World Water Week

Water-related challenges and issues are in focus at the annual World Water Week, this year taking place on 28 August until 2 September. Experts, decision makers, innovators, practitioners, and others meet to discuss and exchange ideas around the 2016 theme Water for Sustainable Growth. 20th Jubilee of Stockholm Junior Water Prize An increasingly popular part of the week is the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP), an international competition hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) that gathers imaginative young people from all over the world. The first edition took place in 1997 and was an instant success.