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New Executive Secretary for the
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Dr. Ania Grobicki has been appointed as the Global Water Partnership's Executive Secretary. Ania Grobicki is currently the Head of the Secretariat for the multi-stakeholder forum on strengthening research for health, development and equity worldwide which was established to prepare for the 2008 Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health.
Announcement by Letitia A Obeng, GWP Chair
Read the news release
With Partners, GWP-Med Builds Capacity on Transboundary Management
Fifty water professionals attended a Capacity Building Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management on November 25-28, 2008 in Skhoder Lake, Albania. The focus was on the conditions in the transboundary Drin River Basin.
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New website for UN Water
www.unwater.org
GWP Contributes to High-Level Forum in China
GWP Chair Letitia A Obeng visited China 15-19 October to participate in the High-Level International Forum on Water Resources and Hydropower in Beijing. Read more
About adaptation and Climate change
GWP TEC Chair Roberto Lenton talked about water resources management and adaptation facing climate change's effects on water at the International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management in Copenhagen 13 November. Read the presentation here
GWP Moving Forward with Africa partners
GWP Acting Executive Secretary Martin Walshe and GWP representatives from Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa & Central Africa regions attended the Joint Meetings of the African Ministers' Council On Water (AMCOW), African Development Bank (ADB), and UN Water in Addis Ababa 7-9 October.
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GWP Strategy 2009-2013
Download background documentation of the GWP strategy 2009-2013 here.
New publications from GWP include:
GWP TEC Policy Brief 5 in French
GWP TEC Policy Brief 6 in French
IWMI-GWP Brief on River Basins
Other Articles of Interest
There's water in them hills: Burundi looks to tap its springs
China Slows Water Project
Tajikistan Hopes Water Will Power Its Ambitions
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