GWSP-IPO is funded by:

and hosted by:

CoML - Censur of Marine Life
The Census of Marine Life is a global network of researchers in more than 70 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans - past, present, and future.

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor.

CUAHSI - universities allied for water research

Dialogue on Water and Climate
The Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate aims to improve the capacity in water resources management to cope with the impacts of increasing variability of the world's climate, by establishing a platform through which policymakers and water resources managers have better access to, and make better use of, information generated by climatologists and meteorologists.

European Union of National Associations of Water Suppliers and Waste Water Services
EUREAU represents the common interests of its member associations to the Community organisations dealing with Community legislation and European standards relevant to water supply and waste water.

FIVAS
The Association for International Water and Forest Studies (FIVAS) is an independent organization working to obtain and disseminate information about the impacts of large dams and hydropower projects in the Third World

FreshwaterLife
FreshwaterLife is a freshwater information portal.

Global Water Partnership
The Global Water Partnership is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles.

GWSP Asia
GWSP Asia is a recently established network of Asian institutions under the framework of the GWSP.

Helmholtz Association of German National Research Centres
The Helmholtz Association is a community of 15 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centres. These centres have been commissioned with pursuing long-term research goals on behalf of the state and society. The Association strives to gain insights and knowledge so that it can help to preserve and improve the foundations of human life. It does this by identifying and working on the grand challenges faced by society, science and industry. Helmholtz Centres perform top-class research in strategic programmes in six core fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Key Technologies, Structure of Matter, Transport and Space.

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

Inter-American Water Resources Network
The IWRN is a network of networks whose purpose is to build and strengthen water resources partnerships among nations, organizations, and individuals; to promote education and the open exchange of information and technical expertise; and to enhance communication, cooperation, collaboration and financial commitment to integrated water and land resources management within the context of environmental and economic sustainability in the Americas.

International Hydropower Association
The International Hydropower Association is a non-governmental mutual association of organizations and professionals working or studying in the hydropower sector.

International Network of Basin Organizations

International Office for Water
The International Office for Water (IOW) is a non-profit-making Association whose objective it is to gather public and private partners involved in water resources management and protection in France, Europe and in the world in order to set up a partner's network.

International Rivers Network
IRN supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds. We work to halt destructive river development projects, and to encourage equitable and sustainable methods of meeting needs for water, energy and flood management

International Water Resources Association
IWRA strives to improve water management worldwide through dialogue, education, and research. It is a network for people, information, and organizations that are vitally concerned with the global sustainability of water resources.

International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network
IW:LEARN aims at building an Internet-based "global knowledge community" to protect, restore and sustain the world's aquifers, great lakes and river basins, coastal zones, seas and oceans. Sponsored by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its United Nations and World Bank partners, IW:LEARN specifically builds capacity among transboundary water resource projects worldwide.

International Water Association
The International Water Association (IWA) is a global network of water professionals, spanning the continuum between research and practice and covering all facets of the water cycle.

IUCN Water and Nature Initiative
A 5-year action plan of 80 partner organizations to improve water management for healthy rivers and healthy communities.

Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser (LAWA)
The LAWA is the German Working Group of the Federal States on water issues.

NSF National Center for Hydrology Synthesis
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science

RIVERNET
RIVERNET offers information concerning rivers and their watersheds, as well as about problems, projects, campaigns and successes in Europe and the world in English, French and German.

SCOPE
A worldwide network of scientists and scientific institutions developing syntheses and reviews of scientific knowledge on current or potential environmental issues.

The Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters
The Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters is an international consortium of water expertise, including ten universities on five continents, seeking to promote a global water governance culture that incorporates peace, environmental protection, and human security.

Water Academy
An organization with a vision "to foster the existence of a community of experts with the purpose of aiding in the management and use of water for the benefit of all mankind. The Academy's objectives are "to be a community of innovators and facilitators from science, business and government who address and assist key-decision makers world wide. to be involved in the making of tangible improvements in high impact water resource issues through communication, relationships, and co-operation in the search for common benefits and solutions".

Watershed Management Council
The Watershed Management Council is a non-profit organization whose members represent a broad range of watershed management interests and disciplines. Membership includes professionals, students, teachers, and individuals whose interest is in promoting proper watershed management.

WaterWeb Consortium
The WaterWeb consortium has been created to promote the sharing of information concerning water and the earth?s environment. Our organization seeks to create a global community, bringing together educational, governmental, nonprofit, & commercial entities interested in water research, conservation, and management. WaterWeb?s goals are to advance water related issues, promote the use of quality information, and share information with water use stakeholders and decision makers.

World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. The World Economic Forum is under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Government.

World Conservation Union (IUCN)
The World Conservation Union is the world?s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union?s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

World Lakes Network
LakeNet is a global network of more than 1000 people and organizations in 100+ countries working for the conservation and sustainable management of lakes. The LakeNet Secretariat is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing together people and solutions to protect and restore the health of the world's lakes.

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