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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.

11/17/2022

Launching at COP27: Key solutions to combat climate change

During periods of flooding people suffer all manner of deprivations, with access to clean water being among the first things to go. Since the original Rio Earth Summit in 1992, floods, droughts, and storms have affected 4.2 billion people (UNISDR 2012), with the impact on sanitation processes and hygiene receiving little attention.

Climate change and extreme events are damaging and destroying water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in households, communities, schools, health care facilities and cities.That is why GWP and UNICEF today launched the 2022 edition of the Strategic Framework for WASH Climate Resilient Development at the COP 27 Water Pavilion.

The frameworkhas been updated to highlight the many positive developments in the WASH and climate sectors in recent years, including the potential of climate finance for the WASH sector, as well the opportunity to integrate WASH and water resources management as key national climate priorities. Engagement on climate issues has also been highlighted in the report, as well as the employment and skills potential of this sector, particularly among young people.

Speaking at the event, Pablo Bereciartua, Chair of the Global Water Partnership, acknowledged that while progress has been made in the provision of safe water and sanitation services, an estimated 22 percent of the world’s population still do not have access to a basic sanitation service.

He emphasized the need for the integration of climate considerations into all stages of WASH programming and expressed his belief that this edition of the Strategic Framework will help to ensure that investments in the WASH sector are climate resilient and sustainable.

The revision of the Framework highlights the many new opportunities to do this at scale, with new approaches and technologies, and different sources of financing and partnerships, and the time is now.

The Strategic Framework and the associated resources

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