GWP WA and CWP Burkina executive secretariats’ teams, including the two Young Professionals who joined recently the regional office, made a monitoring and evaluation mission on 31 July 2018 on the Komki-Ipala pilot project site.
The International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group for Efficient Urban Water Management brings the 10th IWA Efficient Conference to Manila, Philippines on 13-16 January. The theme is "Water Efficiency - Driving Sustainable Development".
GWP launched its new Strategy, "Mobilising for a Water Secure World", at a panel discussion on “Re-orienting the water education to address the water related challenges” held on 25 September, during the 6th India Water Week - 2019.
Prof Deepthi Wickramsinghe, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and a Member of South Asia Regional Steering Committee was one of the three equal winners of a competition launched seeking the best exploratory projects that demonstrate innovative approaches as solutions for water and sanitation, held at the 1st World Summit on “Leaving No One Behind”.
Stockholm World Water Week (WWW) is an annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This year, the event takes place on 26-31 August. As in previous years, GWP will be involved in many of the sessions.
World Water Day is an annual observance day on 22 March to highlight the importance of the world’s water resources. For GWP, this an important day to be an 'ambassador for water' and the network participates in celebrations around the world in various ways. Here are some of the highlights of 2018.
The Capital city of Togo, Lomé hosted the kick-off meeting of the establishment process of the ECOWAS regional water observatory and validation of the provisional report of the operationalization study of the West African Regional Water Resources Policy (WARP) Monitoring and Evaluation Facility from 20 to 22 June 2018.
A GWP delegation including the Chair, Prof. MAIGA, ES Armand HOUANYE, Technical Committee chair, Dr. BARRY and Network Officer, Julienne ROUX met on 16, 17 and 19 October with several institutions to start or strengthen collaboration. The personalities and institutions met include the Executive Director of the Volta Basin Authority (VBA), IFAD Burkina Faso Office,
