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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.

Mediterranean

12/25/2011

High-level agreement on a shared vision for the Drin River Basin

Following detailed assessment and a structured stakeholders' consultation at national and regional levels, the five Drin River riparian states signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a shared strategic vision for the benefit of about two million people who rely on the basin for drinking water, agriculture, fisheries, industry, and hydropower.

In Tirana, Albania, on 25 November 2011, Ministers and Deputy Ministers from Albania, Greece, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro signed the memorandum. This represents a significant step forward in the development of transboundary cooperation in the Drin Basin. The Drin Core Group (DCG) was established as a cross-basin body to implement the Memorandum of Understanding and GWP Mediterranean was appointed as its Secretariat. The Drin Dialogue process is facilitated by GWP Mediterranean and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in collaboration with UNDP.

The challenges facing the Drin Basin have many dimensions, including competing uses for water. Hydropower is of particular importance, with major dams and power stations in Albania and FYR Macedonia. In addition, water quality is under threat from pollution, mainly from agriculture and untreated urban wastewater. The exceptional biodiversity and endemic species of the Drin Basin are in danger without an improved and coordinated management of the ecosystem.

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