• About

    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.

    Who

    • What is the Network?
    • GWP Partners
    • Network Meeting
    • Country Water Partnerships
    • Regional Water Partnerships
    • Sponsoring Partners
    • Steering Committee
    • GWP Technical Committee
    • Governance and Funding
    • Global Secretariat
    • Global Secretariat Staff
    • History

    Why

    • The Water Challenge
    • The Need for an Integrated Approach
    • Sustainable Development Goals

    How

    • Vision, Mission, and Values
    • Strategy, Workplans, Progress Reviews
    • Annual and Financial Reports

    Keep updated

    • News
    • Events and calls
    • NewsFlow
    • GWP on social media
    • Jobs and tenders

    Covid-19

    • Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
  • We Act

    We act

    The actions of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership support improved water governance so that communities and countries manage water for peoples' health, economic development, and environmental sustainability.

    What we do

    • Water intelligence
    • Policy guidance
    • Governance readiness
    • Communication

    Themes

    • Water Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
    • Climate Resilience Through Water
    • Transboundary Cooperation
    • Engaging the Private Sector
    • Contributing to Gender Equality
    • Mobilising Youth for Water Resources Management

    Campaigns

    • GWP 25 Years
    • The Water ChangeMaker Awards
    • #ActOnSDG6
    • Youth for Water and Climate (#YWC)
    • Valuing Water
    • GWP Celebrates 20 Years
    • Global Water Leadership Programme
    • Water Goal

    Our results

    • Our impact
    • Our influence
    • Our activities
    • GWP Network Map
    • Water Governance Results Map
  • Learn

    Learn

    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.

    IWRM Action Hub

    • About the IWRM Action Hub
    • The Enabling Environment (A)
    • Institutional Arrangements (B)
    • Management Instruments (C)
    • Finance (D)

    Capacity development

    • IWRM Capacity Development
    • Communities of Practice
    • Cap-Net UNDP
    • Governance for Transboundary Freshwater Security (MOOC)
    • MSPs for Improved Water Governance

    Knowledge resources

    • GWP Knowledge Search
    • About Knowledge Resources
    • Global Resources
    • Regional Resources
    • Case Studies
  • Partner

    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!

    Become a partner

    • Why be a GWP Partner
    • Apply Now
    • GWP Policy on Partners

    Partnerships

    • Regional Water Partnerships
    • Country Water Partnerships
    • Strategic Allies

    Existing partners

    • GWP Partner Search (we are in the process of updating our database)
    • Meet Our Partners
    • Network Meeting
  • GWP Regions

    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.

    Regional sites

    • Caribbean
    • Central Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and Eastern Europe
    • Central Asia and Caucasus
    • China
    • Eastern Africa
    • Mediterranean
    • South America
    • South Asia
    • South East Asia
    • Southern Africa
    • West Africa
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  • Contact us
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  • Search
  • Learn
  • IWRM Action Hub
  • Capacity development
    • IWRM Capacity Development
    • Communities of Practice
    • Cap-Net UNDP
    • Governance for Transboundary Freshwater Security (MOOC)
    • MSPs for Improved Water Governance
  • Knowledge resources

Thematic Capacity Building

GWP’s Towards 2020 Strategy takes a thematic approach to water security and supports programme implementation in key areas of development. The programmes in each thematic area include capacity building activities outlined here.

Thematic Area: CLIMATE RESILIENCE

  • Capacity building in Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) 
  • Capacity building in Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
  • Capacity building in Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP)

Thematic Area: TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION

  • Capacity building in International Water Law

Thematic Area: URBAN

  • Capacity building in Integrated Urban Water Management
Page last edited: 2/22/2017

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