Coca-Cola Hellas wins Gold Award at this year’s Hellenic Responsible Business Awards for the Zero Drop water resources protection program in Folegandros implemented by GWP-Med, and for the digital platform Zero Waste HoReCa Hub, implemented by the Ecological Recycling Society.
On the occasion of the 2023 SDG Summit in New York, 18-19 September, the Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition calls Member States and all relevant stakeholders to act to protect and better manage transboundary waters in all basins and connected coastal systems worldwide.
On Friday, 4 August 2023, the 4th from the Innovative Solution for Water Secure World and Sustainable Development series was held. the webinar raised a topic of "Learning Exchanges from the Contributors of Integrated Water Security Open Program: Safe Water Gardens".
Dr Reba Paul joined during the inception of Global Water Partnership South Asia (GWP SAS) as a volunteer in 1998 and worked through 1999 and engaged in various capacities to formulate the South Asia Technical Advisory Committee (SASTAC). She worked twelve years (1998-2010) at GWP South Asia and then moved to Sydney, Australia and carried out her Doctoral Research on Energy Sensitive Urban Water Planning in Developing Countries. At present she is employed as a full-time Adjunct Research Fellow of Institute for Sustainable Futures.
World Water Day 2023 is accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. March 22 will celebrate the 31st World Water Day. The 36th China Water Week, from March 22 to 28, 2023, is working on 'Water Control by Law and Common Protection for the Mother River'.
About thirty participants took part in the training workshop on the integration of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in local development planning tools in the Mekrou Niger sub-basin from 19 to 21 December in Dosso, Niger.
The programme Matchmaker 2 aims to provide Jordan and Palestine with tangible and scalable solutions in order to improve water management and build resilience to climate change through the application of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus approach.
Thirty-five stakeholders from state institutions, civil society organizations, parastatals, Research institutions and the private sector identified processes, actors, and information systems involved in the development of policies, laws, and projects at the national and local levels in the water and climate sector which can serve as entry points for gender.
GWP Eastern Africa Regional coordinator George Sanga joined participants from the Netherlands and 7 Africa countries (Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa), and Dutch Blue Deal partners for a workshop on sustainable financing of Integrated Water Resource Management. He shared the GWPEA experience with implementing the SDG6 IWRM Support Program on how the Blue Deal program can replicate the Matchmaking Initiative pilot in Kenya to mobilize financial resources in target countries.
These topics of water pricing, nature-based solutions, financial opportunities were discussed and an interesting excursion gave insights into the challenges of a local WRUA (Water Resources Users Association) in implementation of a Mangrove restauration project on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
