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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.

10/17/2013

Water, Climate, and Development Programme Tops Agenda in Central America

GWP’s Water, Climate, and Development Programme has been formally introduced in Central America. Launch events have taken place in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, and there will be events in Guatemala and El Salvador by the end of October.

GWP partners in the region, as well as actors in the water and climate sectors, participated in the consultations and launch events and now the region is readying for the implementation phase.

GWP Central America initiated the programme together with agencies of the Central American Integration System and other relevant actors. It links integrated water resources management (IWRM) with resilience to climate change and the sustainable development of the countries.

Julie Lennox of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says that “initiatives like the Water, Climate, and Development Programme are important to harmonize the efforts that can be done at the local and productive levels with the different stakeholders of Central America.”

Central America has one of the highest levels of vulnerability to climate change in the world due to its geographical location. Of the 250 registered extreme weather events in the region in the past 80 years, 85% were related to water.

A recent example is the tropical storm “12-E” which hit the region in October 2011. The storm caused the loss of USD 67.25 million in the agriculture sector in Guatemala, USD 29.7 millions in Honduras, USD 28.7 millions in El Salvador, USD 21.9 millions in Costa Rica and USD 17.3 millions in Nicaragua. (ECLAC)

Page last edited: 10/17/2013