2025 - GWP

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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.

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10/19/2022 / West Africa

Senegal, protection, restoration and sustainable development of water-related ecosystems in the department of Saint-Louis: what roles and initiatives for civil society

The department of Saint-Louis has a large reserve of coastal, continental and artificial wetlands, including the Langue de Barbarie, mudflats, lakes, etc. Indeed, of the nine (9) sites in Senegal included in the list of wetlands of international importance (Ramsar sites), five (5) are located in the Saint-Louis region. These wetlands are currently facing anthropic and climatic constraints.

12/7/2023 / Global

GWP Appoints New Executive Secretary

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Alan AtKisson as the new Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership.

9/24/2023 / Southern Africa

African Union Commission and GWPSA-Africa sign MoU to advance water security in Africa

3/22/2023 / Mediterranean

A determined step forward for the adoption of the Gender Transformative Approach in water security and climate resilient investments by AIP WACDEP-G project in Tunisia

High-level representatives from Tunisia’s central government and stakeholders actively engaged on fruitful discussions on transformative change in gender equality in water and climate resilient policies.

12/28/2023 / Central Africa

GWL: Advocating for IWRM in the Central African Republic’s revised Environmental Code

Through the Global Water Leadership Program in a Changing Climate program (GWL) in CAR, the Ministry of Energy Development and Water Resources, with the support of the Central African Republic Country Water Partnership (GWP-CAR), organized a national workshop on December 18–19, 2023, in Bangui, CAR, to reflect on and contribute to the revision of the country’s Environmental Code.

2/27/2023 / West Africa

Mono Basin Authority holds 5th Ministerial session in Benin

The fifth Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Mono Basin Authority (MBA) was held in Cotonou on 19 January 2023, under the chairmanship of Mr. Samou SEIDOU ADAMBI, Minister of Water and Mines of the Republic of Benin, Chairman of the MBA Council of Ministers.

4/7/2023 / Mediterranean

CLOSED:EXTENDED: Call for the recruitment of GWP-Med Head of Finance & Administration

CLOSED:Call for the recruitment of GWP-Med Head of Finance & Administration – Athens based (20/2023/GWP-Med). The Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean is seeking to hire the Head of Finance & Administration to be based in Athens Greece. The successful candidate will be hired by the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE), a civil non-profit society based in Greece, in its capacity as Host Institute for GWP-Med.

12/24/2021 / South Asia

Season's Greetings 2021

11/18/2020 / Global

GWP Appoints New Executive Secretary

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) Steering Committee announced the appointment of Mr Darío Soto-Abril (pictured) as GWP Executive Secretary, effective March 1, 2021. Soto-Abril joins GWP after serving as Global CEO at Fairtrade International since February 2017.

4/4/2023 / West Africa

Closing meeting of the TFTC 2 project in Benin

The closing workshop of phase 2 of the TonFuturTonClimat project in Benin was held on 28 March 2023 in Tanguiéta. The country project "Mobilisation of youth associations for a better management of water resources in the Tchoutchoubou micro-basin in the Pendjari basin" aimed at improving the sustainable management of natural and related resources in the Tchoutchoubou micro-basin in the Pendjari sub-basin through a strong involvement of youth.