Held from October 3 to 4, 2018, this Steering Committee brought together the presidents of the 5 PNEs of the Central African sub-region (Cameroon, Congo, CAR, Chad and Sao Tome and Principe), a representative of the GWPO, a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC), and the other members of the Steering Committee who are representatives of the Association of Journalists for Climate of the Republic of Congo, LCBC (Lake Chad Basin Commission), RECOJAC, WWF Cameroon and the President of AMCOW TAC in Central Africa, special guest.
The UNFCCC climate talks - the 24th Conference of the Parties and 14th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol - more commonly known as COP24, is held in Katowice, Poland, on 2-14 December. GWP is present and involved in a number of events.
Building on their long-lasting cooperation, the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources & Fishery (MARHP) signed a framework MoU to promote and facilitate the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) with a strengthened participation of water stakeholders in Tunisia, both at local level, national and transboundary level.
The Project Preparation Partnership for Climate Resilient GCF Water Projects is an Africa-wide coalition of Direct Access Entities and National Designated Authorities from countries; African sub-regional accredited entities to the GCF; regional institutions; climate and development financiers; the private sector and other entities working together to enable countries to access the support they need to prepare and implement climate resilient water projects
The Technical Workshop on Project Preparation - Transformative Climate Resilience Water Project Concepts in Asia will be held from 15-17 October at Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Headquarters, Manila, Philippines.
Batu Uprety, Executive Committee Member, Global Water Partnership Nepal/JVS attended the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Partnership Scoping Mission held on 31 July 2018 in Kathmandu.
Within the context of ensuring formal recognition by governments of CWPs in the region, the CAR Country Water Partnership engaged an expert to support the review of its statutory documents (Statutes and Internal Regulations).
Global Water Partnership, in collaboration with the African Water Facility (AWF), African Development Bank (Afdb), Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF), Climate Resilience Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF), and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is organizing, in consultation with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a “Workshop on Project Preparation for Transformative Climate Resilient GCF Water Projects in Africa”.
