Stockholm World Water Week 2024: USAID Participation
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The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) will host World Water Week from August 25–29, 2024. This year’s theme, Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future, recognizes the regional and global interconnectivity of communities and nations, and underscores the collaborative effort needed to achieve a peaceful and sustainable future. Decision makers, business leaders, civil society and academia will attend the five-day conference to accelerate progress towards a water-secure world.
USAID is eager to engage with global partners and colleagues at World Water Week, particularly around building evidence to action through the Global Water Strategy Action Research Initiative.
SUNDAY 25 AUGUST
11:00 - 12:30 |
Session type: On-site, Workshop Participatory Approaches to Resilience Through Water SecurityThe USAID-funded Senegal Water Resources Management activity leverages climate resilience, not as a crosscutting theme or objective, but as a direct driver for inclusive development through collaborative stakeholder engagement. Participants will engage with a conflict sensitive, locally-led approach to the challenges and opportunities Senegal faces through a gamified exercise in which small groups must work together to review physical artifacts and uncover evidence as they work toward a shared solution for water security. Conveners
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Session type: Online Bridging Borders: Water for Peaceful, Sustainable FuturesWater security must be achieved through collaborative efforts across borders, sectors, and constituencies. In this interactive session, USAID’s STAWI project will detail Kenya’s Intergovernmental Framework for resolving intergovernmental water disputes, drawing on Winrock’s transboundary and national water governance experience to co-develop a model for operationalizing the framework to mitigate conflict. Conveners
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Session type: Online Ripple Effect: Innovating Governance in Water ManagementThis session will examine the role of governance in WASH, using case studies in Kenya and Ecuador and the USAID Matrix of Pillars and Principles of WASH and WRM Governance. We'll discuss adapting governance structures to dynamic contexts, fostering inclusivity, and promoting sustainable practices for local water access. Conveners
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16:00 - 17:30 |
Session type: On-site, Workshop SIWI Seminar Series (2/3): Monitoring and Data to Support Peace and SecurityData, monitoring, and data products including forecasts and warnings are critical in enabling effective and efficient management of water resources for competing demands and reducing risks of water-related disasters hence promoting peace and security. This session will emphasize data and products to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration to achieve water security. Conveners
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MONDAY 26 AUGUST
11:00 - 12:30 |
Session type: On-site and Online Water Solutions for a Resilient Net Zero FutureThis event presents why and how to invest in water to enable resilient low emission development. It will present solutions across agriculture, water, sanitation, energy and nature based solutions; policy triggers to overcome barriers and mainstream water into climate actions; and financing; including high integrity carbon credits and more. Conveners
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16:00 - 17:30 |
Session type: On-site Coordinating Rural Water Investments to Promote Security and StabilityWater development is vital for social and economic advancement. It also alleviates conflicts that contribute to social instability. Progress requires oversight, coordination, and monitoring. However, limited collaboration among development partners can result in inefficiencies. By blending case studies with interactive dialogue, this session will explore strategies for effective donor coordination. Conveners
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17:00 - 17:20 |
Strategies to Combat Water Scarcity and PollutionFreshwater resources availability and quality are deteriorating at an increasing pace, calling for bold action by all actors together, from State bodies, territories, industries and their supply-chains, and NGOs: Actors must blend large-scope reforms, emergency measures, and turnaround their water impacts. USAID Global Water Coordinator, Nancy J. Eslick, will be a panelist. |
TUESDAY 27 AUGUST
9:00 - 10:00 |
Session type: Online Public-Private Partnerships For Small-Scale, Decentralized ServicesThe USAID Rural Water Supply Activity is enhancing water infrastructure, reducing network losses, and fostering community participation for lasting impact through a novel approach to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) that offers a promising approach to improve rural water access through decentralized management models. This session unveils the success of the USAID Rural Water Supply Activity in overcoming the effects of climate change on glacier melt, inefficient irrigation, exploitation of groundwater, and large network losses in drinking water supply to create healthier, more water secure communities. Conveners
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Session type: On-site and Online SIWI Seminar Series (2/3): Institutions for Water, Peace and Cooperation: Basins Doing the WorkBuilding on the grassroots level insights from session one, session two analyses the importance and effectiveness of basin-level institutions across the world. It will examine how they prevent and tackle the issues surfaced in session one, the role of RBOs as “agents of peace”, and the interconnected thread of finance. USAID Global Water Coordinator, Nancy J. Eslick, will moderate. Conveners
