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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.

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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.

4/27/2024 / West Africa

2024 will be a wet year in the Sahel with a late start of the season

PRESASS 2024 was organized, from 22 to 26 April 2024 in Abuja, Nigeria, by the AGRHYMET Regional Climate Center for West Africa and the Sahel (AGRHYMET RCC-WAS) of CILSS, in collaboration with ACMAD, the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (SNMHs), the WMO and West African River Basin Organizations.

4/26/2024 / West Africa

PRESASS seasonal forecasts and operationalisation of ClimSA regional user interface platforms (PIUR)

The Regional Forum on Seasonal Forecasts of the agro-hydro-climatic characteristics of the rainy season for the Sudanian and Sahelian zones of West Africa and the Sahel (PRESASS), 2024 edition was held from 22 to 26 April 2024 in Abuja, Nigeria.

4/25/2024 / West Africa

Mission for Valuation of Environmental Capital, Ecosystem Services and Functions

CALL FOR TENDER

4/22/2024 / West Africa

4th National Water and Sanitation Forum in Burkina Faso

The Ministry of the Environment, Water and Sanitation is organising the 4th National Water and Sanitation Forum from 22 to 24 April 2024 under the theme "Water: Factor of Resilience, Peace and Development".

4/18/2024 / West Africa

Mission for the ‘‘Establishment and Capacity Building of National and Regional Coordination of the Users of the Volta Basin’s Natural resources

Project: Reversing Ecosystem and Water Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD-Volta River Basin) Title: Mission for the ‘‘Establishment and Capacity Building of National and Regional Coordination of the Users of the Volta Basin’s Natural resources’’ Duration: Two hundred and thirty (230) Man-day (MD) over a calendar period of six (06) months Publication date: 18/04/2024 Closing date: 18/05/2024

4/18/2024 / West Africa

Mission for the elaboration of the detailed project document on the integrated management of aquatic invasive species in the Volta basin

Project : Reversing Ecosystem and Water Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD – Volta River Basin) Title : Mission for the elaboration of the detailed project document on the integrated management of aquatic invasive species in the Volta basin Duration : Forty (40) Man-Days (MD) spread over a calendar period of ninety (90) days Publication Date : 18/04/2024 Closing Date : 18/05/2024

4/18/2024 / West Africa

Mission for the elaboration of a detailed project document on the management of shallow groundwater (water table) in the Volta basin

Project : Reversing Ecosystem and Water Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD – Volta River Basin) Title : Mission for the elaboration of a detailed project document on the management of shallow groundwater (water table) in the Volta basin Duration : Forty (40) Man-Days (MD) over a calendar period of ninety (90) days Publication Date : 18/04/2024 Closing Date : 18/05/2024

4/15/2024 / West Africa

VFDM, recruiting a communications agency

GWP-WA is searching the expertise of a Communication Agency to carry out the mission entitled “Development of communication materials on tools, policies and plans related to the profile, the EWS VoltAlarm and the regional strategy for the RIMFDR in the VB issued from the VFDM project and other related documents on the project website". These terms of reference present the objectives, the expected results as well as the mandate of the Communication Agency, the expected deliverables, and the methodological approach to carry out the mission.

4/3/2024 / West Africa

Building resilience to flood and drought risks at local level in the Volta basin

On April 02 and 03, 2024, in the meeting room of the Centre d'Écoute des Jeunes de Bama in Burkina Faso, the local workshop on tools, strategies and other provisions for integrated flood and drought risk management to build resilience in the Volta Basin in Burkina Faso took place.

2/27/2024 / West Africa

GWP-WA supports the updating of the VBA’s communication strategy

Within the framework of the implementation of the Project "Reversing the trends of Ecosystem and Water Resources Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD - Volta River Basin)", financed by GEF and executed by VBA and GWP-WA in close collaboration with UNEP and IUCN, a small technical team coordinated by GWP-WA met in Koudougou from February 19 to 24, 2024, to update the Communication Strategy and Action Plan 2018-2020 drawn up in 2028.

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