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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 and Eastern Europe

4/14/2011

European conference about IWRM

GWP representatives from Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova attended the "Integrated Water Management in the Balkans and Eastern Europe" Conference on 20-23 March in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Participants from 15 countries shared experiences and best practices in the field of integrated water management and climate change and discussed major topics regarding regional and transboundary waters.

National water experts and officials from Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water, the Executive Agency for the Environment, Heads of Bulgarian River Basins, Environmental Executive Agency, Water Regional Inspectorates also participated along with regional and local governments, NGOs, water suppliers, sewerage and water operators, water users and associations. The director of the International Network Basin Organisation, Jean-François Donzier presented the workplan of INBO and its role in the preparation of 6th World Water Forum. He also re-stressed the active and close cooperation of INBO and GWP presenting the joint Handbook on river basin management. Regional networks were encouraged to actively look for opportunities to enter and intervene in the 6th World Water Forum 2012 Preparatory Process that kicked off in Plovdiv.

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Page last edited: 4/14/2011