GWP China co-hosted three thematic sessions under the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) on IWRM, Water and Food Security as well as Water and Cities at the 7th World Water Forum (WWF 7) that was opened on April 12, 2015 in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.
The GWP China Delegation of 9 members in total participated in the sessions and events during the 6-day conference.
It is the sixth time that GWP China had representatives to participate in the WWF. Yet, before this one, GWP China only sent participants to the forum. This time GWP China Delegation was more involved in the sessions by means of delivering case studies of China by the participants under themes. With the coordination and support of GWPO, NARBO, FAO, ADB and other partners, GWP China sent specialists to bring cases and presentations to the forum to disseminate our experiences that were valued with positive feedbacks from other delegates.
Back to June 2014, by the coordination of GWPO, our region started preparation for contributing cases, jointly with GWP SA, SEA and CACENA to form the Asia-Pacific platform. Under the Asia-Pacific framework, the voice turned more hearable with the efforts from different regions during the forum. GWP employed its network at the forum to highlight an integrated image to the world. GWP China had more chance to communicate with other regional partnerships to exchange ideas and develop further inter-regional communication and cooperation.
All cases presented at the forum were contributed by GWP China partners, including two universities and a research institute. GWP China acted as a bridge between the Chinese professionals and the WWF to bring more domestic cases and talents to the international stage. Meanwhile, the invited experts are all from GWP China’s network. In the whole process, from preparation to participation, GWP China had involved regional and local partners as many as possible to collect their experiences, cases and talents and recommended to the forum. The process helped GWP China to strengthen network and also made our region more reliable and accessible to partners.