When :
from Sunday 28 August, 2016 09:00 to Saturday 3 September, 2016 11:55Type of event :
Category 7-Seminar and WorkshopWhere :
City Conference Centre, Drottninggatan 71b and Barnhusgatan 12-14, Stockholm, SwedenContact :
Alice Aureli (a.aureli@unesco.org), Anil Mishra (a.mishra@unesco.org), Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa (s.zandaryaa@unesco.org), Alexander Otte (a.otte@unesco.org)Hosted and organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the World Water Week in Stockholm is the leading annual global event for addressing the planet’s water issues and related concerns of international development. Under the theme “Water for Sustainable Growth”, leaders and experts from the world’s scientific, business, government and civic communities will gather in Stockholm from 28 August to 2 September 2016 to exchange views, experiences and shape joint solutions to global water challenges.
The International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO will be convening or co-convening a series of seminars during the 2016 World Water Week in Stockholm:
• Workshop – “Water security in a changing world: coping with threats” (divided into three sessions on 28 August):
o Session 1 – Understanding water insecurity, 11:00-12:30, room FH 300; http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/6296
o Session 2 – Threats to water security: context and crisis, 14:00-15:30, room FH 300; http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/6297
o Session 3 – Achieving water security, 16:00-17:30, room FH 300); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/6298
Flyer: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/pdf/Water_Week_WSec...
• Seminar – “Governance of groundwater resources in transboundary aquifers”
(30 August, 09:00-10:30, room FH 307); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5795
• Seminar – “Climate change and water quality: Connecting the dots”
(30 August, 16:00-17:30, NL Music Hall / Musiksalen); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5801
Flyer: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/pdf/Water_Week_CC_e...
• Seminar – “Transboundary aquifers governance and climate change adaptation”
(31 August, 14:00-15:30, room FH 300); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5758
• Seminar – “Sustainable Management of the Shared Nubian Aquifer System”
(31 August, 16:00-17:30, room FH 300); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5502
Flyer: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/pdf/Water_Week_CC_e...
• Seminar – “Groundwater governance and gender sensitive water assessment in SDG 6”
(31 August, 16:00-17:30, room NL 357); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5761
• Seminar – “Preventing Seawater Intrusion for Sustainable Growth in Coastal Zones”
(1 September, 09:00-10:30, FH Congress Hall A); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5523
• Seminar – “Business leadership on groundwater, an enabler of sustainable growth”
(1 September, 11:00-12:30, FH Little Theatre);
http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5637
• Seminar – “Addressing emerging pollutants to achieve SDGs”
(1 September, 14:00-15:30, FH Congress Hall A); http://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/5775
Flyer: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/pdf/Water_week_Emer...
The UNESCO Water Family will also be represented through a dedicated booth in the Exhibition Hall. UNESCO representatives will take part in several events organized by partners, such as the round tables “Actions speak louder than words: Implementation Roadmaps for catalysing change” (World Water Council, August 28, 16:00-17:30, Little Theatre/Lilla teatern).
UNESCO representatives will take part in several events organized by partners, such as the round tables “Actions speak louder than words: Implementation Roadmaps for catalysing change” (World Water Council, August 28, 16:00-17:30, Little Theatre/Lilla teatern). The UNESCO Water Family will also be represented through the booth #32 in the Exhibition Hall.
Information on events organized by the UNESCO Water Family are also accessible through the dedicated page of the World Water Week: programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/6419.