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.

Urban Water Management

By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population, some 6.4 billion people, are expected to live in towns and cities, almost doubling the current urban population.

GWP promotes and supports an integrated approach to water management at the urban level and has been active in many countries where rapid urbanisation is resulting in unsustainable use of water resources.

With a strong focus on building capacity among local decision-makers and practitioners, GWP has established strong foundations from which to target specific urban development policy and planning frameworks.

This was most clearly reflected in the development of a Pan-African programme on municipal urban master plans in collaboration with the African Development Bank, although the topic of urban water management was also highlighted as a priority in Asia and Latin America.

Looking back at 2017-2019, key activities included:

An Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) Programme for Africa was being developed in partnership with the African Water Facility of the African Development Bank in the context of securing funding for programme implementation
GWP was collaborating with GWOPA UN-Habitat to develop an Urban Water Hub in order to:
- - advocate for sustainable development and promote key messages on innovative urban water management approaches at all levels;
  - be a leverage for action, notably by the use of the existing networks and multiply their effectiveness;
  - allow an increased accessibility to information and knowledge exchange on innovative urban water management solutions using the diversity of experiences available in the Hub;
  - lobby and leverage financing for innovative programs and projects, using the strategic positioning of the Hub.

Page last edited: 9/8/2020