Stockholm World Water Week 2024 // Four Years, Five Regions, and Three Million End-users impacted
After four years, over 100 supported innovators across five regions reached three million end-users and were able to mobilize millions of dollars. The WE4F Initiative has lessons learned, successes and failures for future programs that unite different actors and regions of the world to improve the water-energy-food nexus.
World Water Week 2024
This year Stockholm World Water Week 2024 is centered on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense. The theme, Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future, asks us to recognize the regional and global interconnectivity of communities and nations, and underscores the collaborative effort needed to achieve a peaceful and sustainable future.
The Water Energy for Food (WE4F) Programme
After four years of implementation and more than 160 innovators joining the program, the Water Energy for Food (WE4F) Programme has countless lessons learned and recommendations for organizations looking to develop their own water-energy-food nexus activities. Discover the session below to see how to connect with WE4F and learn from the programme’s experiences.
- Title: Four Years, Five Regions, Three Million End-users Impacted
- Date: 28 August
- Time: 11:00 - 12:30
- Location: C1, Level 2
Session Description
A common theme across the water-energy-food nexus and the water sector as a whole, is the need for stakeholders to cooperate, to cross borders and to break silos. Whether it’s governments, the private sector, or individual farmers, each actor plays an important role in ensuring the efficient and sustainable use of water. However, there are many barriers to overcome, from enabling women and base of the pyramid farmers’ access to technologies and informational services that would improve their knowledge of climate change and sustainable water usage, to building global programs that can tackle these issues on a localized basis.
After four years the Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge has lessons learned, successes and failures, recommendations and cautions for those looking to build sustainable, private sector focused programs that unite different actors and regions of the world. Over 100 supported innovators across five regions impacted 3 million end-users, while saving billion liters of water and mobilizing hundreds of millions of dollars for financing. This panel will convene donors, program staff, strategic partners, and innovators for an exploration of the WE4F's inner workings while providing attendees with ideas for future paths forward.
Convenors
- European Union
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
- Government of the Netherlands
- Norwegian Agency for Development CooperationSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency
- Water and Energy for Food
- USAID
Files
- To view the Water and Energy for Food Final Evaluation click here
- To view the Water and Energy for Food Final Evaluation Infographic click here
- To view the Water and Energy for Food 2023 Annual Report Executive Summary click here
- To view the Water and Energy for Food 2023 Annual Report on the Regional Innovation Hubs in MENA, S/SEA, and S/CA click here