Issue of August 2013
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LATEST NEWS
The
new chair to visit secretariat and regional partners
Professor
Abel Akambi AFOUDA visited Ouagadougou from 6 to 11
June 2013. This was his first visit as the new Chair to the Secretariat to
touch realities of his collaborators and have an overview of main issues to
tackle by GWP at regional level. He also had some discussions with his
predecessor. Read more
Dialogue on groundwater: workshop to
finalize the project document
A regional workshop to review and finalize the project
document on the "Dialogue on the Concerted Management of Groundwater in
West Africa" was held from 10 to 12 July 2013 in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. The meeting aims at among other
things allowing a regional group of actors to get the same level of information
about the initiative started some years ago, to discuss and amend the project
document and reflect on the fund raising strategies for the implementation of
the project. Read more
Regional Media capacity strengthened on Water Financing
The
seventh regional workshop for capacity building of women and men in the media
in West Africa was held from 1st to 5th July 2013 in
Abidjan, Ivory Coast. «Water Financing and the protection of the resource in
West Africa" was the topic of this annual event attended by 35 journalists
from 12 ECOWAS countries plus Mauritania. It was jointly organized by Global
Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-WA) and the West and Central Africa
Regional Office of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(IUCN-PACO). Read more
ACTIVITIES IN
THE REGION
Gambia
Transboundary water: Gambian journalists to understand the
UN 97 Water courses Convention
A
one day sensitization workshop took place on 30 July 2013 in Banjul, Gambia.
The meeting brought together about twenty (20) journalists from various media
houses and freelance journalists from The Gambia with the aim to inform
participants on the ratification process of the UN 97 Law on the use of
international watercourses for purposes other than navigational in the country.
Read
more
Ghana: WACDEP officially validated and launched
The
national meeting to validate and launch the Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) in Ghana for ‘no/low’
regrets investments to increase access to water and sustainable development was
held on 11th July, 2013 at Erata Hotel in
Accra. The meeting was organised by the Ghana Country
Water Partnership (G-CWP) in collaboration with the National Level Learning
Alliance Platform (NLLAP) of the Resource Centre Network under the Ministry of
Water Resources, Works and Housing. Read more
Burkina: WACDEP strengthens ties with partners
The
Chairman of the Country Water Partnership of Burkina Faso (BF CWP), Mr. Dieudonne NIKIEMA signed Tuesday, June 25, 2013 a Memoradum of Understanding with the Permanent Secretary of
the Action Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management ( SP / IWRM), Dr. Fulgence KI. Read more
GWP/West Africa Secretariat
05 BP 6552
Ouagadougou 05, (new)
Burkina
Faso
Telephone:
+226 50 48 31 93 (new) or +226 50 36 18 28
Email: secretariat.gwpao@gwpao.org; Website: www.gwpao.org
The Chronique is a publication of the Global Water Partnership /
West Africa (GWP/WA) in collaboration with Country Water Partnerships (CWP).
The GWP/WA vision is a region were water security is ensured
for everybody and all uses. The Partnership is working to build alliances and
strengthen institutional capacities of its members to encourage and enhance
research, expertise and information networks on IWRM.
Chair of GWP/WA:
Abel AFOUDA
Executive Secretary:
Dam MOGBANTE
Your information at secretariat.gwpao@gwpao.org