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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

3/19/2013

Urban Water Management in El Salvador

Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is an important issue for Central America because of the growing population in the cities and the effects of climate change on urban water resources.

To contribute to the regional capacity in IUWM, GWP Central America organized a regional workshop on this topic, in November 2012. The participants included representatives from municipalities, water and sanitation agencies, and universities.

As a follow up of the regional workshop, the Central American University José Simeón Cañas in El Salvador (one of the universities who participated in the regional workshop), with the support of GWP El Salvador and GWP Central America, organized a workshop on the Integrated Management of Urban Floods as part of their Capacity Building in Water Engineering and Environmental Management Project, from the 18th to the 23rd of February 2013, in San Salvador.

There were22 participants from the public and private sectors, including the Planning Office for the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Red Cross of El Salvador, among others.

Page last edited: 3/19/2013