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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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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.

Caribbean

12/6/2009

High level meeting leverages water cooperation in the Caribbean

The 5th High Level Session of Ministers with responsibility for water was co-convened by GWP-Caribbean and the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association's (CWWA's) in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on 5-6 October 2009.

The meeting came to a successful conclusion with considerable support by all participants.

The High Level Forum recommended that:

The High Level Session be endorsed as a Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Forum.
A Joint Session of The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)
The Council for Human and Social Development(COHSOD) will be convened in 2010 with Water on the agenda
That the CARICOM Consortium be designated a technical advisory body on water to COTED/COHSOD
A Regional Action Plan for water be urgently developed within the context of a Common Water Framework
The Regional Action Plan adopts IWRM and includes strategies for resource mobilisation, capacity building, data collection and management in collaboration with Ministries of Finance and Planning Water be represented at the quasi-Cabinet level of CARICOM as a substantive portfolio.

The High Level Session also included a number of presentations on IWRM Planning and Policies in the Caribbean: Status, Experience and Challenges.

GWP Chair Dr Letitia A Obeng gave a key note speech on the High Level Session.

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