The Water Scarcity Program (WSP) was developed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization with support from the Australian Government to support countries in Asia-Pacific in taking practical steps to address and manage water scarcity under rapid population growth and in a changing climate. The WSP specifically aims to provide technical and policy support to help countries ensure that agricultural water use is managed in a sustainable and productive manner under increasing water scarcity, thereby contributing to water security, food security, resilient rural livelihoods, and prosperity in across Asia-Pacific with an additional focus on achieving SDGs 2 and 6.
On Thursday, September 14, 2025, the Regional Water Partnership for West Africa (GWP-WA) held a virtual handover ceremony between the outgoing Executive Secretary, Mr. Kocou Armand Houanye, and the incoming Interim Executive Secretary, Mr. Sidi Coulibaly.
This International Youth Day 2024 we celebrate the first cohort of Global Water Partnership South Asia’s (GWP SAS) Water Academy for Youth (WAY) programme participants through the launch of the WAY Resource Book.
Last week, GWP – the only intergovernmental organisation solely focused on water – participated in a wide range of high-level and influential dialogues at the 10th World Water Forum, the world’s largest multi-stakeholder water conference, held once every three years.
Maximising the EU H2020 REXUS project visibility, GWP-Med, as leader of the Communication and Dissemination, ensured that the key outcomes of the project received extensive media coverage from national and local media.
Terrisha Walcott-Pierre a Master of Public Health candidate at the St. George’s University, has interned at the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean, becoming more versed with the real-world public health settings. Walcott, a public health professional was able to merge theory, with practical applications and enhance her skills as she conducted her practicum, gaining more insight on impactful community activities particularly the Mt. Granby Water Distribution Network Project.
Water and climate stakeholders convened for the 2025 Pan-African Transboundary Dialogue and Training on National Water Investment Programming in Africa from 28th to 29th April 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a bid to strengthen synergies between transboundary and national water investment priorities.
