The 9th session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP9) to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes is organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in cooperation with the Government of Estonia. The event takes place on 29 September to 1 October, and will be in a hybrid format, in the Palais des Nations/Geneva and virtual. On the first day, GWP Executive Secretary Darío Soto-Abril will be a panellist in a high-level special segment on the theme of “Water and Peace”. Side events connected to the MOP9 will be held on 27-28 September.
Development of the AIP Water Investment Scorecard, which will mobilise water and sanitation investments in Africa through high-level political commitment, steamed ahead during July with partner meetings.
Soroptimist International of the Southwest Pacific (SISWP), Women for Water Partnership, and Netwwater are organising a digital event on 26 July on the theme "Women, Water, Climate: The Way Forward". The event is a follow-up to a series on the same theme last year.
A training of trainers on "the fundamentals of citizen watch" was organized on 17 and 18, 2021 in Porto-Novo. This activity is part of the implementation of the governance component of the OmiDelta program by the consortium CWP-Benin, Social Watch and ALCRER.
Five communes (Avrankou, Bopa, Ifangni, Ouinhi and Pobè) in Benin were supported for good governance principles in their municipalities through an exercise to promote integrity practices in the water and sanitation sector. This exercise was supported by the development and implementation of an integrity action plan for the said sectors.
The members of the Country Water Partnership (CWP) of Mali had on 02 and 03 June a meeting to exchange with the consultant recruited by the Embassy of the Netherlands to assist the CWP-MALI in the continuation of the MoU signed with the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP).
The members of the Steering Committee of the Regional Partnership Project on Water and Environment in Central and West Africa (PREE), met in Ouagadougou on June 10, 2020, for their 2nd session.
