2026 UN Water Conference, co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates and Senegal, will take place in Abu Dhabi from 8 to 10 December 2026.
Ahead of this significant conference, we would like to share with you that Conference Stakeholders’ accreditation is now open. As the facilitator of the Global Taskforce, UCLG will function as the umbrella organization for accreditations. Members who have not yet completed the accreditation process are kindly invited to complete this form by 23 October. The information collected will support the accreditation process and help us ensure effective coordination across the constituency ahead of the Conference.
To proceed with the preparation of your letter of representation, which is required to complete the registration process, we kindly ask you to contact UCLGExBu@uclg.org and partnerships@uclg.org confirming the proposed participants:
- Full name, as it appears on their official identification document;
- Official position/title;
- Institution or organization represented.
This information will be used to prepare the letter and share it with you for the official registration process, which you can complete through the link https://indico.un.org/event/1024043/ by the official deadline of 6 November 2026. For coordination purposes, we kindly ask our members to inform UCLG-MEWA at ir@uclg-mewa.org once they have completed the registration process.
In this context, we would like to inform you that the Local and Regional Governments Forum has now been confirmed as part of the official program of the Conference and will take place on the second day, 9 December 2026, 13:00-15:00 GST. The Forum will provide a dedicated space for the local and regional government constituency to strengthen our collective advocacy and joint messaging towards the United Nations.
A draft Concept Note of the forum is available at this link.
