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2008 World Water Week in Stockholm Makes First Announcement and Call for Abstracts; Resources from 2007 Event Now Available |
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Dec. 18 -/E-Wire/--
The 2008 World Water Week in Stockholm, taking place August 17-23 2008, released its First Announcement and Call for Abstracts in December. Abstracts must be submitted using an online form at www.worldwaterweek.org before the February 1, 2008 deadline.
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The 2008 World Water Week in Stockholm is themed "Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World" with special focus placed on sanitation issues. The annual World Water Week in Stockholm, organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), promotes the exchange of views and experiences between the scientific, business, policy and civil society communities, thereby advancing the water, sanitation, environment, health, climate adaptation, poverty reduction, human development and related agendas.
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"The sanitation focus at the 2008 World Water Week aims to elevate the debate and to share experiences from both the successes and failures in order to learn how to best move forward for progress. It will highlight issues ranging from global response, national policy and community dynamics, to research, implementation and socio-economic approaches," says Ms. Cecilia Martinsen of the World Water Week management team at SIWI.
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Keeping the Debate Alive
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Many of the events in 2008 will revisit general themes and specific issues and activities that have been initiated in previous World Water Weeks. The aim is to maintain focus on critical water-related issues where sustained debate is essential and where the field is undergoing major change. This provides opportunities for speakers and participants to provide updates on progress made over the course of the preceding year and to share their experiences. Continuing general themes for 2008 will include:
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Drinking water supply
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Ecosystems and biodiversity
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Finance, business, economics and the private sector
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Governance
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Water and climate change
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Water resource management
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Some sessions following up preceding years are featured below. As of November 2007, some of the actors involved in them include: UN-Water, The European Union Water Initiative, The World Bank, Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) and SIWI.
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Anti-corruption in the water sector
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Micro-credit financing for water
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Monitoring and evaluation of water sector trends
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The European Union Water Initiative
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The role of pro-poor, small-scale, private sector actors and solutions in the water sector
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The activities related to the UN-Water agenda and theme for 2009
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Transboundary groundwater in the Middle East and Africa
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Water and climate adaptation
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World Water Week general plenary sessions feature leading experts from different stakeholder groups, including governments, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and the business and science communities. In addition, a high-level panel presents different perspectives on the theme of the week.
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Prize ceremonies - including those for the Stockholm Water Prize, Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Stockholm Industry Water Award, and WASH Media Award - together with field visits, exhibits and social events round out the schedule of events which will take place August 17-23, 2008.
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2007 Water Week Final Report and Presentations
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The Synthesis Report from the 2007 World Water Week in Stockholm includes the findings of each and every event, as well as the Overarching, Business, Policy, NGO and Scientific Community conclusions. In addition, for the first time ever, you can now access PowerPoint presentations from each of the plenary, seminar, side event and workshop presentations given during the 2007 World Water Week in Stockholm. Both the Synthesis Report and PowerPoint presentations can be downloaded free of charge at www.worldwaterweek.org. Contact Info:
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David Trouba
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Communication Director
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Stockholm International Water Institute
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Tel : +46 8 522 139 89
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E-mail : dave.trouba@siwi.org Website : Stockholm International Water Institute
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