GWP India partner Jheel Sanrakshan Samiti (JSS), together with GWP India, convened Women Self Help Groups from 21 communities on 10 October 2011 to address the role of women in the management of water. The marginalized role of women is related to social, educational and cultural traditions, the participants concluded, noting that the State Water Policy stresses the importance of the participation and involvement of women in water management.
NBDF third forum, Kigali, Rwanda, 26-28 October 2011. GWP participated in the third Nile Basin Development Forum and presented during a panel discussion to prepare recommendations by the Nile Basin Development Forum.
Further steps towards implementing a Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) were taken on 26-28 September 2011 in Rome at a meeting co-organised by FAO and WMO. The aim of the meeting was to develop a strategy for the agriculture and food security and water sectors of the User Interface Platform which is intended to link climate service providers and users with a view to “building the capacity of users to make better use of climate services, collecting users’ requirements, assisting in the monitoring and evaluation of the Framework and promoting a global understanding of the Framework”.
The priority questions presented by the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference Organizers were discussed during the GWP Consulting Partners Meeting in August 2011, attended by representatives from all 13 GWP Regions,
These contain a very useful map that enables in one page to show the spread of GWP and it's partners for a region.
When moving a site from it's old domain ex. www.mysite.com to gwp.org/mysite it is vital that old pages land on the new website in a sensible way.
A launch will take a long time. Be prepared to wait and double check everything. Many things cannot be undone!
Social media syndication is common place on GWP. See this diagram for details.
Using the API for google mpas you can use a host of online services using javascript from the main body html field on any page. Simply switch to the HTML view in the editor and copy and paste the javascript you wish to use.