GWP Executive Secretary and Chair of GWP Mediterranean will participate in the Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, May 3-7 in Paris, France. The Global Oceans Conference 2010 is hosted by UNESCO and the Government of France and provides a major opportunity for all sectors of the global oceans community to make progress in advancing the global oceans agenda.
GWP Chile was accredited as a Country Water Partnership on April 9. In response to a congratulatory letter from GWP Executive Secretary Dr Ania Grobicki, GWP Chile Chair Ms María Angelica Alegria explained some of the water-related challenges facing her nation in light of its recent earthquake.
GWP and CapNet have collaborated for several years in IWRM capacity building. In March 2010 a formal Memorandum of Understanding was signed to increase coherence and transparency through knowledge sharing in advancing the IWRM approach.
The Global Water Partnership has joined the Nairobi Work Programme, a UNFCCC initiative to assist countries to:
The First Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20, which will discuss the substantive themes, will be held from May 17-19, 2010 at the United Nations ECOSOC in New York.
GWP CEE participated in the Roundtable on Decentralized Waste Water Treatment on 18 March in Sofia.