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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.

5/21/2012

New Publication: Small-scale finance for water and sanitation

In the race to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the role of small-scale WATSAN (water and sanitation) providers is indispensable. However, as this report "Small-scale finance for water and sanitation" claims, there is little awareness or cohesion among external support sgencies (ESAs), including EU donors, on the best way to increase financing for small-scale providers.

In one of the report’s findings, households in developing countries invest more than donors or governments in water and sanitation services, but these investments are often 'sub-optimal' because of limited access to finance. WATSAN entrepreneurs, although they provide critical services particularly for the poor, often find that their financing needs fall in the 'missing middle' (estimated roughly at between USD 2000 and USD 100,000). Limited access to financing is a key obstacle for small-scale finance recipients to deliver sustainable services.

The objective of the report is to identify ways in which governments and ESAs can increase access to finance for small-scale WATSAN providers by channelling public funding to support the market and

leverage private sector financing. The ultimate objective in doing so is to increase access to services for poor households.

The report has been developed as part of a component of the work programme of the European Union Water Initiative – Finance Working Group (EUWI-FWG), which looks at enhancing the role of the private sector in WATSAN and how EU donors can provide strategic support.

Page last edited: 5/21/2012