World Water Week 2026 takes place from 23-27 August in Stockholm, Sweden, bringing together policymakers, practitioners, researchers, businesses, investors and civil society organisations from around the world to address pressing water-related challenges.
Organised annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), World Water Week is one of the leading global platforms for dialogue and collaboration on water, sanitation, climate resilience and sustainable development.
From innovative finance and climate resilience to human rights and private sector engagement, Aqua for All is contributing to conversations that explore how safe water and sanitation can reach everyone, especially those most often left behind.
This year’s World Water Week theme, Water for People and Progress, highlights the vital role of water security, sanitation, healthy ecosystems, and climate adaptation in building resilient communities and economies.
Join our sessions, meet our team, and explore the resources we’re bringing to Stockholm.
Featured session
Reaching the most vulnerable through innovative investment approaches
25 August 2026
World Water Week, Stockholm
Panel discussion
Organised by: Aqua for All, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Stone Family Foundation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
How can investment approaches help reach the people most often left behind?
Affordable, safely managed water and sanitation services for vulnerable populations are often viewed as difficult to reconcile with financially sustainable business models. Yet around the world, enterprises are already demonstrating that both are possible.
This session explores how private sector solutions, combined with public and catalytic financing, can help close the gap in access to safe water and sanitation.
Sign up for the session on-site or online on the event website.
Speakers & agenda
Moderator: Sietse Blom, Lead Partnerships & Investor Relations at Aqua for All
First panel: donor perspective (30min)
Panellists:
Bruce Campbell, Senior Policy Advisor at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Ben Shergold, Investment Manager at the Stone Family Foundation
Eva Schreuder, Head of Water at the NL Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tim Evers, Head of Impact & Knowledge at Aqua for All
Intermission (5 min)
Second panel: enterprise perspective (30 min)
Panellists:
Minhaj Chowdhury, CEO Drinkwell
Mikael Dupuis, Deputy Managing Director at UDUMA
Camille Huret, Consultant at Women Empowerment for Climate
Maia Gedde, Senior Technical Lead at Save the Children Global Ventures
Meet our team at World Water Week
In addition to our featured sessions, Aqua for All colleagues will contribute to several discussions throughout World Water Week.
23 August
Can Tailored Financial Models Crowd Private Investment into Rural Water?, Aguaconsult
Panellist: Prateesh Prasad, Impact Manager, Aqua for All
24 August
Moving from Basic to Safely Managed WASH: Exploring Blended Finance, BRAC & IRC
Panellist: Tim Evers, Impact & Knowledge Lead
25 August
Online session: Climate Risk Assessment: From development to practice, FLUSH & Aqua for All. Sign up online
Panellist: Annemarie Mastenbroek
25 August
Water for People: Advancing the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Speaker: Tim Evers, Impact & Knowledge Lead
27 August
From Innovation to Impact: Corporates Scaling Water Solutions Convenor: Water Unite
Panellist: Tim Evers, Impact & Knowledge Lead
Resources
We will continue updating this page with materials shared during and after World Water Week.