The Stockholm International Water Institute , SIWI, works globally to change how water is understood, valued and managed.
8-645: SIWI is a not-for-profit institute with a wide range of expertise in water governance – from sanitation and water resources management to water diplomacy . It helps create knowledge, develop capacity, and offer policy advice to countries, communities, and companies. SIWI initiates research, manages projects and carries out investigations on a wide range of water-related issues. The organization works to influence decision-makers through its power to convene, its expertise in water governance, building dialogue, and improving policies to change water governance practice It regularly publishes reports, articles and policy briefs on
16-444: A scientific basis and sensitive to societal constraints to a wide range of water problems. Tools of water diplomats include environmental policy , water management strategy , and engineering solutions and are applied within the context of the individual water problem at the appropriate scale. Water problems involve stakeholders such as agriculture and industry, urban developers and environmental conservationists competing for
24-530: A wide range of water and development issues. Staff members have expertise on water management, environmental science, strategy or technical support. The UNDP Water Governance Facility (WGF) at SIWI works to improve water governance reform and implementation by providing water governance policy support and advice to government agencies and civil society organizations in developing countries. The Water Governance Facility also participates in global and regional water monitoring and assessment processes and coordinates
32-532: Is to examine problems as an interconnected grouping of natural and societal domains in which competition and feedbacks occur between variables. The natural constraints of quantity, quality, and ecosystem needs interact with societal domain variables including social values/norms, economy, and governance. This “Water 2100” approach seeks to synthesize scientific and contextual water knowledge into actionable solutions through formulating/framing water problems as questions that can be used to negotiate solutions appropriate to
40-546: The World Water Week in Stockholm , an annual week-long conference for professionals from around the globe working in the field of water and development. Each August, World Water Week typically convenes approximately 2500 participants in from government, academia, civil society, the private sector and international and regional organisations. Since 1991, the annual Stockholm Water Prize , has been awarded to some of
48-696: The chapter on water governance in the UN World Water Development Report . The Swedish Water House (SWH) is an initiative funded by the Swedish Ministry of Environment and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and directed within the SIWI organization. Serving as a network for Swedish stakeholders within different parts of the water sector, SWH aims at focusing Swedish competence in water-related issues and connecting that competence to international processes. SIWI arranges
56-683: The limited and common resource of available water. These problems also cross physical, disciplinary, and jurisdictional boundaries. Because of these competing needs and objectives, it is difficult to find acceptable solutions to water problems. Recognizing that women are disproportionally affected by water supply and quality issues, there is increasing attention worldwide to including women in water diplomacy. Training and capacity building programs for water professionals in developing regions are intended to develop skills to help resolve unaligned interests. The “Water 2100” approach, differing from other tools used in water politics and traditional diplomacy,
64-597: The water world’s most influential and extraordinary women, men, and organizations. It is one of the most prestigious awards of its kind and is often described as the Nobel Prize of water. Stockholm Junior Water Prize was born a few years later out of the same wish to honour important water achievements. It is a global competition for students, one which attracts tens of thousands of participants from about 40 countries each year. Water diplomacy Water diplomacy focuses on establishing novel solutions founded on
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