World Water Week in Stockholm
- World Water Week in Stockholm
The World Water Week in Stockholm is a weeklong global water conference held each year in August. The World Water Week in Stockholm is arranged and led by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and covers a wide-range of water, development and sustainability issues and aims to help link practice, science, policy and decision making.
Between 2000-2500 participants attend each year, featuring experts and members from business, governments, water management and science sectors, intergovernmental and non governmental organisations, research and training organisations, and United Nations agencies. The conference features plenary sessions and panel debates, scientific workshops, poster exhibitions and approximately 80 independently organised seminars and side events.
During the week, the Stockholm Water Prize, the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, the Stockholm Industry Water Award, and the Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award are awarded at separate ceremonies.
The next conference will be held August 17-23 at the Stockholm International Fairs Centre and themed "Progress and Prospects on Water: For A Clean and Healthy World." Special attention will be given to sanitation issues as part of the International Year of Sanitation 2008.
History
The World Water Week in Stockholm originally began as the Stockholm Water Symposium in 1991 and has been convened annually ever since. In 2001, it officially took on the name World Water Week in Stockholm. Past symposia have placed continued multiyeared focus on specific aspects of water problems. The 1992-1997 conferences focused on "Minimising Harmful Fluxes From Land to Water," the 1998-2002 conferences shared the thematic, "Water is the Key to Socio-economic Development and Quality of Life," and most recently the 2003-2007 meetings emphasised the issues surrounding "Drainage Basin Security: Prospects for Trade offs and Benefit Sharing in a Globalised World."
References
External links
* http://www.worldwaterweek.org/
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/18/water.waste
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