GWP Slovenija host institute Limnos has been awarded as the national winner for Slovenia
GWP Inter-Regional Workshop will be held on 25-27 May 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine.
During 2008, GWP Mediterranean (GWP-Med) helped Egypt and Lebanon with their water supply and sanitation (WSS) and IWRM planning respectively. The assistance was provided within the framework of the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI), through country dialogues on water, and with support of the MEDA Water Programme of the European Commission and Greece that leads MED EUWI.
GWP Guatemala was invited to participate in the Water Cabinet created by the President of Guatemala in August 2008. The Cabinet represents a national effort to promote IWRM at the highest levels and is coordinated by the country’s vice-president and made up of ten ministers.
The GWP has mobilized its partners to promote a more integrated approach on how to deal with Danube's water resources.
Dr Letitia A Obeng, GWP Chair speech at the 5th High Level Session of Ministers with responsibility for water was co-convened by GWP-Caribbean and the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association's (CWWA's) in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on 5-6 October 2009.
A HelpDesk for Flood Management will be launched on June 17 at the 2nd Meeting of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. The HelpDesk will assist countries in implementing an integrated approach to flood management and will provide guidance on flood management strategy and policy.
The Yellow River Forum, gathering around 1500 participants from 61 countries, was hosted in Zhenzhou, capital of Henan Province, 20-23 October, 2009 to discuss around the theme of “Ecological Civilization and River Ethics”.