Recently, the Integrated Monitoring initiative (GEMI) was established as an inter-agency initiative composed of FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, WHO and WMO, operating under the UN-Water umbrella, to monitor several targets of SDG6. One facet of the initiative's focus is to integrate and expand existing monitoring efforts on water stress and water use efficiency (target 6.4). The monitoring of this target will rely to a large extent on the data, the guidelines and the methodologies developed and provided by AQUASTAT, FAO's global water information system.

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