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UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI works with strategic policy interventions to promote an enabling policy environment and to strengthen institutional and human capacities that are essential for multi-sector responses to sustainable development.
An important part of the work of the Facility is to strengthen established partnerships and to seek new partnerships with governments, inter-governmental agencies, policy research institutes, professional organisations and civil society, particularly in developing countries.
The Facility is partnering with a wide range of national, regional and international organisations/programmes, as well as relevant ministries and national water resources agencies and many UN-agencies.
Different UNDP entities partnering with the Water Governance Facility are:
UNDP-Kazakhstan
UNDP-Kenya
UNDP-Iraq
UNDP-Mongolia
UNDP-Jordan
UNDP-Yemen
UNDP Drylands Development Centre
UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
Other partners:
The Water Integrity Network (WIN) is an open and inclusive global network that promotes anti-corruption activities and coalition-building at the local, regional and global levels, and between actors from civil society, private and public sectors, media and governments. It aims to fight corruption in water worldwide in order to reduce poverty.
The Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) is an international partnership program of the World Bank with the goal to reduce poverty in developing countries by helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services (WSS)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is the driving force which upholds the Convention on the Rights of the Child through working with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path.
The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme/World Water Development Report (WWAP/WWDR) is a comprehensive review that gives an overall picture of the state of the world's freshwater resources and aims to provide decision-makers with the tools to implement sustainable use of our water.
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a partnership for integrated water resources management, supporting countries in sustainable management of their water resources. The GWP provides news on major events, publications on water resources and linkages into the Regional Water Partnerships.
WaterNet is a regional network of 52 universities, research and training institutions from 10 southern Africa countries specialising in water. The network aims to build regional institutional and human capacity in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) through training, education, research and outreach by harnessing the complementary strengths of member institutions in the region and elsewhere.
Cap-Net is an international network for capacity building in IWRM. It is made up of a partnership of autonomous international, regional and national institutions and networks to foster better exchange of information and human resources development in the water sector.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa. It undertakes directed research and development for socio-economic growth.
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