GWP China’s host institution, the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), celebrated its 60th anniversary with a week of academic sessions in Beijing, China. On 18 October, an international high-level forum was held on the topic of Modern Water Governance and Technological Innovation. Around 1000 guests were invited, including GWP representatives from its worldwide network.
The Adaptation Fund has funded for US$ 7.92 million a regional project submitted by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in partnership with the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) and Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA). The Project intitled "Integrating Flood and Drought Management and Early Warning Systems for Climate Change Adaptation in the Volta Basin" will contribute to improve the resilience of countries sharing the Volta Basin to flood and drought risks and to ensure sustainable socio-economic development of the riparian populations.
A national consultation meeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held online on December 22, to discuss national perspectives and priorities on how to coordinate and advance cross-sectoral actions regarding the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus approach in the Drina river basin.
Call for offers for the Development of Project Proposal to the Global Environment Facility International Waters on Enhancing Mediterranean Depollution and Resource Recovery Through Mobilizing Private Sector Investments
East Asia Summit (EAS) on Estuary Harnessing, Protection and Management is held on 26-30 August 2019, on the river basin of the Pearl River Delta in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. The Pearl River Estuary is one of the beneficiaries for it achieves a balance between natural sustainability and economic development even located in the densely populated area with rapid economic growth.
Young water leaders from Central and Eastern Europe attended COP25 in Madrid as part of the GWP youth delegation to continue the efforts of GWP to engage and empower youth in water and climate governance.
Its implementation will be based on a participatory and multi-stakeholder approach. In accordance with the institutional framework of IWRM in Niger, the Project intends to contribute in the long term to the establishment and animation of the Water Agency (WA) branches in the Niger portion of the Mekrou sub-basin, which are in particular:
TonFuturTonClimat is a project funded by the Quebec Government and GWP implemented by GWP-WA, the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) and CWPs in Burkian Faso, Benin and Eau Vive International Togo.
The Republic of Congo Country Water Partnership (CWP Congo) has been accredited by the Executive Secretary of Global Water Partnership, Monika Weber-Fahr. The accreditation letter which was signed on June 12, 2020 makes CWP Congo the 4th CWP to be accredited within the GWP-CAf Network.
