BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE
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| Ghana's Akosombo Dam on the Volta River |
The Global Water Partnership (GWP), West Africa (WA), will hold its
statutory General Assembly in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou on
Friday, June 22, a press release from its Secretariat has announced.
The main theme of
the Meeting of Partners of GWP/WA, will focus on the role of Country Water
Partnerships (CWPs) in the management of water resources at national level and
consider how best to strengthen the CWPs to better fulfill their role in the
country, says the secretariat.
In addition to the
statutory issues to review and validate, the meeting is also billed to focus
specifically on the contribution of CWP to the promotion of integrated water
resources management (IWRM) in particular, in the development process and
implementation of National IWRM Action Plans in the country Burkina Faso,
challenges and lessons learned from the operation of CWP,
and to
give directions.
According to organisers
of the general assembly, the meeting has also been informed by the inactivity
and ineffectiveness of some of the sub-region’s 13 Country Water Partnerships (CWP).
“These CWPs have
been established with the agreement and the contribution of states. In some
countries these partnerships are active and contribute significantly to capital
gain. But this is not the same everywhere.
A situation that is jeopardising the
effectiveness of the GWP action in the region and to which solutions must be
sought,” the communication from the organisers read.
According to the
organisers, work of the GWP/WA Assembly of Partners will focus on the relevant
actions in which CWPs are involved in several countries on IWRM, which will
inform partners, and facilitate an exchange of ideas on the challenges and
problems and lessons emanating from IWRM actions by the CWPs.
Before the General
Meeting of partners takes off however, some preparatory meetings have been planned,
including the meeting of the Finance and Budget Committee set up by the
Steering Committee from among its members, a meeting of the Ad 'Hoc committee
established for the review of texts scheduled for Wednesday, June 20, 2012, and
the meeting of the GWP/WA Steering Committee on Thursday, June 21, 2012.
Global Water
Partnership West Africa (GWP/WA) is made up of member organisations of
the Global Water Partnership (GWP) at the regional level and in different
countries of West Africa, and is a network of institutions which aims to catalyse
public action in the field of water and related sectors for better impact.
The partnership was
created in 1996, and worked on the development of regional water partnerships
that are 13 in number today around the world. After three (3) years of activity
in the region, GWP/West Africa was established in 2002 as a network of partners
in West Africa.
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