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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.

7/2/2025 - 7/4/2025

7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector

Empowering a New Generation

Held at IHE Delft, The Netherlands, & online, on 2-4 July 2025, the Symposium will bring together sector organisations, knowledge institutes and policy makers to explore the significant shifts that have taken place in the water sector over the past decades.

Participants will analyse how these changes impact knowledge and capacity strengthening, especially in relation to the new generation water and sanitation professionals, and investigate how knowledge and capacity strengthening can further contribute to water-related improvements.

GWP’s IWRM & Knowledge Management Specialist, Laurent-Charles Tremblay-Lévesque, will present on co-learning processes and the potential of Communities of Learning & Practice (CLPs), findings you can learn more about in the publication Learning Together, Acting Together: Evaluating UNCCD’s Social Learning Contributions to Combating Desertification and Drought by Tremblay-Lévesque and colleagues from GWP, Wageningen University, and UNCCD, due to be published in July.

Explore the Symposium.

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