Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati said the fourth Cairo Water Week (CWW), which will be held between October 24 and 28 under the sponsorship of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, is crowning Egypt’s pivotal role both in the Arab and African regions.

The week’s theme is “water and population and global changes, challenges, and chances”.

Abdel-Ati’s remarks to this effect came during talks he had on Thursday with head of the planning sector Eman Sayed on ongoing preparations for holding the event.

The minister added that this year’s CWW is the fourth conference in a series of conferences started in 2018 to boost channels of communication between water agencies, water-related industries, and regional and international bodies concerned.

The 2021 CWW has become the most important and biggest event in water and sustainable development in Egypt and the Middle East, according to the Egyptian minister.

The CWW is part of the state’s interest in water issues, which come at the top of the political agenda and a key factor in economic and sustainable development, Abdel-Ati added.

The week aims to find sustainable solutions for the management of water resources to face the problems of overpopulation and changes pertaining to land usage and climate, he said.