The 2023 edition of the World Water Week in Stockholm has a special focus on innovation at a time of unprecedented challenges. Its theme Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World, invites us to rethink how we manage water. 

From the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with our global and country partners, we invite you to explore sessions on new ways of managing water to tackle agriculture and food security and health, adopting new technologies, while embracing biodiversity, to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Which ideas, innovations, and governance systems will we need in a more water scarce world?

Drawing on the latest scientific knowledge and experiences from around the world, FAO will bring innovative applications of whole genome sequencing, from water to food safety, and integrated data and information systems to tackle multiple variables in water and food security as well as water tenure dialogues for sound governance.   

The week aims to plant seeds of change, and FAO will be as active as ever, with a full programme of sessions on a wide variety of topics covering agriculture and WASH, gender, technology, and governance.  And please don’t forget to visit us at the FAO Booth!

World Water Week runs from 20th - 24th August 2023.

For more information on our individual sessions, consult the full programme for World water Week >>

or click here to register for World Water Week 2023 >> 

or click here for the day-by-day conference programme >>

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Sunday 20 August 2023

9:00-10:30

Promoting gender contextualization of the SDG 6 global indicators

Hybrid Session

Location: C4

Session co-convened by FAO, the United Nations, UN Environment Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Water, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization

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Monday, 21 August 2023

11:00-12:30 

Hybrid Session

Location: C4

Putting Animals on the WASH Agenda

Session co-convened by FAO, SIWI, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sustainable Sanitation Alliance/GIZ

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Tuesday, 22 August 2023

14:00-15:30

Innovative experiential WASH indicators for advancing SDGs across sectors 

On-site only

Location: Workshops, 26

Session co-convened by the Asian Development Bank, Northwestern University, IFPRI HELVETAS

 

14:00 - 15:30

Water Productivity to Improve Water Sustainability In Agricultural Production

Hybrid session

Location: A3

Session convened by the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska and the University of Alabama.

 

16:00-17:30

Multi-stakeholder Collaboration in Agricultural Water Stewardship: Solutions to Advance SDGs

Hybrid session

Location: A3

Session co-convened by FAO, Cargill Inc, Ceres Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Global Water Partnership, Netafim, Nutrien, Oatly, Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska, Solutions from the Land, Starbucks, The Nature Conservancy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

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Wednesday, 23 August 2023

16:00-17:30

Partnership and Cooperation for Water, World Water Development Report

Hybrid Session

Location: A3

Session co-convened by UNESCO Word Water Assessment Programme and other UN-Water Agencies and partners

 

16:00-17:30

Indigenous and Local Community Water Tenure: Innovations in Water Governance

Hybrid session

Location: C1

Session co-convened by FAO, ELI, RRI, IWMI, TMC, AIDA, Germany Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Water Research Commission of South Africa

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Thursday, 24 Aug 2023

11:00-12:30

Innovative Water Data Solutions for Water and Food Security

Hybrid session

Location: C4

Session co-convened by FAO and the World Meteorological Organization

11:00-12:30

From World Water Week to COP28: Accelerating Water and Climate Action

Hybrid session

Location: A4

Session co-convened by the COP28 UAE Presidency Team