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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.

4/27/2015

GWP Signs Agreement on Engaging Francophone Youth in Water and Climate Change

In December this year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) will take place in Paris. Governments are supposed to come to a universal agreement regarding climate which will determine the future of our planet.

In the lead-up to COP21, GWP and the Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse (OFQJ) have joined forces to mobilize francophone youth around water and how to adapt to climate change.

On Monday 27 April, GWP’s Acting Executive Secretary Mr Rudolph Cleveringa and the Secretary General of OFQJ, Mr Pascal Bonnetain, formalised this partnership in the presence of the French Minister of Urban Affairs Youth and Sport, Mr Patrick Kanner, who is also co-chairman of OFQJ, and a strong believer in involving youth in public policy for sustainable development.

Supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the project "La jeunesse francophone pour l’eau" (The Francophone Youth for Water) will allow young water experts from nine countries on four continents to take part in national consultations, organised by GWP Country Water Partnerships. The consultations will be about the role of youth in the management of water resources for food security in the face of climate change. This will lead to a youth-led white paper on this topic that will be presented to decision-makers at COP21.

To achieve these objectives, GWP and OFQJ are also working with the International Organization of the Francophonie, the International Water Secretariat (SIE) and the French Water Partnership. The first stage of the project was launched on 13 April 2015 at the 7th World Water Forum in South Korea.