Brochure Water Youth Network

connecting

Our Vision

empowering

We aspire to a world where young people work together to become agent of change and ultimately improve changethe world’s water making situation.

The Water Youth Network was created soon after the 6th World Water Forum, when a group of young people from all over the world met to share their solutions to address water related issues. They realized that, together, they could inuence for the best the water sector.

Today, the Water Youth Network is an inclusive connector in the water sector, with a vibrant community of active young people across disciplines.

Join us We would love to count you among us.

Contact us to learn more about our membership and partnership opportunities.

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What we do The WYN connects active youth groups in the water sector across disciplines, boundaries and with other generations The WYN facilitated an intergenerational e.g panel at the World Water Week in Stockholm 2013.

The WYN manages the knowledge that already exists and helps push the edge of innovation

The WYN created online platform e.g an where knowledge and innovations can be shared.

After 2 years of existence, the WYN has now a solid structure with an advisory board and 4 working groups, representing 300 active members across the world.

How do we define “young people”?

The WYN creates continuity between the existing youth initiatives in the water sector

The WYN created the “Water Youth e.g Continuity Plan” which register and build up on previous youth initiatives.

The WYN works on meaningful youth participation

The WYN convened the youth Forum at e.g the 2013 Budapest Water Summit.

The young people we talk about are those between 15 and 30 who have great inputs to bring to the water sector.However, they are seen as inexperienced and lack the resources. As a result, their views and concerns are often neither heard nor seriously valued.

What is the “Water sector” we are talking about?

We define the water sector in a broad context, including political, economic, social, technical, legal and environmental domains.