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.

Results

With the overall vision of achieving water security and the SDGs, GWP supports mandated actors to advance water governance through the application of IWRM principles – widely accepted as the keys to solving the problem of sharing limited water resources equitably among many competing water users. Our most meaningful results therefore lie in the governance improvements introduced by actors at all levels where GWP is active. These governance improvements, recorded as tangible outcomes, occur in “change areas” which cover the wide array of the water governance spectrum.

In the little over twenty years since GWP was founded, we have successfully influenced more than 400 outcomes that have contributed to improved water governance. These results are the most demonstrable illustration of our achievements and our progress in reaching the vision of water security through the incorporation of IWRM into water governance.

The recorded outcomes influenced by GWP are categorised under the following three key pillars of IWRM and water governance:

The enabling environment – Good water governance requires a strong enabling environment to structure and guide the work of all actors in a sustained and effective manner. To this end, GWP promotes comprehensive water and water-related policies, clear legal frameworks and robust financing structures which together provide the foundation for increasing water security. Tangible results influenced by GWP include:

The adoption of around 90 national water resources policies, climate change adaptation policies and other policies with a strong relationship to water
Strengthened water law in 17 countries, including its implementation and integration with related legal frameworks
The development of more than 20 investment strategies, including the mobilisation of funds from government budgets, external aid and other sources to enable implementation

Institutional arrangements – A range of political, social, economic and administrative institutions need to be in place to develop and manage water resources in a sustainable manner. GWP seeks to improve the efficiency, capacity and interconnections between these institutions to enable them to apply good governance practices as per IWRM principles. Tangible results influenced by GWP include:

Institutional reform processes involving mandated water governance organisations in more than 10 countries
Strengthened institutional governance frameworks for 8 River Basin Organisations and other transboundary institutions
The establishment of 8 national coordination bodies related to water resources management and more than 50 subnational multi-stakeholder partnerships founded on IWRM principles

Management instruments – Specific methods that enable decision makers to make rational and informed choices when it comes to water management and to tailor their actions to specific situations. Tangible results influenced by GWP include:

More than 100 plans and frameworks based on, or incorporating, IWRM principles formally adopted at regional, river basin, national and subnational levels
Creation of more than 20 information systems, hubs and coordination mechanisms for managing and disseminating data on a wide range of water resources management issues
Initiation of almost 20 decision support tools and mechanisms including economic modelling, assessment frameworks and methodologies, GIS based systems and regulatory guidance

For a full description of GWP’s annual results see the Annual Reports and Annual Progress Reviews

The results are monitored through GWP’s hybrid M&E system.

Page last edited: 9/7/2020