Country Water Partnerships (CWP): Experience from GWP / WA

Dam MOGBANTERegional Coordinator

GWP-WAf

Country Water Partnerships(CWP)

Basic requirements include :• A new Country Water

Partnership should only be established if it has an expectation to be able to secure its financial self-sustainability in a reasonable period after its initial launch.

• A CWP should not be dependent on funding from either the GWPO or RWP.

But experience shows that these do not work most of the time!

Country Water Partnerships(CWP)

Basic requirements include also:

To follow the main values for GWP:– inclusiveness, – openness, – transparency, – tolerance, – equity and – solidarity.– Gender sensitive

And these are key challenges !

Rational• The CWP is seen as the GWP registred partners network at

country level,• Guided by the GWP texts, including the Conditions for

Accreditation • Set up through a participatory approach, step by step and on

consensus building : – Identification of the relevant/key stakeholders that adhere to

GWP principles– Information and sensitisation of identified stakeholders – Consultative meeting among stakeholders– Small working group to follow the process– Feasibility study for the partnership creation (National context

relevance and niches)– constitutive and launching meeting of the partnership

Key features• The CWP has it own Statutes, Rules and Regulations, and

Organs: General Assembly of Partners, Steering Committee and Technical and Scientific Committee

• Membership open and all inclusive with "Cross and inter sectoral stakeholders”

• Legal status: Almost all the CWPs are registered as a national NGO or Association

• Important principle : Host Institution for financial and administrative Backing

• Small permanent secretariat (Not easy to run)• Adapted to the conditions of the country structure

• Expansion of CWPs (13 out of the 15 ECOWAS countries )

However, the performance of CWPs is still unevenUsually a need for support:• Financial & technical support (core funding) to CWPs and team building workshops• Training & technical support to member organisations

CWP in West AfricaBenin : 2001 Côte d’Ivoire: Jan. 2006

Burkina Faso : Feb. 2002 Cape Verde : May 2006

Senegal : Nov. 2002 Guinea: Oct. 2006

Nigeria : Dec. 2002 Togo : Nov. 2006

Ghana : Dec. 2002 Bissau Guinea: May 2009

Mali: April 2003 Gambia: Dec, 2011

Niger : March 2005

Conclusion• CWPs are Key for GWP operation at country level;• CWP a key element in the GWP Knowledge Chain.But Most of CWPs still weak and need to be

supported Clearly with.• Minimum Secretariat equiped with running cost

direct budget for core needs.• Capacity building to relay appropriately messages

and actions of GWP in the country.• Strong involvement in the projects preparation

and implementation.

Thank you!