WASH events calendar

2018-2028: International Decade for Action: Water for sustainable development

2021-2030: UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

2020

March 2020

• Postponed: NWP - World Water Day celebration, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 20 Mar 2020
• Cancelled: 2020 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum, Paris, France, 25-26 Mar 2020
• Postponed: Innovate 4 Water: Accelerating Financing of Climate SMART water and sanitation solutions, Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya, 25-27 Mar 2020

April 2020

• Webinar: Water and Open Government - the Cases of Armenia and Ghana, 11:00-12:30 (CEST), 01 Apr 2020
• Postponed: WASH debates: Climate adaptation in the WASH sector: distraction or necessity? 01 Apr 2020
• New date: SFD [Shit Flow Diagram] week 2020, Neemli, Rajasthan, India, 01-03 Apr 2020 --> 07-09 Oct 2020
• New date: 8th Virtual Conference on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Schools, 02 Apr 2020 --> 21 May 2020
• Postponed: Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator - Social Innovation Symposium: Exploring Social Impact: Period - A symposium on scaling innovations for children through the lens of gender equity, Durham, NC, USA, 03 Apr 2020
• WASH Systems Academy - WASH systems strengthening: the basics, 06 Apr - 06 Jul 2020
• WASH Systems Academy - Specialist course: Building blocks of sustainable WASH systems, 06 Apr - 06 Jul 2020
• World Humanitarian Forum, London, UK, 15-16 Apr 2020
• Transitioning to virtual: IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, USA, 13-19 Apr 2020
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - Demystifying the human right, 14:30 CEST, 14 Apr 2020
• Postponed: Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Finance Ministers' Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 17 Apr 2020 --> Q4 2020
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - Using data for water safety, 14:30 CEST, 21 Apr 2020
• New date: Africa Water Security Congress, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-30 Apr 2020 --> 21-24 Sep 2020
• New date: IWA Digital Water Summit, Bilbao, Spain, 27-30 Apr 2020 --> 30 Nov – 03 Dec 2020
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - Monitoring SDG targets, 14:30 CEST, 28 Apr 2020
• National Conference on Climate Resilient Water Supply and Resources Management in Eritrea, Asmara, Eritrea, 28-30 Apr 2020

May 2020

• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - JMP database on inequalities, 14:30 CEST, 05 May 2020 
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - Right for a regulated and sustainable service, 14:30 CEST, 12 May 2020
• New date: African Utility Week, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-14 May 2020 -->  24-26 Nov 2020
• Transitioning to virtual: Geoethics and Groundwater Management Congress, Porto, Portugal, 18-22 May 2020 
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - RWSN Mentoring Programme, 14:30 CEST, 19 May 2020 
• 8th Virtual Conference on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Schools, 21 May 2020
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - Importance of Household Investments, 14:30 CEST, 26 May 2020
• Transitioning to virtual: 6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector: From Capacity Development to Implementation Science, Delft, the Netherlands, 27-29 May 2020
• Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May 2020
• New date: ACODAL 2020: 63˚Congreso Internacional del Agua, Saneamiento, Ambiente y Energías Renovables, Cartegena, Colombia, 27-31 May 2020 --> 19-21 Aug 2020
• New date: WISA 2020 Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 31 May - 04 Jun 2020 --> 06-09 Dec 2020

June 2020

• WASH Systems Academy - WASH systems strengthening: the basics, 01 Jun - 01 Sep 2020
• WASH Systems Academy - Specialist course: Building blocks of sustainable WASH systems, 01 Jun - 01 Sep 2020 
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - Borehole Drilling Associations, 14:30 CEST, 02 Jun 2020
• Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC), Dresden, Germany, 03-05 Jun 2020
• Canceled: WASRAG's World Water Summit (WWS 12): Building WASH Partnerships that Work!, 05 Jun 2020 and Rotary International Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 06-10 Jun 2020
• Devex World, Washington, DC, USA, 09 Jun 2020 
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - Affordability, 14:30 CEST, 09 Jun 2020 
• RWSN webinar series: Human Right to Water - A Hidden Crisis? 14:30 CEST, 16 Jun 2020
• Postponed: Aguasan Workshop 2020: "Accelerating Integrated Water Resources Management in times of Climate Change", Zahlé, Lebanon, 29 Jun - 03 Jul 2020

