UN-Habitat’s GWOPA and WASH team at the 2024 World Water Week, Stockholm
At the 2024 World Water Week from 25 – 29 August, GWOPA advocates for the critical role of Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) and Sanitation-focused Operator Partnerships (SWOPs) in fostering global cooperation for a peaceful and sustainable future. In line with this year’s theme, Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future, GWOPA emphasizes that strengthening collaboration among water organizations is essential to address the interconnected challenges of water management. By sharing knowledge, expertise, and resources through WOPs, we can enhance the capacity of water operators worldwide, ensuring equitable access to clean water and sanitation, reducing conflicts, and building resilient communities across borders.
Join us, both in person and online, in expanding the discussion on WOPs and SWOPs! Engage with experts, practitioners, and stakeholders as we explore innovative approaches to collaboration, share success stories, and identify new opportunities to strengthen global water cooperation. Together, we can amplify the impact of WOPs and SWOPs, driving forward the vision of a peaceful and sustainable future through shared expertise and collective action.
Download the event calendar of the UN-Habitat’s GWOPA and WASH team at the week
Saturday, 24 August 2024
10.00 to 16.00, SEI offices & Hybrid
34th SuSanA Meeting
GWOPA will address the vitality of emerging sanitation partnerships (SWOPs), with a core focus on expanding regional collaborations in the Global South. These partnerships are crucial for enhancing knowledge transfer, fostering local ownership, and promoting sustainable development through triangular cooperation.
The meeting accepts both in-person participation and online registrations.
For more information, visit SusanA website
Sunday, 25 August 2024
11.00-13.00, Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Room 34 (closed meeting room)
Launch of the UWCI Sounding Board organized by the Urban Water Catalyst Initiative
12:00 – 12:20, Talkshow Studio 5
Strong WASH systems for Sustainable Cities (together with WaterAid)
Key players in WASH and sustainable urban development, WaterAid and UN-Habitat, share their experiences and strategies for prioritising and integrating WASH system investments into efforts to create sustainable, climate-resilient, healthy, and prosperous cities and to achieve the SDGs.
We encourage you to listen and then share your brief thoughts or experiences right after the TalkShow. Register here!
Tuesday, 27 August 2024
11.00- 12.00 l Room C1, Level 2, Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre
ICLEI event on Urban Water Resilience for Future Peace, Security & Social Justice
Urban water resilience is interdependent with regional peace security and social justice. This session demonstrates these interlinkages and presents several insights from African contexts that attempt to improve peace, inclusivity and resilience outcomes, mainly through multilevel and multistakeholder governance approaches.
The objective of this participatory learning session is to demonstrate connections between urban water resilience — particularly access to water and sanitation — and regional peace, security and inclusivity in African contexts. The session explores with the participants how multi-stakeholder collaboration & multilevel governance, incorporating broad catchment stakeholders, can contribute to regional security through sustainable and resilient urban water and sanitation systems.
GWOPA will join this session addressing water utilities in a changing environment — key interfaces with other stakeholders. Register now!
15.00 -16.00 l NL Pavilion
Water as Leverage: Pre-launch of the City Champion Challenge
Immediate and decisive action is needed to advance urban water resilience in the face of climate change and to address the urgent need to fulfil the SDGs. The Water as Leverage City Champion Challenge embraces an integrated approach to tackle the impacts of climate change on city water systems and communities, addressing critical issues such as flooding, drought, and pollution. Urban stakeholders from around the globe are invited to showcase innovative solutions that promote equitable, sustainable, and resilient urban environment. This is your chance to lead the way in shaping the future of water resilience for cities!
The pre-launch will be on Tuesday 27 August at the Stockholm International Water Week. More information is available here.
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
14:00 –15:30 l A2, Level 6
Global water governance after the UN Water Conference: what’s next?
Water governance has long been a slippery subject at the international level. The recent UN Water Conference may usher a new era of cooperation for the achievement of water-related SDGs. One year in, what initiatives are clearing a new way forward for sustainable and peaceful water governance?
More information is available here.
