JetBlue is offering two (2) scholarships for the recipients to attend as observers, the first-ever “Innovators Think Tank on Climate Change and Coastal Tourism” in the Dominican Republic on July 22nd – 24th, 2015.
The Zambian Government mainstreamed adaptation to climate change in the water chapter of the 6th National Development Plan. This is the result of close collaboration between the Ministry of Energy and Water Development, the Water Sector Advisory Group (WSAG) under the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, and other stakeholders fostered by GWP Zambia.
Costa Rica is making progress in expanding access to water supply and sanitation, but the sector faces challenges when it comes to sanitation connections, poor service quality, and low cost recovery.
Participants at the High-Level Roundtable on Water Resources Management System Development in China, organised in April 2012 by GWP China, discussed the setting up of a water resources management system with well-defined duties, rights and responsibilities, standard and collaborative operations, and coordination mechanisms for river basin and regional development, using the IWRM approach.
The objective of World Water Day on 22 March 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems. This year’s theme, Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge, aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management.
Interview with Mr. Allan David Ramos Molina, Mayor of Puerto Cortes.
National IWRM Status Reports
IWRM
Global Water Partnership created a series of publications on IWRM providing technical leadership on water resources management. Material is available for consultation online here.
Water Dialogue
Read what is happening in Water Management in Southern Africa in our “Water Dialogue” – A forum for Partnership Action in Water Management in Southern Africa. Access the publsications below:
-2013 edition here.
2014 edition articles below:
- Editorial
-Financing Water Resource Management in SADC
-Local Indigenous Knowledge Practices and Systems (LIKPS)
-Developing the NCCRS for Zimbabwe
-Exploring the Water, Energy and Food Nexus
-Promoting Water and Food Security through CPWF
-Building resilience in the Limpopo
-Global Water and Gender Conference
-Balancing Water Usese and SNRM in the Orange Senqu River Basin
-15th WaterNet/GWPSA Symposium
For comments and article submissions contact:
the Knowledge Management and Communications Officer, GWPSA
The Zambian Government mainstreamed adaptation to climate change in the water chapter of the 6th National Development Plan. This is the result of close collaboration between the Ministry of Energy and Water Development, the Water Sector Advisory Group (WSAG) under the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, and other stakeholders fostered by GWP Zambia.