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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 IWRM

9/14/2018

Increasing the Impact of GWP’s Knowledge Resources

GWP is evaluating the role of knowledge within its Technical Committee (TEC). Selected forward thinkers and headquarter staff gathered for a 2-day collaborative workshop in Athens, Greece, on 4-5 September, to explore how GWP can access and apply the knowledge of the network. The big question was: How can we increase impact as well as stakeholder and user benefit? Ahead of the workshop, TEC Chair Jerome Delli Priscoli shared his thoughts on where TEC is going.

"The world is changing, and we are changing with it. GWP has created a large network and it is focusing in new areas, also in activating the network; helping the partnership to collaborate more effectively on advocating water resources management. The TEC will be changing in parallel to the strategic changes of GWP. It means that we're inviting as many people as we can, in country and regional partnerships – in as many ways as possible – both to recommend ideas and share experiences, so that we can get that knowledge and bring it to the world," said Dr. Priscoli.

At the meeting in Athens, the following topics were discussed:

the current role of knowledge for GWP
formats for ensuring knowledge-driven processes
guidance towards GWP’s level of ambition for the period between 2020 and 2025 and beyond
specific guidance and inputs regarding the proposed GWP strategy thrusts (the “What” in the GWP strategy)
specific guidance and inputs regarding the future of GWP’s “Knowledge Arm” (identify initiatives and/or project ideas to pilot the strategy)

From this process, GWP wanted to learn how knowledge can be managed more effectively throughout the organisation and how to impact the global and local development. The workshop resulted in strategic recommendations and prototypes for the Global Water Partnership to consider in building its strategy 2020-2025.

The full interview with Dr. Priscoli (about 4 minutes) is available below:

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