Water Accounting Training
As part of the Water and Environment Support (WES) project, a five-day regional training was held on Water Accounting. The training took place online, between 12 and 26 October 2020.
As part of the Water and Environment Support (WES) project, a five-day regional training was held on Water Accounting. The training took place online, between 12 and 26 October 2020.
The purpose of the training on Water Accounting was to introduce water accounting as a tool to achieve integrated water governance for all users and to promote sustainability between water availability and demand. It also aimed to reflect on the SEEA-Water standard and its important role in planning and assessing the availability of water resources under a common conceptual framework by encouraging transparency, communication among different levels of administration, and international cooperation. SEEA also allows to further develop an environment and water-related indicators (e.g. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6 Target).
The training revolved around the overall concept of water accounts, their environmental and economic components, the benefits of water accounting, and the use of water accounting outputs in reporting on the progress made towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Physical Flow accounts and Physical Assets accounts, using the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEA-W) and various monitoring frameworks were also discussed.