GWP Ethiopia launched pilot projects in the Berki and Messena watersheds to promote IWRM, establish a framework for broader stakeholder participation, and enhance grassrootslevel water management practices.
GWP Eastern Africa (GWP-EA), in collaboration with AMCOW and with funding from the AfDB, ran a survey of 12 countries to assess the state of IWRM planning and implementation.
New impetus has been given to GWP’s relationship with the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) in light of the African Union summit held in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), in June 2008.
The experts examination meeting on National Integrated Planning of Water Resources was taken place on May 5 and 6, 2009, Beijing, hosted by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Water Resources. The meeting reviewed outcomes in the past years and the progress of the implementation of integrated planning of water resources in China and adopted the final version of this planning unanimously.
The Workshop on Global Climate Change and Water Resources Management in China was held on 13-17 May, in Changsha, Hunan Province.