The Integrated Monitoring Initiative for Sustainable Development Goal 6 (IMI-SDG6) is a partnership between eight UN agencies and is coordinated by UN-Water. It was established at the beginning of the 2030 Agenda period, to accelerate the achievement of SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
FAO is one of the initiative’s partners and the custodian agency responsible for monitoring SDG target 6.4 that aims at “substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity by 2030”.
IMI-SDG6 supports countries to collect, analyze and report SDG 6 data, and assists policy and decision-makers to use this data for better policy-decisions and investments.
To this ends, the initiative creates guides, organizes trainings, develops methodology for contextualized and disaggregated data and information.
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Environmental flows and water stress: generating detailed information for policy - experiences of Peru
06/02/2025
A multi-country workshop on assessment of environmental flows and the disaggregation of the level of water stress by river basin and sub-basin is taking place in Lima, Peru from 4 to 6 February 2025. It brings together six countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico and Peru.
Workshop on disaggregation of SDG 6.4.2 for enhancing integrated and sustainable management of water resources in the Senegal River Basin
16/01/2025
FAO's Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6) works together with Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) to assess environmental flow requirements and to disaggregate SDG indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by basin and sub-basin. The aim is to strengthen the integrated and sustainable management of water resources in the Senegal River Basin.
FAO releases key SDG 6.4 Progress Reports at the International Soil and Water Forum in Bangkok
11/12/2024
Progress on change in water-use efficiency. Mid-term status of SDG Indicator 6.4.1 and acceleration needs, with special focus on food security and climate change, 2024
12/2024
[Available in English, French and Spanish.] The global indicator on water-use efficiency tracks to what extent a country’s economic growth is dependent...
Progress on the level of water stress. Mid-term status of SDG Indicator 6.4.2 and acceleration needs, with special focus on food security, 2024
12/2024
[Available in English, French, Spanish.] SDG 6.4.2 tracks the level of pressure of human activities over freshwater resources, indicating the environmental...
Considerations on how SDG target 6.4 is reflected in Voluntary National Reviews (VNR)
07/2024
[Available in English only.] The report examines the status in the voluntary national reviews (VNR) of SDG 6 in general, and the target 6.4 indicators...
15/ 1
2025
16/1
2025
Workshop: disaggregation of SDG 6.4.2 for enhancing integrated and sustainable management of water resources in the Senegal river basin
Dakar (Senegal), 15/01/2025 - 16/01/2025
The workshop focuses on the methods and tools applied by the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) to assess environmental flow requirements and to disaggregate SDG indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by basin and sub-basin.
11/ 12
2024
Capacity development - technical and functional skills in management of land, soil and water resources: experiences from Farmer Field Schools, SDG 6 monitoring, and soil projects
Bangkok (Thailand), Hybrid Event, 11/12/2024
International Soil and Water Forum 2024 | The side event will discuss the vital role of capacity development in sustainable land, soil, and water management. Understanding and approaching capacity development in its comprehensive dimension allow for and accelerate a desired long-term change. During the event, the studies showcasing the complementary approaches to capacity development in land...
11/ 12
2024
Launch: Progress reports on SDG 6.4.1 and 6.4.2
Bangkok (Thailand), Hybrid Event, 11/12/2024
International Soil and Water Forum 2024 | Official launch of Progress reports on SDG 6.4.1 (change in water-use efficiency) and SDG 6.4.2 (level of water stress). The reports present the mid-term status of SDG indicators and acceleration needs.