The Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) has been supporting the European Union (EU) -supported Southern African Development Community (SADC) 'Water-Energy-Food ' (WEF) nexus project since July 2017. The two expected results of the project are to establish a SADC Regional WEF Nexus Framework; and develop a prioritised list of Nexus Investment Projects. To realise the result areas, the SADC member states workshop on WEF Nexus was held on the 25th March 2018, bringing together over 150 delegates from all SADC countries.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has worked on water for food issues for over four decades, and therefore the decision to join the Water ChangeMaker Awards as a Knowledge Partner was a happy one, says Claudia Ringler, Deputy Division Director of IFPRI's Environment and Production Technology Division. According to her, all water decisions affect climate resilience in one way or another.
Since November 2018, the Country Water Partnership of Mali had initiated a consultation framework with the various stakeholders to address the dangers facing water resources and the lack of reliable results of the actions undertaken by the various structures involved in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the country.
Since the beginning of November, the national portions of the Volta Basin have been hosting the data collection phase of the Flood and Drought Vulnerability and Capacity Mapping mission at the community level.
CWP-Benin organized on 16 June 2020 a working session on the inventory of the preliminary drafts of regulatory texts relating to the consultation and management of water resources in Benin.
TonFuturTonClimat is a project funded by the Quebec Government and GWP implemented by GWP-WA, the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) and CWPs in Burkian Faso, Benin and Eau Vive International Togo.
