The 10th Global Environment Facility Biennial International Waters Conference (IWC10) is the key learning and exchange event for projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in the focal area of International Waters.
On May 31, 2024, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Lao PDR, represented by the CREWS Project's Focal Point, and GWP SEA, through the GWP Lao PDR, held a Hybrid Kick-off Meeting on the Development of Drought Management and IWRM Action Plan at the Vientiane Plaza Hotel in Lao PDR.
More than 50% of GWP CEE regional staff and council consists of successful women. We asked Assistant Professor Darja Istenič to share her story and world-changing projects she helps to develop.
This International Youth Day 2024 we celebrate the first cohort of Global Water Partnership South Asia’s (GWP SAS) Water Academy for Youth (WAY) programme participants through the launch of the WAY Resource Book.
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.
The recent article in Svenska Dagbladet on 19 October, reporting on GWP’s finances, presents a biased and incorrect picture of the organisation. The article fails to take into account the major shift in development aid financing generally that has also affected GWP, and it does not report on the extensive development of programme and project financing that GWP has secured in recent years.
COP29, the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, will take place from 11–22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. With a focus on driving global climate action, COP29 will highlight adaptation, resilience, and nature-based solutions and will mark the launch of the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action.
