World water week 2009

Hosted and organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the World Water Week in Stockholm has been the annual focal point for the planet’s water issues since 1991. The Week provides a unique forum for the exchange of views and experiences between the scientific, business, policy and civic communities. It focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related challenges and their impact on the world’s environment, health, economic and poverty reduction agendas. It does so by:

• Exploring the interconnected problems of water, society, the environment and economic vitality, building capacity and charting action toward practical solutions.

• Fostering pro-active partnerships and alliances between individuals and organisations from different fields of expertise. World Water Week in Stockholm – Building Capacity – Promoting Partnership – Reviewing Implementation

• Highlighting ground-breaking research, best practices and innovative policy work by stakeholders and experts around the world and from multiple disciplines.

• Reviewing the implementation of actions, commitments and decisions in international processes and by different stakeholders in response to the challenges.

By harnessing and linking best practices, scientific understanding and policy and decision-making, the World Water Week in Stockholm moves beyond rhetoric to provide real answers to the world’s water, environment and development problems. The perspective is global, but the context is attuned to differences and similarities between regions of the world, phases of development, political systems and climatic conditions.