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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.

South Asia

11/16/2012

New national water policy in India approved

The new national water policy has now been approved by the Government of India.

An important step in this process was the participation of GWP and GWP India in the first-ever India Water Week in 2012, where GWP India organised a high level seminar. This side event enabled academics, policy-makers, researchers, NGOs and government institutions to discuss how the policy addresses the impact of climate change on water and food security in India.

For several years, GWP India has been creating awareness of the draft national water policy, circulated it to partners, organised discussions to obtain feedback, and contributed its technical expertise. More than 20 partners provided suggestions that GWP India forwarded to the Ministry of Water Resources for consideration while finalising the national water policy. The Chair of GWP India, one former Board member, and a Regional Council member of GWP India were members of the Drafting Committee of the new policy.

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