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La adopción de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en 2015 es una oportunidad para explicar por qué el enfoque integrado puede contribuir al alcance de los ODS, puesto que el ODS #6 es sobre el agua - y pide la implementación de una gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos en todos los niveles.

Ese enfoque integrado se denomina Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos (GIRH) y se define como un proceso que proceso que promueve la gestión y desarrollo coordinado del agua, la tierra y los recursos relacionados, con el fin de maximizar el bienestar social y económico resultante de manera equitativa, sin comprometer la sostenibilidad de los ecosistemas.

The GWP network is complex, as are networks with semi-autonomous components. The documents and video presentations below explain how the GWP network is governed.

The majority of the Mediterranean islands encounter water scarcity challenges due to their small catchment areas and the impacts of emerging climate vulnerability and change. To tackle the problem of water scarcity, the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med) has developed the concept and content of the Non-Conventional Water Resources (NCWR) programme implemented in Greece since 2008, in Malta since 2011, and in Cyprus since 2013.

The Global Water Partnership's vision is for a water secure world. Our mission is to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels.

GWP, together with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), opened a high-level discussion on how financing water security can accelerate delivery on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event, the first in a series of discussions on ‘financing SDG 6’, took place in Stockholm on 29 August.

A trained session was organized on 21 and 23 November 2016 by the Country Water Partnership of Benin to strengthen the capacity of its staff and some representatives of the CWP bodies on procurement issues in Benin.

In December this year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) will take place in Paris. Governments are supposed to come to a universal agreement regarding climate which will determine the future of our planet.