In Autumn 2019, GWP CEE and emerging young water leaders organized 8 National Dialogues between youth and decision-makers in 8 Central and Eastern European countries.
Edit 17 December: Please note that the deadline to apply was 15 December 2019, and we are therefore no longer accepting applications. Thanks to all those who applied!
World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19 November every year, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and help achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which promises sanitation for all by 2030. In a Facebook Live interview, GWP Senior Water Resources Management Specialist Ranu Sinha shares her experience on what it takes to end open defecation – and that building toilets isn’t always enough.
Multi Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) Forum is a National forum Organized by Ministry of National Development Planning/ National Planning Agency Republic of Indonesia with support from the UNESCAP. This event co-organize by the Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (GWP-SEA) and International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Indonesia. The overall theme for this year forum is "Sharing innovation and practices on the implementation of multi stakeholder platform for achieving sustainable development goals 2030"
Vice-Premier of China He LIU, delivered the trophy to Hao WANG, regional standing vice-chair of GWP China, at the annual award ceremony of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation for recent progress he has made in water-related science and technology Monday.
In 2014, GWP and UNICEF established a strategic partnership to work on climate resilience and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). The collaboration resulted in a Strategic Framework and a range of technical briefs and guidance notes to support the implementation of the Framework. In February 2018, a website was launched with the knowledge products. Since then, they have become among the most downloaded publications with GWP involvement. To mark World Toilet Day 2019 (19 November), which has a strong link to WASH, GWP followed up on the use of the material.
Meet Kareem Hassan, an international innovation expert, sustainability entrepreneur, Director of Youth and Innovation at the Global Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (GIWEH), and Managing Director of BENAA Foundation, which aims to build the capacities of youth in order to build up sustainable WASH projects in Egypt.
The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP25, will take place on 2-13 December, in Madrid, Spain. The conference is being held under the presidency of the Chilean government. GWP is an accredited IGO observer and will bring new water insights to the climate agenda.
