Check Out USAID at World Water Week 2018
Stockholm, Sweden, will play host to World Water Week 2018 from August 26-31. Photo credit: SIWI
Summary
World Water Week starts in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 26. The annual gathering organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has become a focal point for the globe’s water issues. Last year’s event attracted more than 3,300 individuals and some 380 convening organizations from 135 countries.
Experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators, and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm with a focus on the 2018 theme, “Water, ecosystems and human development.”
A number of USAID staff and partners will be represented at the conference and featured at some of the events listed below. All events are at the Stockholm City Conference Centre unless otherwise noted. We hope you can join us!
Sunday, August 26
EVENT
Small-Scale Irrigation—The Answer to Ecosystem Health?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | International Water Management Institute | International Food Policy Research Institute | Time: 09.00-10.30 Room: NL 357
Monday, August 27
SESSION
Blended Finance: From Principles to Practice
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | World Water Council | Government of the Netherlands | Water.org | IRC | Time: 14.00–16.30 | Room: FH 300
SESSION
Mastering Disaster in the Anthropocene: Reconciling DRR and Climate Frameworks
World Water Council | Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Netherlands | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit | The World Bank Group | Stockholm International Water Institute | Deltares | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany | Office of the UNSG's Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water | High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters | Alliance for Global Water Adaptation | USAID | Time: 16.00–17.30 | Room: FH 307
SHOWCASE
Hype or Groundbreaking: Has Securing Water for Food Delivered?
USAID | Sida | MFA-NL | DST-South Africa | SWFF Awardees | Time: 16.00-17.30 | Room: NL Pillar Hall
SIDE SESSION (Note: Must register)
Mobilizing Skilled Volunteers to Advance Sustainable WASH
USAID | Time: 16.00–18.00 | Location: Scandic Haymarket Hotel - Salon Room 1
Tuesday, August 28
Water.org | IRC | Time: 08.30–10.30 | Location: 7A Centralen, Vasagatan 7
SOFA INTERVIEW
Safeguarding Water-Related Ecosystems in the Mara River and Tonle Sap Basins
USAID Sustainable Water Partnership | Lake Victoria Basin Commissioner | Tonle Sap Authority | Time: 09.00–09.30 | Location: Exhibition Area FH 7
SHOWCASE
The Ripple Effect: Empowering Women through Water
The Coca-Cola Company | Gap Inc. | USAID | Global Water Challenge | Water and Development Alliance | Time: 14.00–15.30 | Room: NL 353
Wednesday, August 29
EVENT
Donors’ Water Strategies under the 2030 Agenda
USAID | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | European Commission | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany | Time: 14.00–15.30 | Room: FH 202
SHOWCASE
A Common Vision for Peru: Natural Infrastructure for Water Security
Forest Trends | Ministry of Environment, Peru | Peru's National Water Regulator | National Water Authority, Peru | USAID | Time: 16.00–17.30 | Room: NL 353
EVENT
Water for Well-Being: From Framework to Action
The World Bank Group | USAID | IFPRI | SIWI | FAO | IWMI | WASAG | Time: 16.00–17.30 | Room: NL Auditorium
SOFA INTERVIEW
Strong WASH Systems: The Essential Element for SDG 6 Achievement
IRC | USAID | Water Resources Planning and Regulation Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda | Time: 17.00–17.30 | Room: Exhibition Area FH 7
Thursday, August 30
EVENT
Green Landscapes for Water Security: Nature-Based Solutions and Water Quantity
RTI International | Inter-American Development Bank | Alliance for Global Water Adaptation | Forest Trends | Time: 09.00–10.30 | Room: NL 357
EVENT
Diversity and Inclusion in Water Utilities
Sida | The World Bank Group | USAID | Time: 01.00–12.30 | Room: NL Music Hall
SHOWCASE
The AfricaSan Movement: Setting the Sanitation Agenda in Africa
AfricaSan International Task Force | USAID | WALIS | UNICEF | AMCOW | AfWA | Time: 14.00–15.30 | Room: NL 353