With SIWI speaker

Indigenous Peoples Pre-Summit for United Nations Water Conference 

• Date: Monday 20 March and Tuesday 21 March, 9am-5pm EDT 
• Location: 221 East 52nd Street 
• Convenors: International Indian Treaty Council, Aborigen Forum, Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee and Caribbean Network of Indigenous Tribal Peoples.
  Intergovernmental: Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y El Caribe (FILAC) 
• SIWI presence: David Hebart-Coleman (tbc)

Webinars

What’s Next for Water? What needs to happen after the UN 2023 Water Conference | New York Water Week event

• Date: Monday 20 Marc, 9am EDT
• Location: online
• Organized by SIWI
• More info and register

World Water Day 2023: “Water for People and Cooperation Partnership | New York Water Week event

• Date: Monday 20 March, 9am EDT
• Location: online
• Organized by International Water Resources Association
• SIWI Speaker: Dani Gaillard
• More information on IWRA website

With SIWI speakers

Bursting the water bubble: an event to mobilize multi-stakeholder action for water through an Earth System approach | New York Water Week event 

• Date: Tuesday 21 March all day, 9am -5:30pm 
• Location: World Economic Forum Offices 
• SIWI speaker: Thomas Rebermark 

Interagency support for Indigenous Peoples Networking Event 

• Date: Tuesday 21 March, 1-3pm EDT
• Location: UNDP FF Building at 304 East 45th St 
• Convenors: UNDP, FAO, IPDB/SPFII / UNDESA, UNFCCC, OHCHR, IFAD, WFP, ILO and WHO. SIWI 

Young Water and Sanitation Professionals – shaping the future

• Date: Tuesday 21 March, 6-7:30pm EDT
• Location: German House, 871 1st avenue
• SIWI speaker: Karin Gardes

SIWI-led event

A new generation of urban climate solutions

• Date: Wednesday 22 March, 3:00-4:30pm EDT
• Location: : Swedish Representation, 1 Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
  885 Second Avenue, 46th Floor
• This side event to the UN 2023 Water Conference will showcase successful examples of improved urban water management from around the world. Drawing on new research, we will especially focus on solutions that make cities both water wise and climate smart.
  Read more about this event

With SIWI speakers

Indigenous Knowledge and Practices on Water Resource Management are key drivers for Water for Sustainable Development 

• Date: Wednesday 22 March, 9:30-10:45 am EDT
• Location: UNHQ, Room C 
• Convenors “Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Oxfam Mekong Water Governance Program (MRWGP), Association of Artisanal Fishers South India, Sea Tribes, Indigenous Coastal Media, Network of Indigenous Women in Asia (NIWA), Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples of Asia (IKPA), Asia Indigenous Youth Platform (AIYP) 
• SIWI Speaker: David Hebart-Coleman 

Source-to-sea approach: from methodology to practice (S2S) 

• Date: Wednesday 22 March, 09:30-10:45 am EDT
• Location: Nature Hub 
• Convenors: FAO, SIWI 
• SIWI Speaker: Ruth Mathews 
• See details: https://www.fao.org/land-water/events/un-2023/s2s/en/

 Accelerating Women’s Inclusion in Water 

• Wednesday, 22 March, 2:00-3:15 pm EDT 
• Conference room B
• Convenors: ADB, University of Arizona, TNC 
• SIWI Speaker: TBC 
• See details: https://www.adb.org/news/events/un-2023-water-conference

The Role of Indigenous People in Governing Shared Waters 

• Date: Wednesday 22 March, 2:00-3:15 pm EDT 
• Location: UNHQ HQ32
• Convenors: Water & Tribes Initiative, Colorado River Basin, University of Arizona, TNC
• SIWI speaker: Ruth Mathews

Elevating Critical Voices in Water Diplomacy: Featuring the Women in Water Diplomacy Networks

• Date: Wednesday 22 March, 3:30-4:45 pm EDT
• Location: Conference Room A
• SIWI Speaker: Kerry Schneider

Systems strengthening and Sustainability 

• Wednesday, 22 March, 6:30-7:45 pm EDT
• Location: Trusteeship Council Chamber
• Convenors: UNICEF, Mozambique, UK, Sweden, Dutch 
• SIWI Speaker: Alejandro Jimenez 

SIWI-led events

Commitments to Accelerate Cooperation on Water, Environment, Climate, and Peace 

• Date: Thursday 23 March, 8:00 – 9:15 am EDT 
• Location: Conference room 7 
• See details: Commitments to Accelerate Cooperation on Water, Environment, Climate, and Peace 

Counting Fish from Forests for Food Security: Multidisciplinary Watershed Management

