From August 21–27, we will convene the 21st annual World Water Week in Stockholm under the theme “Responding to Global Changes: Water in an Urbanising World”.
Entering the second decade of this century, thousands of small, large, medium and mega-sized cities are growing rapidly and redrawing the water map. At this crucial junction, water and development experts and practitioners need to work side by side with those who will sow the urban fabrics which largely dictate the direction water flows. The Week offers a platform to build solutions and craft adaptive strategies to forge societies that are more resilient and can better balance the demands for water to produce food, energy, industrial goods and other uses.
World Water Week is hosted and organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place each year in Stockholm. The World Water Week has been the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues since 1991.
World Water Week niche and theme
Each year the World Water Week addresses a particular theme to enable a deeper examination of a specific water-related topic. While not all events during the week relate to the overall theme, the workshops driven by the Scientific Programme Committee and many seminars and side events do focus on various aspects of the theme. The themes change each year, but each fits within a broader "niche" that covers several years. The grouping of
themes within a niche is designed to develop a long-term perspective on a broad yet significant water and development issue. It also ensures that each year builds upon the previous years' outcomes and findings.
The current niche for 2009-2012 is "Responding to Global Changes", which looks at the potential and necessary responses in water policy, management and development to address pervasive and increasingly impacting global changes. The themes within the current niche are:
2009: Accessing Water for the Common Good
2010: The Water Quality Challenge
2011: Water in an Urbanising World
2012: Water and Global Food Security (tentative)
To register, simply visit www.worldwaterweek.org where you will also find the latest updates to the programme.
