Water governance

“The Networking and Storytelling Platform for Women Leaders in Water Governance” is being developed to allow for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, connection, and learning to support women’s leadership in water and river governance in the Mekong region. With support from SPIDER, and collaboration with International Rivers, we ...

Inclusive and just water security is widely recognized as principal challenge in the era of the Anthropocene. Water insecurity affects the livelihoods of both rural and urban populations in Southeast Asia, and the wider the Global South. This public event brings together academics and practitioners working ...

Lancang-Mekong Research Forum will be an open space for researchers and practitioners in Lancang-Mekong Region to exchange knowledge and experiences on various issues related to water insecurity. Visit this link to register ...

As with so many other global events in 2020, last year’s Women and Rivers Congress was held online. For the 181 participants, this was a great opportunity to start to meet and connect with the many activists, researchers, journalists, artists, and organisations working to support ...

This Roundtable focuses on the water governance and water management challenges in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Mekong River basin. We will examine questions of environmental justice with a panel of experts on the region, whose interests include—specifically in relation to the Mekong—issues of political ...

This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and ...

Experiences of water insecurity vary depending on identity issues including gender, ethnicity, race, class and age. While women play significant roles in managing water resources, their contributions are often overlooked. This discussion brief outlines some approaches to inclusive decision making within water governance mechanisms. Read ...

Summer School: Mekong Water Governance will be held on 21-25 January 2019 This intensive one-week Summer School aims to build multi-scholar and critical thinking skills for water governance in civil society, state and young academic practitioners. The key areas of focus are dimensions of transboundary impact ...

GWP is hosting a Pan-Asia Regional training on Water Governance, International Water Law and Multi-Stakeholder Processes together with partner organisations. The training takes place in Kunming, China, 13-15 December 2018. Please e-mail application with all supporting documents to kathia.havens@gwp.org by 26 October 2018. More details ...

The Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy is the largest annual knowledge-sharing event in the Greater Mekong. It presents research-based evidence to non-governmental organisations, policy-makers, the private sector, and development agencies. It does this through carefully designed and facilitated dialogues. The 2018 Greater Mekong ...