The Continental Africa Water Investment Programme - Gender Transformative Water, Climate and Development (AIP WACDEP-G) Programme has brought to the fore the need for African governments to address issues of gender inequality if they are to effectively achieve water security and climate resilience.
GWP-Med is leading Work Packages on Policy & Governance, and Stakeholder Engagement in the new PRIMA Acquaount project aims at promoting IWRM at macro and micro levels through the use of innovative digital tools.
Government, private sector, civil society officials and traditional leaders in Zambia’s Mazabuka District can now more effectively outline roadmaps for gender activities for water and climate change programmes being implemented by their institutions and communities, following a training that the Global Water Partnership Zambia (GWP Zambia) conducted in the district.
The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt wrapped up on Sunday 20th November with a historic agreement for a fund to help vulnerable countries cope with climate impacts.
The GIZ, GWPSA, and Lesotho Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) Coordination Unit (CU) undertook a learning exchange mission in Zambia from 24th to 28th October 2022, to capture best practices and experiences in catchment protection and restoration in the country. This engagement was aimed at the technical public service directors and heads of mandated institutions responsible for water, land, meteorology, local government, environment, food, and agriculture.
On Thursday, November 03, 2022, the Platform for the Coordination of Civil Society Organizations on Water and Sanitation in Senegal (POSCEAS) organized a general assembly for the renewal of the Platform's coordination board. It took place at the documentation center of ENDA Tiers Monde located on Cheikh Anta Diop Avenue.
The non-state actors’ consultation framework (CANEA) held a workshop to raise awareness among the populations of the Greater Nokoué Communes (Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Ouidah, Semè-Podji and Porto-Novo) on the standards to be respected for the construction of sanitation facilities.
A series of six national stakeholders' meeting for the planning of the Flood and Drought risk management strategy in the Volta Basin started on 16 November 2022 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire as the first of the series to be held in the VBA countries.
The IWG was established at the UNCCD’s 15th Session (COP15) during the triennium 2022-2024, building on the work of the first IWG that carried out its work from 2020-2022.