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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

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This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

Global Floods/droughts

2/19/2019

GWP Contributes to Hydrology Discussion at WMO

GWP Executive Secretary Monika Weber-Fahr spoke at the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s) Commission for Hydrology Technical Conference “Future Hydrological Priorities and Arrangements” on 11 February in Geneva, Switzerland. She delivered a key message on the need for organising so that stakeholders can easily engage with the WMO: “From the perspective of our partners in over 180 countries, GWP is keen to see WMO continue to build its offer to be an easily accessible, reliable and credible entry-point to the world of data and knowledge on the climate/water interface.”

The conference gathered more than 100 hydrologists, water managers and meteorologists from around the world, mostly WMO Members representatives. The aim was to help prepare strategic documents on the future of Hydrology at WMO, with the overarching goal to define how to improve WMO’s contribution to the water agenda by enhancing operational hydrology and water resources management capacities of its Members. WMO helped to establish GWP and both organisations collaborate closely, notably on two joint programmes: The Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) and the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP).

“A central question is how we manage water resources – with stakeholders in and beyond the water community – better, faster and broader. And how we do this while addressing the fragmentation and isolation of the water community,” said Weber-Fahr, framing current and future water challenges from a GWP perspective.

Weber-Fahr pointed out that WMO on the information side and GWP on the work with institutions have strong synergies for (1) managing data - highlighting the potential for further collaboration with partners outside the hydrological and meteorological community; (2) managing extremes – building on the success of and developing the WMO/GWP help desks on flood and drought management; and (3) managing relationships – connecting GWP’s Country Water Partnerships and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS).

“WMO’s unique assets could be further leveraged by aligning and investing in specific collaborative opportunities. This could be done through WMO’s assets in mobilizing the voice of NMHS and its relationships, as well as WMO’s implementation capacity in setting standards and connecting the hydrology and climatology community. WMO’s know-how and know-what can also improve learning competencies. Concrete opportunities for such further action beyond the most immediate water community offer themselves through strengthening the collaboration of NMHS and GWP’s Multi-Stakeholder Platforms”, said Weber-Fahr.

Photo: Monika Weber-Fahr speaking at the event in Geneva. Copyright: WMO.

Page last edited: 2/21/2019