Prof Mathias Fru Fonteh, Chair of GWP Cameroon, was appointed by the Prime Minister in September to be the Director in charge of hydraulics and hydrology in the Ministry of Energy and Water. Prof Fru Fonteh is one of the five founding champions of GWP Central Africa.
The Global Water Partnership participated in the UNFCCC climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, 1-11 June 2010 continuing its advocacy for placing water management at the heart of the adaptation agenda.
A one day Consultation Forum on the topic of “Water Governance in Assam: Priorities for Knowledge-based Interventions”, was organised by GWP-India with the support of its network partner Aarnayak in North-East India.
Interview with Mr. Pablo Enrique Quijivix and Mr. René Estuardo Barreno at Agua del Pueblo, Guatemala
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.
On behalf of GWP China, Mr. Zheng Rugang, Coordinator, Ms. Ma Yilin, Programme Officer, Prof. Guan Yiqing, Member of GWP China TEC, Mr. Sun Pingan, Vice Chair of GWP China Shaanxi and Mr. Zhang Junqi, Director of Groundwater Bureau, Shaanxi Province, participated in GWP Regional Days and CP Meeting and World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden from August 31 to September 9, 2010.
The Sino-Swiss Cooperation Dialogue was taken place in the office building of the Ministry of Water Resources on October 19, 2010.
GWP China Hebei and Hebei Provincial Senior Scientists Association jointly organised a workshop, Low-carbon Economy and Rational Use of Water Resources, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, in October.