The Kolgweogo Association, with about 20 members, benefited from a series of training sessions on agricultural practices that aim to improve their productivity, organisation and development of economic activities; Zaï and half-moons were experimented with in order to teach beneficiaries how to transform a resistant land into a resilient and favourable land for agriculture.
A workshop and stakeholder consultation for the development of the Implementation document of the Lima Agreement on gender equality in climate change in Benin, was held on May 24 to 25, 2022 in Bohicon, Benin.
OPTAIN (EU-funded research and innovation project) proposes a social and scientific journey towards the increasing and better understanding of the multiple benefits of Natural/Small Water Retention Measures (NSWRM). OPTAIN will identify efficient NSWRM to better adapt to extreme events (floods, droughts) and reduce conflicts between agricultural water uses and other human and environmental demands in small catchments across different biogeographical regions of Europe in close cooperation with local actors.
Contributing to a major United Nations environmental meeting convened in Stockholm, Sweden, GWP and partners are convening a side event to champion ‘Water Alignment that enables water aligned finance, strategy, and action.’
Global Water Partnership, Central Africa (GWP-CAf) held its 14th Steering Committee (SC) meeting virtually on November 12 - 13, 2020. The special steering committee meeting was attended by twelve of the fourteen GWP-CAf SC members and the entire GWP-CAf secretariat.
On 21 October 2021, GWP and GWPSA supported the National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP), implemented by UNEP and UNDP with funding from the Global Environment Facility, in convening a webinar which explored Integrating Climate Risks in the Water Sector” with a focus on National Adaptation Plan (NAP) formulation.
GWP Central Africa (GWP-CAf) is looking for an Executive Secretary to supervise the implementation of its activities in Central Africa and head the regional secretariat in Yaounde,Cameroon.
The NGO Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement (JVE) is advocating for the establishment of a real framework for consultation between the Ministry in charge of Water and civil society organizations involved in the sector.
Albania has made significant improvements in advancing the normative framework for gender equality in recent years. An online Technical Workshop on Gender Equality (GE) and Sustainable Development in Nexus attempted to discuss how gender is addressed in Nexus sectors’ strategies and policies and bring some concrete best practices on how gender issues can be addressed in development programmes.
