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.
On 17 May 2024, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) represented by the Focal Point of the CREWS Project and GWP SEA through the GWP Cambodia organised the Alignment and Kick-off Meeting on the Cambodia Drought Management Action Plan (Component 1 of the CREWS Project) at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh City.
For the Supply and Installation of Piezometers for the ACCISI-GEM Project in Ghar El Melh -Adapting to Climate Change Impacts through Smart Irrigation
in Ghar El Melh wetland area, Tunisia” Implemented by the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med) In the framework of Child Project 2.2 of the GEF UNEP MedProgramme
Moçambique e o Zimbabué estão a enfrentar corajosamente a escalada dos desafios sociais, económicos e ambientais nas bacias hidrográficas do Buzi, Pungwe e Save. Em 2023, os dois governos lançaram a Comissão dos Cursos de Água do Buzi, Pungwe e Save (BUPUSACOM) ao abrigo de acordos de cooperação alinhados com o Protocolo Revisto da SADC sobre o Curso de Águas Partilhadas de 2000, para liderar uma resposta unida aos desafios que foram intensificados pelas alterações climáticas e pela má gestão dos recursos.
The meeting of the Ministers in charge of Water Resources and Sanitation of the Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 12 July 2024, under the Chair of Ms Justine GOSSE, Chargée d'Affaires a. i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in Burkina Faso, representing the Minister of Water and Forests and the Minister of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) organised from 9 to 11 July 2024 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the meeting of the Experts in charge of water resources and sanitation of the WAEMU Member States.
For the the Supply and Installation of a Filter Backwash Water Recirculation and Reuse System at the Water Treatment Plant of Corinth, Municipality of Corinth.
The updating of the Communication Strategy together with the Action Plan 2018-2020 of the Volta Basin Authority (VBA), has been integrated into the Implementation Plan of the Project "Reversing the Trends of Ecosystem and Water Resources Degradation in the Volta Basin (REWarD - Volta River Basin)", financed by the GEF and executed by the VBA and GWP-WA in close collaboration with UNEP and IUCN.
