Gwp in action 2012 ania grobicki 1 sep

GWP in Action 2012

Dr Ania Grobicki, Executive Secretary

Network Meeting

1 September 2013

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GWP Central Africa

• Capacity of NGOs to interact with government strengthened in Central African Republic (Goal 1)

• Journalists' role in water and climate change enhanced in Cameroon, new journalists´ network formed (Goal 2)

133 Partners, 7 countries

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GWP Mediterranean

• IWRM planning advanced in Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia (Goal 1)

• Knowledge exchange reinforced on transboundary water resources management, incl. Medjerda River (Goal 3)

77 Partners, 20 countries

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GWP Central America

• Water reforms supported in El Salvador, Water Act 2013 (Goal 1) • Guidance document developed for basin management in Nicaragua in

a highly participatory process (Goal 1) 175 Partners, 7 countries

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GWP Caribbean

• National IWRM policy resurfaces in Grenada (Goal 1) • GWP Caribbean Journalists‘ Network engages those outside the

'water box‘ through Media Awards (Goal 3) 75 Partners, 21 countries

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GWP South America

• New institutioni for the Chancay-Lambayeque basin in Peru (Goal 1)

• Supporting the Water Sustainability Summit held in 5 cities in Chile (Goal 2)

282 Partners, 10 countries

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GWP West Africa

• A successful partnership for implementing IWRM in West Africa with UNEP (Goal 1)

• Groundwater management put on the ECOWAS regional agenda in West Africa (Goal 1)

240 Partners, 15 countries

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GWP Southern Africa

• Water supply and sanitation improved in schools in Botswana through rainwater harvesting (Goal 1)

• Funds leveraged in new donor environment in southern Africa (Goal 4)

296 Partners, 12 countries

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GWP Central and Eastern Europe

•Water planning capacity of five local authorities improved in Moldova (Goal 1) •Support to the Sava Commission (with GWP Med) (Goal 1)

142 Partners, 12 countries

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GWP Central Asia and Caucasus

• IWRM approach applied in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with training for 5,000 stakeholders (Goal 1)

• Urban wastewater used for agriculture in Armenia (Goal 2) 149 Partners, 8 countries

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GWP China

• Policy needs for IWRM identified in China • Evaluating IWRM in the Yellow River Basin

(Goal 1) 100 Partners

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GWP Southeast Asia

• Capacity for risk monitoring of Thailand's river basins strengthened (Goal 1)

• First step taken towards water cooperation in Myanmar , with media coverage (Goal 3)

248 Partners, 10 countries

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GWP South Asia

• Water management problem on the Nilwala River solved by stakeholders in Sri Lanka (Goal 2)

• Knowledge shared to improve climate resilience in South Asia (Goal 3)

502 Partners, 7 countries

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GWP Eastern Africa

• Stakeholders committed to climate resilience of transboundary catchment (Goal 2)

• Water declaration by 'future leaders' adopted at youth conference (Goal 3)

187 Partners, 9 countries

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GWP Global

• GWPO hosts a preparatory workshop on water and climate change for the UNFCCC's SBSTA in March 2012 (Goal 2)

• GWP coordinates country responses to UN Water status report on IWRM, for Rio+20 in June 2012(Goal 4)

164 Partners from 28 countries outside existing GWP Regions Total Partners increased from 2585 to 2792

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GWPO Signs New Headquarters Agreement with Government of Sweden, 5 March 2012 Signed into Swedish Law by the Riksdag, 1 July 2012

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World Water Forum in Marseille, 12-17 March 2012

Launch of OECD report on water reform

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New Handbook for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Basins of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Aquifers

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Launch of WACDEP Framework at

Africa Water Week, Cairo, Egypt, May 2012

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GWP at Rio+20

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Launch of WACDEP publications by AMCOW President at Stockholm World Water Week, August 2012

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President of Mongolia visits GWPO, 10 October 2012

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Next GWP Chair, Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Appointed by GWPO Sponsoring Partners, 28 August 2012