Event Proposals

Information for Convenors

Event Proposals: Guidelines and Information

Proposals are welcome from organisations who wish to host a seminar or a side-event at the 2012 World Water Week. By hosting an event, organisations can engage a wide range of stakeholders in discussions and debate around a specific issue of their choice. SIWI encourages convenors to collaborate with other organisations as co-conveners in order to facilitate partnerships and allowing for a diversity of perspectives.

What are seminars and side events?

Seminars and side events at the World Water Week are sessions where the content, format and programme is developed by the convening organisation(s). Seminars have a duration of three hours which allows for significant interaction and deep and wide exploration of an issue. Seminars run in parallel with workshops, other seminars and closed meetings. A side event is a one hour session at lunch time and in the late afternoon which is suitable for presenting an issue, a perspective, a report or a solution. 

Thematic focuses of seminars and side events

In line with the thematic focus of the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm on Water and Food Security, SIWI especially welcomes proposals on issues that relate to food security and water that are not covered by the workshops:

• The link between food waste, consumption patterns and water
• Water efficiency of the food supply chain
• Gender aspects on food security and water
• Land and water acquisition
• Financial instruments for food security and water resource use.

In addition, SIWI welcomes proposals that explore other aspects of water and development such as:

• Climate change
• Communications and advocacy
• Conflict resolution and transboundary waters
• Economy
• Ecosystems
• Governance
• Private Sector
• Social impacts and the rights perspective
• Sanitation and health
• Urbanisation
• Water resource management

Selection criteria

SIWI will determine the programme based on a review of the proposals submitted by all convenors. When evaluating the proposals, the following criteria will be used:

• New thinking, findings or approaches: the extent to which the event focuses on relevant topics of debate and generate new ideas and solutions,
• Cross sectoral diversity: how the event promotes diversity of interests and organisational types in the programme, including stakeholder groups, research institutes, government agencies, non-government organisations, donors, business, and others,
• Outputs and impact: how the outputs of the event improve the understanding, policy and practice of water management and sustainable development around the world and
• Programme format: the extent to which the event facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue and encourages open discussion involving stakeholders with potentially conflicting views.

In order to ensure a diverse and dynamic programme for the World Water Week in terms of topics, geographic regions, convenors, and formats, SIWI may suggest a merger between similar or complementary event proposals.

Submit an event proposal

Submit your proposal for a seminar or side event via the on-line system. Click on the icon below.



Deadline for proposals is February 15, 2012. Submissions via email will not be accepted.