About

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 Floods/droughts

3/14/2015 - 3/18/2015

GWP at UN Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

A delegation from GWP is travelling to Sendai, Japan, to take part in the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) on 14-18 March. GWP will co-lead a working session on “Integrated Water Resources Management” together with WMO and UNESCO.

The session, on 15 March, will include opening statements from WMO’s Secretary General and Chair of UN-Water Michel Jarraud and other high-level dignitaries. GWP’s Chair, Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss will make remarks and moderate the panel discussion, which focuses on country level experiences and the way forward.

The conference is hosted by the Government of Japan in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The WCDRR will review the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and is expected to adopt a successor framework for disaster risk reduction.

Last year, with inputs from its partners, GWP led the development of a brief on Water and Disaster Risk, which is a contribution to the consultation leading to the conference. This document spells out GWP’s and its partners’ messages for a post-2015 framework. The final WCDRR outcome document, “Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction”, is still being negotiated among member states.

Photo: The conference takes place in Sendai, Japan.

Page last edited: 2/25/2015