SWWW Asia Focus

Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) Asia Focus
Stockholm World Water Week, hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), is an international conference focused on global water issues. Experts, decision-makers, businesses, young professionals, and NGOs from across the world gathered to discuss water issues.
The Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) served as an overall coordinator of the Asia Focus Sessions, having been exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding with SIWI since 2018. 

This year’s theme was “Seeing the Unseen The Value of Water”:
It discusses in terms of the following three scopes:
・The value of water for people and development
・The financial and economic value of water
・The value of water for nature and climate

The Japan Water Forum, as the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF), was organize the following four sessions. (Finance, Water Cycle Management, Asian Water Development Outlook Data Management, and Governance).
In addition, as the Northan Water Partnership (NoWNET), the Japan Water Forum was host a session focusing on nature-based solutions.

• Finance
  Asia Focus: Valuing Water infrastructure investment for water-related SDGs

  23rd August 8:30 – 9:50 CEST (Japan time15:30 – 16:50）
  Conveners: Asian Development Bank, APWF, International WaterCentre
  (Detail: https://worldwaterweek.org/event/10450-asia-focus-valuing-water-infrastructure-investment-for-water-related-sdgs)

• Water Cycle Management
  Water: Key to a Resilient and Sustainable Asia-Pacific

  23^rd August 13:00-14:20 CEST (Japan time 20:00 – 21:20)
  Conveners: APWF, UNESCO Scientific Beaureau Asia and Pacific (UNESCO Jakarta), International Water Management Institute (IWMI）, Japan Sanitation Consortium, Korea Water Forum
  (Detail: https://worldwaterweek.org/event/10392-water-key-to-a-resilient-and-sustainable-asia-pacific)

  Session outcomes: https://apwf.org/outcomes-of-the-session-about-water-cycle-management-key-to-a-resilient-and-sustainable-asia-pacific-in-stockholm-world-water-week-2022/

• Asian Water Development Outlook: Data Management
  Water Security Data: going beyond collection to making impact

  24^th August  7:00-8:20 CEST　（Japan Time14;00 – 15:20）
  Conveners: ADB, APWF, IWC, Daltares
  (Detail: https://worldwaterweek.org/event/10444-water-security-data-going-beyond-collection-to-making-impact)

• Governance for climate resilience
  Asia Focus End-to-End Approach for valuing Water on Climate Actions

  25^th August：8:30 – 9:50 CEST （Japan time15:30 – 16:50）
  Conveners: APWF、ADB, Global Water Partnership (GWP), ICHARM
  (Detail: https://worldwaterweek.org/event/10442-asia-focus-end-to-end-approach-for-valuing-water-on-climate-actions)

• NoWNET Session
  NBS for Climate Action with Sound Watershed Management

  25^th August 13:00 – 14:20 CEST （Japan time 20:00 – 21:20）
  Conveners: NoWNET Country partnership
  Danish Water Forum, Finnish Water Forum, French Water Partnership, Netherlands Water Partnership, Swedish Water House, Swiss Water Partnership, Japan Water Forum, Korea Water Forum
  (Detail: https://worldwaterweek.org/event/10311-nbs-for-climate-action-with-sound-watershed-management)

  Session outcomes: https://apwf.org/nownets-session-outcomes-about-the-nature-based-solutions-for-climate-action-with-sound-water-shed-management-in-the-stockholm-world-water-week-2022/

・Asia Focus 2021
https://www.waterforum.jp/en/news/19896/

・Asia Focus 2020
(Cancelled by the organizer due to the Covid-19 pandemic)

・Asia Focus 2019
https://www.waterforum.jp/en/news/12106/

・Asia Focus 2018
https://www.waterforum.jp/en/news/10212/