Published on: 12/06/2017
This annual event, organised by SIWI, the Stockholm International Water Institute, consists of more than 200 sessions. One of the highlights is the Stockholm Water Prize Ceremony and Royal Banquet. In 2016, over 3,200 individuals and around 330 convening organisations from 130 countries participated in the Week.
The theme for this year is Water and Waste – Reduce and Reuse.
IRC and partners co-organised sessions
Where Agenda For Change partners, Watershed – empowering citizens partners, Water For People & IRC, will be speaking at the 2017 World Water Week Conference in Stockholm:
Sunday, 27 August
| District based initiative for SDG6: building country systems, leveraging partnerships The event will showcase the experience in developing a shared vision for addressing universal WASH coverage with the Asutifi North District in Ghana and partnerships forged for delivery. Together with our local and national government partners, we will probe into the challenges and opportunities for achieving the goal and the possibility of replication. Read more |
| Citizen observatories empowering people in integrated water and waste management This interactive event will explore the opportunities of citizen observatories to foster an integrated management of water supplies and waste streams. Read more |
Monday, 28 August | Driving the transformational agenda towards WASH delivery in Ghana Convenors: IRC, Safe Water Network and Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources of Ghana. |
Give a boost to sanitation entrepreneurs! Resources from IHUWASH: Innovative Hub for Urban Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Solutions in India Faridabad: The City of Industries download here | |
| Increasing impact through donor-supported advocacy for water supply and sanitation This event seeks to define advocacy in broad terms and give examples of how it furthers water and sanitation access around the globe. The IKEA Foundation, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other donors will share their perspectives on the exponential impact of large-scale investment in advocacy programs rather than piecemeal activities. This will include their motivation and the impact their support provided. Read more |
Tuesday, 29 August
| From data to decision: monitoring water quality at scale At this interactive session, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, and Akvo will share their joint experiences of monitoring water quality as per SDG 6, and how to do this at scale. We will explore the opportunities of new technologies and innovations in the field of data collection, water quality testing, and real time monitoring of SDGs. Read more |
Dutch Reception Convenors: Akvo Foundation; IRC, Netherlands Water Partnership, Aqua For All, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Wednesday, 30 August | Water Security in WASH Services Delivery |
| Smart means Integrated! Drivers of change in urban water and waste management This session will present the compelling factors driving the need for new thinking in water and waste management for cities, e.g. demographics, spatial constraints, the infrastructure required and more. Read more |
SDG6: Searching for universal sustainability metrics for rural water services The session presents evolving metrics of performance and sustainability of rural water services and discusses the feasibility of agreed core metrics. The session uses ignite-style presentations from the convenors showcasing experiences, followed by analysis of commonalities and differences. Read more | |
Thursday 31 August
| Sanitation in Europe: From access to pollution reduction and reuse The event will provide insights in how work under the Protocol on Water and Health addresses basic sanitation issues in rural areas and for vulnerable groups pan-European region, consisting of continental Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. It will review the current situation and reflect on the knowledge gaps. Furthermore, it will discuss how the Protocol provides solutions in the areas of equitable access to sanitation, institutional sanitation, small-scale sanitation systems and pollution reduction in the light of wastewater reuse and resilience to climate change. Read more |
Private finance and equitable delivery of WASH services This event will discuss how water service providers can transition to accessing more private finance to meet the water financing gap. It will also examine how the additional financing can be better utilised to service all customers. Read more | |
Solid fuel from sludge: Resource recovery worth getting heated about The event will draw on the practical experiences of three organisations all operating in different markets in different countries, but all having similar conclusions. Read more |
Come See us at stand #25! Or drop us an email at communications@ircwash.org
