From 25-29 August, World Water Week 2024 will take place. This event is centered on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense. The theme, Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future, asks us to recognise the regional and global interconnectivity of communities and nations, and underscores the collaborative effort needed to achieve a peaceful and sustainable future.

 

Partners for Water is hosting the Netherlands Pavilion

Partners for Water is proud to host the Netherlands Pavilion at Stockholm World Water Week, a space where you can showcase your innovations and insights The pavilion can accommodate up to 30 participants per event and is equipped with advanced audio and visual facilities. There are some timeslots left on Thursday 29 August to host a session. If you are interested in hosting an event, please complete the registration form.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative conversation on the future of water!

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Programme Netherlands Pavilion

Below is the schedule for the events hosted at the Netherlands Pavilion. Note: These sessions are exclusively held at the Netherlands Pavilion. Many other fascinating Dutch (NL) events are organised throughout World Water Week. For a comprehensive list of all NL events, please visit the Stockholm World Water Week website.

Below you can find a good overview of what to expect. Download the programme to find out what session you would like to attend.

Last updated: 24 August, 2024

 

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Sunday 25 August

Enhancing the visibility of the essential but unseen life sustaining resource. Youth engagement in groundwater management

11.00 – 12.00

Speaker: Viktoria Nemeth, Lynn Porta, Emmanuel Taye, Marta Zaragoza and August Abdon Kinglo

Monday 26 August

Exploring Water-Saving Innovations with the Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge

13.00 – 14.00

Speakers: Mashiri Zvarimwa, Regional Innovation Hub Manager at WE4F, a representative from Kivu Green, a WE4F innovator, a representative from Reel Gardening, a WE4F innovator, Kathryn Bailey, Communications and Knowledge Management Manager at WE4F, Noel N’guessan, Co-Founder and Head of Operations at Lono, a WE4F innovator, others.

Launch of the IFRC-WPS Strategic Partnership on Water and Peace

15.30 – 16.30

Speakers: Maria Pinzon (IFRC, Global Lead Water), Laura Birkman (WPS Management Team Member and Head Climate and Security Programme at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies), Hiba Abualrob (IFRC MENA Regional Office), Yasir Mohammed (IHE Delft) / Audrey Legat (Deltares)

Follow-up on the session “Heads of State leadership to water and sanitation for all”: Opportunity to meet and engage with the Heads of State Initiative (HoSI) partners

17.00 – 18.00

Speakers: to be confirmed.

Tuesday 27 August

Launch of the Water Action Agenda Magazine

10.00 -11.00

Speakers: Ana Blanca

Decentralized solutions for microbial and fluoride removal for point of use in rural communities

11.00 – 12.00

Speaker: Marleen Ophorst

Solar desalination for access to clean water for rural communities

13.00 – 14.00

Speaker: Sid Vollebregt

 

 

Water as Leverage: Pre-launch of the City Champion Challenge

15.00 -16.00

Speakers: Robert Proos, Coordinator Urban Adaptation and Water International Partners for water / Water as Leverage (Netherlands Enterprise and Development Agency), Sabrina Couvin Rodriguez, Advisor Water Governance (Deltares), Asa Jonsson, Head of Global Water Operator’s Partnership Alliance (GWOPA)

Launch of the Transboundary Freshwater Diplomacy Database (TFDD) update

16.00 – 17.00

Speakers: Aaron Wolf, Oregon State University, Henk Ovink, Global Commission for the Economics of Water, Anders Jagerskog, World Bank

Financial inclusion and further scaling sanitation – launch of the FINISH Mondial Foundation

17.00 – 18.00

Speakers: Adriaan Mels, VEI, Theo Brouwers, Mercer (formerly ACTIAM), DGIS, UNICEF and Lixil

Wednesday 28 August

Women at the forefront of water and locally led climate action

11.00 – 12.00

Speakers: Sandra van Soelen, Programme Manager (Simavi), Gerard Steehouwer (Manager GREEN climate resilience unit, Oxfam Novib)

WASH UNICEF: Podcast show – Accelerating Sanitation and Water for All

12.00 – 12.30

Speakers: Sára Hélène Bori, Aidan Cronin, Senior Advisor WASH UNICEF

Next generation leaders: sustainable investment in youth

13.00 – 14.00

Speakers: Vincent Cornelissen (Programme manager YEP), Sandra van Soelen (Programme Manager Simavi), Tanya Huizer (Sr. Water Resilience Specialist | Strategy and Partnerships Team Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Asian Development Bank), Frodo van Oostveen (CEO, Wereld Waternet)

Increasing access to safe drinking water for lower income rural households through schools and MFIs in Indonesia

14.00 – 15.00

Speakers: Marleen Ophorst and Anna Perinic

Circular water resource management for food systems

15.30 – 17.00

Speakers: Arjan Budding (WUR), Dr. Antony Verschoor