With the full support of GWP China Fujian, the revisit, a follow-up to the workshop on WUA last year, was made by Mr. Khalid Mohtahdullah, GWPO Senior Advisor, Mr. Bjorn Guterstam, GWPO Network Officer, Mr. Zheng Rugang, GWP China Coordinator and Ms. Ma Yilin, GWP China Programme Officer accompanied by Mr. Liu Ziwei, Honorary Chair of GWP China Fujian and Deputy Director General of Water Resources Department of Fujian Province and Mr. Bian Hongda, Chair of GWP ChinaFujian, in Taining County, Sanming City, Fujian Province on April 16, 2010.
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.
In 2010 the Central American Bank of Economic Integration (CABEI) and GWP Central America decided to draw up a formal agreement to advance IWRM as a fundamental approach to dealing with water security, climate change and achieving the Millennium Development Goals nationally and regionally.
GWP-C in its continued efforts to support Caribbean countries in the sustainable management of their water resources has created a Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) model that can be adopted by water-scarce communities.
GWP SEA in its continued efforts to support Southeast Asia countries to share experiences and knowledge regarding climate change adaptation involving water resources management and to raise awareness on the water management related the climate change among water sector.
With the support of the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of the Environmental Protection, the High-Level Round Table Meeting was jointly organized by GWP China and the Swiss Development Cooperation Agency (SDC) in Beijing, on April 8, 2010. The co-sponsors include The Nature Conservancy, UNESCO Office Beijing, UNICEF Office for China, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) and Chinese National Committee on Large Dams.
Web based meeting of GWP CEE Regional Council takes place on 7 April 2010.
The GWP Network with more than 2000 institutional partners worldwide, celebrated World Water Day through a number of activities: awareness campaigns on public radio, video releases, participation in seminars and workshops for students and policy makers.
GWP Myanmar and GWP Southeast Asia organised a five-day regional training-of-trainers course on river basin organisations in Yangon, Myanmar, in March. In order to meet the considerable diversity of participant needs the course was structured around short presentations and sessions for sharing experiences.
GWP CEE participated in the Roundtable on Decentralized Waste Water Treatment on 18 March in Sofia.