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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.

Partner

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.

3/20/2015

Lead-up to COP 21: Francophone Youth Engage in Water and Climate Change

Today, in celebration of the International Francophonie Day, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation international de la Francophonie (OIF), encourages francophone youth to get engaged and learn about a series of youth consultations on water and climate change that OIF has launched in preparation for the 21^st Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21).

This event will showcase francophone youth engaged in the fight against climate change. The event takes place at the Hôtel de Ville de Paris and is expected to be attended by Madame Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris as well as the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, to learn more about the consultations and expected results.

As part of this event, The Global Water Partnership (GWP), the Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse (OFQJ) and the International Water Secretariat (SIE) will be introducing a new initiative that will engage francophone youth around water issues in the lead-up to COP21.

This launch is the first step of this project that will allow youth from nine francophone countries to take part in national consultations on the role of youth in the management of water resources for food security in the face of climate change. This will lead to a youth-led white paper on this topic that will be presented to decision-makers as part of COP21. The event takes place today at the Parvis de l’hôtel de Ville de Paris.

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