Building a water secure world :

GWP Strategy

Towards 2020

Dr Ania Grobicki

1 October 2014

GFCS Meeting, Geneva

• 13 Regional Water Partnerships (12 in 2009)

• 86 Country Water Partnerships (70 in 2009)

• Now 3024 Partner organizations in 176 countries (2000 in 2009)

• Global Secretariat hosted by the Swedish Government

A fast- growing global network since 1996; an intergovernmental organization (IGO) since 2002

GWP´s Vision – a water secure world Enough water for all – for society, for economic

development, and for ecosystems

Reducing risks of drought, floods, landslides, water-borne

diseases – all the negative aspects of water

Improved quality of life for the most vulnerable, especially

women and children

Through an integrated approach – participatory, working

with all sectors and stakeholders (IWRM)

MISSION – To advance governance and management of

water resources at all levels, for sustainable and

equitable development

GWP´s new Patron :

Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

President of Liberia

H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of

Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former

Finance Minister, director of Citibank and

HSBC, and Assistant SG of UNDP.

Her Excellency is also AMCOW Goodwill

Ambassador for Water and Sanitation and

Co-Chair of the GWP-OECD Global Dialogue

on Water Security and Sustainable Growth,

together with Mr Angel Gurria.

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Strategic Approach

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Run off variation (1960-90 /2070-90)

Implications of climate change

More climatic extremes

Implications of climate change :

More climatic extremes

Disaster Risk

Reduction

Climate

Adaptation

Water

Security

GWP Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilience

Better climate information/climate services

GWP´s role : - Reaching out to the climate community and the disaster risk management community

- Linking water security with these agendas at national level, regional level, global level

- Advocating that better water management is essential for building climate resilience

(a ”no regrets” strategy) // Building country and regional partnerships and programmes

2011 : WACDEP launched in Africa (8 African

countries,

4 transboundary river basins, 1 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 in 2011

Overall objective of WACDEP :

To support integration of water security and

climate resilience in development planning

and decision making processes

WACDEP implements

commitments in the 2008

Sharm el Sheik Declaration

by the AU Heads of State on

Water

And is central to the

delivery of climate related

objectives in the AMCOW

Triennial WorkPlan

WATER CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -AFRICA

Water security and climate resilience integrated in Africa's growth and

development

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North West Sahara Aquifer (focus country :

Tunisia)

Volta Basin (focus : Burkina Faso and Ghana)

Lake Chad Basin (focus : Cameroon)

Limpopo Basin (focus countries :

Mozambique and Zimbabwe)

Kagera Basin (focus countries :

Burundi and Rwanda)

Piloting WACDEP in Africa –

5 Transboundary Water Basins and 8 Focus Countries

Building climate resilience through

water security :….we have the tools!

National

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Plans (NAPs)

Integrated

Flood

Management

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IWRM Plans

Integrated

Drought

Management