The handover ceremony took place on July 24, 2025, at the headquarters of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) in Niamey, Niger, officially marking the appointment of Mr. Kocou Armand Houanye as the institution’s new Executive Secretary.
The ECOWAS Water Resources Management Centre (WRMC) held the 12th ordinary session of the Technical Committee of Experts (TCE) of the Permanent Framework for Coordination and Monitoring of IWRM in West Africa (PFCM/IWRM-WA). The meeting took place on 9 July 2025 in Dakar, Senegal.
The Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) participated in the 8th International River and Environment Cooperation (REMCO) Conference, held in Maputo, Mozambique, from 3 to 7 November 2025. Convening more than 150 delegates from Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, the Netherlands, and Germany, the conference served as a critical platform for advancing collaborative strategies to strengthen transboundary water governance and climate resilience across the Incomati and Maputo River Basins.
Five nominated Direct Access Entities (DAEs) in Malawi have been trained in pathways to GCF accreditation, accreditation requirements, the Accreditation portal and documentation, post-accreditation operationalisation, and fiduciary standards.
A comprehensive analysis of the Çorrush Reservoir and its surrounding systems undertaken under the GEF UNEP/MAP MedProgramme by GWP-Med delivers a clear, bankable package of interventions for decision-makers, project developers, and financiers, organized across five priority areas: reservoir and dam optimization, irrigation and drainage rehabilitation, climate-smart agriculture and water efficiency, renewable energy integration, and sustainable tourism development.
Beijing, Dec.28-The 2025 Regional Partners Meeting of the Global Water Partnership China (GWP China) and the first meeting of its 5th Regional Council were held in Beijing on December 28, 2025.
The AIP-African Union Multi-Country Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Project has officially been launched in the Central African Republic. The launch took place during a high-level workshop held in Bangui on August 22, 2025, with financial support from the GCF and technical support from Global Water partnership – Central Africa.
Lomé, November 11, 2025 – The Regional Initiative for Water and Environment in the Transboundary Mono River Basin (RIWE-Mono) project has reached a decisive milestone with the official launch of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Programme (SAP) process.
