Archive

This is the full archive of news articles and reports on GWP activities around the world.

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/ Southern Africa

Beyond COP 15 Africa Climate Workshop

GWP Southern Africa and the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) organised a workshop to promote dialogue in Eastern and Southern Africa on water, climate change and national development.

/ Mediterranean

Consultations on finance and water support Mediterranean water strategy

Experiences and recommendations from an Expert Consultation Workshop on Finance and Water in North Africa and the Wider Mediterranean Region held in February 2010, in Madrid, were fed into the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Strategy for Water in the Mediterranean (SWM) process.

/ South Asia

Water and livelihood dialogue in India

A major characteristic of the water-climate scenario in Eastern and North-Eastern India is the frequency of droughts and floods following each other in succession. In such an environment, low cost water-saving technologies for farmers and other water users becomes essential.

/ Central and Eastern Europe

IWRM and Water Transport

In order to advocate for the application of IWRM principles in the design of waterways and their operation, GWP Romania took part in the government-organised 13th Shipping Conference on 2-3 December 2009.

/ Central America

Promoting GWP to stakeholders in Panama

In order to increase awareness among key stakeholder groups, GWP Panama presented its work to the Consultative Board on January 21.

/ Central and Eastern Europe

GWP at the Ministerial Meeting

The GWPO Network Officer Mr. Bjorn Guterstam, accompanied by GWP CEE Chair Mr. Liviu Nicolae Popescu, presented the statement on behalf of observer organizations to ICPDR at the Ministerial Meeting on 16 February in Vienna, Austria. At the meeting, Ministers endorsed detailed actions for environmental protection in the Danube River Basin.