2014 World Water Week

Adrian Puigarnau, SIWI

Water Cooperation – Building Partnership

World Water Week Numbers

• 8 workshops

• 60 seminars

• 42 side events

• 80 closed meetings

• 271 Conveners

• 2600 participants (25% young professionals)

• Over 110 countries

• 120 young professionals

Gov. Agency 18%

Intergov. Org. 15%

Media 6%

Civil Society 20%

Other 11%

Private Sector 11%

Scientific 19%

World Water Wek Media Coverage

• Around 110 journalists registered

• Articles published in over 80 countries

• Good representation in:

TV

Radio

News Agencies

Newspapers

Magasines

Web

Social media

World Water Wek Media Coverage

World Water Wek Media Coverage

Video hub – Live stream

Live viewers: 7.439 on-demand viewers: 46.250 Total viewers: 53.689

Video hub – Live stream

• Average number of viewers: 572 per event

• Average on-demand views: 3.558 per event

Event Live On-demand Opening Plenary 1.197 6.600 Founders Business Seminar 896 3.260

How Can Corporate Water Stewardship Partnerships Benefit Society? 891 2.851 UN-Water Seminar: Exploring the Water-Energy Nexus 830 889 Malin Falkenmark Seminar 637 823

• 13 event live streamed • Dramatic increse of viewers both live and on-demand! • Top five live:

Social Media

316 tweets per hour

15.174 #wwweek

Social Media

41.4 % of the active users are older than 18-35

97.460 likes, shared,

comments

Energy and Water

2014 World Water Week

• Energy and Water

• Framework set by the thematic scope

• Interlink between water and energy

Workshops

• Entwined predicaments: Limits facing water and energy

• Water, energy, food and ecosystem security

• Sustainable hydropower: The search for common ground

• Water, energy and urban development: The potential for integrated approaches

• Mitigation and adaptation measures for climate change: How to converge over energy and water

• Valuation, economics and finance

• Integrated water and energy policy and governance

• Access, poverty and the post-2015 development agenda

Deadline for abstracts: 19 January

Seminars & Side Events

SIWI welcomes all water related event proposals that cover the broad spectrum of the water community

Especial interest in proposals that expand on topics raised in the Thematic Scope :

• Challenges and opportunities of unconventional energy sources

• Rebound effect and the impact on ecosystems

• Economic incentives for energy and water

• Water-energy-food trade-offs

• Water-energy policy and governance coordination

• …

Seminars & Side Events

Selection Criteria

• Multi-disciplinary discussion

• Stakeholder diversity

• Outputs and impact

• Development focus

• New thinking, findings or approaches

• Programme format

Deadline for proposals: 19 January

New Elements

• Plenaries

• Greener Meetings - Paperless conference

• More live streams events

• Integration field visits and workshops

• Electronic posters

• Young Professionals’ Day

Views from the Key Collaborating Partners

Diego Rodriguez, World Bank

Mark Smith, IUCN

Paul Yillia, Sustaniable Energy for All

Questions/Suggestions

Your comments are welcome!

Thank you!

adrian.puigarnau@siwi.org