Search

The aim of the 1st International Conference on Urban Agriculture and City Sustainability is to review and discuss ways in which urban agriculture can contribute to achieving sustainable cities. It is held 9-11 October in New Forest, UK.

To ensure the sustainable management of water resources in the Sourou Basin (Volta affluent), the Joint Support Programme for Water Resources Management (PCA-GIRE) organized a workshop on 27 February 2018 on the development of a water management and development plan (Sage).

GWP held its annual Regional Days meeting on 23-25 May in Budapest, Hungary. This was followed by meetings of the GWP Steering Committee, Financing Partners Group, and Sponsoring Partners in Stockholm, Sweden on 11-14 June. All meetings were focused on launching the process for developing GWP’s new strategy.

Global Water Partnership Africa has aligned its programs to the development priorities of the continent and regional economic communities’ agenda

The CWP Niger with the department for vulgarization and transfer of technologies at the Ministry of Agriculture as the implementing partner of the IDMP pilot project have assessed the driving activities of the FFS (Farmers' Field School) in Koygolo and Garbi Beri (Department of Boboye, Dosso region).

The financial Officer of the Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA) visited CWP-Ghana and partners from 30-31 May 2016. The main purpose of the visit was to interact with the project management team on progress of implementation of the recommendations from the 2014 and 2015 audit reports of WACDEP.

The Central America region is generously endowed with water resources, but concerns are growing about water scarcity in parts of the region. This can mean both a physical lack of water and a lack of mechanisms and actions for effectively managing, allocating, and developing water resources. A new GWP Technical Focus Paper focuses on these issues.

"It is important to invest in research and promote new innovations to advance implementation of programmes in the water sector", said Dr. Kenneth Msibi, Policy and Strategy Expert in the SADC secretariat Water Division.

Benin has established a Network of Professional Women in the Water and Sanitation Sector (RBFPEA) on 11 May 2018 in Cotonou to promote the involvement of professional women in the implementation of actions and projects and highlight their contribution to the development of the sector. CWP-Benin strongly supported the initiative.

On Thursday 21 June 2018, an information session on the project #TonFuturTonClimat# was held at the town hall of Kouandé for fifteen participants to learn about the new project.