The recent article in Svenska Dagbladet on 19 October, reporting on GWP’s finances, presents a biased and incorrect picture of the organisation. The article fails to take into account the major shift in development aid financing generally that has also affected GWP, and it does not report on the extensive development of programme and project financing that GWP has secured in recent years.
The Global Water Partnership (GWP), represented by Mr. Alex Simalabwi, CEO of the Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) and Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership (GWP), played a leading role at the AWSISA Africa & Global South Water & Sanitation Dialogue, held from 9–12 November 2025 at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg.
The ECOWAS Water Resources Management Centre (WRMC) held the 12th ordinary session of the Technical Committee of Experts (TCE) of the Permanent Framework for Coordination and Monitoring of IWRM in West Africa (PFCM/IWRM-WA). The meeting took place on 9 July 2025 in Dakar, Senegal.
Five nominated Direct Access Entities (DAEs) in Malawi have been trained in pathways to GCF accreditation, accreditation requirements, the Accreditation portal and documentation, post-accreditation operationalisation, and fiduciary standards.
The Government of the Republic of South Africa, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP), the AU-AIP High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will host the AU-AIP Africa Water Investment Summit from 13 to 15 August 2025 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Western Cape.
Between December 2025 and January 2026, Global Water Partnership Hungary (GWP Hungary) actively contributed to national and international water governance processes, with a strong focus on youth engagement and regional cooperation in the Danube River Basin.