• Date: Thursday 23 March, 9.00-10.30am EDT
• Location: online
• Convenors: FAO 
• SIWI Speaker: Malin Lundberg Ingemarsson 
• See details: https://www.fao.org/in-action/forest-and-water-programme/activities/events/events-detail/en/c/1631538/ 

Facing Water Global Challenges by thinking out of the “boat” – an intergenerational interactive session | New York Water Week event

• Date: 23 Mar 2023, 9:30 – 11:00 EST 
• Location: Blue Gallery, 222 East 46th Street, NYC (6 min walking from UNHQ) 
• Register: Facing Global Water Challenges by thinking out of the boat (google.com)
• More information on the New York Water Week website

Co-organised by SIWI

Joint Commitments to transforming water governance, climate adaptation and biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples, Member States and the UN 

• Date: Thursday 23 March, 1:30-2:45 pm EDT
• Location: UNDP FF Building (Doha Room, 11th Floor), 304 East 45th St, New York 10017 
• SIWI Speaker: David Hebart-Coleman  

The event will be live-streamed, with interpretation provided from English to Spanish, as well as to French and Russian, subject to availability. 

Be the drop that shapes the wave! – Changing the story through the power of water and art for SDG6 

• Date: Thursday, 23 March, 18:00-20:00
• Location: Hybrid; in place: FIAF & Le Skyroom. 22 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022
• Convernors: FEMSA Foundation, IDB, One Drop Foundation, Orbia and SIWI 
• SIWI Speaker: Lourdes Alvarez 
• See details: https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26290?lang=en; en español: https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26290?lang=es

This session will be broadcasted live 

Source-to-Sea Collaboration: A Gamechanger for the Whole Water Cycle  

• Date: 23 March, 5:00-6:15pm EDT 
• Location: UNHQ, Conference room 8 
• SIWI Speaker: Ruth Mathews 
• See details: https://archive.siwi.org/event/source-to-sea-collaboration-a-game-changer-for-the-whole-water-cycle/ 

Committing to advance transboundary water cooperation worldwide for sustainable development, climate action, stability and peace

• Date: Thursday 23 March, 6:30-7:45pm EDT
• Location: UNHQ
• Convenors: Government of Slovenia, Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition and SIWI 
• SIWI Speaker: Martina Klimes

Journey of Water from Source to Sea | New York Water Week event 

• Date: Thursday 23 March, 18:45-19:30 pm 
• Location: Dutch Water House, 18th floor 
• Convenors: SIWI, WWF organisers 
• SIWI Speakers: Ruth Mathews and José Murillo 
• See details: https://archive.siwi.org/event/journey-of-water-from-source-to-sea/

With SIWI speakers

Stronger together: Building resilience and prosperity through integrated and evidence-based management of the ocean-water continuum (S2S) 

• Date: Thursday 23 March, 1:15-2:30pm EDT 
• Location: UNHQ, Conference Room 4 
• Convenors: UNDESA 
• SIWI Speaker: Ruth Mathews
• See details: https://sdgs.un.org/events/un-water-conference-side-event-stronger-together-building-resilience-and-prosperity-through

Co-organised by SIWI

Promoting Private-Public Partnerships – a vehicle towards fulfilling SDG 6 and climate Actions   

• Date: Friday 24 March, 8:00-8:45 am EDT
• Location: UNHQ
• Convenors: Japan Water Forum, Danish Water Forum (DWF),  Finnish Water Forum (FWF), French Water Partnership (FWP), SIWI/ Swedish Water House (SWH), Netherlands Water Partnership, Korea Water Forum, World Water Council 
• Moderator: Thomas Rebermark, SIWI
• SIWI Speakers: Malin Lundberg Ingemarsson, José Pablo Murillo
• See details: https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26289?lang=en

Enhancing collaborative efforts toward knowledge and innovation for action in the water-climate nexus

• Date: Friday 24 March, 8:00-9:15 am EDT
• Location: UNHQ Conference Room 4
• SIWI presence: Dani Gaillard (moderator)
• See details: Enhancing collaborative efforts toward knowledge and innovation for action in the water-climate nexus | UNFCCC

This event will be broadcasted via UN TV

Source of innovation: Accelerating SDG 6 

• Date: Friday 24 March, 8:00-9:15 am EDT
• Location: Conference room 6 
• Convenors: IDB, IDB Lab, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of the Government of Switzerland, Government of Israel, Ministry of Environment of the Government of South Korea, Fundación FEMSA and SIWI
• See details: https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26289?lang=en
• Watch the live broadcast on UN TV: https://media.un.org/en/search/categories/meetings-events/side-events

Water Security, Disasters, and Resilience in a Changing Climate: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions

• Date: Friday 24 March, 12:30-1:45pm EDT
• Location: UNHQ, Room B
• SIWI Speaker. Karin Gardes

