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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.

Global Ecosystems

7/15/2022

Call for abstracts: Fourth World Irrigation Forum (WIF4)

The Fourth World Irrigation Forum (WIF4), together with the 74th International Executive Council (IEC) Meeting, jointly hosted by ICID, the Ministry of Water Resources of the People’s Republic of China, and the Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID), and organised by the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, will be held 16-22 April 2023 in Beijing, China.

The Forum's theme is "Modernisation of Irrigation Systems." Modernisation of irrigation systems requires a holistic improvement of resource mobilization, delivery to farm gates, water-saving techniques, management practices, policies, institutions, and financing mechanisms that yield agricultural, social, environmental, and economic benefits. The Forum aims to highlight the significance of modernising irrigation systems and will discuss in-depth the sub-themes listed below:

Sub-Theme 1: Policy and strategy for modernisation of irrigation systems
Sub-Theme 2: Technology for modernisation of irrigation systems
Sub-Theme 3: Financing for modernisation of irrigation systems
Sub-Theme 4: Performance assessment of irrigation systems

The WIF4 is accepting abstracts and full papers through July 15, 2022. See below for the submission and notification schedule.

Submission of extended abstracts (max. 300 words) - 15 July 2022
Notification of Acceptance - 15 August 2022
Submission of full paper (10 pages of A4 size) - 15 October 2022
Notification to the author regarding oral/poster presentation - 15 Dec 2022

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