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World Water Week 2024

World Water Week 2024

25 - 29 August 2024
Stockholm (and online) Sweden

World Water Week 2024 (25 - 29 August) was centered on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense. The theme, Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future, recognizes the cross-border interconnectivity of communities and nations, and underscores the collaborative effort needed for a peaceful and sustainable future.

The Water Convention secretariat organized and contributed to several sessions, as detailed below. For more information, click here.

Date and Time

Session Link and Venue

Co-convenors

Sunday, 25 August
11:00-12:30

Water quality cooperation for building peace from source-to-sea
Location: C3, Level 2 and online

Action Platform for Source to Sea Management, GIZ, EF/IWLEARN, GWP, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, ICPDR, IUCN, NBI, SIWI, SwAM, UNEP, UNECE, WWQA

Sunday, 25 August
14:00-15:30

Hydro-Diplomacy for Shared Water Resources
Location: C4, Level 2 and online

ACTO, Plan Trifinio, OAS, IADB, UNECE

Monday, 26 August 
11:00-12:30

Water: A regional public good for peace in West Africa
Location: A2, Level 6 and online

OMVS, UNCCD, UNECE, World Bank Group, WMO, DGPRE

Monday, 26 August 
15:00-16:00

SIWI Seminar Series (1/3): Institutions for water, peace and cooperation: Gaps at the grassroots 
Location: Online

SIWI, UNECE, OSCE, MFA France, WWI

Tuesday, 27 August 
09:00-10:30

Innovative Financing for Transboundary Water Cooperation
Location: A4, Level 6 and online

World Bank Group, SEB, OMVS, GEF, UNECE, SDC, ANBO, UNCDF

Tuesday, 27 August 
11:00-12:30

SIWI Seminar Series (2/3): Institutions for water, peace and cooperation: Basins doing the work
Location: C3, Level 2 and online

SIWI, UNECE, OSCE, MFA France, WWI

Tuesday, 27 August 
16:00 - 17:30

SIWI Seminar Series (2/3): The art of water diplomacy
Location: C1, Level 2 and online

SIWI, UNESCO, IUCN, EcoPeace Middle East

Wednesday, 28 August 
09:00-10:30

SIWI Seminar Series (3/3): Institutions for water, peace and cooperation: Future of global coordination
Location: Room 27, Level 2 and online

SIWI, UNECE, OSCE, MFA France, WWI

Wednesday, 28 August 
11:00-12:30

The Data Speaks: Status update of SDG 6
Location: C4, Level 2 and online

FAO, UNEP, UN Habitat, UNECE, UNESCO, UNICEF, UN-Water, WHO, WMO