The Global Water Partnership Patron Margaret Catley-Carson participated at the 40th World Economic Forum in Davos on 27-31 January 2010 to put focus on water issues in relation to economics.
In 2004, with help from the Zambia Water Partnership, the Zambian Government began developing an Integrated Water Resources and Water Efficiency Plan for sustainable management of the country’s water resources.
The Ethiopian Country Water Partnership and GWP Eastern Africa have implemented an IWRM pilot project in the Berki River Basin to establish a framework and to promote the application of IWRM at the catchment level.
The meeting of the 3rd Conference of the 2nd GWP China Council was held in Beijing on February 16, 2011.
The Meeting on Collaboration for Wetland Protection in Dongting Lake Basin, organized by GWP China Hunan on December 20, 2010 in Yueyang, Hunan Province, with over 130 people from the sector of water, environment, forestry and education.
The 2nd Partners Meeting of GWP China was taken place on 13 May, in Changsha, Hunan Province.
The 3rd Wei River Forum was taken place in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province, 18-19 October, 2009, hosted by GWP China Shaanxi, Shaanxi CHES, Shaanxi Environmental Prevention Scientific Association and Wei River Governance Administration with joint support of GWP, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Congress, Provincial Water Sector, Environmental Prevention Sector, Soil and Water Conservancy Administration and Women’s Federation and etc.