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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!

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.

10/21/2010

Countries Using Flood HelpDesk

GWP Executive Secretary Dr Ania Grobicki participated in a meeting of the Integrated Flood Management HelpDesk,with WMO and other Support Base Partners (SBPs) in Geneva on 4 and 5 October - to discuss achievements so far and what can be done in the future. Since the HelpDesk´s launch in June 2009, 26 requests from 14 countries have so far been received, and dealt with in various different ways depending on the level of the request.

The HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk) is a responsive, demand-driven facility that provides guidance on flood management policy, strategy, and institutional development related to flood issues for countries that want to adopt the Integrated Flood Management concept. Responses are developed in close partnership with the organization making the request, and tailored to the needs of the particular country, with the aim of helping in IFM implementation whether at community, city, subnational or national level.

Support Base Partners provide specific expertise in particular areas on a pro bono basis, and include partners such as the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, UNESCO-IHE, DHI, the Dundee Centre on Water Law and Policy, and many others. Annual gatherings of the Support Base Partners will be held from now on as demand from the HelpDesk grows. It was suggested to put a monitoring and evaluation strategy in place to assess the effectiveness of the HelpDesk and its activities. A communication strategy has been drafted that should answer the question who should contact the HelpDesk, for what reason and what may be expected – and to make the opportunities offered by the HelpDesk better known at country and community level.

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