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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.

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.

12/23/2009

Side Event at COP 15

Information about a side event at COP 15 that GWP is co-convening with the Global Public Policy Network on Water Management, a joint initiative of the Stockholm International Water Institute and the Stakeholder Forum.

“Bridging the Water and Climate Change Agendas”

Presented by the GWP and the GPPN, Wednesday 9th 18:15-19:45 Halfdan Rasmussen Room

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) together with the Global Public Policy Network on Water Management (GPPN) invite you to a side event which addresses the important role that water plays in relation to climate change.

Water is a crosscutting concern for both climate change adaptation and mitigation. The side event will focus on a range of issues including;

What is the status of the UNFCCC negotiations?

Why is water relevant to a climate conference?

What can be done to ensure water is in the text?

How adaptation can support country-driven development: Spotlight on Bangladesh

What should our actions and priorities be beyond COP-15?
We invite country delegates to attend the event to learn why water is indispensable to the climate change agenda.

Speakers include: Ainun Nishat of the Bangladesh Delegation and IUCN, John Matthews (WWF), Ania Grobicki (GWP), Karin Lexen (SIWI), Hannah Stoddart (Stakeholder Forum), and Mike Muller (GWP). The session will be facilitated by Felix Dodds of the Stakeholder Forum.

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