The document discusses the Global Water Partnership's role in creating and sharing knowledge about sustainable water management. It describes GWP as a network that supports knowledge generation through its Technical Committee of experts and dissemination of this knowledge through its Knowledge Chain. The Knowledge Chain connects regional and local water partnerships to share knowledge flowing in many directions to support the development of new, demand-driven products based on experiences from different parts of the world. This enables GWP to generate reliable and accessible knowledge that can stimulate behavioral change and inform policy.

1. THE GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP:
A KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
Dr Mohamed Ait Kadi
Chair, GWP Technical Committee
TEC+ Meeting, Stockholm, August 29-30

2. Narrative
To bring about change, people need knowledge to understand the state of water
resources and the tools needed to sustainably develop and manage them.
Knowledge can stimulate behavioral change towards a new ‘water culture’.
GWP’s Technical Committee of international experts supports the Network by
identifying and articulating current and emerging water management issues,
transforming ideas into policy and actions, and generating knowledge that is
understandable, reliable, and accessible. Over many years, the Technical
Committee has generated and disseminated peer-reviewed knowledge products
on a wide range of water issues
GWP Knowledge Chain connects the Regional and Country Water Partnerships,
the Technical Committee, the Global Secretariat, Strategic Knowledge Partners,
and wider audiences so that knowledge flows in many directions: global to
regions; region to region ; regions to global. It enables us to develop and
disseminate new demand-driven knowledge products based on local knowledge
and experiences rooted in different parts of the world.

3. Delivering through the Knowledge Chain
Capitalising on knowledge rooted in different parts of the world
EVIDENCE
UNDERSTANDING
DEBATES
POLICY
DIALOGUES
INFLUENCING
CHANGE
CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNANCE/POLICY
/INSTITUTIONS
FRAMEWORKS
Generate knowledge
that is understandable,
reliable, accessible, and
useful
Transform ideas
and problems into
policy/actions
Use of integrative
adaptive frameworks
to deliver collective
water solutions

4. GWP Knowledge Chain

5. 1. Concept Note
2. Perspectives paper
3. Regional case studies,
feedback and validation
RTAC
Knowledge
partners
RWP
CWP
4. Background paper
Operational methodology
Publication
proposal
Template

6. Collaboration with KP
1. Participation in the research or production of a
knowledge product driven by a KP/RWP-CWP
2. Representative from a KP/RWP-CWP works on
planned GWP/TEC activity
3. GWP makes available funds for a partner to work
on a special product
4. Development of training modules (MOOCs, ..)
5. Scholarships (GWP-Dundee University)

8. Collaboration with RWP/CWP
1. Contribution to TEC Publications (Case studies..)
Representative from a KP/RWP-CWP works on
planned GWP/TEC activity
2. Commissioning papers (TFPs)
3. Organizing thematic Regional Workshops
4. Supporting Policy Consultations
5. Supporting Regional TECs/ Pool of Experts

10. Sustainable
Development
Governance
Social
Development
Economic
Development
Env.
Protection Health
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Policy/Inst.
Framework
Objectifs
Management
Institutions
Activity Sectors
(water uses)
Feedback
PRIORITY THEMATIC AREAS
Plans for 2014-2016
Accept and embrace interconnectedness and comprehensiveness

11. Priority thematic areas
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Food
Water
Securtiy
Ecosystems
Water
Security
Transboundary
Cooperation
Energy
Water
Security
Urbanisation
Water
Security
Economics
of Water
Security
Land Water
Management
Climate
Resilience
IDMP/APFM
WACDEP

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