MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear members, I am pleased to share this Spring Issue of IDA Global Connections, stressing that rarely have we witnessed such a special and ideal moment to press forward with sustainable development, enhance the value of water and transform the sector from the side of the citizens. This message applies to almost all countries, which have failed to do their homework to achieve the water challenges. According to the United Nations, countries are not moving fast enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, and of course, we will not achieve SDG 6 with respect to water and sanitation.
environmental objectives of the framework directive and we need sustainable water management to guarantee a balance between the demand for water resources, on which our growth model depends, and respect for the environment. The fundamental idea is balance. Globally, we are now in a situation that presents opportunities to accelerate progress and achieve this balance between water security and environmental protection.
In 2015 the water sector received with jubilation, the news of the 2030 agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. For the first time, water was included as an independent, autonomous objective, with its own substantivity and separate from The European Union says that we are not the general objective of the environment. And progressing fast enough to achieve the this is precisely due to its cross-cutting nature, 6
