The Network Officer of GWPO visits GWP China Regional Secretariat

June 3 and 4, 2014, in Beijing, the Senior Network Officer Angela Klaeusen who was freshly nominated as the Network Officer of GWP China Region and GWP South Asia Region visited the Secretariat of the GWP China to conduct a two-day working meeting. This is her first time of visiting GWP China Secretariat.

At the two-day meeting, Zheng Rugang, the Secretary-General and Coordinator of GWP China reported working results of GWP China Region in recent years. Afterwards, the PMO reported Angela the process of implementing the WACDEP in China. After that, the meeting discussed the details of preparing the CP meeting of the GWP in late June and the ways of better participating in the 2015 World Water Forum in Korea as well as the tools of developing South-South cooperation.

Angela appraised highly to the work of the GWP China Region, the Secretariat and the Provincial/River Basin Water Partnerships. In her summary of the meeting, she noted that after the legal registration by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, GWP China would be better to combine the new strategy of GWP (2014-2019) to integrate water resources management in various fields and promote the IWRM in different industries. Meanwhile, GWP China should strengthen its ties with GWPO, other GWP Regional Partnerships and international organizations to share the Chinese experience with other countries and regions through South-South cooperation and major international water-related activities.