Global Water Partnership
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| Name | Global Water Partnership |
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| Geographic Scope | Global |
| Subject Focus/Expertise | Water Management |
| Contact | GWP Secretariat
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Description
The Global Water Partnership is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles.
Today, this comprehensive partnership actively identifies critical knowledge needs at global, regional and national levels, helps design programs for meeting these needs, and serves as a mechanism for alliance building and information exchange on integrated water resources management IWRM. IWRM aims to ensure the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize economic and social welfare – without compromising the sustainability of vital environmental systems.The GWP provides a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue at global, regional, national and local levels to promote integrated approaches towards more sustainable water resources development, management and use. The GWP's objectives are to:
- Clearly establish the principles of sustainable water resources management,
- Identify gaps and stimulate partners to meet critical needs within their available human and financial resources,
- Support action at the local, national, regional or riverbasin level that follows principles of sustainable water resources management,
- Help match needs to available resources.
The GWP network works in 14 regions: Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, the Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Central Asia and the Caucasus, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China and Australia. The GWP Secretariat is located in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mission/Mandate
The mission of the Global Water Partnership is to "support countries in the sustainable management of their water resources."
Information Resources/Tools/Materials
IWRM Toolbox
The IWRM Toolbox is a free and open database with a library of case studies and references that can be used by anyone who is interested in implementing better approaches for the management of water or learning more about improving water management on a local, national, regional or global level. Altogether 54 different tools are presented in the GWP ToolBox. The ToolBox is organised in a hierachial manner with each tool embedded in the wider perspective of IWRM. The characteristics of each tool are described in the ToolBox such as to allow the user to select a suitable mix and sequence of tools that would work in a given country, context and situation.
Publications
- GWP Catalyzing Climate Change Series - is designed to support countries in their efforts to prepare integrated water resources management and water efficiency strategies or plans, as advocated by the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development and reinforced by the 2005 World Summit. The series tackles key issues and potential stumbling blocks and attempts to give countries at the beginning of the process the benefit of lessons learned from those further down the path.
- GWP in Action 2007 - Reflecting on another busy year in the GWP network, a key challenge was to move towards closure on the current 2004–2008 Strategy while preparing an inclusive process through 2008 for developing the new GWP Strategy 2009–2013...
- Regional Brochures - These brochures describe each region's programmes and actions. For example, see Regional Profile for Central and Eastern Europe 2008
- Technical Papers including;
- Status Report on Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plans (2008) - Managers, whether in the government or private sectors, have to make difficult decisions on water allocation. More and more they have to apportion diminishing supplies between everincreasing demands. Drivers such as demographic and climatic changes further increase the stress on water resources. The traditional fragmented approach is no longer viable and a more holistic approach to water management is essential...
- IWMI-GWP:IWRM and Multiple Uses of Water - Single-use approaches to water development and management do not reflect the realities of poor people’s water use. People use domestic water supplies for activities such as irrigating backyard gardens, keeping livestock, fishing, processing crops and running small-scale enterprises. In areas without adequate domestic water supply, they use irrigation water to meet household needs, such as drinking and bathing, as well as to support a range of incomegenerating activities in addition to crop production.
- Effective Water Governance:Learning from Dialogue - Effective water governance is necessary to solve the water crisis. Water governance determines the roles and responsibilities of the different interests – public, civil and private - in water resource management and development. Resolving the challenges in this area is necessary if we are to achieve sustainable water resources development and management.
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- GWP Training Proposal for Water and Environmental Management Training Activities
- Dialogue on Effective Water Governance
Work on the ground
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