Applications Invited for Stockholm Water Prize 2021

About the Organization:

SIWI is a water institute. They leverage knowledge and our convening power to strengthen water governance for a just, prosperous, and sustainable future. The idea that became Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) stems from three linked events in Stockholm in 1991. SIWI now focuses on a range of research and development topics within and around water that support decision-makers around the world.

2021 Stockholm Water Prize:

Since their inception in 1991, the prize has been selected by the Stockholm Water Prize Nominating Committee from a pool of professionals nominated by their peers. Stockholm Water Prize Laureates have also represented a broad range of water-related activities, professions and scientific disciplines from all over the world.

The Stockholm Water Prize Nominating Committee carefully reviews all submissions and creates a short list of candidates. The nominators of short listed candidates are requested to provide further supporting information regarding their nominee.

Eligibility Requirements:

• They welcome nominations from all parts of the world and strongly encourage the nomination of female candidates.
• A candidate for the Stockholm Water Prize shall have attained outstanding achievements of lasting significance for sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources.
• The results achieved by the candidate shall have proven impact or great potential and provide stimulation for further important contributions to the conservation and protection of water resources and to improved health and well-being of the planet’s inhabitants and ecosystems.

The main achievements of the candidate should be within one or both of the following categories:

Policy and Practices -

This broad category covers achievements in the continuum from political initiatives to practical implementation that has improved the governance and management of water, as a natural and economic resource and/or as a human right and basic service. The category includes:

• human rights, conflict resolution, influence on policies, international cooperation with application in the water sector
• sustainable and safe management of water resources
• provision of water supply and sanitation services
• development and application of appropriate technologies

Research -

This category includes both basic and applied research to develop new knowledge of and scientific leadership in:

• natural, physical, and/or technological processes
• the functioning of complex systems
• development or improvement of economical, legislative, institutional or administrative principles for efficient, equitable and sustainable water management and service provision.

For both categories, great achievements in outreach and awareness-raising are considered merits. This includes education and training of students, water professionals or communities as well as dissemination of information to and awareness-raising of decision-makers and the general public.

Prize:

• A prize ceremony and Royal Banquet is held at the Stockholm City Hall as part of the World Water Week. During the ceremony, the Laureate accepts the prize from the hands of His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, official patron of the prize.
• The Laureate receives global acknowledgement and visibility, a specially designed sculpture and 1 million SEK. He or She has the privilege of presenting a lecture during the Opening Plenary of the World Water Week

For more information on the nomination process, look at the Frequently Asked Questions or contact Mrs Katarina Andrzejewska at Katarina.Andrzejewska@siwi.org.

Deadline: 30 September

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