The Global Water Partnership (GWP) announced the appointment of Dr. Ania Grobicki as the GWP Executive Secretary, effective March 11, 2009.

Dr. Grobicki is currently Head of 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. She has spent the majority of her working life establishing and growing a range of organisations, and working on water-related issues at the sub-national, national and international levels. Dr. Grobicki succeeds Emilio Gabrielli who left in May 2008 after which Martin Walshe, GWP Deputy Executive Secretary, served as Acting Executive Secretary.

Web site: Global Water Partnership (GWP)

Source: GWP, 18 Dec 2008

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