The Mediterranean lies on the cross road of three continents and it has been the cradle of major civilizations. The shared century-old experiences and diverse cultures have resulted to uneven levels of economic development and socio-political systems.
The Workshop on Health of Water and Ecology was jointly organized by the GWP China and the Ecological Society of China on December 12, 2010 in Beijing, with more than 50 participants from Eco-Environmental Research Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, IWHR, CDC and other universities, enterprises, governmental agencies and NGOs.
The WACDEP programme is an initiative of AMCOW and involves the major African organisations with competencies in water. The programme is operationalised by GWP and funded by GWP's core donors and by Austria in particular.
GWP Mediterranean promotes rainwater harvesting (RWH) as a way to manage drought on islands in the region. RWH can help islands become more water secure and adapt to climate change.
GWP Caribbean developed a rooftop rainwater harvesting system as a way to address water security in rural communities.
This question was addressed by GWP Technical Committee Chair, Dr Mohamed Ait-Kadi, who spoke at “Green Week”, the largest annual conference on European environment policy, in Brussels, in May 2011. His presentation “Water Security & Green Economy: links through IWRM” was given at the session on “The United Nations conference on sustainable development in 2012: Can it deliver on resource efficiency?”
March 8, 2011 - Rising food prices and alarm over climate change was the context for a workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 24-25, 2011. How water is managed is central to both issues.
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is seeking nominations and applications for its Technical Committee (TEC)
Interview with Mr. Tomás Fernández and Mrs. Eda Soto at Inter-Institutional Commission of the Hydrographic Basin of the Panama Channel (CICH)