On 19 November, marking World Toilet Day 2018, GWP invited Kanika Thakar, founder of #ToiletTalk, to a Facebook Live interview. She talked about her passion to change the way the world values and talks about toilets. “How can you solve a problem if we can't even talk about it?” she asks. Kanika says her aim is to break down the taboos surrounding toilets.

The consultation is scheduled to be held from 13.30pm onwards on 15 November 2018 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMCH), Colombo.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus (Faculty of Food and Agriculture) along with other agencies, are currently hosting a week-long International Conference entitled “Climate Change Impacts on Food and Nutrition Security” in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

A one-day meeting of the ECOWAS Regional Water Observation and Information System with contact persons representing key institution/organization was held at INTIS Royal Suite, Abuja on 23rd October. 2018.

The Volta Basin Authority held on 9 and 10 October 2018 in Bamako, Mali a regional workshop to validate the provisional final report of the study for the elaboration of a strategy accompanied by a communication plan.

The CWP-MALI in its policy of implementing IWRM in Mali, held a televised debate on IWRM issues in Mali on 25 October on the national television station.