 Hello everyone, I'm Carla Rivalmuthi and I'm the Executive Director of the International Water Association and I'd like to share with you a message to celebrate this year's International Youth Day. The theme of this year's International Youth Day is intergenerational solidarity, creating a world for all ages. It's a theme that aims to amplify a clear message that action is needed across all generations if we are to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ensure that no one is left behind. I'm very proud to say that the International Water Association, IWA, has a track record of engaging youth in all its activities, programs and communities. We work to ensure that young people have a place not only in our association but also in the wider water sector. This forms an integral part of our core mission to connect people from all around the world to solve the most pressing water challenges and to stimulate leading-age science and innovation. This is how we do about inspiring change. For the International Youth Day 2022, I wanted to highlight some of our key actions that connect to youth and promote collaboration across all generations. Indeed, some of these actions would develop not just for youth but by youth and with youth. Firstly, we have the IWA Young Water Professional Steering Committee. This is a group of young professionals elected every two years to provide advice to IWA about the youth's perspective both on the water sector but also on IWA's own strategic direction. The committee encourages and enhances ways to engage future generations of water leaders. This includes supporting the professional development by young water professional members through activities at the national and international level. The individuals on this committee are very prominent ambassadors of IWA. Secondly, there are the IWA's Young Water Professional Country Chapters. These are voluntary networks of young professionals who lead regional, national and local activities. These chapters also attract, serve and connect with IWA's international Young Water Professional community. Currently, I'm proud to say that we have more than 30 country chapters around the world, and this number is growing all the time. Next, IWA promotes, creates and incentivizes youth engagement through the work of its strategic programs and membership engagement. This dedicated team is responsible for managing and supporting the individual young water professionals within IWA, the YWP chapters, and the IWA's Young Water Professional Steering Committee. This team leads on collaborations with other international organizations, youth-led organizations and governments in order to create opportunities for young professionals in the water sector. And, fourthly, IWA's extensive program of events and conferences, now reinvigorated after the disruption of COVID, provide fantastic opportunities for the youth around the world who are drawn to the hugely important topic of water, to network with like-minded people, exchange views, establish contacts, and work together to drive innovation and change. Speaking of events, I'm really pleased to say that this year's edition of IWA's World Water Congress and Exhibition, which takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, this September, will offer some outstanding opportunities for young water professionals. In particular, it will feature a dedicated forum for young and emerging water leaders, and which they will work with their peers to develop their visions of the future of the water sector that they will lead. Water is already a huge issue today, but it will only grow in importance. So, in marking International Youth Day 2022, we hope to raise awareness of water and the important role that current and future young generations can play. If you want to learn more about IWA and how we engage youth in all our activities, I invite you to visit our website or to follow us and connect with our members of social media. And I hope, like me, you are inspired by the day's theme of intergenerational solidarity, creating a world for all ages. Thank you and goodbye.