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The Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI, works globally to change how water is understood, valued and managed. 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 ...
World Water Week in Stockholm is a week-long global water conference held each year in late August or early September. [1] Known as World Water Week, the event is organized and led by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
The prize, created and financed by the Stockholm Water Foundation and administered by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) , includes a US$150,000 award and an Orrefors crystal sculpture. The Stockholm Junior Water Prize is also administered by SIWI and awarded during the World Water Week in Stockholm each August.
As the Chair of the Scientific Program Committee at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) (1991–2003), [5] Falkenmark led the establishment of the annual Stockholm World Water Week (initially named Stockholm Water Symposium), which grew to be the "annual focal point for the globe’s water issues". [6]
In 2016, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and UN-Water commissioned director Sanjeev Chatterjee to create a short version on One Water featuring multiple winners of the Water Prize that is awarded each year by SIWI. This version of One Water was screened at the Water Prize celebrations in Stockholm in 2016.
In 2021, Postel won the Stockholm Water Prize, jointly awarded by Swedish Royal Academy of the Sciences and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). According to the prize committee “no one has exhibited more commitment, capacity, courage, and perseverance to address far-ranging and critical water issues.
Stockholm Industry Water Award: Stockholm International Water Institute: Impressive contributions by businesses and industries to improve the world water situation Sweden: Stockholm Junior Water Prize: Stockholm International Water Institute: Outstanding water project by a young person or a small group of young people [74] Sweden: Stockholm ...
In March 2008, Allan was announced to receive the Stockholm Water Prize, which is the equivalent to an environmental Nobel Prize according to some commentators. The international nominated Allan for it due to 'his unique, pioneering and long lasting work in education and raising the awareness internationally of the interdisciplinary relationships between agricultural production, water use ...