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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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The actions of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership support improved water governance so that communities and countries manage water for peoples' health, economic development, and environmental 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!
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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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2009 / English

Outcomes of the Survey Report of GWP China Shaanxi

The Ministry of Water Resources of China officially replied to the 《Survey Report on Rural Drinking Water Safety and Water Saving Ecological Campus of Rural Middle and Primary Schools》developed by the GWP China Shaanxi.

2010 / English

The Partnership Network

Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) continually strives to improve water governance in the Caribbean region.

2010 / English

Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN)

GWP South Asia as the Thematic Node on Water for APAN.

2010 / English

Become a GWPSA Partner

Becoming a GWPSA Partner is open to any entity- except individuals- involved with or having an impact on water issues, related to the sustainable development, management and use of water resources.

2009 / English

Pilot training in Shu-Talas River Basin in Taras

30 November – 6 December 2009, Almaty and Taras, Republic of Kazakhstan

The training and workshop were an answer to regional and country needs of newly established River Basin Councils. The Centre of Cooperation for Sustainable Development (CCSD) requested GWP to provide assistance in the development of manual: Decision making procedures at River Basin levels and building capacities of River Basin Councils.

2010 / English

Becoming a GWP-Med Partner

GWP partners with more than 3,000 organisations that share its aims and values in the sustainable development, management, and use of water resources. Partners share information and experiences, and draw on each other for advice and assistance.

2009 / Reports/proceedings / English

Summary Report of the Programme for Water Governance in Four Countries in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger

Water governance in West Africa

2010 / English

History

GWP was founded in 1996 to foster integrated water resources management (IWRM), defined as a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximise economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems.

2010 / English

GWP Technical Committee_old

The GWP Technical Committee consists of internationally recognised professionals selected for their experience in different disciplines relating to integrated water resources management.

2010 / English

GWP Partners

GWP is a global action network. Its chief focus is to support social change processes that further the sustainable management and development of water resources. To do this, the network invites like-minded organisations to join this global movement.