Stockholm World Water Week 2024: APWF will organize APWF 4 Asia-Pacific Focus Session with our partner organizations!

Stockholm World Water Week 2024 will be held from 25-29 August 2024 in Stockholm and online. This year’s theme, “Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future,” asks us to recognize the regional and global interconnectivity of communities and nations and underscores the collaborative effort needed to achieve a peaceful and sustainable future.

Since 2018, the APWF Secretariat has been the regional coordinator for Asia and the Pacific under the MoU with Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). In accordance with this year’s theme, the APWF Secretariat will organize four hybrid Asia-Pacific Focus Sessions with our partner organizations.

26 August (Mon) 9:00-10:30 CEST: Fostering Resilience: Bridging Gaps in Asia-Pacific Multi-Hazards Warning Systems (co-conveners: APWF, ADB, IWMI, UN-HABITAT)

27 August (Tues) 9:00-10:30 CEST: Sustainable Finance for Water Security through Standardized Reporting and Accountability (co-conveners: APWF, CDP Global, Yachiyo Engineering)

27 August (Tues) 11:00-12:30 CEST: Accountability for Enhanced Ecosystem Security and Water Resilience in Asia-Pacific (co-conveners: APWF, ADB, IWMI, JICA, UNESCO Beijing, UN-HABITAT)

28 August (Wed) 9:00-10:30 CEST: Himalayan Rivers: Enhancing Transboundary Cooperation and Financing for Long-term Resilience (co-conveners: APWF, ADB, ICIMOD, IUCN Asia, IWMI)

Link: updates for the 4 Asia-Pacific Focus Sessions above.
More details and the speakers’ update

Participation online is free of charge. Registration is required from: https://worldwaterweek.org/tickets

Registration allows you to access all online sessions, interact with the online audience, and access the recorded sessions. Join Us!

（Reporter：Yumiko Asayama, Chief Manager）