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.
Dr. Letitia A. Obeng took over the reins as Chair of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) on 1st January 2008.
Given her strong background in water and development we asked her about GWP and its role in sustainable development.
An Overview of GWP Participation in DANIDA Climate Change Dialogue. Submitted by Prof. Torkil Jønch Clausen, Principal Advisor to the Dialogue & GWP Senior Advisor
The Global Water Partnership Executive Secretary Dr Ania Grobicki and the GWP Central and Eastern Europe Chair Dr. Liviu Nicolae Popescu will participate in the European event “Aquawareness Policy Forum” on World Water Day 22 March in Brussels, Belgium.
As part of the PAWD (Partnership for African Water Development) program, the Swaziland Country Water Partnership embarked on an IWRM demonstration project to test how IWRM principles could actually be applied on the ground.
Rwanda, with an estimated population of over 9 million inhabitants has a surface area of 26,338 sq. km, which makes it the most densely populated country in Africa with about 397 inhabitants/sq. km.