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Each year on March 8th, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) joins the world in commemorating International Women’s Day (IWD); a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

The Third Regional Steering Committee for the DRESS-EA project took place on 12th October 2022, in Nairobi, Kenya, and was attended by a cross section of representatives from the Governments of the four project executing entities, Djibouti, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda, as well as the observers from the implementing entity, the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)

In our series of inter-regional discussions on gender equality and social inclusion, GWP Senior Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist Liza Debevec is exploring the ‘Action Areas’ of the GWP Gender Action Piece, to identify what GWP as an institution can do to apply them. In the fourth and final discussion, she talked to Hycinth Banseka and Julienne Roux about the issue of equal access to and control of resources. Banseka, who is Regional Coordinator for GWP Central Africa, says it is a complex issue in Africa, where the cultural context of each country demands different approaches, and where language and long-term thinking are key to progress.

Edition January-February 2021

Cambodia: Cambodia’s Tonle Sap shows what’s at stake in the Mekong’s dam-fueled decline; Wastewater treatment plant in Southern Phnom Penh to be built in late April; Indonesia: Jakarta's river troops remove 436 cubic meters of garbage; Lao PDR: Laos issues new decree on dams; Malaysia: Air Selangor to employ retention ponds as fallback against pollution-related disruptions; Myanmar: Water problems draining the pockets of Yangonites; Philippines: Congress should pass ‘Dept of Water’ bill; Thailand: PWA well-prepared for drought scenarios; Viet Nam: HCM City's major environment and sanitation project face slow progress; Singapore: S'pore's fourth desalination plant, which can treat both sea and reservoir water, officially opens; and more stories are provided.

A collection of news items featuring the Global Water Partnership or GWP representatives.

Entrevista a Micaela Trimble, Instituto SARAS.

Entrevista a Micaela Trimble, Instituto SARAS.

In March 2023, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) will host the 2nd Caribbean Science Symposium on Water. Its main theme will be "Conservation and Innovation: Changing the Regional Water Paradigm".

In 2020, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) began supporting the Government of the Dominican Republic (DR) to develop estimates of increased risk of flooding and landslides due to rainfall projections under climate change scenarios. This technical study was completed in the last quarter of 2020. It is one of a series of activities and outputs by GWP-C to inform the preparation of the country’s submission for the second round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and is part of the Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) from the NDC Partnership.

What has been the secret of successful NCWR applications in Malta and what is the potential for replication across the Mediterranean? Join our upcoming webinars on lessons learned from the experience of the Alter Aqua programme in the Maltese islands.