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Water Youth Network

The Wilo-Foundation supported the globally active youth organisation Water Youth Network for two years. Thanks to this financial support, five young professionals from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America were able to take part in World Water Week in Stockholm.

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Funding period: 2018-2019

The Water Youth Network (WYN) is committed to connecting young people and youth organisations with policymakers through targeted initiatives that promote the exchange of knowledge and experience. In this way, innovative projects by young people are to be developed and the financial resources needed to implement them identified. The goal of the Water Youth Network is to foster partnerships across disciplines and generations within the water sector.

Members of the Water Youth Network at World Water Week 2019 in Stockholm. Photo: Water Youth Network

Among the active members are students from the Faculty of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University. Through the international SPRING Master’s programme and funding for specialist excursions, there had already been contact with the foundation. In terms of content, WYN works on the topics of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Water Governance. Thanks to the financial support of the Wilo-Foundation, a total of ten WYN students from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America were able to take part in SIWI World Water Week in Stockholm in 2018 and 2019, present their specialist contributions in numerous sessions and discuss them with experts.

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Our funding partner

Water Youth Network, Delft, is a globally active NGO in the water sector, registered in the Netherlands. Guided by its mission “Empower, Connect and Change”, it works to bring together committed young students and youth organisations with decision-makers in the water sector to enable inclusive, collaborative and intergenerational exchange of knowledge and experience on the topic of water as a resource.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forms the global framework for action for socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development. Our funding commitment also supports these sustainability goals. With this project, we are making a contribution to achieving the following SDGs:

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