9:00

Opening Session

-          Council of Europe Host

-          Co-Chairs of the Preparatory Meeting (Mr. Jean-François Le Grand and Mr. Mustafa Öztürk)

-          Mr. Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council

-          Mr. Hasan Zuhuri Sarikaya, Undersecretary, Turkish Ministry of Environment

-          Co-Chairs of Parliamentarian Process (Mr. Mustafa Öztürk and Mr. Pierre Victoria): Brief overview of the 5^th World Water Forum and the Parliamentarian Process

10:00

Presentations and Discussion

-          Issue 1: Right to Water and Sanitation

-          Issue 2: Global Changes

12:30

Lunch

13:45

Presentations and Discussion

-          Issue 3: Transboundary Waters

-          Issue 4: Decentralization Policies

16:30

 Dialogue around Proposed Outputs

-          Lessons Learned from Existing Legislation

-          “Water Legislation Helpdesk”

17:30

Conclusions and Next Steps