About

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.

Mediterranean

12/30/2010

IWRM and Coastal Zone Management framework established

The integrated methodological framework (IMF) for integrated water resources management and integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean was finalised in 2010, the outcome of specialist technical work and extensive consultation.

The IMF takes into account groundwater, aquifers, biodiversity, coastal waters and climate change, and will provide the framework for a new generation of management plans for coastal areas. The first work under the IMF will be a pilot project in the Buna-Bojana area which is shared by Albania and Montenegro. GWP Mediterranean, the Priority Action Programme of the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (PAP/RAC MAP/UNEP) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) helped develop the framework under the Global Environmental Facility Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystems (GEF MedPartnership) and the Mediterranean Component of the European Union Water Initiative (MED-EUWI).

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