International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated globally on 8 March every year. The aim is to highlight women's achievements and promote gender equality. The 2021 theme is "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.”
From 26 to 29 November 2019, a tour was organized to disseminate at the local level, reviews on the management of the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation sectors. The results of the report on the mapping of integrity risks in the said sector were also shared in a separate meeting.
The application of the Water Energy Food Ecosystems Nexus approach to farming plots and the development of green business ideas of local youth from Ghar El Melh led to impressive results: water usage for irrigation was cut by 44%, crop productivity increased by 66%, while 4 new green startups launched their services successfully.
El taller técnico Conceptos transformacionales para la elaboración de propuestas ante el Fondo Verde para el Clima ha reunido a entidades nacionales, regionales e internacionales, todas las cuales son partes interesadas importantes en la arquitectura del FVC, que están comprometidas a contribuir a un objetivo importante: permitir a los países preparar proyectos hídricos para resiliencia climática de alta calidad que puedan ser apoyados por el FVC.
El taller técnico Conceptos transformacionales para la elaboración de propuestas ante el Fondo Verde para el Clima ha reunido a entidades nacionales, regionales e internacionales, todas las cuales son partes interesadas importantes en la arquitectura del FVC, que están comprometidas a contribuir a un objetivo importante: permitir a los países preparar proyectos hídricos para resiliencia climática de alta calidad que puedan ser apoyados por el FVC.
After taking part in the GWPO Working in Virtual Environment Training (WiVe) ahead of the Virtual Regional Days 2020 , Global Water Partnership Central Africa (GWP-CAf) decided to share the knowledge acquired during this training with all Country Water Partnerships within its network.
The Global Water Partnership Mediterranean GEF/UNDP/GWP-Med project 'Enabling transboundary cooperation and integrated water resources management in the extended Drin River Basin' (GEF Drin Project) is making efforts to raise public awareness about the natural wealth and cultural heritage of the Drin River Basin through the celebration of Drin Day 2021.
Next up in our series of partners speaking about why their communities should submit their change journeys to the Water ChangeMaker Awards, we shift focus to the environment. We spoke with James Dalton, Director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Water Programme.
GWOPA’s Julie Perkins talks about the role of water operators and explains why everyone should submit their change journey to the Water ChangeMaker Awards, get recognition and share their solutions with the rest of the world. “The very courageous and visionary people and institutions, who have taken bold leadership to climate action should really be credited with this”.
