{"id":2054,"date":"2019-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/eastern-africa\/news\/gwpea-participated-in-the-conference-on-sdgs-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:29:09","slug":"gwpea-participated-in-the-conference-on-sdgs-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/eastern-africa\/news\/gwpea-participated-in-the-conference-on-sdgs-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"GWPEA Participated in the Conference on SDGs in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span>The SDGs three-year report produces an urgent call for acceleration of efforts by all stakeholders in order to realize the SDGs in all African countries \u2013 this urgent call to action was reiterated during the Conference<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Conference provided a public forum for high-level discussion on SDG progress across Africa and of the priorities and challenges for SDG implementation, including the institutional and financial gaps in implementation. Deliberations included various panels: Head of States Panel (Rwanda, Zambia, Liberia &#8211; and AUC Chairman), Development Partners (WB, JICA, AGRA, UNECA \u2013 and Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Finance). The panel on green water (FAO, GWPEA, IFAD, GGGI, WaterAid), moderated by Ex Dir SIWI. As well as revitalization of National Development Banks for sustainable development and financing of health, education and green water in Africa. Besides, group discussion and presentations on related issues. <span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Besides health and education, and more specifically, the focus was placed on financing for: green water irrigation to increase the productivity and resilience of smallholder farmers in the African dryland regions, mainly through scaling-up rainwater harvesting technologies. Among various issues, GWP elaborated on integrated approaches (integrated water resources management, integrated catchments management, integrated farming, nexus, etc.). As well as, GWP action on the ground on climate resilience and enhancing adaptive capacities of communities, such as: strengthening drought resilience for small holder farmers and pastoralists and enhancing resilience of communities to climate change through catchment based integrated management of water and related resources. Including, linkages-with and contributions-to SDGs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As a way-forward,GWPEA team will follow up with SDG Center Africa in relation to identifying potential areas of partnership.&nbsp;GWP will continue engagement such initiatives to stress, emphasize and call for adoption of integrated approach \u2013 effective, efficient and productive.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>GWPEA will follow on discussion\u2019 initiated with representative of the National Development Bank \u2013 to link CWPs and RWP on projects preparation. As, the challenge of preparation of bankable projects \u2013 was emerged as one of the key limitations (bankable, robust, pro-poor). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 12-14 June 2019, GWPEA Regional Coordinator was invited and supported by SDG Center Africa to participate and contribute to the Conference on \u201cSDGs implementation in Africa \u2013 reflections on a three-year journey\u201d in Kigali, 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