World Water Week is hosted and organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place each year in Stockholm. The theme for 2013 is Water Cooperation – Building Partnerships.
For more than 20 years World Water Week has been the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. Over 200 organizations convene events at the World Water Week and researchers from around the globe present their findings at the scientific workshops.
2013 World Water Week Workshops
- Science and art of water cooperation
- The human rights-based approach to cooperation
- Bridging land-water-ecosystem divides
- Cooperation across and within jurisdictions and levels for good water governance – local to global
- Linking science, practice and policy under increasing complexity and uncertainty
- Cooperation for sustainable benefits and financing of water programmes
- Transboundary water cooperation – external and internal drivers
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation – promoting coherence
Click here to review the Thematic Scope for 2013 on Water Cooperation, and more detailed information on the workshops covering different aspects of the theme.
Click here to see the 2013 World Water Week Online Programme.
Click here to go to the World Water Week site.
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