Formally founded in 2009 and established as part of UN-Habitat, the Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) is an international network created to support, promote and facilitate Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) around the world. GWOPA has analysed success factors, developed guidance material, documented case studies and developed a strong alliance of water operators, UN Agencies,...
The World Water Council (WWC) Task Force on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) works with governments and other partners to identify policy instruments to operationalise IWRM, and with various partners to stimulate the required political support for action at local, national and transboundary levels. The Task Force will develop a framework to guide innovation of IWRM...
The integrated Drought Management Program (IDMP) is co-hosted by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and World Metrological Organization (WMO). The programme’s objective is to support stakeholders at all levels by providing policy and management guidance and by sharing scientific information, knowledge and best practices for Integrated Drought Management. The IDMP is strengthening collaboration among the...
In cooperation with its partners, the World Water Council has been supporting local and regional authorities on their water challenges. The 7th World Water Forum witnessed the creation of a unique collaboration between the World Water Council, ICLEI, UCLG, UN-Habitat and others to strengthen outreach and impact towards these stakeholders, resulting in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Water...
Under a business-as-usual scenario, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts that global water demand for manufacturing industries will increase by 400% from 2000 to 2050. To achieve inclusive and sustainable industrial development, water use efficiency has to drastically increase; water consumption as well as water pollution per unit of industrial output has to...
The Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) is an independent open global consortium of partners set up to connect, strengthen, expand and connect groundwater-related projects and initiatives. GRIPP focuses on the groundwater-dependent, food-producing areas of the world, particularly in low income and emerging economies, where it supports water and food security. Through dynamic partnerships,...
Hygiene is one of the key aims in WaterAid's new global strategy (2015-2020) and in its 38 country programmes. WaterAid offers quality Hygiene Behaviour Change (HBC) programmes which bring together global insights from leading academics with practical experience and learning from large scale programmes in the field. WaterAid embraced behaviour-centred approaches, where they draw from best...
The Water Convention aims to promote the sustainable management of transboundary water resources through cooperation. The Convention, which was originally negotiated as a regional instrument, is open for accession by all UN Member States since March 2016. The institutional framework of the Convention, made of the Meeting of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies and the...
Savannas are among Africa's most productive landscapes, supporting livestock and rural livelihoods. Droughts and erratic rainfall patterns across large parts of Africa results in water-limited environments, sensitive to climatic conditions, environmental changes (i.e., invasive species) and land management practices, jeopardizing this ecosystem's productivity and resilience. The TIGER Project (Remote Sensing of Water Use and Water Stress...
Since 2003, the World Water Council (WWC) has continually identified finance and broader economic issues within its working priorities. Most recently, the World Water Council and the OECD created the High-Level Panel on Infrastructure Financing for a Water-Secure World. This collaboration yielded the report "Water: Fit to Finance?" launched during a High-Level Panel session at...