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.

In Support of a Dedicated Water Goal

Water Goal identifyer

Global Water Partnership (GWP) welcomes the aspirational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by Member States at the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2015. The transformational vision of the agenda is ambitious and will need an unwavering commitment on the part of everyone. GWP will play its part.

At the core of the 2030 Agenda is a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To have any chance of successful implementation, the SDGs demand a rapid start up, consistent implementation and monitoring, integrated thinking, and collaborative action. As an action-oriented, multi-stakeholder partnership working at all levels, GWP is already actively engaged with countries, and is committed to support them in implementing the SDGs.

The Agenda covers a wide range of development issues. The specific water goal (SDG 6) and targets means that water resources management can no longer be an afterthought or taken for granted: economies and societies can only develop sustainably if water and water-using sectors collaborate. The 2030 Agenda declares that “we pledge that no one will be left behind…. And we will endeavour to reach the furthest behind first.” Many of those furthest behind are those without adequate access to water. We need to start with them.

The new Development Agenda provides political commitment for integrated water resources management at the highest level, including a specific target (6.5). This has been and remains the raison d’être of GWP and has been taken up by many countries. GWP and its partners will work more fervently to help governments implement an integrated approach that takes into account the other goals, notably on climate, energy, food, health, governance, ecosystems, gender equality, and urbanisation.

Implementing this approach requires smarter decision-making based on the best knowledge available, and commitment to action with other sectors through working partnerships and shared responsibilities.

Water resources management is critical to long-term economic growth and poverty eradication. Its recognition in the 2030 Development Agenda gives GWP optimism that progress toward sustainable development and a productive and dignified life for all will be accelerated and more readily achievable.

Photo: This image is part of the GWP social media campaign for a dedicated Water Goal, launched in January 2015 - a libarary of campaign images available here.

Page last edited: 1/30/2015