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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.

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.

Central Africa

12/1/2008

CICOS pursues integrated approach

GWP-CAf facilitated meetings with the Secretariat of the International Commission for the Congo–Oubangui–Sangha Basin (CICOS).

CICOS-GWP handshake The meetings reviewed CICOS’s main objectives and the memorandum of understanding which it signed with GWP-CAf Technical Advisory Committee in 2005. The meetings helped CICOS shift focus to a fully integrated river basin management approach that requires both organizations to review areas of cooperation.

GWP-CAf will help with technical assistance (contributing to the creation of a Strategic Action Plan for the Congo basin); capacity building (providing IWRM training to decision-making organs); case study research (catalysing institutional change); and new communication channels. GWP-CAf is now a key stakeholder and part of the CICOS group of experts and development partners.

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