• And other news from the Stockholm International Water Institute
World Water Week Registration Now Open
You can now register to participate in the upcoming World Water Week in Stockholm, August 12-18, 2007. The theme is Progress and Prospects on Water: Striving for Sustainability in a Changing World. Discounted registration is available until June 30. Single day and full week options are available. For more information and the full program, visit www.worldwaterweek.org.
Training in Transboundary Water Management
Applications are now being accepted for two new courses on Transboundary Water Management. The first, for the MENA Region, will begin in Jordan in November 2007 and continue in Sweden in February 2008. The application deadline is June 29, 2007. The second, Transboundary Water Management for the Lake Victoria Region, takes place in Kenya and Rwanda in October 2007, and continues in Sweden in February 2008. The application deadline is June 25, 2007.
Visit www.siwi.org or www.rambollnatura.se to learn more or download application materials.
2008 Stockholm Water Prize Nominations
The nomination period for the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize is open from now until September 30, 2007. The Stockholm Water Prize is presented annually to an individual, institution or organization for outstanding water-related activities. The activities can be within the fields of aid, awareness building and education, engineering, management or science. Download the nomination form at www.siwi.
Water Sector Reform in Kenya
An update on water sector reform in Kenya is one of the items in this month's newsletter of The UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI. Read or download the newsletter at www.watergovernance.org.
Micro-credits and Sanitation
The role of micro-financing in sanitation is the subject of one of the articles in the latest issue of Stockholm Water Front, SIWI's quarterly, English-language magazine on water-related issues. Other main articles include:
• Global Warming: What Can We Expect?
• What Implications Does Economic Progress Have for Water?
• Improving Water Quality Gives American the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize
Download the entire issue at www.siwi.org.
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