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.

Central Africa

12/1/2008

New regional and country water partnerships

In line with GWP’s strategy to create and strengthen Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs), a multi-year process came to fruition on 29th November 2008, when a new RWP was set up: GWP Central Africa (GWP-CAf). It is based in Yaounde, Cameroon, and has over 100 partners.

Fishiing, Cameroon GWP-CAf is establishing a Regional Documentation Centre on Water. And, in order to consolidate its existence, GWP-CAf is developing a regional financing mechanism that will include the creation of a Regional Solidarity Fund for Water (FORSEAU). This fund targets stakeholders from different disciplines within the region, as well as external donors and development partners.

A regional workshop, targeting trainers from tertiary institutions in the region, aimed to introduce IWRM courses into academic curricula. This was achieved in the University of Dschang (Cameroon), where courses began in 2008. Experts from GWP-CAf facilitated this change in the university’s curriculum and initiated the delivery of courses.

The University of Kinshasa is also working in this direction. GWP-CAf has four Country Water Partnerships, three of which were launched in 2008: Congo in May, Central African Republic in July, and Sao Tome and Principe in October. IWRM country teams are in place to begin the process of developing national IWRM plans. GWP-CAf is expected to lobby development partners to facilitate this process through the provision of the necessary funds.

Page last edited: 8/26/2010