Organised by the Government of Tajikistan jointly with UN institutions as part of the International Year of Water Cooperation, the main objective of the Conference is to contribute to improvement of water cooperation, through advocating the successful policies and best practices, wider public participation, and encouragement of policy makers.

See the full programme and read more on the Conference website.

The 2013 World Water Week report “Cooperation for a Water Wise World – Partnerships for Sustainable Development” is now available.

The report provides input into the discussions at the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm, which is held under the theme of Water Cooperation: Building Partnerships. The report also explore emerging issues such as the role of information and communications technology in advancing water cooperation, the importance of climate mitigation and adaptation coherence and the interplay between actors in the water, food and energy nexus.

Read and download the report here.

The 2013 World Water Week Report “Cooperation for a Water Wise World – Partnerships for Sustainable Development” provides input into the discussions at the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm, which is held under the theme of Water Cooperation: Building Partnerships. The editors of the report are Anders Jägerskog, Director, Knowledge Services, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI); Torkil Jønch Clausen, Chair, World Water Week Scientific Programme Committee, SIWI; Karin Lexén, Director, World Water Week & Prizes, SIWI; and Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, SIWI.

The report focuses on some of the key opportunities and challenges to effective cooperation over transboundary waters; in the private sector and for environmental protection. The authors also explore emerging issues such as the role of information and communications technology in advancing water cooperation; the importance of climate mitigation and adaptation coherence; the interplay between actors in the water, food and energy ‘nexus’; as well as provide new insights to resolve long standing challenges, such as improving coordination and collaboration in the management of freshwater and coastal systems.

The chapters in this report do not necessarily represent the views of SIWI but are contributions from individuals and organisations to the theme of the 2013 World Water Week.

A new report from the Africa Working Group of the EU Water Initiative, hosted by SIWI, Mapping of financial Support to Transboundary Water Cooperation in Africa recommends that Transboundary Water Resources Management and its high potential contribution to socio-economic development and poverty eradication receive full policy attention from international development partners.

Despite an increase since 2007 of the resource flows supporting management of transboundary waters in Africa, it still represents less than one per cent of the entire Official Development Assistance spending in 2011. Far from all development partners make support to development and management of international water basins a priority of their assistance to the water sector in Africa.

The report therefore recommends that the donor community works together with African basin organisations for a more coherent, concerted and equitable approach to financing support to the management of shared water, complementing initiatives already funded by basin member states.

Click here to learn more about the work of the EU Water Initiative, Africa Working Group.

SIWI’s Anders Jägerskog discussed the opportunities and challenges surrounding international water cooperation with representatives from The Global Environment Facility, the World Bank and UNDP.

The seminar outcomes have been published on The Environmental Change and Security Program’s blog - follow the link to read all about the issues debated at the seminar.

The seminar will focus on water cooperation and specifically cross-sectoral collaboration between the private sector, the public sector and the scientific community. The seminar includes speeches from experts within the water community as well as private sector representatives.

• When? March 22, 08.30-13.00
• Where? Grand Hôtel, Stockholm
• How? The seminar is free of charge, but pre-registration is needed.

*The seminar will be held in Swedish.

Register here!