The World Water Week in Stockholm is a week-long global water conference

Academic conference

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 held each year in August or September. The World Water Week in Stockholm

Stockholm

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 is arranged and led by the Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm International Water Institute

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 (SIWI) and covers a wide-range of water, development and sustainability issues and aims to help link practice, science, policy and decision making.

Over 2400 participants attend each year, featuring experts and members from business, governments, water management and science sectors, intergovernmental and non governmental organisations, research and training organisations, and United Nations agencies. The conference features plenary sessions and panel debates, scientific workshops, poster exhibitions, side events and seminars. More than 200 organisations collaborate in the organization of events.

During the week, the Stockholm Water Prize, the Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Stockholm Junior Water Prize

The international Stockholm Junior Water Prize is a competition that encourages young people's interest in water and environment issues. Beginning in 1997, the award is given annually for an outstanding water project by a young person or a small group of young people at a ceremony held during the...

, and the Stockholm Industry Water Award

Stockholm Industry Water Award

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 are awarded at separate ceremonies.

The next conference will be held on September 5–11, 2010 at the Stockholm International Fairs Centre under the theme "The water quality challenge".

History

The World Water Week in Stockholm originally began as the Stockholm Water Symposium in 1991 and has been convened annually ever since. In 2001, it officially took on the name World Water Week in Stockholm. Past symposia have placed continued multiyeared focus on specific aspects of water problems. The 1992-1997 conferences focused on "Minimising Harmful Fluxes From Land to Water," the 1998–2002 conferences shared the thematic, "Water is the Key to Socio-economic Development and Quality of Life" and the 2003-2007 meetings emphasised the issues surrounding "Drainage Basin Security: Prospects for Trade offs and Benefit Sharing in a Globalised World". The 2008 year conference had the theme "Progress and Prospects on Water: For A Clean and Healthy World." Special attention was given to sanitation

Sanitation

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 issues as part of the International Year of Sanitation

International Year of Sanitation

The year 2008 has been declared the International Year of Sanitation by the United Nations in conjunction with the Water for Life Decade.The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. Worldwide there are roughly 2.6 billion people who do not have access...

 2008.

External links

• World Water Week Website
• Article in The Guardian
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