Technical capacity has always been an integral part of GWP. As the Partnership moves into this strategy period, delivering technical support at the country and regional level will be even more critical than in the past, and must drive change within the Partnership.
At the global level the Technical Committee is the 'technical hub' of the network. As the network grows, and becomes more focused on operations, GWP will integrate the Technical Committee's intellectual leadership more into network knowledge and communications. The role and modus operandi of the Technical Committee, the Secretariat and the Regional Partnerships, and the way in which they interact with one another on technical issues, will be strengthened and brought closer together. This will address two key roles: providing global intellectual leadership to keep GWP at the forefront of new ideas and challenges, and providing demand-driven technical support to the Regional and Country Partnerships.
Closer links among the network and technical hubs will encourage technical and intellectual cross-fertilisation at the regional level while also strengthening work on global issues.