The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility-funded (GEF) CReW+ and the United Nations Environment Programme Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) and Cartagena Convention Secretariat, will soon be hosting Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM) Workshops.
Worst European drought in 500 years exposes the severe impact of water across all sectors, and highlights the urgent need for integrated, cross-sectorial approaches to water resources management.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) and Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA), in collaboration with IUCN, organised and held six (6) national capacity building workshops for Volta Basin stakeholders on Nature-based Solutions for the development of bankable projects and the mobilisation of funding for their implementation in national and Volta Basin-wide portions.
The Togolese Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources (MERF) in collaboration with Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA) organised from 05 to 08 July 2022, the workshop for the restitution, consolidation and validation of the results of the work of the first meeting of experts on the updating of the framework law on the environment in Togo in Kpalimé, Togo.
The Kolgweogo Association, with about 20 members, benefited from a series of training sessions on agricultural practices that aim to improve their productivity, organisation and development of economic activities; Zaï and half-moons were experimented with in order to teach beneficiaries how to transform a resistant land into a resilient and favourable land for agriculture.
Armand HOUANYE together with Yaovi KOGBE, Maxime TEBLEKOU and Sidi COULIBALY exchanged on July 28, 2022, with ECOWAS Water Resources Management Center’s Mr. Bougonou K. DJERI-ALASSANI, Head of Water Governance and Policies Division.
A delegation of the Executive Directorate of the Mono River Basin Authority (MBA ED) paid a working visit on 26 July 2022 to exchange with the Executive Secretariat of Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA).
The Malian ministry of Mines, Energy and Water organized on July 07, 2022, a workshop of restitution and sharing of the achievements of the Joint Program of Support to IWRM with the actors was held in Bamako. The workshop was organized by the Management Unit of the IWRM-CAP/DNH.
From Thursday 6 to Friday 8 July 2022, a regional workshop was held in Lomé to train stakeholders from the member countries of the Volta Basin Authority on the MyDewetra-VOLTALARM forecasting system. This regional workshop, organised by the implementing partners of the consortium including VBA, GWP-WA and IUCN was a follow-up to the one held from 04 to 05 July 2022 on the finalisation of the development of a regional programme focusing Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in the Volta Basin.
