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"When the stakes are high: Water Engineering and Global Diplomacy for Sustainable Cities. Decentralized Sanitation, Recycling and Zero-waste concepts" Summer School will take place on 18-28 June 2019 in Piran, Slovenia.

Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE) is pleased to announce that Mr. Konstantin Ivanov has been selected as the new Regional Coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe. His appointment is effective from 1 March 2019.

Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE) and Drought Management Centre for Southeastern Europe (DMCSEE) invite young researchers to present their work on drought during the poster session at the Danube Drought Conference on 7-8 May in Vienna, Austria.

On 15 February 2019, Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE) and the International Association Of Water Supply Companies In The Danube River Catchment Area (IAWD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum of Understanding is an excellent opportunity to complement the expertise and partnerships that the two organizations have built in their networks.

On 31 January 2019, the German, Czech and Slovak partners of Danube Floodplain project organized a one-day stakeholder consultation meeting held back-to-back with a workshop on ecosystem services. The event took place at the Research Institute of Water Management in Bratislava and brought together key stakeholders from Slovakia and Czech Republic, giving the project partners the opportunity to present and discuss Danube Floodplain project with stakeholders from various areas.

Water Agent 003 project progresses to its final phase – testing a new water educational tool in schools in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

In 2018, the International Coordinating Council of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme approved the registration of the Lower Prut Biosphere Reserve, which has now officially become the first biosphere reserve in Moldova.

Young Water Professionals from 11 countries of Central and Eastern Europe gathered at COP24 to advocate for youth engagement in decision-making processes.

Young Water Professionals from Central and Eastern Europe will gather at COP 24 in Katowice to present their views on youth engagement in decision-making processes.

GWP Hungary’s Chair, Dr. József Gayer was elected a member of the Global Water Partnership Steering Committee, starting his term in December 2018.