The Danube Water Conference is the Danube Water Program’s flagship event, taking place in Vienna every May since 2013.
The 2018 Danube Water Conference on “Achieving sustainable water and sanitation for all: progress, challenges and future actions in the Danube Region” will be held on May 2-3, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. The 2018 Danube Water Conference is organized by the Danube Water Program (IAWD and World Bank) with funding from the Austrian Government. The conference will bring together more than 150 key sector representatives from entities such as national utility associations, the regional network of associations of local authorities, water and wastewater utilities, line ministries, regulatory authorities, the donor community and other international associations to discuss the progress, challenges and the required future actions to achieve sustainable water and sanitation services for all in the Danube region, along the foundation of smart policies and strong utilities.
In addition to the 2018 Danube Water Conference, a number of additional business meetings will take place on May 4th, which can be attended by invitation only.
Presentations 2 May 2018
Opening Session
DWC Opening Presentation - Lopez/Weller
Keynotes
Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all - Michaud
The water sector's role in implementing SDG 6: the IWA perspective - Mollenkopf
International and national actions to achieve sustainable water and sanitation services
EUSDR Water quality priority area - Kocsis-Kupper
International and national actions to achieve sustainable water and sanitation services - Ivanoski
Strengthening utility and municipal government cooperation in BiH - Muslic
Introducing the YWP Chapter Czech Republic - Johanidesova
Youth voices. Policy choices - Majercakova
A national water supply workforce training program-OVGW Austria - Eisenhut
Presentations 3 May 2018
Smart policies for sector governance
Optimizing national governance of the water sector - Radulovic
Overall progress of the water reform in Bulgaria - Kroumova
Strong utilities for sustainable services
Water utility capacity building experience of Serbia - Medenica
Water utility turnaround through capacity building - Jevric
Water utility capacity building - case of Sachsen Wasser (Germancy) - Wummel
Smart policies for inclusive services
Social Triffs: Lesson and examples from EU countries - Smets
Prospects of Implementation tariffs in Bulgaria - Kroumova
Lessons on how to close the Urban-Rural Access Gap - Smets
Regionalization for better Rural water outcomes - Syla
Strong utilities through innovation
POWERSTEP - increase energy efficiency of utilities through innovative WWTP concepts - Loderer
Phosphorus recovery from wastewater - a beneficial strategy for utilities? - Amann
Low cost wastewater treatment for small communities - implementation experience from Montenegro
Regional capacity development initiatives
The Danube Learning Partnership - Status, Challenges and Outlook - Zulic
