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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.

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.

China

11/16/2012

Evaluating IWRM in the Yellow River Basin

The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, providing water for 140 million people and irrigating 74,000 km² of land.

But the Yellow River Basin often faces a water shortage problem.

The Yellow River Research Council, GWP China Yellow River and GWP China jointly sponsored a Dialogue on IWRM for the Yellow River Basin in November 2012 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. About 100 participants from over 40 organisations exchanged ideas and shared practices on implementing IWRM in the Yellow River Basin. They concluded that the IWRM approach is helping to reduce water shortages, the uneven distribution of water, and conflict between water supply and demand. It is promoting sustainable development. It is promoting one of the central government's top priorities and is helping ensure a regular flow of the river. But as IWRM in the Yellow River is in the pilot project phase, there is still a long way to go to achieve the final goal.

Page last edited: 5/27/2013