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Water Governance

The political, social, economic and administrative systems in place that influence water’s use and management. Essentially, who gets what water, when and how, and who has the right to water and related services, and their benefits.

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A Water Wise World

By improving water governance, WGF seeks to contribution to a world which shares and allocates its water sustainably, equitably and efficiently, making it universally available to meet everyone’s basic needs.

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Latest News

News 05 January 2021

A focus on accountability to improve WASH services

By 2030, 80 per cent of the world’s poorest people will live in ‘fragile’ states, where access to water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) tends to be limited. A new report from SIWI and UNICEF…

Blog 20 October 2020

WGF supports increased inclusion of water in climate change processes

The climate crisis has hit faster and harder than scientists predicted, and the world is struggling to respond. The Covid-19 pandemic has painfully reminded us of our vulnerability, and how interconnected human life is to…

Event 21 September 2020

WEBINAR | Human rights and water security in the age of uncertainty

Ten years ago, the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council adopted Resolutions acknowledging that water and sanitation are essential to the realization of all human rights.

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Recommended reading

What works in water and ocean governance: Impact stories from the UNDP Water and Ocean Governance Programme

“Why does governance work take such a long time?” The simple answer is that governance reform is a process; it…

Enabling Environment and Water Governance: A Conceptual Framework

As part of the ongoing UNICEF efforts to enhance WASH governance programming, the Accountability for Sustainability Programme developed a conceptual framework…

Source-to-Sea Framework for Marine Litter Prevention

The Framework highlights the central role of the river basin in preventing marine litter. Building a common understanding of both…

Recent Publications

Policy brief English 2020

Towards win-win solutions for sanitation policy and climate action

Brief English 2020

WASH Accountability in Fragile contexts

Report English 2020

Accountability in WASH - Case studies from Kenya

Checklist English 2020

Increasing the focus on water interactions in climate change planning

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In Focus

GoAL-Waters: Governance Accountability and Learning for Water Sustainability

Through strengthened governance and management frameworks and processes, GoAL-Waters aims at contributing to more sustainable planning, allocation, use and protection of water, coastal and marine resources in cities, river basins, coastal and marine areas; and to ensure use and protection of freshwater and coastal resources in ways that benefit the livelihoods of vulnerable groups and small-scale food producers. The programme also enables work on freshwater and coastal resources management to be carried out from the entry point of human rights, gender, integrity, biodiversity, climate change and/or disaster risk reduction. Between 2019-2023, GoAL-Waters aims to support at least 15 partner countries to achieve more effective, equitable and sustainable freshwater and coastal resources management.

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The Water Governance Facility(WGF) is a collaboration between UNDP and SIWI. The WGF implements parts of the UNDP Water and Ocean Governance Programme by providing strategic water governance support to low-and middle-income countries to advance socially equitable,environmentally

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