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Bangkok, Thailand | December 10, 2025 - Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (GWP-SEA) underscored the importance of translating SDG monitoring into concrete action during the Pan-Asia Training on International Water Law, held at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP). The event brought together regional water and legal experts to assess progress on SDG Target 6.5, with a focus on integrated water resources management (IWRM) and transboundary cooperation

GWP Eastern Africa Regional coordinator George Sanga joined participants from the Netherlands and 7 Africa countries (Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa), and Dutch Blue Deal partners for a workshop on sustainable financing of Integrated Water Resource Management. He shared the GWPEA experience with implementing the SDG6 IWRM Support Program on how the Blue Deal program can replicate the Matchmaking Initiative pilot in Kenya to mobilize financial resources in target countries. These topics of water pricing, nature-based solutions, financial opportunities were discussed and an interesting excursion gave insights into the challenges of a local WRUA (Water Resources Users Association) in implementation of a Mangrove restauration project on the shores of the Indian Ocean.

Bangkok, Thailand | December 09, 2025 - The inaugural Pan-Asia Training on International Water Law (IWL) brought together more than a hundred experts, government officials, and water practitioners from across Asia for a week-long training held from 8 - 11 December 2025. Hosted in Bangkok, Thailand, the programme aimed to strengthen knowledge, legal capacity, and cooperation frameworks for managing shared water resources.

In a warm-up to the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference taking place in Barcelona on 10-12 April, GWP is involved in two side events on 9 April.

The Integrated Management Plan for the Damour area in Lebanon under the GEF UNEP/MAP Programme, sets the paradigm for system-wide perspectives across geographical zones in natural resources management, promoting sustainable development, building climate resilience and protecting habitats across the Mediterranean region.

An article published in Svenska Dagbladet on 16 October presents several claims about the travel practices of GWP and its leadership that are misleading and do not accurately reflect the actual circumstances. This response aims to provide a clearer and more accurate picture.

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.

GWP is announcing an important change in how we answer the question, “How many GWP Partners are there?” The new answer is: “2800+ registered partners – but the real number is significantly higher than that.”

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, a high-level virtual meeting brought together representatives of the Country Water Partnerships (CWPs) from West Africa and the Chair of the Regional Water Partnership (GWP-WA).