News and Activities

GWP-Med and Coca-Cola in Greece launch new water resources protection program “Zero Drop” in the Municipality of Tanagra, Greece, with the support of The Coca-Cola Foundation

Zero Drop Heraklion, the result of a long-standing collaboration between GWP-Med and Coca-Cola, funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation, features as a best-practice solution for promoting agricultural water management practices in the Mediterranean, in a new TV documentary.

At the 5th Joint Plenary of Horizon 2020 REXUS and LENSES PRIMA in Larisa, Greece GWP-Med leader of Communication and Dissemination Work Package organised interviews with major national and key local media featuring the project's innovative methods and tools under development.

Representatives of national authorities, stakeholders and regional institutions from the Mediterranean acknowledged the need for a Strategic Framework for the WEFE Nexus in the Mediterranean’s source to sea continuum at the 1st Regional Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus Roundtable in the Mediterranean organised in the framework of the GEF UNEP/MAP MedProgramme.

The “Drina Nexus Roadmap”, was praised for its potential to guide transboundary cooperation towards sustainable development in the Drina basin, by high-level panelists at the Sarajevo Energy and Climate Week. The Roadmap was developed in 2022 by Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean together with the UNECE, in the frame of the SEE Nexus project funded by the Austrian Development Agency.

As leader of Communication and Dissemination in the Horizon 2020 REXUS project, GWP-Med participated in the NexusNet Cost Action Stakeholder’s Forum on Nexus implementation in South Europe, and reports on the results.

The Water Changemaker Innovation Awards 2023 is proud to announce the top 30 finalists selected from a pool of exceptionally innovative and impactful projects dedicated to addressing water-related challenges worldwide. The finalists have been announced during a hybrid event held on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday, 22 September 2023.

We are happy to announce the 5 winners of the gender case study competition, launched in June by GWP and the #IWRMActionHub. The case studies demonstrate how gender equality and inclusion have been improved in water management and climate resilience actions in the Pan African region.

Coca-Cola Hellas wins Gold Award at this year’s Hellenic Responsible Business Awards for the Zero Drop water resources protection program in Folegandros implemented by GWP-Med, and for the digital platform Zero Waste HoReCa Hub, implemented by the Ecological Recycling Society.

North Macedonia’s IWRM Action Plan was finalised after an almost 10-month consultation process with the assistance and facilitation of GWP-Med.