Introduction

Hosted by SIWI, it is an international event discussing global water issues. Held since 1991, the international forum consists of seminars, work- shops, awards, field tours, and social events.

A non-profit event, co-created with leading organizations, World Water Week attracts a diverse mix of participants from many professional backgrounds and every corner of the world.

The event aims to encourage developing solutions to the world’s greatest water-related challenges, with topics ranging from food security and health to agriculture, technology, biodiversity, and the climate crisis.

Major Features

World Water Week provides a unique forum for the exchange of views, experiences and practices 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, climate, economic and poverty reduction agendas by:

• Linking scientific understanding with policy and decision-making to develop concrete solutions to water, environment and development challenges
• Fostering proactive partnerships and alliances between individuals and organizations from different fields of expertise
• 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
• Awarding outstanding achievements

Main Theme of WWWS

Main Theme of WWWS

Year	Main Theme
2009	Accessing Water for the Common Good
2010	The Water Quality Challenge
2011	Water in an Urbanizing World
2012	Water and Food Security
2013	Water Cooperation : Building Partnership
2014	Energy and Water
2015	Water for Development
2016	Water for Sustainable Growth
2017	Water and waste : reduce and reuse
2018	Water, Ecosystems and Human Development
2019	Water for society
2020 (*Virtual Format)	Water and Climate Change : Accelerating Action
2021 (*Virtual Format)	Building Resilience Faster (*K-water Participation : Session #6 - How can we scale up and sustain efforts to mainstream urban water resilience)
2022	Seeing the Unseen : The Value of Water (*K-water co-convened the Seminar “Water-related Investments and Economic Development”)
2023	Seeds of Change : Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World

[Global Events] 2022 Stockholm