For the Supply of precision agriculture Drones and related Training for the Demonstration Activity related to Testing innovative technologies and partnerships for food security in Lebanon
As part of the WMO's technical assistance to the project to strengthen climate resilience in Burkina Faso (HYDROMET-BF Project), GWP- WA has coordinated the raising of awareness of hydrometeorological risks and impacts at the end of June 2025.
Over 80 participants representing African Union Member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) have been trained in tracking and reporting water investments using the AIP-PIDA Water Investment Scorecard, a key tool under the African Union’s Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP).
Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 19 June 2025 —With climate pressures rising and prolonged dry seasons becoming the new norm, Cambodia has officially launched two groundbreaking national strategies to tackle its most pressing water challenges.
On 26 June 2026, Mali established the first National Coordination of Users of Natural Resources in the Volta Basin. National conferences are to be held in each of the six countries of the Volta Basin with a view to establishing a representative, structured and recognised National Coordination of Natural Resource Users through the validation of co-opted organisations, the adoption of constitutive texts, the work plan and capacity building, and the initiation of official recognition procedures with the administrative authorities.
For all Central Asian countries, the rational use of water and land resources remains among the most pressing priorities in adapting to climate change. As climate change in Central Asia advances at nearly twice the global average rate, there is an urgent need to intensify the exchange of experience among specialists across the region. Particular emphasis is placed on fostering communication and collaboration between experts from Innovation Centers and Techno Parks, which are recognized as the vanguard of scientific contributions to business acceleration.
Worldwide, Online | June 23, 2025 - The Global Water Partnership (GWP) in collaboration with United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) hosted a global webinar titled “Unveiling the World Drought Atlas: Risks, Pathways, and Regional Perspectives” on June 17, 2025, brought together experts from around the world to showcase the World Drought Atlas and discuss how drought affects different regions and how countries can better prepare for future risks.
An institutional workshop to share experiences and simulate flood management on 21 August 2024 in Hèrèdougou was held on 24 and 25 June in Ziniaré in the Central Plateau Region to define actions to strengthen the technical capacities of national institutions in flood forecasting and management.
Preparation of project documentation and a project fiche in the form of a GCF Concept Note for a Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus initiative encompassing a Floating Photovoltaic Plant and Precision Agriculture Systems at Oued El Makhazine Dam and the associated irrigated perimeters in the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (TTA) Region of Morocco.
A significant number of reservoirs and lakes in the Danube River Basin area have relevance in flood peak reduction. The countries in the river basin maintain contact and exchange of information only within bilateral cooperation. Therefore, first, there is a need for carrying out a comprehensive survey of the flood control practices and operational management of the reservoirs, and second to create a common platform for information exchange.
