The AIP-African Union Multi-Country Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Project has officially been launched in the Central African Republic. The launch took place during a high-level workshop held in Bangui on August 22, 2025, with financial support from the GCF and technical support from Global Water partnership – Central Africa.
An institutional workshop to share experiences and simulate flood management on 21 August 2024 in Hèrèdougou was held on 24 and 25 June in Ziniaré in the Central Plateau Region to define actions to strengthen the technical capacities of national institutions in flood forecasting and management.
Recently, to fully implement the Central Governmental Thought on Ecological Civilization and advance the ecological conservation and restoration of the Laiyuan Spring Basin, a joint research team, with the technical support of the GWP China Groundwater Working Committee and led by Wang Feng'an, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Committee, conducted a specialized field investigation in Laiyuan County of Baoding City. The team was composed of experts in hydrology, geological exploration, ecological environment and other related fields, as well as the secretariat staff of the Committee.
From agricultural fields in Thessaly to the urban streets of the Netherlands, Nature-based Solutions for water retention are gaining ground. As the partner leading Communication & Dissemination for the EU-funded SpongeWorks project, GWP-Med is documenting and disseminating the latest developments taking shape across its demonstration sites in Greece, France, the Netherlands & Germany, and beyond.
The Roundtable Discussion (RTD) on “The Impacts of Technology on Men and Women Engaged in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)” was successfully held on June 26, 2025 (Thursday) at the University Hotel, University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City.
The Mediterranean WEFE Nexus Community of Practice (CoP) was officially launched during a landmark event in Larnaca, Cyprus. By fostering partnerships, facilitating knowledge exchange, and leveraging its network of demonstration sites as living laboratories, the CoP aims to promote sustainable solutions across sectors and regions.
Online, Indonesia | 3 September 2025 – The Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (GWP-SEA) and the Indonesian Water Association (IdWA) successfully convened a webinar on “Water Security for Indonesia: From Scarcity to Solutions” as part of the Road to Water Indonesia 2025.
The Niger Basin Authority's project ‘Improving IWRM, knowledge-based management and governance of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden - Taoudéni/Tanezrouft aquifer system’ (NB-ITTAS) is holding the first session of the regional platform of the Park W transboundary ecosystem in Ouagadougou from 28 to 30 April 2025.
Bangkok, Thailand | December 09, 2025 - The inaugural Pan-Asia Training on International Water Law (IWL) brought together more than a hundred experts, government officials, and water practitioners from across Asia for a week-long training held from 8 - 11 December 2025. Hosted in Bangkok, Thailand, the programme aimed to strengthen knowledge, legal capacity, and cooperation frameworks for managing shared water resources.
