Reporting under the Water Convention

In 2015, a regular reporting mechanism was established under the Water Convention (Decision VII/2). Regular reporting serves several purposes including:

• periodically reviewing national implementation of the Convention;
• informing the public of measures taken to implement the Convention;
• supporting the mobilisation of resources, e.g. capacity building and technical assistance, in order to address specific basin needs and difficulties in the implementation of the Convention;
• identifying emerging issues that can inform the development of future programmes of work under the Convention, as well as the work of the Implementation Committee; and
• promoting the accumulation and exchange of lessons learned, good practices and experiences related to the implementation of the Convention.

Status of reporting under the Water Convention

First reporting exercise 2017/18
95% of the Parties submitted reports during the pilot reporting under the Water Convention. The high response rate provided an important baseline for assessing the implementation of the Convention and reflected a concerted effort by the Parties to protect and jointly manage shared resources over the course of more than 20 years. The findings of the first reporting exercise are available in the first Report on the implementation of the Water Convention published in 2018.

Second reporting exercise 2020/21
All Parties submitted national reports in the second reporting round. The second report on the implementation of the Water convention provides a review of progress made in the implementation of the Water Convention by synthesizing the outcomes of the second reporting round. It covers the period 2017–2020 – a crucial phase in the evolution of the Convention, marked by the enlargement of the treaty’s membership through the accession of several countries from outside the UNECE region.

Reports by Parties*

^*The designations employed and the presentation of the material in the reports do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers and boundaries.
^** Parties that acceded or ratified the Convention after the launch of the respective reporting round.

More information on the reporting process and the outcomes of the monitoring are available on the following webpages: 

•    Monitoring SDG indicator 6.5.2
•    Reporting under the Water Convention
•    First reporting exercise, 2017/18, on SDG indicator 6.5.2
•    Second reporting exercise, 2020/21, on SDG indicator 6.5.2
•    Third reporting exercise, 2023, on SDG indicator 6.5.2
•    National country reports on  SDG indicator 6.5.2
•    Guidance materials and information for countries
•    Workshops, events and meetings on reporting
•    Reporting publications

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