Together for sustainable sanitation and water security worldwide!
Stockholm, 26-31 Aug 2018: We participated in the World Water Week 2018 to further support the worldwide implementation of SDG 6 (Water and Sanitation for all)
This year, we were among the nearly 3,500 participants from about 135 countries at the World Water Week. The WWW was themed “Water, Ecosystems and Human Development.” It included numerous exciting sessions (more than 200 lectures, workshops etc.) about sanitation. There were also many booths where we had the opportunity to inform ourselves and present the activities of our network. As in 2017, the proportion of women and men among the participants was almost balanced, which is a positive development for this rather technical sector.
Our Verena Demmelbauer and Sascha Gabizon, as well as council member Dr. Claudia Wendland and partner Natasha Dokovska from Macedonia attended the WWW. Natasha Dokovska presented the activities of the Balkan-WaSH-network and our activities on “Water and Sanitation Safety Plans.” Sascha Gabizon and Claudia Wendland each moderated a round table during the workshop “O&M – The Mantra for Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services.” Verena Demmelbauer will co-moderate the working group on WaSH in schools in the SuSanA-network.
The WWW was a unique opportunity to exchange with experts and publicize the results of our networking activities.