Track 1. Unpacking and redefining the nature and goals of capacity development. How can implementation science help in developing capacity and strengthening state capability?

Track 2. Capacity for the organizations and the water sector as a whole to operate under conditions of risk, complexity and uncertainty, and to support institutional change processes.

Track 3. Capacity for managing risk conflict and for negotiation, in water services, river basins and international waters.

Track 4. Capacity for helping water organizations such as utilities, ministries, private operators and water users (NGOs, CSOs) to become focused, more resilient and more effective, through deeper partnerships for the extension of water services, especially the ‘last-mile’ to reach the more vulnerable and poor communities.

Track 5. Capacity in the water and financial sectors to ensure sustained and sustainable financing.

Track 6. Capacity to accelerate knowledge-sharing and commitment among individuals and organizations, across civil society. How do we share our knowledge, and how can we stimulate ownership and greater responsibility about water matters among our staff, our families, society, and current and future generations?

Track 7. Developing strategies and methods to enhance the quality, impact and effectiveness of education and training and to develop behavioral and leadership skills, and continual-learning attitudes among professionals and inside institutions.

Track 8. Capacity to optimize the use of new ‘big data’, ICT, Artificial Intelligence, internet-based communication, and other enabling e-based technologies and institutional capacity ‘systems’ that allow their use and development.

Track 1. Unpacking and redefining the nature and goals of capacity development. How can implementation science help in developing capacity and strengthening state capability?

Track 2. Capacity for the organizations and the water sector as a whole to operate under conditions of risk, complexity and uncertainty, and to support institutional change processes.

Track 3. Capacity for managing risk conflict and for negotiation, in water services, river basins and international waters.

Track 4. Capacity for helping water organizations such as utilities, ministries, private operators and water users (NGOs, CSOs) to become focused, more resilient and more effective, through deeper partnerships for the extension of water services, especially the ‘last-mile’ to reach the more vulnerable and poor communities.

Track 5. Capacity in the water and financial sectors to ensure sustained and sustainable financing.

Track 6. Capacity to accelerate knowledge-sharing and commitment among individuals and organizations, across civil society. How do we share our knowledge, and how can we stimulate ownership and greater responsibility about water matters among our staff, our families, society, and current and future generations?

Track 7. Developing strategies and methods to enhance the quality, impact and effectiveness of education and training and to develop behavioral and leadership skills, and continual-learning attitudes among professionals and inside institutions.

Track 8. Capacity to optimize the use of new ‘big data’, ICT, Artificial Intelligence, internet-based communication, and other enabling e-based technologies and institutional capacity ‘systems’ that allow their use and development.