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Global Water Partnership Dana J. Thalmeinerova, GWP

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13 Regional Water Partnerships 73 Country Water Partnerships 2,069 Partners in 149 countries A growing international network since 1996

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RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP RWP CWP CWP CWP CWP CWP Technical Committee Secretariat Plus: Special Programmes (PAWD, EUWI, PIWAG) CWP Allies 13 Regional Water Partnerships 73 Country Water Partnerships 2,069 Partners in 150 countries

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Overall Approach to allies: (a) consolidating (Note: work in progress; being streamlined with GWP partners database classification)

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Overall Approach to allies: (a) consolidating (Note: work in progress; being streamlined with GWP partners database classification)

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Overall Approach to allies: (b) prioritizing (Note: work in progress; building link with work plans)

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<ul><li>IWRM Dialogues at regional, river basin and national levles </li></ul><ul><li>Facilitate rural sanitation – EU and national polices </li></ul><ul><li>Floods – climate change adaptation with WMO </li></ul>Central and Eastern Europe

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OUR VISION: A water secure world <ul><li>How We Work: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>All levels (Local/National/River Basin/Regional/ Transboundary) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Strategic approach: networked, connected, coordinated </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Principles and values (from the Dublin principles) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Meaningful dialogue – through a neutral stance </li></ul></ul>OUR MISSION: To support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels

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Four Strategic Goals <ul><li>Promote water as a key part of sustainable national development [operational] </li></ul><ul><li>Address critical development challenges [advocacy] </li></ul><ul><li>Reinforce knowledge sharing and communication [knowledge] </li></ul><ul><li>Build a more effective network [partnering] </li></ul>

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National IWRM Planning Surveys - GWP involved in more than 26 countries PAWD Initiative

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Knowledge & Communication <ul><li>How We Work: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Technical Committee </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Present at Conferences/workshops </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Participation in Advisory Boards </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Publications </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Stockholm Water Weeks </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>African Water Weeks </li></ul></ul>

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Tools in ToolBox

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How GWP can assist <ul><li>Bringing stakeholders together - conferences, workshops, programs </li></ul><ul><li>Formulating key issues and presenting them to decision-makers, e.g. transboundary co-operation and capacity building </li></ul><ul><li>Facilitating IWRM Implementation </li></ul><ul><li>Raising Public Awareness at country level </li></ul><ul><li>Joint publications in local languages </li></ul>

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Characteristics of GWP <ul><li>GWP is unique – it is the only international organization dedicated to water resources management </li></ul><ul><li>GWP is influential - has articulated the IWRM approach and spread it worldwide </li></ul><ul><li>GWP provides local support – IWRM plans to meet WSSD target </li></ul><ul><li>GWP engages out of the water box - getting water on the World Economic Forum agenda </li></ul><ul><li>GWP reinforces the work of others (OECD on Financing Water Resources Management, ICPDR on Public participation) </li></ul>

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Challenge in GWP: Advocacy for IWRM Picture from V.Pangare: Global Perspectives on IWRM, 2006