July 2020

• Water Africa & West Africa Building and Construction Exhibition and Seminars, Accra, Ghana, 01-03 Jul 2020
• New date: Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), Singapore, 5-9 Jul 2020 --> 20-24 Jun 2021
• New date: Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Conference 2020, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 07-09 Jul 2020 --> 06-08 Jul 2021
• UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), New York, NY, USA, 07-17 Jul 2020
• New date: 1st IWA Non-Sewered Sanitation Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 21-24 Jul 2020 --> 05-08 Jul 2021

August 2020

• WASH Systems Academy - WASH systems strengthening: the basics, 03 Aug - 03 Nov 2020
• WASH Systems Academy - Specialist course: Building blocks of sustainable WASH systems, 03 Aug - 03 Nov 2020
• ACODAL 2020: 63˚Congreso Internacional del Agua, Saneamiento, Ambiente y Energías Renovables, Cartegena, Colombia, 19-21 Aug 2020
• World Water Week: Water and Climate Change: Accelerating Action, Stockholm, Sweden, 23-28 Aug 2020
• Postponed: DevRes 2020, Umeå, Sweden, 24-26 Aug 2020 --> mid-June 2021
• Global Water Summit: Challenging Assumptions, Madrid, Spain, 30 Aug - 01 Sep 2020 [incl. Day 1: Finance workshop "The SDG 6 Challenge"]

September 2020

• WATEF Conference 2020: Moving towards water resilient communities, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 02-04 Sep 2020
• New date: 42nd WEDC International Conference: Equitable and Sustainable WASH Services: celebrating our learning from failure and success, Loughborough, UK, 07-10 Sep 2020 --> 06–10 Sep 2021
• Waterinfodag, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 08 Sep 2020
• Water Africa & East Africa Building and Construction Exhibition and Seminars, Kigali, Rwanda, 16-18 Sep 2020
• XVII World Water Congress: Foundations for Global Water Security and Resilience: Knowledge, Technology and Policy, Daegu, Korea, 21-25 Sep 2020
• Africa Water Security Congress, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 Sep 2020

October 2020

• WASH Systems Academy - WASH systems strengthening: the basics, 05 Oct 2020 - 05 Jan 2021
• WASH Systems Academy - Specialist course: Building blocks of sustainable WASH systems, 05 Oct 2020 - 05 Jan 2021
• UNC Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 05-09 Oct 2020
• SFD [Shit Flow Diagram] week 2020, Neemli, Rajasthan, India, 07-09 Oct 2020
• Global Handwashing Day, 15 Oct 2020
• IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition: Water for smart liveable cities, Copenhagen, Denmark, 18–23 Oct 2020
• 4th G-STIC conference, Brussels, Belgium, 27-29 Oct 2020
• Final AfriAlliance Conference, Victoria Falls,  Zimbabwe, 28-30 Oct 2020

November 2020

• Sixth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2020): Re-imagining health systems for better health and social justice, Dubai, UAE, 08-12 Nov 2020
• World Toilet Day, 19 Nov 2020
• African Utility Week, Cape Town, South Africa, 24-26 Nov 2020
• IWA Digital Water Summit, Bilbao, Spain, 30 Nov-03 Dec 2020

December 2020

• WASH Systems Academy - WASH systems strengthening: the basics, 01 Dec 2020 - 01 Mar 2021
• WASH Systems Academy - Specialist course: Building blocks of sustainable WASH systems, 01 Dec 2020 - 01 Mar 2021
• Africa Knows! It is time to decolonise minds, The Hague, the Netherlands, 02-04 Dec 2020
• WISA 2020 Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 06-09 Dec 2020
• World Water Loss Day, 14 Dec 2020

2021

March 2021

• World Water Day 22 Mar 2021
• 9th World Water Forum: Water Security for Peace and Development, Dakar, Senegal, 22-27 Mar 2021

June 2021

• Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), Singapore, 5-9 Jul 2020 --> 20-24 Jun 2021

July 2021

• 1st IWA Non-Sewered Sanitation Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 05-08 Jul 2020
• Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Conference University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 06-08 Jul 2021

September 2011

• 42nd WEDC International Conference: Equitable and Sustainable WASH Services: celebrating our learning from failure and success, Loughborough, UK, 06–10 Sep 2021

October 2021

• UNC Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 04-09 Oct 2021
• Global Handwashing Day, 15 Oct 2021

November 2021

• World Toilet Day, 19 Nov 2021

December 2021

• World Water Loss Day, 14 Dec 2020

2022

October 2022

• UNC Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 24-28 Oct 2022

2023

March 2023

• UN Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018–2028, New York, NY, USA, 22-24 Mar 2023

October 2023

• UNC Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 23-27 Oct 2023