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.

Caribbean

1/30/2010

Media workshops boost journalists' understanding of water issues

GWP Caribbean took a cue from the experiences of other Regional Water Partnerships – particularly GWP Central America and GWP West Africa – who have found that the media is one of the best channels for creating awareness about water issues among the general public.

GWP Caribbean kicked off by organising a workshop for media representatives in December 2010. This drew journalists from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and introduced them to IWRM and how it relates to current issues such as climate change, health, food and disasters. Journalists who took part in the workshop subsequently wrote articles on, for example, rainwater harvesting, water pricing and water conservation, all important issues in the region. As well as the workshop, GWP began including journalists in capacity building activities to help them understand the issues so that they can report on them appropriately for audiences in their countries. This success in engaging the media on water issues has prompted the water authority in Trinidad and Tobago to ask GWP Caribbean to do more training for the media in 2011. The workshop itself led to the launch of a regional IWRM journalists' network.

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