Who is Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C)?

Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) is a working partnership among all stakeholders in water management within the Caribbean region and was formally launched in Tobago in June 2004. It is the Caribbean Regional Water Partnership of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Organisation, a network of partners all working toward 'A Water Secure World.'

Mission

GWP-C’s mission is to support Caribbean countries in the sustainable management of their water resources, through the establishment of strategic alliances and the promotion of a coordinated approach to managing water resources called Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). GWP-C is fully committed to promoting and applying the concept of an IWRM approach at the community, national and regional level.

Key Objectives of GWP-C

• To promote IWRM as the approach to water resources management in the Caribbean region and to obtain national commitment towards IWRM implementation.

• To establish proactive alliances in water resource management that are representative, gender sensitive and participatory at the community, national, regional and international levels.

• To align the Caribbean region with global water initiatives in order to capitalise on international experiences and opportunities for regional capacity building in IWRM.

• To improve water governance in the Caribbean through the promotion, enhancement and effective implementation of legislation, policies and programmes on IWRM.

• To promote public participation in the management of water resources through capacity building and information sharing at the regional, national and particularly the community level.

GWP-C Activities

In its commitment to the implementation of IWRM (a holistic approach to water resources management) in the region, GWP-C engages in the following activities:

• Annual High Level Session (HLS) with Ministers of water and managers of water utilities, a joint initiative of GWP-C and its partner the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA).

• Awareness building on Water Conservation and IWRM in the Caribbean.

• Capacity building and training in areas such as:

  • Climate change and the implication for water resources.

  • Climate change and disaster management.

  • Water and sanitation policies.

  • Economic and financial instruments for IWRM.

  • Impacts and policy implications for water resources management.

  • Water use efficiency in the agriculture and tourism sectors.

GWP-C Partners

GWP-C continually strives to improve water governance in the Caribbean region and currently has over 60 partners in 20 Caribbean territories which encompass the English, Spanish, French and Dutch Caribbean.

These countries include:

Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

GWP-C Steering Committee Members

Professor Jacob Opadeyi
Engineering Institute, University of the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago

Honourable Minister Pauline Sukhai
Rural Women’s Network, Guyana

Maureen Manchouck
National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST),
Trinidad and Tobago

Trevor Thompson
Ministry of Agriculture, Grenada

Floyd Homer
The Trust for Sustainable Livelihoods (SUSTRUST), Trinidad and Tobago

Riad Nurmohamed
The Anton De Kom University of Suriname

Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada
Trinidad and Tobago

Aldrin Calixte
Haiti Survie, Haiti

Dr. Adrian Cashman
The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Barbados

Angela Munroe
National Water Commission, Jamaica

To learn more about GWP-C and the global organisation GWP, please contact:

The GWP-C Secretariat

Avril Alexander - Regional Coordinator
E-mail: aalexander@gwp-caribbean.org

Gabrielle Lee Look - Communications Officer
E-mail: gleelook@gwp-caribbean.org

GWP-C Secretariat
C/o NIHERST
43-45 Woodford Street, Newtown
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad, West Indies
Telephone: +868 622 3117
Fax: +868 622 1589
E-mail address: info@gwp-caribbean.org
Website: www.gwp-caribbean.org  
Global Website: www.gwpforum.org
 

Written: July, 2010