Event Calendar 2011

Major water events and meetings take place each year. WANI staff attend particular conferences to present or discuss WANI challenges and solutions, and meet with members and partners. In 2011, a particular focus for water was set on the role of forests and cities.


Water Events 2011

January

17-18 January

6th World Water Forum Stakeholder Meeting

Paris

February

2 Feb 2011

World Wetlands Day

Theme: Water and Forests

http://bit.ly/i4HEf0

Worldwide

March

22 Mar 2011

World Water Day

Theme: Urban Water Management

http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/

Worldwide

24-31 March 

Community Based Adaptation conference

www.bcas.net

Bangladesh

April

13-15 April

Water Security and Climate Change

Challenges and Opportunities

http://www.teriin.org/index.php 

Delhi, India

May

8-13 May

Global Platform Disaster Risk Reduction

http://www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2011/ 

Geneva

June

5 Jul 2011

World Environment Day

http://www.unep.org/wed/2010/english/flash_2010/intro.html

Worldwide

14-17 June

IHA Congress - Advancing sustainable hydropower

http://bit.ly/j0ExlK 

Iguassu, Brazil

July

4-8 July

Singapore Intl Water Week

Sustainable water solutions for a changing urban environment

http://www.siww.com.sg/

Singapore

25-30 July

GEF IWRM Steering Committee meeting

http://www.pacific-iwrm.org/component/jcalpro/view/497/ 

Cook Islands

 

August

21-27 August

World Water Week

The theme is "Responding to Global Changes - Acting on the Urban Challenge"

http://www.worldwaterweek.org/

Stockholm, Sweden

September

All month

World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD)

http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org

Worldwide

6 Sep 2011

World Engineering Convention

http://bit.ly/lDrTQt 

Geneva

25 Sep 2011

World Rivers’ Day

www.worldriversday.bcit.ca

Worldwide

October

9-14 October

WSSCC Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene

http://www.wsscc.org/node/1251

Mumbai, India

12-13 October

IWRM 

http://www.bmbf.iwrm2011.de/

Dresden, Germany

24-26 October

Global Forum on the Environment

www.oecd.org/environment/gfenv  

Paris

November

19 Nov 2011

World Toilet Day

http://www.worldtoilet.org/wtd/ 

Worldwide

22-24 November

IWA Development Congress & Exhibition

http://www.iwa2011kl.org/

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

22-26 November

Africa Water Week

http://www.africawaterweek.org

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

December

3-7 December

Bonn Conference on Water 

www.africanwater.org/bonn.htm 

Germany

28 November - 9 December

UNFCCC COP 17

www.cop17durban.com 

Durban, South Africa