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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

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This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

6/17/2021

2021 Desertification and Drought Day

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations observance celebrated each year on 17 June. Its purpose is to raise awareness around desertification and drought, highlighting methods on how to prevent these from occurring. The 2021 edition focuses on turning degraded land into healthy land - the event key words are restoration, land and recovery.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is working together with the Ministry of Environment (MINAE) of Costa Rica, the host of the global observance, to encourage households, communities, private sector and countries to have a better relationship with nature as the world recover from COVID-19.

In connection to the day, a UN General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought was held on 14 June. The event was broadcast on UN Web TV and UNCCD's Facebook page.

Full details about the 2021 Desertification and Drought Day are available on the dedicated UNCCD web page and a social media pack has been released for public participation online.

GWP on 17 June

GWP commemorates the Day by joining UNCCD's online campaign and also through activities connected to the joint GWP/WMO Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP). GWP Senior Water & Climate Specialist Valentin Aich shares highlights from the IDMP Technical Support Unit in this interview.

On 17 June, the IDMP team is organising a topical session on the topic of drought monitoring and forecasting. To participate in the event, please reach out to valentin.aich@gwp.org for an invitation.

Event agenda:

Welcome, IDMP Technical Support Unit
Remarks on behalf of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2021, Daniel Tsegai (Programme Officer UNCCD)
Towards regular drought status bulletins for irrigation systems in Central Asia using remote sensing, Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad (Geoecologist, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
The Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum's drought outlooks - successes in providing actionable drought forecasts for drought early warning in Small Island Developing States, Dr. Cédric Van Meerbeek (Climatologist, The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Barbados)
Drought Monitoring and Forecasting at NMHSs in WMO Region V: Impact and Value of WMO SWCEM and CREWS, Prof. Dr. Yuriy Kuleshov (Australian Bureau of Meteorology and The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Australia)
Q&A, Discussion

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