution to UNDESA. The project forms part of the overall efforts of the UN secretariat "to accelerate the implementation of sustainable development goals, targets and commitments in accordance with the internationally agreed development goals" as set out in the UN's strategic framework for the period 2016-2017(A/69/6), corresponding to sub-programme 3 on Sustainable Development under the programme 7on Economic and Social Affairs.