August 28, 2012
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) Sponsoring Partners announced today the appointment of Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss as its new Chair, effective January 1, 2013. Dr. Schaefer-Preuss’ latest assignment was as Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. She was responsible for ADB’s Regional and Sustainable Development Department and Economics and Research Department (Office of the Chief Economist).
As a way of supporting the CGIAR Challenge Programme for Water and Food (CPWF, 2009-2013), approach in the Limpopo River basin, GWP SA is undertaking work for the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) to specifically package and disseminate the small scale infrastructure work package, a CPWF Research package that was undertaken on the Limpopo River Basin between 2009 -2013. The assignment with the ARC began in May 2014 and will be implemented until the end of 2014.
“Water is a key determinant in all aspects of social, economic and environmental development and must therefore be a central focus of any post 2015 framework for poverty eradication and global sustainable development”
The reports below differ in content and style, but have common purpose-sharing the progress of GWP Eastern Africa. In there, are reports of the activities we have conducted.
The Caribbean Water and Climate Knowledge Platform is a resource that was created to provide a range of Caribbean knowledge products, tools and information geared toward building climate resilience in the Caribbean water sector.