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.

GCF Readiness: enabling resilience investments

GWP is an official delivery partner for countries aiming to access funding through the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme.

Over 90% of developing countries prioritize water-related actions when it comes to adapting to climate change. However, only 10% of these countries have packaged their needs into bankable investments to secure required financing. The development of bankable water and climate resilience investments is a binding constraint to realizing countries’ priority climate actions related to water.

Through multi-stakeholder dialogues and processes, GWP supports countries to identify how best the GCF Readiness Programme can be useful in closing the water and climate resilience investment gap in a way that builds resilience in water management systems and across all water-related sectors, and importantly via water-related actions into the wider economy, people’s livelihoods, and ecosystems. Our multi-stakeholder approaches enable strong country ownership rooted in alignment of actions with needs and demands of country stakeholders, designed to benefit the most vulnerable populations. Read more

Explore GWP's GCF Readiness Portfolio across the world

GWP is currently implementing GCF Readiness projects in five countries, covering capacity building; strategic documents; national adaptation planning; concept note development; and knowledge management. In 2023, GWP submitted GCF Readiness proposals for 18 countries, expected to begin implementation in 2024.

Cick on the map and and find out more about each country.