World Water Week 2026

World Water Week 2026 took place from 23-27 August 2026 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.

See the list of our full participation and related resources below.

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.

See the recording here.

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. Access presentation slides and a public recording.

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