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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

10/18/2011

Preparing for Rio+20 in Asia

GWP Pakistan collaborated on a National Workshop on Pakistan’s Preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Islamabad on 12-13 September 2011. GWP Pakistan held a side event to promote IWRM and water saving/recycling and environmental conservation measures at ground level. The workshop was organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, UN One and the Rio+20 Secretariat.

Mr. Naseer Ahmad Gillani, Chairman, GWP Pakistan participated as Panelist

At the “International Conference on Green Economy and Sustainable Mountain Development: Opportunities and Challenges in View of Rio+20”, the Chair of GWP South Asia, Sadar Muhammad Tariq, represented the GWP Executive Secretary. He was as a panellist in the session “Policies for Improving Water Governance for Better Livelihoods – Managing Water for Green Economy and Green Growth” and contributed to the “Kathmandu Declaration on Green Economy and Sustainable Mountain Development.” The conference was sponsored by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) with support from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 5-7 September 2011. Naseer Ahmad Gillani, Chairman of GWP Pakistan, also participated in the conference as a panellist and chaired a session on the Declaration.

Photo: Mr. Naseer Ahmad Gillani, Chairman, GWP Pakistan participated as Panelist

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