A Partnership for
Water
Michael E. Campana
Whenever & Wherever You Want!
www.gwp.org
OUR VISION:
A water secure world
• Enough water for all –
• Social Equity, Economic Efficiency, Ecosystem sustainability
• Minimize the destructive force of water
• Protection from floods, droughts, landslides, erosion, water-borne disease
• Maximise the benefits of water
• Improve living standards and reduce poverty
• An integrated approach
• Holistic, cross-sectoral, and multi-stakeholder processes
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OUR MISSION:
To advance governance and management of
water resources for sustainable and
equitable development
• Effective governance
• Managing water equitably
• Water security and economic growth
• Water investments lead to economic growth
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A growing
international
network since 1996
Our Value Proposition
We're a large, diverse,
inclusive, multistakeholder partnership
that supports
communities and
countries to improve
the way they manage
water. Put simply, we're
about bringing water
users together (that’s
everyone) to solve
water problems.
13 Regional Water Partnerships
86 Country Water Partnerships
3000+ Partners in 183 countries
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Our Value Proposition (continued)
• Advocacy for improved water resources management
• Convening power across stakeholder groups
• Technical expertise and knowledge sharing
• Capacity building
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A Network of Partners
• Advocating, facilitating, and
supporting change processes for
sustainable water management.
• A neutral platform for multistakeholder dialogue at global,
national and local levels that
connects water resources planning
and operations.
• Contributing technical knowledge
and building capacity for
improving water management.
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Regional and Country Water Partnerships
• Multi-stakeholder platforms that bring together sectors and interest
groups to discuss water issues at regional and national level and to
identify solutions.
• They develop their own regional and national strategies and action
plans based on the integrated water resources management (IWRM)
approach, and raise funds to implement them.
• They develop Urban Water Partnerships, River Basin Partnerships, or
Area Water Partnerships for implementing IWRM approaches at
various scales.
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Our Impact
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Our Impact
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More at
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Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals
GWP campaigned for the water goal
+ an IWRM target (6.5)
SDG Preparedness Facility (SDG-PF)
• Aim: help speed up implementation of water related goals at country level.
• How: support a 1st batch of 16 countries, with programs facilitating
the implementation of water related goals for their country
Uganda
Tanzania
Zambia
Ghana
Mali
Peru
Honduras
El Salvador
Moldova
Hungary
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Indonesia
Vietnam
Bangladesh
China
• Who: GWPO, UNEP-DHI, UN Water Gemi
& various public-private partners in country
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Technical resources
GWP provides technical leadership for water resources management:
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Background Papers
Policy Briefs
Perspectives Papers
Technical Focus Papers
All online at www.gwp.org
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The GWP Technical Committee
• Provides global technical leadership to the network.
• Guides policy makers with insights on emerging issues, drawing
on the knowledge of world experts.
• Provides high quality and evidence-based information for water
resource practitioners.
• Provides advice and support and facilitates sharing of knowledge
and learning at regional and country levels.
• Supports the GWP ToolBox, an online resource with case studies
and references about water resources management.
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GWP IWRM ToolBox
• Free online database
• Tools help the user
understand the concepts
of integrated water
resources management
• Contains a library of case
studies and references on
how to apply an
integrated approach
www.gwptoolbox.org
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IWRM and its Relations to Sub-sectors
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Our Strategy 2014-2019
Towards 2020
1. Catalyse change in policies & practice
2. Generate and communicate knowledge
3. Strengthen partnerships
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Goal 1:
Catalyse change in policies and practice
• Advancing effective water governance
• Helping to strengthen all aspects of the enabling environment
• Seeking to catalyse policy changes and support countries to
put them into practice
• Supporting consensus building
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Goal 2:
Generate and communicate knowledge
• Developing the capacity to share knowledge
• Fostering a dynamic communications culture
• Building local expertise
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Goal 3:
Strengthen partnerships
• Strengthening partnerships to catalyse change and enhance learning
• Strengthening our Partner organizations
• Building Regional and Country capacities
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Thematic areas
Climate resilience and water security
• Most climate change impacts are and will be water related
• Floods & Droughts are becoming “the new normal”
Water, Climate and Development Programme
o Support to countries on climate change adaptation
o Strengthen the resilience of countries to climate change
o Support implementation of NDCs and National Adaptation
Plans processes
o project preparation & financing
GWP/WMO:
o Integrated Drought Management Programme with (IDMP)
o Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
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Thematic areas
Transboudary water security
• More than 250 internationally shared watercourses
• Water conflicts can interfere with economic and social
development and lead to humanitarian crises
• GWP provides a neutral space for dialogue and
negotiation
• Building institutional capacity in International Water
Law
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Thematic areas
The Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystem Nexus
• Use of chemicals and fertilisers causes
ecosystem damage and water pollution
• Population growth and increasing food
production threatens water supply
• Generating energy requires water
• Water management affects energy planning
• Ecosystems play an essential role in
sustaining the global water cycle, the
carbon cycle, and nutrient cycles
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Thematic areas
Urbanisation and water security
• Cities will experience difficulties in managing
scarce and unreliable supplies
• Water utilities face major problems with
conflicting social priorities
• GWP supports the development of Urban Water
Partnerships
• GWP develops frameworks to explore urban
water cycle linkages
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Cross-cutting issues
Gender
• Women play a central role in providing,
managing, and safeguarding water
• GWP Gender Strategy
• Gender Focal Points at regional level
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Cross-cutting issues
Youth
• Empower young people to become agents of
change
• GWP supports young water professionals
• Youth action plans
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Dublin-Rio Principles
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Essential to Life
• Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource
• Essential to sustain life, development, and the environment
Dublin-Rio Principle No 1
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Participatory Approach
Water development and management should
be based on a participatory approach involving
users, planners, and policy makers at all levels.
Dublin-Rio Principle No. 2
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Women’s Central Role
Women play a central part in the
provision, management, and
safeguarding of water.
Dublin-Rio Principle No.3
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Economic and Social Good
Water is a public good and has a social and
economic value in all its competing uses.
Dublin-Rio Principle No. 4
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Ecosystem Sustainability
Water is a natural resource and
should be recognised as an integral
part of the ecosystem.
Dublin-Rio Principle No. 5
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What are the benefits of being a Partner?
• Part of a global action network for
achieving sustainable water
resources management.
• Voice and influence at national and
international policy discussions
through multi-stakeholder
platforms.
• Guidance on identifying critical
needs for the sustainable use of
water resources.
• Opportunity to match one Partner’s
needs with another Partner’s
resources.
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• 75% of jobs depend on water
• Water crisis: in top 3 biggest global risks since 2012
• By 2050:
4 billion people may live in water scarce areas
45% of global GDP may be at risk from water
• To realize SDG6 (let alone the 2030 agenda),
we need trillions not billions
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Join the Partnership!
Go to PARTNER at: www.gwp.org
And visit our online library for water
reources management: www.gwptoolbox.org
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