Archive

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

If you are interested in accessing articles related to a specific GWP region, please select a region from the left hand side of the page.

/ Central America

Research leads to increase in water and sanitation budget

Three El Salvadoran water networks, GWP El Salvador, the Network of Water and Sanitation of El Salvador (RASES) and Foro del Agua, worked together to produce a research study showing that spending on water and sanitation in the country had been steadily decreasing.

/ Central America

Guatemala puts water on national development agenda

GWP Guatemala was invited to participate in the Water Cabinet created by the President of Guatemala in August 2008. The Cabinet represents a national effort to promote IWRM at the highest levels and is coordinated by the country’s vice-president and made up of ten ministers.

/ Caribbean

Jamaicans address environmental degradation

Jamaicans in Somerset are building check dams to reduce soil erosion with funding from the European Union and the UK-based development agency Christian Aid.

/ Caribbean

Finding a gender balance in Haiti

When GWP-C and the NGO group Haiti Survie hosted the first IWRM workshop in September 2007, they were surprised to discover no women among its 30 participants.

/ Caribbean

A national water policy for Grenada

The GWP Caribbean (GWP-C) publication the Grenada Review of Legislation with respect to the Water Sector helped set in motion a process that led, in 2008, to Grenada becoming one of four Caribbean countries with a water policy.