Activities in the GWP regions

Diversity !

Diversity !

Diversity !

Overall Development

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One example from Latin America - CAM

Annual Conferences for Legislators (’02)

Lagunilla Declaration: regional cooperation, dev. of water legislation… integrated approach to WRM + participation)

Improved quality of water bills (TA & consultation processes)

Nicaragua Water Act 2007 Honduras Water Act 2009 El Salvador policy reform is underwayCosta Rica dev. of National Water Policy (2005) basis

for Plan Nacional de Aguas Water Act 2014

International competition, organized by the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River and Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe annually.

The International Danube Art Master is selected from the winners of the national 'Danube Art Master' competitions in 13 Danube Basin countries - Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Thousands of children from these countries enter the competition every year.

In 2013 the winning artwork, entitled "Danube People" was created from mud by Croatian children.

Danube Art Master 

One example from Europe - CEE

• 64 basins shared between various countries• Representing 93% of water resources, but

less than 4% is utilized.• Potential source of conflict, but also driver

for economic growth

• Objectives of SITWA (EU Funding): ANBO as Technical arm of AMCOW Institutional strengthening (information

management, capacity development and investment plans)

African Network of Basin Organizations, ANBO

One example from Africa- Panafrican

Fighting illicit river sand mining in Sri Lanka (2008-2013)• Significant damages in several rivers: Kalu Ganga,

Walawe ganga, Kelani ganga, Nilwala ganga, Deduru Oya, Maha Oya, Kirindi Oya

• Action undertaken: a) scientific impact study for Ratnapura (2008), b) awareness raising workshops for police STF in Ratnapura, Ampara, Batticaloa, Galle, Matara districts, Northern & Eastern provinces, c) political dialogues, d) community mobilization, e) media campaign...

• Result: >150 regulatory/agency staff, 50 regular police officers, 200 STF police officers trained

• Impact: marked improvement of regulation & enforcement levels, 3-fold increase of detections, arrests & prosecutions

• Partners/Allies: Water Integrity Network (WIN), Geological Survey & Mines Bureau (SL), Central Environment Authority (SL)

One example from Asia - SAS

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GWP Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP)

Supporting CARICOM

on climate resilience in

water-4 countries

Water and climate

resilience in Central

America -6 countries

Enhancing climate resili

ence in

Asia+China -15 co

untries

World wide support to drought and flood management with WMO

Improving drought resilience in central and eastern Europe -9 countries

Support to African Union and Water

ministers council to implement heads of state decisions on

water and climate including droughts in horn of Africa and

Sahel (25 countries)

Global level-support to National adaptationPlans; collaboration-UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC, WHO, UNEP, IFAD, UNITAR,, GEF

Supporting Peru to

adapt in Santa Eulalia

basin

Promoting coherence on adapation world wide: developing institutional capacity,acesss to finance, generating knowldge and tools for policy coherence, delivering at all levels to

unlock investments in water and climate resilient development

One Cross-Regional,example : WACDEP