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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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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

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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!

GWP Regions

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.

8/14/2020

National Consultations Collecting Data on IWRM

GWP’s ongoing country consultations to evaluate the degree of implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is progressing as planned, with July being a busy month. In Central America alone, consultations were held in El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama (shown in the above photo).

This year, GWP is supporting 60+ countries to measure the degree of implementation of IWRM, encapsulated in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 6.5.1. The consultations are carried out under the SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme, implemented with the UN Environment Programme's guidance and coordinated by GWP in collaboration with UNEP-DHI and Cap-Net-UNDP. Given the current health pandemic, most of the consultations have taken place either entirely or partially online, allowing a large number of stakeholders to contribute to defining the current status of IWRM in their country.

In July, GWP Central America supported the Ministries of Environment – the SDG 6.5.1 focal points - of El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama, in two-day virtual events with the participation of approximately 65 actors from different sectors. The inauguration of the events in Panama and El Salvador were transmitted live and can be viewed in the GWP Central America’s Facebook page.

The data collected during the consultations will serve to complete the survey instrument that will be delivered to UNEP to establish the 2020 global position on SDG 6.5.1., as well as to prioritise actions at the country level to accelerate implementation of IWRM.

Keeping track of consultations

The status of countries across the globe that are being supported in 2020 can be viewed through an interactive map (use the left side menu to see where the different stages are at), which is continuously updated to reflect the progress.

In August, more than ten countries are scheduled to hold consultations, including: Paraguay, Indonesia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Lesotho, Zambia, Pakistan, Philippines and Malawi.