The World Water Week, taking place every year in Stockholm, is the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development.

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Other major events marking the Year include World Water Week, in Stockholm (Sweden) from 1-6 September, a conference on water cooperation in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), also in September, and the Water Summit, which will take place in Budapest (Hungary) on 10 and 11 October.

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Other major events marking the Year include a conference on water cooperation to be held in August in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), World Water Week in Stockholm (Sweden) from 1-6 September, and the Water Summit, which will take place in Budapest (Hungary) on 8 to 11 October.

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Within the framework of the World Water Week 2012, UNESCO organizes a seminar to officially announce and inform about the activities foreseen for the UN International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 for which UNESCO has been assigned the role of lead Agency by UN Water.

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In the framework of the Water World Week celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden, on 16th August, 2008 the National Water Commission (CONAGUA), together with the International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the WET International Project (Water Education for Teachers) signed an agreement, aimed at fostering high-quality water education, particularly for formal and non-formal educators in Mexico.

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The global experiment will be launched with a Big Splash on 22-25 March 2011, which coincides with World Water Day and National Water Week in South Africa.

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Another event taking place in the week of News Day is World Water Day .

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