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Session type: Online Bypassing Boundaries to Build Sustainable WASH FinancingThis session presents the unique Public-Public Partnership agreement developed in Lebanon to finance wastewater treatment by bridging the boundary between two public sector bodies. In the wake of what the World Bank describes as one of the “most severe crises episodes globally since the mid-nineteenth century” — the Community Support Program worked to address the rapidly accelerating sanitation crisis caused by defaulted wastewater facilities. The session focuses on achievements and lessons learned in crisis management and strengthening wastewater infrastructure governance and sustainability through donor-funded capital development blended with local revenue generation. Conveners
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14:00 - 15:00 |
Session type: Online Showcasing Jordan Water Sector Collaboration to Achieve Security and SustainabilityA 90-minute On-Site & Online session focusing on water security cooperation in Jordan, as a showcase of the collaborative effort needed to achieve a peaceful and sustainable future via water security in one of the most water scarce countries, located in the middle of a geopolitically unstable region. Conveners
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Session type: Online Harmonizing Waters: Embracing Participatory Planning for Resolving Water-Related ConflictsIn our interactive session, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) will share our experience on resolving water conflicts, specifically focusing on our community-driven approach near the Haiti-Dominican Republic border. We'll discuss our experience and ignite conversations on best practices, aiming to bring sustainable solutions to escalating tensions over water scarcity. Conveners
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WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST
9:00 - 10:30 |
Session type: On-site and Online Achieving gender equity within and beyond WASH systemsThis session will share learning, expand networks and identify future actions to support more equitable WASH systems. Key questions: how can we be politically astute in driving progressive change through system-based approaches and how we can engage and amplify gender equity across multiple agendas – including health, climate and peacebuilding? USAID Global Water Coordinator, Nancy J. Eslick, will be a panelist. Conveners
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Session type: Online Three Bridges toward Water Security in Kenyan CountiesThe Government of Kenya, together with its development partners and subnational institutions, will share examples of how virtual bridges – built through co-creation, intra-sectoral resource and capacity sharing, and alignment to transparent regulatory expectations – are yielding tangible and systemic advances in water security at the county level. Conveners
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Session type: Online Forging Connections: Empowering Resilient Communities for Sustainable WASH ServicesIn Cote d’Ivoire, USAID is facilitating a collaborative institutional framework to empower key municipal stakeholders with transparent, data-driven WASH planning and budgeting. Strengthening water and sanitation services, including private sector involvement, enhances municipal resilience against population fluctuations from instability, violence, and climate change, offering a replicable model for other municipalities. Conveners
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Session type: On-site The Data Speaks: Status Update of SDG 6To follow-up on and review progress towards SDG 6 it is important to know the status of water and sanitation at multiple points in time. This event will present the results of the integrated process of collecting country data on the SDG 6 global indicators in 2023. USAID Global Water Coordinator, Nancy J. Eslick, will be a panelist. |
13:00 - 14:00 |
Session type: Online Activating the Market for Menstrual HealthThis session will present the comprehensive approach we are using to build a vibrant and sustainable market for menstrual hygiene products in partnership with local government, local entrepreneurs, and community organizations in Western Kenya. Conveners
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THURSDAY 29 AUGUST
11:00 - 12:30 |
Session type: On-site, Workshop Leveraging Data for Water Security in Fragile and Conflict-affected EnvironmentsDiscover data-driven insights for water decision-making in conflict zones. Join this interactive session with global and local experts, implementers, government actors, and donors. Learn from real-world approaches worldwide, then delve into breakout discussions on critical data factors—formats, use, transparency, and equity—to iteratively improve data-based strategies in fragile environments. Conveners
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14:00 - 15:30 |
Session type: On-site and Online 5-Key Lessons for Strengthening Sanitation MarketsCome on a journey with the UNICEF-LIXIL Make a Splash! Partnership where we share 5 key lessons from 5 years of strengthening markets to reach 10 million consumers. Through storytelling and role play we share practical insights, from working beyond supply and demand interventions to leveraging public-private promotions. USAID featured speaker. Conveners
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