Water Resource Management
UNDP promotes an Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)
approach in national development frameworks for effective, sustainable
and equitable uses of water. This approach advocates a move towards
a more integrated and coordinated water development and management process
than is currently practiced. The solution to current and future crises
will not for the most part be found in new and extraordinary technological
advances or supply oriented approaches. Instead, they will be found
through changing the way we use and manage water.
UNDP is a founding member and active supporter of The
Global Water Partnership (GWP). The GWP seeks to support integrated
approaches to sustainable water management by encouraging stakeholders
at all levels to work together in more effective, efficient and collaborative
ways. The Partnership is an international network open to all organizations
involved in water resources management, including governments of developing
as well as developed countries, UN agencies, multilateral banks, professional
associations, research organizations, the private sector and non-governmental
organizations.
Through the GWP, UNDP is also involved in a Dialogue
for Effective Water Governance, which aims to bring stakeholders
together to examine the political processes that drive water governance
systems. It creates a platform for conflict resolution, negotiation,
social learning and collective decision making.
UNDP is an active partner of the Dialogue Task Force, which includes
network members of the Global
Water Partnership and the International
Council for the Environment (ICLEI).
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