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GWP Africa Water Investment Programme Water Climate Development and Gender Transformation (AIP WACDEP-G) Position: Regional Technical Assistant in Water Climate Resilience and Gender Equality

The fifth meeting of the Programme for Infrastructure development in Africa (PIDA) held in Cairo, Egypt from 25 to 29 November 2019 (PIDA WEEK).

An official letter from the GWP Executive Secretary granting accreditation was received by the CAR CWP on 12 September 2019.

In a series of inter-regional discussions, GWP Senior Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist Liza Debevec is investigating what GWP as an institution can do to apply gender equality and social inclusion in its practical work. From the GWP Gender Action Piece, published in 2017, she looks at the 4 action areas that were identified as key to progress. This month, she talked to Colin Herron and Fabiola Tábora about Action Area 2 – gender and inclusion analysis that drives change. Both Herron and Tábora are involved in finalizing complementary gender analyses in their respective areas of expertise – global and regional (Central America) – and they discuss how to use the findings to transform water resources management through gender mainstreaming.

Maximin Djondo is the Executive Director of Benin Environment and Education Society (BEES). For the past 15 years, he has implemented projects in the West Africa region to support national and international strategies and policies related to the sustainable use of wetland and coastal ecosystems resources. In this interview, he shares an overview of BEES and its collaboration with GWP.

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR LOCAL PARTNERS RECRUITMENT TO IMPLEMENT LOCAL COMMUNITY FLOOD AND DROUGHT MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES IN THE VOLTA BASIN

The United Nations system designated 2020 as the year in which most of the indicators under Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation were to be updated. GWP, through its SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme, committed to assisting at least 60 countries in mapping out progress on SDG 6.5.1 – the degree of implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Despite the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, about 2,400 participants in 61 countries were consulted, mostly online.

Sign up for the free Open Courseware “Water Productivity and Water Accounting using WaPOR”. The course provided by IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Enrollment begins: 01 September 2020 13:00 CET. Read the full story here.

In preparation for the upcoming GWP Network Meeting 2020, GWP-CAf organized a virtual meeting on October 16th with the participation of over 45 partners from Congo, Central Africa Republic, Cameroon, Chad and Sao Tome and Principe.