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About World Water <strong>Week</strong><br />
The idea that became SIWI stems from three linked events<br />
in Stockholm in 1991. The Stockholm Water Festival invited<br />
the public to celebrate water in the streets of Stockholm,<br />
the Stockholm Water Symposium gathered some hundred<br />
scientists to discuss the global water challenges, and Stockholm<br />
Water Prize, under the patronage of H.M. King Carl XVI<br />
Gustaf of Sweden, was awarded for the first time, in recognition<br />
of outstanding achievements in water-related activities. World<br />
Water <strong>Week</strong>, a further development of the Stockholm Water<br />
Symposium, is today the world’s leading annual water event<br />
and Stockholm Water Prize the most prestigious water award.<br />
Each World Water <strong>Week</strong> has a thematic scope designed to<br />
frame the discourse and sessions of that year. It is written by<br />
the Scientific <strong>Programme</strong> Committee (SPC). All seminar<br />
abstracts and session proposals are reviewed with it in mind,<br />
likewise the Senior and Junior Rapporteurs – experts and<br />
young professionals, keep the thematic scope as their reference<br />
point when reporting on all sessions in order to extract and<br />
refine the key takeaways from the <strong>Week</strong>.<br />
The theme is explored in the opening plenary (which actually<br />
takes place on day two of the <strong>Week</strong>) and is anchored by the<br />
closing plenary on the Friday morning. The Rapporteur teams’<br />
findings are presented at the closing plenary and feed into the<br />
Overarching Conclusions published after the <strong>Week</strong>.<br />
Key Collaborating Partners<br />
CAF-Development Bank of Latin America<br />
Provide financial resources for sustainable development and regional<br />
integration. Supports countries to achieve water security for social<br />
and economic development and universal access to drinking water<br />
and sanitation, following the principles of integrated water resources<br />
management. Additionally provides technical assistance to strengthen<br />
institutions, finance pre-investment, encourage public policy dialogue<br />
and strengthen knowledge generation<br />
The International Water Association<br />
The sustainable and equitable management of water and<br />
wastewater is central to IWA’s vision for a water-wise<br />
world. As the largest global network of water professionals,<br />
IWA is a knowledge hub bringing together the science,<br />
practice and policy of water to satisfy the needs of human<br />
activities and ecosystems.<br />
The International Water Management Institute<br />
The vision of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a water-secure world. To<br />
achieve this, IWMI works to develop land- and watermanagement solutions that intensify agriculture<br />
while protecting the environment and lifting farmers out of poverty. IWMI is a non-profit,<br />
evidence-based research institute working in partnership with governments, civil society and the<br />
private sector, with a renewed focus on resource recovery and reuse, including safe wastewater<br />
irrigation. It is a member of the CGIAR, a global agricultural research partnership, and leads the<br />
CGIAR’s research program on Water, Land & Ecosystems.<br />
IV World Water <strong>Week</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Water and waste: Reduce and reuse programme.worldwaterweek.org
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