The document summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and its regional partnerships in 2011. Some key points: - GWP has grown to over 2,680 institutional partners across 165 countries since 1996 and promotes integrated water resources management. - In 2011, GWP regional partnerships supported IWRM planning and policy development, watershed management, climate change adaptation, and recognition of water as an economic/development issue in many countries and river basins. - GWP also advocated for water at international conferences and collaborated with other organizations on issues of water, climate, soils and the environment.

1. GWP in Action 2011
Dr Ania Grobicki
GWP Executive Secretary

2. Working Towards A
Water-Secure World
A growing international
network since 1996
• 13 Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs)
• 80 Country Water Partnerships (CWPs)
• 2,680 institutional Partners in 165 countries
• Grown more than 5-fold since 2004

3. Our Strategy 2009-2013
1. Promote water as a key part of
sustainable national development
[operational]
2. Address critical development
challenges [advocacy]
3. Reinforce knowledge sharing and
communication [knowledge]
4. Build a more effective network
[partnering]

4. GWP Caribbean
• Ministers recognise
IWRM as mechanism
for sustainable water
resources
management (Goal 1)
• GWP Caribbean
supports IWRM policy
and roadmap for
Guyana (Goal 1)
70 Partners, 20 countries

5. GWP Central Africa
• GWP planning tool supports Kribi port development in
Cameroon(Goal 1)
130 Partners, 7 countries

6. GWP Central America
• Three watershed councils
established in Honduras,
including the Tulian River
Basin (Puerto Cortes)
(Goal 1)
• IWRM Plan for Panama
approved (Goal 1)
162 Partners, 7 countries

7. GWP Central and Eastern Europe
• Danube basin
recognised as a
political and
economic space
(GWP CEE
supporting macro-
projects: Goal 1)
• Awareness of the
environment created
through art (Goal 3) 136 Partners, 12 countries

8. GWP Central Asia and Caucasus
• Agreement on
Aghstev River Basin
Council in Armenia
(Goal 1)
• GWP CACENA to co-
ordinate major Aral
Sea modelling
project bringing
together 5 countries
(Goal 1) 150 Partners, 8 countries

9. GWP China
• Agreement on promotion
of IWRM in Xiangjiang
Basin of Hunan (Goal 1)
• Ministry agrees to
recommendation to
improve water resource
management for extreme
climate adaptation
(Goal 2) 99 Partners, 5 Provincial
Water Partnerships

10. GWP Eastern Africa
• African Development Bank recommends financial
support of IWRM planning in Burundi (Goal 1)
163 Partners, 8 countries

11. GWP Mediterranean
• Specific actions for
private sector
participation in water
infrastructure (Goal 4)
• Agreement on a 5-
country shared vision for
the Drin River Basin
(Goal 1)
87 Partners, 21 countries

12. GWP South America
• Chile's effort towards the
integrated management
of water resources
supported (Goal 1)
• Regional policies
addressing water and
energy nexus in the
context of climate
change advocated (Goal 271 Partners, 10 countries
2)

13. GWP South Asia
• Capacity built involving
stakeholders in IWRM
approach in Rajasthan to
implement water policy
(Goal 1)
• Cost-effective urban flood
risk management
framework developed for
Dhaka city
(Goal 2) 461 Partners, 7 countries

14. GWP Southeast Asia
• Small water
service providers
in the Philippines
now recognised
as delivering on
MDGs (Goal 4)
245 Partners, 9 countries

15. GWP Southern Africa
• Wastewater management
plan developed in
Botswana using an
integrated approach
(Goal 1)
• Climate change
adaptation strategy for
the SADC water sector
launched (Goal 2)
270 Partners, 12 countries

16. GWP West Africa
• GWP Benin played
key role in putting
water on national
agenda (Goal 1)
• GWP Gambia
launched (Goal 4)
201 Partners, 15 countries

17. 2011 : WACDEP launched (8 countries, 4 transboundary
river basins and one transboundary aquifer)
"In the face of climate change, partnerships such as
those launched in the Water, Climate and
Development Programme with Global Water
Partnership represent a good first step."
Hon. Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs, South Africa, and President of AMCOW, at the 3rd
Africa Water Week

18. 2011 : Celebrating 15 years of GWP with
HRH the Prince of Orange : Chair of UNSGAB
and GWP Patron

19. 2011 : GWP spreading the vision of
global partnership
Global Soil Partnership launched by 180
countries in September 2011 at FAO
“The Global Soil Partnership will
complement the 15-year-old Global
Water Partnership ….”
Terms of Reference of GSP :
”The Global Soil Partnership will mirror
the GWP in its structure and
working procedures …”
 MOU signed between GWP and
FAO to strengthen collaboration
at country/regional levels

20. GWP Global
• GWP influenced agenda and
declaration for Rio+20 at the
7th UNECE 'Environment for
Europe„ Ministerial
Conference (Goal 1)
• GWP organized “Water and
Climate Day” at COP 17;
SBSTA resolved to hold a
technical workshop on water
140 Partner organizations from 27
and climate change in 2012 countries that are not associated
(Goal 2) with a Regional Water Partnership