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CWP Benin and WACDEP-G team held on December 9 and 10, 2021 in Natitingou in Northern Benin, a workshop to encourage local stakeholders in the national part of the Volta Basin to improve practices, attitudes, behaviors, social norms, belief systems and regulations in order to promote gender-transformative investments in water security and climate resilience.

The GIZ, GWPSA, and Lesotho Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) Coordination Unit (CU) undertook a learning exchange mission in Zambia from 24th to 28th October 2022, to capture best practices and experiences in catchment protection and restoration in the country. This engagement was aimed at the technical public service directors and heads of mandated institutions responsible for water, land, meteorology, local government, environment, food, and agriculture.

The third from the webinar series focuses on the issue of "Provision of clean and safe water for emergency response and remote areas".
Please join us on Thursday, 7 April 2022, 15.00 Jakarta / 10.00 CET, by register through this URL : https://bit.ly/36C0HM4
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This webinar series aims to provide you with a range of innovative solutions to address our problems on the ground. For each series, we will only feature one innovative solution to ensure effective learning exchange.
For the 2nd of the series, we bring you the innovative technology that will allow us to provide water in hard-to-reach territories (granite, hills, deserts), capable to put multiple boreholes on limited areas without charging existing known aquifers. The technology will also allow us to provide high-quality water, ready to drink, with a stable flow rate, that is accessible for long-term needs.
Please join us on Thursday, 19 August 2021, 10.00 CEST or 15.00 GMT+7/ Jakarta, by registering through: https://bit.ly/3fE5aiN
Finds out about the event and related materials here: https://bit.ly/3fQGhR4

From a distance, Kalima Primary School in Chikwawa district in the Southern part of Malawi looks like any other public school in the country; happy children running up and down around the school campus but cautious of the scotching heat. Temperatures in Chikwawa can get as high as 40 degrees Celsius and yet, the only water tap at the school is mostly dry. Children must brave both the heat and unending desire to quench their thirst.

Mr Nanda Abeywickrama, (former Secretary, Ministry of Lands and Land Development (1978-88) and Director, International Co-operation (1988-94) also worked as a Special Adviser to the Director General of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) from 1997 to 2005. In 1998, Mr Abeywickrama’s name was recommended by the then Director General, IWMI and appointed as a founding member of the Global Water Partnership Technical Advisory Committee for South Asia (SASTAC). Later, he held the position of Regional Chair of GWP South Asia (GWP SAS) from 2005 when the SAS Secretariat was moved to Sri Lanka under the hosting agreement with IWMI. He served as the Chair, GWP SAS from 2005-06 and weaned away from work gradually. Currently, Mr Abeywickrama is in his retirement living with his beloved wife in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Magmatic Water, new water source for addressing freshwater scarcity

The Asia-Pacific Water Summit, also known as the 4th APWS, was already held on April 23-24, 2022, in Kumamoto City, Japan. The event brought together high-level delegates from the Asia-Pacific region, including heads of state and representatives from international organizations, to discuss a variety of water-related issues. GWP actively participated in the conference, providing insights on water and its relation to youth, gender, climate, governance, finance, and the SDGs.