Building climate resilience through water security Dr Ania Grobicki Executive Secretary, GWP 27 September 2011.

Building climate resilience through water security

Dr Ania Grobicki

Executive Secretary, GWP

27 September 2011

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 – holistic, all-

encompassing

MISSION – To support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels

• 13 Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs)

• 79 Country Water Partnerships (CWPs)

• 2,482 institutional Partners in 158 countries

• Grown 5-fold since 2004

A growing international network since 1996

GWP: Network, Partnership and InterGovernmental Organization

“A partnership is not the sum of its parts, it is the product of the parts' interaction.”

Four Strategic Goals

• Promote water as a key part of sustainable national development [operational]

• Address critical development challenges [advocacy]

• Reinforce knowledge sharing and communication [knowledge]

• Build a more effective network [partnering]

GWP visionWater security

A key contributor to sustainable socio-economic

well-being and national development

Goal 3Reinforce knowledge sharing and

communicationsRaising awareness, creating and

disseminating knowledge, and building capacity

Goal 2Address critical

development challengesDevelop and advocate

solutions to help governments take better decisions to

improve resilience

Goal 4Build a more effective network

Government, civil society and the private sector strengthen the

partnership to improve governance and sustainable funding

Goal 1Promote water as a key part of

sustainable national developmentGovernments make water

resources management a top priority and invest in its

development

GWP Strategy :• 4 Interconnected goals• A theory of change

• IWRM is the means to an end, an approach, a set of tools

• Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximise economic and social welfare in an equitable manner, without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems and the environment

Building Water Security through the IWRM approach

Water for

People

Water for

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Water for

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Water for

other uses

Cross-sectoral integration

• Enabling environment

• Institutional roles

• Management instruments

Integration of sectoral interests is the keyCoordination, Integration (vertical/ horizontal, decentralisation, stakeholder dialogue and involvement

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

54 tools

+ archive of national IWRM plans

54 Tools

283 Case Studies

Summing up GWP – An innovative action network

Knowledge base Policy base

Action network

Partnership at all levels + a network on the ground

The second step in the evolution of GWP : A partnership supported by an IGO (2002)

Water on the international agendaWater on the international agenda

2002 : WSSD, Johannesburg : Countries undertook to develop and implementIWRM and water efficiency plans 2012 : Rio + 20 : the water-food-energy nexus????

Water for Development – taking Zambia’s IWRM plan forward( World Bank 2009 Country Water Resource Assistance Strategy )

GWP – a unique international organization

• Unique – an intergovernmental organization (IGO) linked to a global action network

• GWPO : established by the government of Sweden in 2002 together with 10 other governments and international bodies (Sponsoring Partners) - complementary to the UN system, working closely with UN-Water and key UN agencies and organizations

• GWP Network : strong governance system combined with regional autonomy

• Global Steering Committee • Global Technical Committee and regional Technical Committees • Global Secretariat based in Stockholm, linked to 13 Regional

Secretariats world-wide

Common vision and mission :

Building water security world-wide

through integrated water resources management

Innovative structure:• Works at all levels in a non-hierarchical way• Promotes inter-regional learning and knowledge-sharing• Supports joint initiatives – the art of partnership!• The multiplier effect

Dimensions of Partnership :

Interdisciplinary / Intersectoral / Govt – business – civil society

Some lessons from 15 years of GWP:

Overall structure after 15 years :

- 18% government

- 12% private sector

- 30% NGOs

- 30% academic and research

- 10% other (eg. media)

(With important variations

from region to region,

and country to country )

2011 : 15 years of GWP (nearly 2,500 institutional Partners and growing!)

Water Scarcity in the World (2025 scenario)

absolute or physical water scarcity

“economic” water scarcity: water development can meet increased demand

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Implications of climate change More climatic extremesImplications of climate change :More climatic extremes

Disaster Risk Reduction

Disaster Risk ReductionFood SecurityFood Security

Water Security

Water Security

GWP operational strategy for increasing water and food securitythrough integrated land and water management (Goal 2)

Better climate information

GWP´s role :- Reaching out to the agriculture community and the disaster management community - Linking water security with these agendas at national level, regional level, global level- Advocating that better water management is essential for food security and building climate resilience (a ”no regrets” strategy)

10 years of the Associated Programme on Flood Management

• Established in 2001 to promote the concept of Integrated Flood Management (IFM)

• Guidelines and tools developed

• 2009 : launch of the IFM HelpDesk as a demand-driven mechanism to support countries in flood risk management

• 36 Support Base Partners provide active knowledge base and backstopping

• 2011 : 10 years of APFM !

• Celebration in Japan this week at ICHARM

Objective of the proposed Programme :To provide policy and management guidance through the globally coordinated generation of scientific information, sharing knowledge and best practices for drought risk management.

2011 : WACDEP launched (8 countries, 4 transboundary river basins in Africa starting up)

"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

What can GWP offer the UIP?• ”Building on what exists”: nearly 2,500 instituional Partners,

working together at various levels : local, national, regional• The GWP ToolBox which needs more climate-related tools! • Through the APFM – structured work on flood risk

management (country support through CWPs)• Through the proposed IDMP – structured work on drought

risk management (country support through CWPs)• Through WACDEP – structured work on building climate

resilience for development in Africa

From users to stakeholders to Partners in development!

Thank you !

A growing international network since 1996