17 2018 Alison Smale, Under-Secretary-General of Global Communication for the United Nations talks to the We Are Water Foundation Deborah Seward, Carlos Garriga, Alison Smale and Xavier Torras With the aim of discussing future projects andshort films dealing with this issue and there have beenXavier Torras, Director of the We Are Water Foundation, collaborations, the We Are Water Foundation organisedfour editions to date. Carlos Jiménez Renjifo, Deskalso remarked upon the cooperation between the two a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General, AlisonOfficer at UNRIC Western Europe, has been a memberorganisations: “We need to work together to continue Smale, and the Director of the United Nations Regionalof the jury on all these occasions, confirming thespreading key messages and to generate greater Information Centre (UNRIC) in Brussels, Deborah Seward.synergy between the two institutions.sensitivity among the population. It was very significant Over the past seven years, the Foundation hasAlison Smale stated she considers it necessary forand a great step forward for the UN to dedicate a space collaborated several times with the United Nations on itsfoundations like We Are Water to work with the UN into the big problems of the 21st century and put them programmes to alleviate the negative effects of a lack ofthe 21st century and pointed out that “If the Unitedinto the global sphere, as is the case with the world’s water resources and in its awareness-raising campaignsNations’ decades of experience in research andwater problem.” for a more reasonable use of water. analysis on what is happening in the world joins forcesThis meeting is the start of new joint projects and One of these is the We Art Water Film Festival, whichwith the clarity of the Foundation in educating peoplerepresents another step forward in their combined fight aims to raise awareness and generate notoriety abouton complex topics, we will create a message thatagainst climate change and the problems relating to the the global water problem. Members of the public submitreaches everyone.” lack of water and sanitation in the world. 27