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.

West Africa

11/15/2012

A successful partnership for implementing IWRM in West Africa

Collaboration among West African countries has led to the development of IWRM action plans in Togo, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, and IWRM roadmaps in Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.

Collaboration among West African countries has led to the development of IWRM action plans in Togo, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, and IWRM roadmaps in Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. Country Water Partnerships were set up in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia, and a feasibility study has started in Sierra Leone. Assessment studies of Country Water Partnerships in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea were completed and proposals have identified ways of strengthening the partnerships.

All this is the result of a four-year UNEP/EU project supporting the development and implementation of IWRM plans to improve water management and governance that finished in 2012. GWP West Africa was mainly responsible for supplying the technical expertise needed to set up Country Water Partnerships, mobilise stakeholders in the IWRM process, and build their capacity. The project aimed to add value to processes improving national water governance and management and to focus on environmental issues.

Page last edited: 5/27/2013