1. LESSONS FROM 17 YEARS OF GWP +
Assessment of 2009-2013 GWP Strategy
Dr Ania Grobicki
Executive Secretary, GWP
June 2014

2. Outcomes of GWP fundraising strategy 2009-2013Outcomes of GWP fundraising strategy 2009-2013

3. GWP Outcomes to 2013:
• 182 outcomes identified so far in the current Strategy period
• Steady progress during the Strategy and since 1998
• Lower progress in 2013 compared to 2012 :
• gearing-up water and climate and other thematic programmes
• Higher incidence of outcomes within programmatic approach since 1998
• Still very difficult to quantify and attribute benefits and value added
Outcome level governance tools
clustered by GWP ToolBox classification
2013
Strategy
2009 to
2013
Total since
1998
A Enabling Environment 16 55 93
B Institutional Roles and Capacity 9 46 100
C Management Instruments 10 81 128
Total: 54 182 321

4. Four Strategic Goals
• Promote water as a key part of
sustainable national development
[operational]
• Address critical development
challenges [advocacy]
• Reinforce knowledge sharing and
communication [knowledge]
• Build a more effective network
[partnering]

5. GWP vision
Water security
A key contributor to
sustainable socio-economic
well-being and national
development
Goal 3
Reinforce knowledge sharing and
communications
Raising awareness, creating and
disseminating knowledge, and
building capacity
Goal 2
Address critical
development challenges
Develop and advocate
solutions to help governments
take better decisions to
improve resilience
Goal 4
Build a more effective network
Government, civil society and the
private sector strengthen the
partnership to improve governance
and sustainable funding
Goal 1
Promote water as a key part of
sustainable national development
Governments make water
resources management a top
priority and invest in its
development
GWP Strategy :
• 4 Interconnected goals
• A theory of change

6. 2010 2011 2012 2013
From
outcome
mapping to
results
• Identifying
plausible linkages
between outputs
and outcomes
• Achievement of
Progress Markers
based on
monitoring and
reporting
• GWP´s influence
on boundary
actors

7. Steps in GWP´s evolution as a Partnership (I) :
• Originally accepted both individual and institutional members
as Partners from 1996
• Partners created Regional Technical Advice Committees in a
number of regions (R-TACs)
• Current Policy on Partners :
– Only organizations/institutions can become Partners (from
1998 onwards)
– Any type of organization (government/private sector/NGO)
– Any water use sector, any level
– Supporting the Dublin-Rio principles
– Acting in accordance with the GWP Statutes

8. • Emphasis on establishing Partnerships at country and regional
levels as neutral multistakeholder platforms for dialogue
• Accreditation of Country Water Partnerships (CWPs) :
– a critical mass of Partners in one country
– various categories and sectors as stakeholders
• 2002 : GWP Organization (GWPO) established in Sweden as an
IGO with 10 Sponsoring Partners (States and UN organizations)
• R-TACs transformed into Regional Water Partnerships from
2002
• Accreditation of RWPs in various regions ongoing
– the newest region (GWP Central Africa) accredited 2009
– RWPs are semi-autonomous entities (Regional Statutes,
Regional Steering Committee, Regional Strategy)
Steps in GWP´s evolution as a Partnership (II) :

9. • World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in
Johannesburg, South Africa
• Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
• The ”IWRM mandate” : National governments committed to
developing national plans for integrated water resources
management and water efficiency (by 2005 !)
• Sponsoring Partners formed GWPO under international public
law as an intergovernmental organization, hosted by Sweden
What happened in 2002 ?

10. Common vision :
Building water security world-wide
Innovative structure:
• Works at all levels in a non-hierarchical way
• Promotes inter-regional learning and knowledge-sharing
• Supports joint initiatives – the art of partnership!
• The multiplier effect
Dimensions of Partnership :
Interdisciplinary / Intersectoral / Govt – business – civil society
Some lessons from 17 years of GWP:

11. (with important variations from region to region)
- 27% government/public sector
- 12% private sector
- 35% NGOs
- 19% academic / research / professional orgs
- 7% other (eg. international orgs, media)
KEY STRENGTHS :
 A neutral multistakeholder platform
 Inclusive yet clear structures at all levels
 Strong knowledge base
 Moving from advocacy to implementation
Overall structure after 17 years of GWP :

12. Analysis of GWP partners by type and across regions
• 121 new partners in the 12 month period Oct 2012 to Oct 2013
• total: 2844 partner organisations in Oct 2013

13. Summing up GWP – An innovative action network
Knowledge base Policy base
Action network
Partnership at all levels + a network on the ground

14. The second step in the evolution of GWP :
A partnership supported by an IGO (2002)

15. GWP: Network, Partnership
and InterGovernmental Organization
“A partnership is not the sum of its parts,
it is the product of the parts' interaction.”

16. Challenges :
# 1 : Working in partnership
• Difficult to demonstrate attribution
# 2 : Working at the policy level
• Difficult to demonstrate impact on the ground
• Difficult to assess numbers of beneficiaries
• Moving from policy to implementation
#3 : A voluntary association (not fee-based)
• Constant challenge to raise funding at local level, at country
level, at regional level, and at global level
Some lessons from 17 years of GWP:

17. Financial Partners (core funding)
• Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom
Designated fund providers (multilaterals)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Commission
Regional, national, local support (incl.private sector etc)
• Finland, USA, Coca Cola, etc
Voluntary and in-kind contributions from Partners
$64million question : How are we funded?

18. BUILDING FOCUS AND SUBSTANCE :
2009 :
« Strategy update»
« Building climate
resilience through
water security »
2011 :
« Future Directions »
Climate change
Food security
Urbanization
Transboundary
waters
Financing water
management
2013 :
Thematic focus areas
proposed following
participatory
global/regional
strategy process
Climate change
Food security
Urbanization
Transboundary
waters
Ecosystems
Energy security

19. Thank you !
A growing international
network since 1996