Search

Achieving SDGs in a changing climate will require governments, societies and the private sector to change the way they use and manage water. To accelerate this transformation, Member States of the African Union will implement the AIP as a vehicle to cultivate the leadership required to champion a comprehensive, inclusive and collaborative way of developing and managing water resources and improving water and sanitation related challenges.

"By prioritizing water project funding, we guarantee multi-sectoral development!" said Mr Djibrilla MOHAMADOU, representing GWP CAf at the Regional Conference on Financing Water-related Adaptation Projects for the Implementation of NDCs and SDGs: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects, held on 24-25 April 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

The Swaziland Water Youth Forum is an entity under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, housed in the Department of Water Affairs. The forum was established during the SADC Water Week held in Swaziland last year. The forum has an action plan that includes raising awareness of the water sector among young people so as to enhance their participation in national development issues. 

'Operationalising SDGs to mitigate future disaster risks' news article was written by Kusum Athukorala, a Senior Advisor and RC member of Sri Lanka Water Partnership to one of Sri Lanka's leading daily newspapers "Daily News" on 2 June 2017.

Coinciding with the meeting of the GWP Steering Committee (SC), a High Level Roundtable on Water Security and the SDGs was held in Yangon, Myanmar on May 24, 2016.

The event tackled the roles of LGUs, water districts, and stakeholders in the watersheds, updates and best practices in watershed management as well as other ingredients to ensure protection of our valued watersheds, in the context of planning, collaboration and action.

Technical Background Papers on water resources management in various languages, written by the GWP Technical Committee.

This two-day event will bring together various water stakeholders who are contributing to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal number 6; entrepreneurs, investors, large and small companies, non-governmental organisations, UN agencies, incubators, etc.