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.

10/9/2008

Alan Hall Appointed Senior Advisor to GWP

After four years at the GWP secretariat in Stockholm, Alan Hall is leaving his position as Coordinator of Global Initiatives, but will continue as a Senior Advisor working from the U.K.

“Alan Hall’s knowledge and work has been of great importance for the GWP network. By appointing him as a Senior Advisor to GWP, we are making sure that Alan Hall will continue to contribute to GWP in the exciting and important new times we have ahead of us as we finalise and then implement our new strategic plan”, said Martin Walshe, GWP Acting Executive Secretary.

Alan Hall has more than 30 years of experience in development as a water sector and water policy specialist. His involvement in GWP started in 1997 with the development of the Framework for Action and has continued ever since, at first through the HR Wallingford Resource Centre and subsequently as a member of the Secretariat. He has participated in numerous task forces, most recently in the Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) for the World Water Week, and as a co-writer of the latest GWP TEC Paper on Water Financing and Governance (TEC Paper 12).

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