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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 America

6/1/2012

Guidance document developed for basin management in Nicaragua

In 2011, GWP Nicaragua was asked by Autoridad Nacional del Agua, the national water authority, to help prepare a guide to be used as the basis of all basin management plans implemented in the country.

This is an important step in the implementation of the 2007 Water Law. The guide will ensure that an IWRM approach is applied in all 21 basins in the country, including Lake Cocibolca (Lake Nicaragua), the largest freshwater body in Central America.

GWP and ANA began the consultation process in November 2011, bringing together stakeholders to develop a draft. In 2012, the country's four main water networks participated in three meetings coordinated by GWP Nicaragua to review the document. The final draft was delivered to ANA in June 2012 and is expected to be approved in early 2013. The process has been highly participatory so there are expectations that the guide will be well used.

Page last edited: 5/27/2013