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Addressing global water 

issues with local water partnerships

Dr . Ursula Schaefer-Preuss

GWP Chair

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13 Regional Water Partnerships

83 Country Water Partnerships

2,700+ Partners in 160+ countries

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GWP’s Strategic Approach 

1. Water is key to sustainabledevelopment

2. Integrating across sectors and

involving multiple stakeholders

(government, civil society, private

sector) is a formula for success

3. Bridging science and policy

through knowledge sharing

4. Capacity building for better water 

resources management 

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Urban Water Partnership in Karachi

The global challenge of 

urbanisation beingaddressed in Karachi

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Urban flood risk management framework for Dhaka

The global challenge of 

increasing flood risk being

addressed in Dhaka

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Rural development boosted by

Provincial Water Partnerships in China

The global challenge of 

reducing water use (or 

increasing efficiency) being

addressed in rural areas

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Building capacity among water users in Rajasthan

Improving management and use

of water is a global challenge.

GWP responds to governmentpolicy at a local level. 

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Strengthened capacity for 

monitoring Thailand’s river basins

GWP organises

training workshops

for stakeholders toaddress resource

overuse.

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New national water policy in

India approved

The global challenge is to

get countries to adopt

integrated and coherentnational water policies.

GWP India took a lead in

facilitating stakeholder 

participation.

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Integrated approach adopted

in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, andUzbekistan

Ten year project trains

over 5,000 specialists

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