Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med)

The vision of Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) is a water-secure Mediterranean. It promotes action, demo application and knowledge exchange on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and sustainable use of water resources in the region along the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus approach. GWP-Med facilitates a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together 10 major regional networks of different water disciplines (government, river basins, local authorities, professionals, NGOs, research institutes, irrigators, etc) and over 80 other institutions and organisations from non-EU countries and EU countries. Working at regional, national, local and transboundary level, GWP-Med provides technical support to policy making; facilitates dialogue on water security and IWRM issues; and, implements demonstration actions. Themes addressed include a range of aspects of governance for IWRM; water financing including private sector participation; adaptation to climate vulnerability and change; river basin/transboundary water management; joint IWRM/Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) planning; non-conventional water resources management; stakeholder participation; communication, education and capacity building; and, networking of targeted groups including decision makers, parliamentarians and the media. It has a long track record of collaboration with the private sector for the implementation of corporate water replenishment projects, according to the Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting methodology. Furthermore, GWP-Med addresses gender, equity, youth and poverty as cross-cutting issues.