The Global Water Partnership's vision is a water secure world and its mission is to support sustainable water management at all levels. The Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE) works in 12 countries in the Baltic and Danube regions with over 152 million people. GWP CEE's 2009-2013 strategy facilitates implementing integrated water resources management principles through national dialogues, public participation, sustainable sanitation, flood and drought management, and communication. GWP CEE is part of the Global Water Partnership network founded in 1996 to support sustainable water management globally.

1. G WP Central and Eastern Europe

2. Vision and mission The Global Water Partnership's vision is for a water secure world Its mission is to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels

3. The region of Central and Eastern Europe

4. The region of Central and Eastern Europe Population of 152 million people, a quarter of all Europeans Total area of over 2.03 million km 2 12 countries in Baltic and Danube regions Baltic region: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland Danube region: Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine Founded in 1998

5. GWP CEE Strategy 2009-2013 Tool for facilitating implementation of IWRM principles in the context of European water polices Four strategic goals covering IWRM dialogues, public participation, sustainable sanitation, floods and droughts, communication and governance Involves inter-regional cooperation with the GWP Central Asia and Caucasus region Regularly updated with emerging issues such as climate adaptation

6. Strategic Goal 1: National Dialogues Regional Water Vision up to 2025 was a result of first dialogues From Vision to Action presented at the Hague World Water Forum in 2000 National and regional dialogues are synthesized into regional reports A series of IWRM Dialogues in 2007 resulted in common declarations with governments and changes in legislation As a result, GWP Ukraine succeeded in embedding IWRM in National Environmental Strategy

7. Strategic Goal 1: Public Participation Aarhus Convention provides a legal framework for access to information and justice Public Participation Task Force established in 2004 Organized Danube Day celebrations at Water & Sustainable Development Expo in Zaragoza (2008), co-organized Danube Stakeholder Forum (2009) and regional input to Danube Strategy in (2010) Observer status to the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River and the Helsinki Commission

8. Strategic Goal 2: Sustainable Sanitation Seeks alternative and decentralized solution to sanitation services for rural population Sustainable Sanitation in CEE: Addressing the Needs of Small and Medium-Size Settlements published in 2007 and translated into 12 languages 20 million Europeans , mostly in new member states, are lacking access to sanitation services Advocates for sustainable sanitation at various forums and contributes to drafting Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation to be launched at the 6 th World Water Forum

9. Strategic Goal 2: Floods and Droughts In cooperation with World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Guidance on Flash Flood Management was published in 2007 GWP CEE participate s in development of a new WMO Integrated Drought Management Programme

10. Strategic Goal 3: Communication and ToolBox Publications, social media and extended web-based activities including GWP ToolBox The ToolBox is a free and open database with a library of IWRM case studies and references

11. Strategic Goal 4: Network governance Network governance and fundraising targeting programs of UN organizations, European Union, international river basin commissions, national Official Development Assistance and a private sector

12. Governance Consulting Partners : more than 140 member organizations in 12 C EE countries Country Water Partnerships : actively support the development of national policies Regional Council : highest decision making body of GWP CEE Secretariat : hosted by Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute GWP Network : GWP CEE is a part of Global Water Partnership network

13. GWP Global Network F ounded in 1996 by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) The network is open to all organisations involved in water resources management GWP’s international network comprises 13 Regional Water Partnerships , over 74 Country Water Partnerships , and more than 2,350 Partners located in 154 countries The secretariat is based in Stockholm, Sweden The network is supported financially by Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States

14. Contact information G WP CEE www.gwp ceeforum .org Global Water Partnership www.gwp.org GWP ToolBox www.gwptoolbox.org How to become a partner? www.gwp.org/en/Get-involved/Become-a-Partner/Apply-Now /

15. GWP CEE social media Flickr: foto database of GWP CEE www.flickr.com/gwpcee Twitter: www.twitter.com /GWPCEE Slideshare: slide and document sharing www.slideshare.net/gwpceewaterpartnership Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Water-Partnership-Central-and-Eastern-Europe/102043026503115

16. Regional Secretariat GWP CEE c/o Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute Jeseniova 17, 833 15 Bratislava, Slovakia Tel: +421 2 5941 5224 Fax: +421 2 5941 5273 E-mail: [email_address]

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