Events / Past Events

WSSCC has been an active participant in global, regional and national conferences and special events designed to further the cause of sanitation, hygiene and water for all people.

Many of these events were arranged by other leading stakeholders working with WASH issues, and a number of Global Fora have also been arranged by WSSCC itself.

WSSCC-arranged events

  • Global WASH Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 29 November - 3 December 2004
  • WASH Week, Geneva, Switzerland, 15-19 December 2003
  • 5th Global Forum, Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil, 24-29 November 2000
  • 4th Global Forum, Manila, Philippines, 3-7 November 1997
  • 3rd Global Forum, Barbados, 30 October-3 November 1995
  • 2nd Global Forum, Rabat, Morocco, 7-10 September 1993
  • 1st Global Forum, Oslo, Norway, 18-20 September 1991


Some other events in which WSSCC has participated

  • World Toilet Summit, Singapore, 2-4 December 2009
  • IWA Development Congress, Mexico City, Mexico, 15-19 November 2009
  • 2nd Africa Water Week, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-13 November 2009
  • Symposium on Financing Sanitation, Frankfurt, Germany, 8-9 October 2009
  • 20th Regional Water and Sanitation Seminar, Mombasa, Kenya, 22-25 September 2009
  • World Water Week 2009, Stockholm, Sweden, 16-22 August 2009
  • Pakistan Sanitation Conference (PACOSAN), Islamabad, Pakistan, 28-29 May 2009
  • 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-22 March 2009
  • World Bank Water Week, Washington, USA, 17-20 February 2009
  • World Toilet Day, 19 November 2008
  • South Asian Sanitation Conference, SACOSAN III, New Delhi, India, 16-21 November 2008
  • International Sanitation Conference and Regional WASH Meeting, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 11-13 November 2008
  • World Toilet Summit, Macao, China, 4-6 November 2008
  • 13th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), Athens, Greece, 30 October - 2 November 2008
  • Sanitation and Water Conference, World Vision Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 October 2008
  • Global Handwashing Day, 15 October 2008
  • UN High-Level Event on MDGs, New York, USA, 25 September 2008
  • Clinton Global Initiative, New York, USA, 24-26 September 2008
  • Global Philanthropy Forum, Singapore, 12-14 September 2008
  • World Water Week 2008, Stockholm, Sweden, 17-22 August 2008
  • Caribbean Environment Forum, Grenada, 23-25 June 2008
  • World Water Day 2008, Central Celebrations in Geneva, Switzerland, 20 March 2008
  • 2nd African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference (AfricaSan), Durban, South-Africa, 18-21 February 2008
  • East Asian Sanitation and Hygiene Conference (EaSan), Beppu, Japan, 30 November-1 December 2007
  • Latin-American Sanitation Conference (LatinoSan), Cali, Colombia, 12-16 November 2007
  • World Toilet Summit, New Delhi, India, 31 October-2 November 2007
  • World Water Week 2007, Stockholm, Sweden, 12-18 August 2007
  • World Bank Water Week, 26-28 February 2007
  • 4th World Water Forum, Mexico City, Mexico, 16-22 March 2006
  • Commission on Sustainable Development 13 (CSD 13), New York, USA, April 2005
  • Commission on Sustainable Development 12 (CSD 12), New York, USA, April 2004
  • 3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto, Japan, 16-23 March 2003
  • World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, August-September 2002
  • 1st African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference (AfricaSan), Gauteng, South Africa, 29 July-1 August 2002 
  • International Conference on Freshwater, Bonn, Germany, 3-7 December 2001
  • UN Millennium Summit, New York, USA, September 2000
  • 2nd World Water Forum, The Hague, Netherlands, 16-22 March 2000
  • International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development, Paris, France, 19-21 March 1998
  • 1st World Water Forum, Marrakech, Morocco, 20-22 March 1997
  • Ministerial Conference on Drinking Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation, Noordwijk, Netherlands, March 1994
  • UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 13-14 June 1992
  • International Conference on Water and the Environment, Dublin, Ireland, January 1992
  • Global Consultation on Safe Water and Sanitation, New Delhi, India, 6-9 September 1990 (the meeting at which WSSCC was founded)
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