Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP)

·     Action-oriented global knowledge and analysis

·     Strenghtened Partnerships and Knowledge Exchange;

·     Change at regional / country-level across regions at global scale catalysed by        strengthening the uptake of the priority themes (sustainability, inclusion,        institutions, financing, resilience) of water-related national policies and World        Bank supported programmes and projects in the core thematic business lines of        GWSP.

Expected results:  

- Analytical tools, lessons learned, guidance documents

- technical assistance, capacity-building, and leveraging knowledge and partnership at global and regional and country-level with a thematic focus on sustainability, inclusion, institutions, financing, resilience along the in the areas of: 1.Water Supply&Sanitation; 2.Agricultural Water Management; 3.Water Security/Resources Manage-ment/Transboundary Cooperation; 4.Water,Economy and Climate Change

Results from previous phases:  

Key results related to SDC’s contribution include:

·     3.1 mio. people with access to improved water sources

·     0.2 mio. water users with improved irrigation services

Insights:

·     Consideration of fragility, conflict and violence affected contexts needs to be        strengthened;

·     Integration of Climate Change following latest IPCC reports and according to        the Worldbank Climate Change Action Plan;

·     An enhanced focus on social inclusion including gender is needed;

·     Better alignment of funding and financing flows with water security, climate          and broader policy objectives.