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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.

Central Africa

10/18/2011

GWP planning tool supports Kribi port

GWP Central Africa supported the Cameroonian Ministry of Economy and Planning to carry out a one-year survey of the proposed site of a deep-water port at Kribi. GWP Central Africa developed a forward-looking planning and decision-support tool to help ensure more efficient land use, to preserve the integrity of the port facilities, and to aid natural resources management and the preservation of vital ecosystems. This work shows how IWRM principles can be put into practice at the local level, as part of a major infrastructure project.

This is an important recognition of GWP Central Africa's advocacy work in Cameroon. It builds on the Prime Minister's statement in 2009 that the government would adopt an integrated approach, and the appointment in September 2011 of the Chair of GWP Cameroon as Director of Water Resources in the Ministry of Energy and Water.

The total investment for the construction of the port is 360 million, which is, according to the Director of China Harbour Engineering Company-Cameroon, the "most important port investment in all of West and Central Africa". The Kribi port will facilitate the transport of iron ore, natural gas, oil, and aluminium, as well as agricultural products between Central African countries and the rest of the world. It is expected to be a major engine for the development of Cameroon and the Central African region as a whole.

Page last edited: 6/18/2012