Development of the AIP Water Investment Scorecard, which will mobilise water and sanitation investments in Africa through high-level political commitment, steamed ahead during July with partner meetings.
The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) will hold its 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) online, on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Caribbean Time).
The CWP-Benin, with the support of the Water Integrity Network (WIN), supported in December 2018 and January 2019 the municipalities in promoting good integrity practices for better governance in the water sector at the municipal level.
Mali CWP held its first Steering Committee for the year on 16 January 2020 in Bamako. Discussions included exchanges on the CWP annual progress report, examine and adopting the 2020 work plan drawn from the 2019-2022 triennial plan as well as the preparations for the organization of the general assembly of the CWP partners.
Hurricane relief efforts are underway in Abaco and Grand Bahama. Search and recovery efforts continue, as you have probably seen or heard in the news. Shortly, our Partner, the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) of The Bahamas, will start rebuilding the water and sewerage infrastructure.
How can Mediterranean countries effectively address the COVID-19 emergency, without neglecting long-standing sustainable development challenges and water commitments in particular? What are the water agenda-related investment strategies that can promote climate resilience and sustainable development targets, while also helping to deal with the crisis and assist immediate recovery?
The Executive Secretary of Ghana Country Water Partnership participated from 6th to 9th May 2019, in the meeting of the Technical Committee of Experts of the Volta Basin Authority at Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra, Ghana. About forty (40) participants were present, drawn from the six (6) riparian States of the basin, notably the focal points of the VBA in the countries and technical and financial partners including the IUCN, GWP-WA, UEMOA, and Water Integrity Network (WIN). Also, technical structures from Ghana participated in the meeting.
Global Water Partnership (GWP), the African Union Developmental Agency AUDA-NEPAD, the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), and Development Bank of Southern Africa held a consultative meeting on 24th November, on the development of a water investment scorecard to track progress in mobilising water investments in Africa.
We need strategic partners who can assist us with Leadership and Entrepreneurship training, to deliver on the envisaged impact to the benefit of the youth, the economy and environmental sustainability within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the continent as a whole, says the Youth.
