Transboundary cooperation lays the foundation for peace, sustainable development, climate action and regional integration. The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) has, for more than three decades, promoted the sustainable use of transboundary water resources, facilitated cooperation, supported the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), contributed to peace and stability and prevented conflicts, and supported cooperative climate action. Growing from a regional to a global instrument, with five countries joining only in 2023, the Water Convention is a crucial intergovernmental platform to discuss transboundary water cooperation.

The Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention, organised every three years, is a crucial milestone for the global water community and the Water Convention as it is the largest and only international event driving the transboundary water cooperation agenda at the global level.

The tenth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention (MOP 10), taking place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 23 to 25 October 2024, is organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia, on behalf of the Government of Slovenia, in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Water Convention, hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).