Overcoming challenges and realizing the potential of groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa through cooperative approaches

• Date: Friday 24 March, 3:30-4:45pm EDT 
• Location: UNHQ, Room C
• Convenors: Grundfos Holding Ltd (Lead), WaterAid and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 
• SIWI Speaker: Philip Beetlestone

Accelerating Blue financing of Nature-based Solutions for water security and disaster risk reduction 

• Date: Friday 24 March, 3:30-4:45pm EDT 
• Location: UNHQ, Room B 
• Convenors: Conservation International , Van Oord, SIWI, WWF, GCA, Rabobank, Royal Haskoning DHV, EcoShape 
• SIWI Speaker: Ruth Mathews

Conference & Showcase | Source of innovation: Accelerating SDG 6 

• Date: Friday 24 March, 6:15 – 8pm EDT
• Location: FIAF & Le Skyroom. 22 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022
• Convenors: IDB, IDB Lab, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of the Government of Switzerland, Government of Israel, Ministry of Environment of the Government of South Korea, Fundación FEMSA and SIWI
• SIWI Speaker: Alejandro Jiménez
• See details: https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26289?lang=en
• Ver detalles en español: https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26289?lang=es

This session will be broadcasted live; link will be available soon. 

With SIWI speakers

 Localizing the Blue Economy: A City-Basin Approach (S2S) 

• Date: Friday 24 March, 8.00-9:15 am EDT
• Location: Conference room B
• SIWI Speaker: Torgny Holmgren

Regional Indigenous Networks & Interagency Breakfast Meeting 

• Date: Friday 24 March, 8:30-9:45 am EDT
• Location: TBC 
• Convenors: 
  • UN entities: UNDP, FAO, IPDB/SPFII / UNDESA, UNFCCC, OHCHR, IFAD, WFP, ILO and WHO. 
  • Indigenous peoples’ organizations and regional networks: Aborigen Forum, Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee and Caribbean Network of Indigenous Tribal Peoples. 
  • Intergovernmental organizations: Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y El Caribe (FILAC) 
  • NGO: Stockholm International Water Institute and Pawanka Fund 

SIWI has taken an active part in the preparation of the UN 2023 Water Conference, sharing expertise and reflections. Here are some areas we will continue to champion during and after the event:

• Strengthen water governance. SIWI welcomes the rapidly growing interest in good water governance. Ahead of the conference we shared these ten principles.
• Good governance is always inclusive. In the lead-up to the conference, SIWI has advocated for more inclusive processes, and this will characterize all our activities.
• We call on governments to immediately double investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). SIWI will advise on how to achieve SDG 6, on time.
• We help cities boost their climate action. SIWI will host a side-event with tools and guidance for cities to become more climate resilient while also cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
• We offer policy advice to governments based on new climate knowledge. SIWI will also offer climate mitigation advice to countries and international institutions based on new research.
• We provide training in source-to-sea management. SIWI will organize a range of activities on this method to combat fragmented governance.
• We facilitate transboundary water cooperation. SIWI will offer guidance to regions and basins on collaboration around shared waters despite increasing geopolitical tensions.
• We accelerate the Water Action Agenda. After the conference, SIWI will not only continue to support individual actors but also offer World Water Week as an arena for implementation and collaboration.

In addition to hosting our own events at the UN 2023 Water Conference, SIWI experts will participate in activities organized by other organizations and take part in the New York Water Week between 18 and 24 March.

The UN 2023 Water Conference is organized on 22 – 24 March by the United Nations General Assembly with the Governments of the Netherlands and Tajikistan as co-hosts. The aim is to accelerate action on commitments already made, in particular the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The conference also serves as a mid-term review of the Water Action Decade (2018-2028).  

Reports show that the water crisis is growing and that the world is not on track to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The co-hosts have therefore initiated a Water Action Agenda to fast-track water action. Countries and other stakeholders like cities, regions, NGOs, and businesses can contribute commitments that are tangible and actionable.  

The Water Action Agenda is one of the expected outcomes of the conference, together with a summary of the proceedings. The Conference will feature an opening and closing ceremony, six plenary meetings and five multi-stakeholder interactive dialogues. There will also be a number of high-level special events and side events organized by Member States, the UN system and other stakeholders. 

The whole conference is designed to be action-oriented, inclusive, and cross-sectoral. 

Alongside the UN 2023 Water Conference, the New York Water Week will take place on 18-24 March to further boost water action. New York Water Week is a public event, organized by the government of the Netherlands and the City of New York, where artists, businesses, community groups, NGOs and others can share their ideas and solutions for water. The activities will be held across the city but many can also be followed online so that people across the world can take part.