Water, Peace and Security Symposium, Baghdad, Iraq 

27 May 2025

This one-day symposium brings together technical and high-level stakeholders to discuss and reflect on how the outcomes of the work of the Water, Peace & Security partnership in the south of Iraq (Wasit, Missan, Basra, Dhi Qar) can contribute to inclusive, integrated, and informed responses to water-related instability.

The event will be held in Baghdad on 27 May 2025, following the 5th Baghdad International Water Conference (BIWC) (24-26 May).
The morning sessions will be designed for a technical audience from national and provincial authorities, universities and international organisations, focusing on how to operationalise solutions based on WPS tools, methods and local work. The afternoon programme opens with a panel discussing pathways to integrate the WPS toolbox in university curricula. The Symposium concludes with a closed high-level roundtable on the opportunities and challenges of increasing collaboration between provinces on shared water-related challenges, with participation from the federal government and provincial authorities.

Materials for participants:

WPS Iraq publications

Videos

Training materials

1. Introduction to water and conflict

2. Hydrological and social dynamics in Iraq

3. Conflict sensitivity

4. Governance tools

5. Legal mechanisms

6. Dialogue processes

7. System Analysis

8. Modelling tools for policy dashboards

9. WPS E-learning

Presentations