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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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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!

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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

10/21/2009

With Partners, GWP-Med Builds Capacity on Transboundary Management

Fifty water professionals attended a Capacity Building Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management on November 25-28, 2008 in Skhoder Lake, Albania. The focus was on the conditions in the transboundary Drin River Basin.

The organizers were Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean region (GWP-Med), the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) and the GEF “Lake Shkoder/Skadar Integrated Ecosystem Management” Project. Financial support came from the European Commission and the German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

The purpose of the Workshop was to enhance skills and build capacity of stakeholders on priority IWRM issues, equipping them with knowledge and tools to effectively participate in the management planning of rivers and lakes in the extended Drin River Basin. The Workshop also assisted the implementation of the GEF “Lake Shkoder/Skadar Integrated Ecosystem Management” Project by empowering stakeholders that will act as Working Groups members under the Lake Shkoder Joint Committee that is in the making.

The participants were introduced to the IWRM approach and trained on its application, and came from national authorities, joint river basin commissions and bodies, management authorities of protected areas, academia and NGOs from Albania, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo.

A special session promoting the GWP ToolBox as a valuable tool for IWRM was facilitated by Danka Thalmeinerova, GWP ToolBox Officer, who introduced content, structure, applications and the new ToolBox website. One participant said, "I am an engineer. Until now I have taken a simple engineering approach to water management issues. Now that I have seen the GWP ToolBox, I have the possibility to take a much broader approach, including social and economic issues, and that is what I will do in the future."

The Workshop followed the ‘Consultation Meeting on IWRM in the Extended Drin River Basin’, November 24, 2008, in Tirana, Albania, where riparian countries agreed to enhance cooperation and common action for the joint management of this important transboundary river.

These activities are part of GWP-Med’s on-going systematic work to enhance synergy on the ground and build capacity of stakeholders for transboundary water resources management in Southeastern Europe. Activities are implemented in collaboration with key partners in the region in the policy framework of the Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process and contribute to the implementation of the GEF Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystems (GEF SPM) and the Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI).

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