GWSP-IPO is funded by:

and hosted by:

Commission on Sustainable Development
The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED; to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels.

DDP - UNEP Dams and Development Project

DEWA
The UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) provides the world community with improved access to meaningful environmental data and information, and to help increase the capacity of governments to use environmental information for decision-making and action planning for sustainable human development.

FIGIS - FAO Fisheries Global Information System
The FAO Fisheries Global Information System is a network of integrated fisheries information.

Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Food Force (Game) - UN World Food Programme
Computer Game. Description: A major crisis has developed in the Indian Ocean, on the island of Sheylan. We're sending in a new team to step up the World Food Programme's presence there and help feed millions of hungry people.

FAO Land and Water Division
The Land and Water Development Division is concerned with the development of technology, strategy and policy, and the provision of advisory and technical services to FAO Members to ensure a more productive and efficient use of land and water resources and plant nutrients in order to meet present and future food and agriculture demands on a sustainable basis.

GEO-3 Data Compendium
On-line version of the GEO-3 Data Compendium. It provides easy access to the national, sub-regional, regional and global statistical data sets used for UNEP's third Global Environment Outlook (GEO-3) report.

Global International Waters Assessment
Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) is a water programme led by the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP.

Global Environment Monitoring System Freshwater Quality Programme
The United Nations GEMS/Water Programme provides scientifically-sound data and information on the state and trends of global inland water quality required as a basis for the sustainable management of the world's freshwater to support global environmental assessments and decision- making processes.

UNEP Global Environment Outlook
The UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO) project was initiated in response to the environmental reporting requirements of Agenda 21 and to a UNEP Governing Council decision which requested the production of a new comprehensive global state of the environment report.

Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
The HWRP of WMO promotes the sustainable management of the global water resources by providing data, models and strategies.

International Fund for Agricultural Development
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established to finance agricultural development projects primarily for food production in the developing countries.

International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)
IGRAC is an initiative of WMO and UNESCO and facilitates and promotes world-wide exchange of groundwater knowledge.

United Nations Development Programme
UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

United Nations Environmental Programme

UNEP-Infoterra
UNEP'S Global Environmental Information Exchange Network. Infoterra's mission is to provide access to authoritative information on environmental matters and promote information exchange among all countries worldwide.

UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre
IETC's main role is to promote the application of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) to address urban environmental problems, such as sewage, air pollution, solid waste and noise, and the management of freshwater resources to developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The Centre serves as a proactive inter-mediator for cooperation between sources and users of ESTs.

UNEP Regional Office for West Asia
The role of the Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP/ROWA) is to ensure that the environmental priorities in the West Asia region get adequate representation in the global network programmes carried out by UNEP, and that global focus areas are reflected in the environmental work carried out in the countries of the region.

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center
The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world.

UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) promotes international co-operation among its 190 Member States and six Associate Members in the fields of education, science, culture and communication.

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

United Nations University (UNU)

UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
The UN system?s authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth?s atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. The programmes concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions. We also address the relationship between trade and the environment and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment.

World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
This UN-wide programme seeks to develop the tools and skills needed to achieve a better understanding of those basic processes, management practices and policies that will help improve the supply and quality of global freshwater resources.

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