World Water Week
Building Capacity / Promoting Partnership / Reviewing Implementation
SIWI is the host and organiser of the World Water Week in Stockholm, the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development. As an open platform for over 2,000 participants including key decision-makers and more than 200 collaborating organisations, the conference promotes the exchange of views and experiences between the scientific, business, policy and civil society communities, thereby advancing the water, environment, health, livelihood and poverty reduction agendas.
The 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm
The 2009 World Water Week took place from August 16-22. This year’s theme was "Accessing Water for the Common Good" with a special focus on Transboundary Waters. The 2009 WWW was the first under a new four-year niche entitled "Water: Responding to Global Changes". Information on the programme, prizes, media, and outcomes from the 2009 World Water Week is available at www.worldwaterweek.org.
The 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm featured more than 90 sessions, including plenaries, workshops, seminars, and side-events covering a wide breadth of topics and multiple cross-cutting issues in water and development policy, planning and management.
The 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm
The 2010 World Water Week will take place from September 5-11 at Stockholm International Fairs. The theme for 2010 will be "The Water Quality Challenge – Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement". It will be the second year under the niche “Water: Responding to Global Changes”. For more information on the 2010 World Water Week, please visit www.worldwaterweek.org.
Programme Contact
Ms. Cecilia Martinsen
Director, World Water Week & Water Prizes
Phone: +46-(0)8 522 139 91
Email: cecilia.martinsen@siwi.org
Mr. Jan Lundqvist
Professor
Chair, Scientific Programme Committee
Phone: +46-(0)8 522 139 73
Email: jan.lundqvist@siwi.org
Ms. Katarina Andrzejewska
Project Manager, World Water Week
Phone: +46-(0)8 522 139 75
Email: katarina.andrzejewska@siwi.org
Mr. Michael Moore
Project Manager, World Water Week
Phone: +46-(0)8 522 139 83
Email: michael.moore@siwi.org