GWP-Med, the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta and the GEF UNEP/MAP MedProgramme have joined forces to protect the Ghar El Melh lagoon, one of Tunisia's most precious wetlands, improve climate resilience, advance sustainable development and ensure human well-being.
The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) organised from 9 to 11 July 2024 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the meeting of the Experts in charge of water resources and sanitation of the WAEMU Member States.
The platform would facilitate youth interaction beyond their country of origin, extended to South Asia level and beyond. Through the platform, youth are encouraged to engage actively with various stakeholders, and to become pioneers for sharing of information, data and outputs and make them to be widely accessible for youth networks as well as the society.
More than 60 stakeholders who attended the side-event "Gender Dynamics and the WEFE Nexus in the Mediterranean" co-organised by the UfM, AECID, GWP-Med and CAWTAR acknowledged that gender mainstreaming is the primary tool for attaining gender equality and redistributing power and influence in natural resources management.
Just one year after the devastating floods of 2023 caused by storm Daniel, a new stormwater management project implemented by Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean, in close collaboration with the Municipality of Trikala, with funding from the The Coca-Cola Foundation was delivered to the city.
On April 02 and 03, 2024, in the meeting room of the Centre d'Écoute des Jeunes de Bama in Burkina Faso, the local workshop on tools, strategies and other provisions for integrated flood and drought risk management to build resilience in the Volta Basin in Burkina Faso took place.
Regional workshop to share the results and experiences of the SAP VOLTALARM pilot tests between players and stakeholders from the six countries, on 22 and 23 June 2024 in Accra.