The Austrian Embassy Development Cooperation in Uganda visited GWPEA secretariat to discuss the negative effects of climate change on access to water and how the region can attract more climate finance
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a global action network of partners supporting countries and regions in the sustainable development and management of water and related resources worldwide. GWP’s vision is for a water secure world, in which communities are protected from floods, droughts, and water borne diseases, and where environmental protection and the negative effects of poor water management are effectively addressed.
The platform would facilitate youth interaction beyond their country of origin, extended to South Asia level and beyond. Through the platform, youth are encouraged to engage actively with various stakeholders, and to become pioneers for sharing of information, data and outputs and make them to be widely accessible for youth networks as well as the society.
As part of the optimization of the water resources monitoring network in the project area, a hydrometric station has been installed in the Niger basin portion of the Mekrou in the Republic of Niger.
Recognising the urgent need to address transboundary water management challenges, GWP has joined forces with more than 40 governments, international organisations, international financing institutions, NGOs, academia and research centres under the Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition.
World Water Week is a global event that brings the international community together to work towards a more water-wise world. This year, World Water Week was themed ‘Seeing the unseen: The value of water’, and took place 23-25 August (online only) and 28 August – 1 September (online and on-site in Stockholm).
At the UN 2023 Water Conference, GWP joined partners to highlight the source-to-sea approach as a key holistic measure to achieve SDG 6 through new sectoral linkages, as well as SDG 13, 14 and 15.
On September 6, 2024, the Global Water Partnership China (GWP China) hosted the "Research Conference on Energy Transition and Water Resources Management in Water-scarce Areas of China" at the Yingze Hotel in Taiyuan, capital city of Shanxi Province.