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News.May 9, 2019
Are you a journalist with a passion for water and development? Want to expand your network and get to interview some of the world’s key water experts and advocates? If the answer is yes AND you are a national of a low- or lower middle-income country, you can apply for the SIWI Journalist Grant!
May 6, 2019
[vc_row][vc_column width= 1/4 ][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image= 12835 border_color= grey img_link_target= _blank img_link= https://www.wateryouthnetwork.org/ ][/vc_column][vc_column width= 3/4 ][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Water Youth Network [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Empowerment of one group that is often left behind – youth – is at the core of the Water Youth Network’s existence. As an interdisciplinary global network of young water professionals and youth organizations, Water Youth Network is empowering future generations of [ ]
News.Apr 16, 2019
Find everything you need to know to register for World Water Week 2019 in the Call for Registration!
Feature.Apr 12, 2019
The recently released movie “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” has many important lessons to tell us about the need for innovation and small-scale, supplementary irrigation solutions to increase food security, and potentially improve nutrition, in Africa and elsewhere, writes Professor Jan Lundqvist.
News.Apr 12, 2019
Fredagsmorgonen den 22 mars 2019 inleddes, till ljudet av porlande bäckar och med bilder på vita renar över vida bergslandskap i bakgrunden, med ett dans- och jojkframträdande framfört av Elin Teilus och Liv Aira som tillsammans utgör duon Luokijdit (”från början”). Det var Världsvattendagen och i år fokuserade det årliga Världsvattendagsseminariet på urfolks tillgång till [ ]
Feature.Apr 4, 2019
Why water diplomacy? This topic is explored in a new Special Issue of the Journal of Hydrology, with SIWI’s Dr Martina Klimes as guest editor. In this blog post she shares her views on how collaboration over shared water resources can be used as a catalyst for peace.
News.Mar 29, 2019
Idag utsågs vinnaren av Svenska Juniorvattenpriset 2019. Priset på 30 000 kr går till Jonatan Persson för projektet Avsaltning för industriell tillämpning med hjälp av högtempererad restvärme. Han kommer att representera Sverige i den internationella finalen av Stockholm Junior Water Prize i Stockholm 24-29 augusti. Gymnasieeleven och entreprenören Jonatan Persson belönas för sitt projekt som [ ]
News.Mar 26, 2019
Inför firandet av Världsvattendagen 2019 intervjuades Katarina Veem, chef på SIWI Swedish Water House, av Pamela Taivassalo på Sveriges Radio om Världsvattendagens syfte, årets tema Leaving no one behind och vattenutmaningar i Sverige och globalt. Lyssna på hela intervjun här: Intervjun sändes 22a mars 2019 i programmet Vaken med P3 P4 . Missade du vårt seminarium [ ]
Feature.Mar 26, 2019
When world experts on antimicrobial resistance meet today in London for the Economist’s Antimicrobial Resistance Summit, they must focus on the right things, writes Nicolai Schaaf, Programme Manager responsible for SIWI’s work on water and pharmaceuticals.
Feature.Mar 22, 2019
This year’s World Water Day we are reminded by the disastrous cyclone Idai that low-income countries and marginalized groups are the most affected by extreme water events. We must do more to break the vicious circle, writes SIWI’s Executive Director Torgny Holmgren in this blog post.
Mar 21, 2019
This year, World Water Week will move to a new venue – the multi-purpose arena, Tele2 and the exhibition will be at its heart. Building on the Week’s goal to create a curated learning experience, the exhibition will be laid out across the pitch of the arena (yes, there will be a floor!) a warm introduction for new visitors, and the welcome home for the World Water Week [ ]
News.Mar 12, 2019
Antibiotikaresistens utgör en av världens största risker för mänsklig hälsa. Ny forskning visar att orenat avloppsvatten från läkemeldelsindustrin bidrar avsevärt till problemet men än så länge har det inte varit möjligt att åtgärda det. Nu finns det dock en ny optimism som späs på av diskussioner om tuffare reglering och nya incitament. Kommer 2019 bli [ ]
Feature.Mar 8, 2019
Not even 10 per cent of negotiators in peace processes are women, something SIWI tries to address in various ways. In this blog post, Alexandra Said reports from a recent training in the Nile Basin with the Women in Water Diplomacy Network.
News.Mar 4, 2019
Swedish Water House deltog i Sveriges delegation när socialminister Lena Hallengren besökte Indien i slutet på februari för att stärka de båda ländernas samarbete i hälsofrågor. Under besöket bidrog SWH:s chef Katarina Veem med perspektiv på miljö- och hälsorisker kopplade till utsläpp från läkemedelsindustrin. Läkemedelsrester i avloppsvatten utgör en stor risk för ekosystem och mänsklig [ ]
Feb 28, 2019
SIWI and ARUP have teamed up to help Young Professionals attending World Water Week 2019 – as participants, volunteers, speakers or rapporteurs! [vc_raw_html] JTNDYnIlM0U= [/vc_raw_html][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width= 1/2 ][vc_column_text]The financial support initiative is designed to help improve the engagement and participation of young professionals in the important decision making, ideas sharing and knowledge brokering aspects of the Week. Last [ ]
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