The 4th International Ecopolis Forum, sponsored by International Council on Ecopolis Development and Chengde Municipal Government, Hebei Province, China and organized by Ecological Society of China and Chengde Environmental Protection Agency, was held on August 17~20, 2010 in Chengde with over 200 participants from different countries of the world, GWP China is one of the supporters of this forum and Mr. Zheng Rugang, Coordinator, GWP China, was invited to participate.
GWP Slovakia, GWP Hungary and GWP Ukraine worked with municipalities, river basin organisations, NGOs, farmers and urban planning authorities to develop a workable partnership to manage flood risks in the transboundary Bodrog River Basin.
The Panama Canal, the 77 km long canal joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is a key conduit for international maritime trade. In light of the decision to widen the canal, improvements in how the canal basin is managed has taken on increasing importance.
News Release, Monday, August 22, 2011 - HRH the Prince of Orange of the Netherlands, and a Patron of the Global Water Partnership (GWP), delivered the GWP Annual Lecture on Friday, August 19, 2011, in celebration of GWP’s fifteenth anniversary.
A collection of news items featuring the Global Water Partnership or GWP representatives.
Interview avec Charles TANANIA KABOBO membre du Comité technique et scientifique du GWPCAf ainsi que expert en charge de la gestion des bases de données sur l’eau à la Communauté Economique des Etats d’Afrique centrale « CEEAC ».
The GWP submitted its pledge to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
With the full support of GWP China Fujian, the revisit, a follow-up to the workshop on WUA last year, was made by Mr. Khalid Mohtahdullah, GWPO Senior Advisor, Mr. Bjorn Guterstam, GWPO Network Officer, Mr. Zheng Rugang, GWP China Coordinator and Ms. Ma Yilin, GWP China Programme Officer accompanied by Mr. Liu Ziwei, Honorary Chair of GWP China Fujian and Deputy Director General of Water Resources Department of Fujian Province and Mr. Bian Hongda, Chair of GWP ChinaFujian, in Taining County, Sanming City, Fujian Province on April 16, 2010.
The 16th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) and the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP-6) were taken place in Cancun, Mexico from November 29 to December 10, 2010.