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SIWI’s new strategy just launched!

Sanna — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:03:49 +0000

SIWI has just released its new strategy! The strategy and its objectives and outcomes will guide SIWI’s work for the five year period of 2013-2017. SIWI has identified five thematic areas, as strategic and cross-cutting for the work of the organisation, that our future work will be organised around: water governance, transboundary water management, climate change and water, the water-energy-food nexus, and water economics.

SIWI’s niche is largely between policy and implementation, often bridging the two, and as such promoting networking and interaction. SIWI’s vision is that of a water wise world. In essence, that is a world aware that it would not survive without cherishing water, as the fundamental resource underpinning economic and social development and as a human right. SIWI’s mission is to generate and promote knowledge, solutions and tools leading to water wise decisions for sustainable development.

It is SIWI’s intention that this strategy shall not only act as guidance for us but also be valuable to anyone who is interested to learn more about SIWI and how we intend to make a difference in working towards achieving a water wise world.

Click here to download the strategy!

World Leading in Five Thematic Areas by 2017

Sanna — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:50:42 +0000

Stockholm WaterFront No.4 2012 article

With its vision for a “water wise world”, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) recently produced its 2013-2017 strategy, placing its various programmes and activities within five thematic areas: Climate Change; Transboundary Water Management; Water Governance; Water, Energy and Food Nexus; and Water Economics. In this article, we highlight why we work with these themes and the key services we provide under each theme.

Setting a Value for Water

admin — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:21 +0000

The 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm will host the 10th Annual Meeting of the International Water Resources Economics Consortium (IWREC), between 28 and 29 August. The meeting will provide insights from global thought leaders at a Chief Economists Panel, and will give partici-pants at the Week an opportunity to learn from leading experts on the use of economics in water management and decision-making. In this article, John Joyce, Senior Water Economist at SIWI and Chair of the IWREC Programme Committee explains why it is important to take the economics dimension into account in the global water debate.

Article in Stockholm Water Front, issue no 2, 2012

Driving Development by Investing in Water and Sanitation – Five Facts Support the Argument

admin — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:18:14 +0000

Investing in water and sanitation can be an engine for accelerated economic growth, sustainable development, improved health and reduced poverty. In this information brochure five arguments are presented to support the argument.

SIWI events at the 2012 World Water Week

Elin — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:40:37 +0000

The World Water Week in Stockholm is held August 26-31, 2012 (www.worldwaterweek.org). SIWI is convening and co-convening a series of events at the Week. Topics range from water economics to water and food security issues. To provide a comprehensive overview, a full list of SIWI’s events during the Week is provided below:

SIWI article on the economics of wiser water use published in European Financial Review

Nora — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:39:54 +0000

SIWI article on the economics of wiser water use was published in European Financial Review.