The Regional Project Officer was part of the GWPWA team that participated in the GWP Regional Days. She took part on May 11, 2016 at the IDMP session that brought togetjer the Global progarmme Manager and the regional programmes managers of Eastern Africa and Central and Eastern Europe to discuss the challenges, difficulties and especially the added value of IDMP in each region.
CWP Benin, leading the consultation framework of non state actors of water and sanitation sector has organized on May 3, 2016 a meeting of stakeholders. This meeting was followed by a press conference on the proposal from the civil society organizations asking that the rights to water and sanitation be included in the constitution of Benin. It came out from discussions that a Note should be drafted and addressed for advocacy purposes to the commission set up by the Government on the issue. A team of the civil society was heared by this commission on 23 May 2016.
Institutional Partners are the basis on which the GWP network is constructed and operates. Becoming a Partner is a highly valued position and brings with it several key benefits to get the most out of the GWP network.
From 8 to 10 June 2016 the Mékrou Project Manager, in support to GWP-WA team represented by the WACDEP Programme Manager and IUCN participated in the Extraordinary Council of Ministers of the Volta Basin Authority held in Cotonou, Benin. The meeting allowed to introduce and adopt the concept note of the project developed jointly by IUCN and GWP-WA on "Conserving and restoring a functioning ecosystem in the Volta Basin." A resolution of the the VBA Council of Ministers was taken to adopt this initiative.