Acting Executive Secretary Martin Walshe, together with GWP Senior Adviser Khalid Mohtadullah and Du Zhenkun of GWP China, attended the International Symposium on the Three Gorges Project & Water Resources Development and Protection of the Yangtze River in Yichang City, 28-29 October.
GWP Chairperson Letitia A. Obeng, GWP Senior Advisor Alan Hall, and GWP-Technical Committee member Patricia Wouters attended the Department for International Development's (DFID) launch of a New Water and Sanitation Policy for Africa and Asia on October 28 in London.
On behalf of GWP China, Mr. Zheng Rugang, Executive Secretary of GWP China; Ms. Ma Yilin, Programme Officer of GWP China and Dr. Yin Junxian, Senior Engineer of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research attended CP Meeting and World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden from August 15 to 21, 2009.
In June, GWP Central Africa gathered senior officials from water, finance and economic ministries in nine out of ten countries in the region to discuss sustainable funding in the water sector for the first time ever.
GWP China Hebei organized the Forum on Water Security & Economic Development in Coastal Areas on 19-21 May, in Tangshan City, Hebei Province.
GWP encourages support to the fight against Global Warming through this WWF initiative.