Mission and Goals of UNESCO’s Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET)
The Global Network of Water Museums aims to inform, motivate, connect and mobilize authorities and citizens to turn the vision described above into a reality. This promises to re-articulate and re-energize the unique relationship which humanity has with water, as the most precious source of all life.
The mission of WAMU-NET is to provide an impetus for connecting past and present knowledge, sustainable water uses and management practices with the future needs of humans and the biosphere as a whole. A reinvigorated connection to our shared water heritage will pave the way for a paradigm shift in managing our water environments.
The overall goal of the Global Network is to reach new audiences worldwide in order to foster and communicate new visions for more enlightened water management, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In this context, the Global Network actively promotes a new relationship between humanity and water: a new water ethics, which helps to reconnect people with the tangible and intangible heritage of water, including its social, cultural, ecological, artistic and spiritual dimensions.