Shared Waters Partnership

The Euphrates River, as it flows through Turkey. — Small-Projects-Swedish-Water-House-Shared-Waters-Partnership

The Shared Waters Partnership programme offers a dialogue platform, knowledge, and tools to strengthen transboundary water cooperation. Managing shared waters sustainably gives countries a chance to prosper, despite emerging threats from environmental degradation and climate change.

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Martina Klimes, PhD

Senior Manager/Advisor - Climate, Water, and Peace

martina.klimes@siwi.org +46 (0) 8 121 360 94

At a time of growing water scarcity, good water governance is critical. In much of the world, this requires cooperation over shared rivers, lakes, and aquifers.

The Shared Waters Partnership supports this by raising awareness of the many benefits of cooperation over shared water resources and encourages the development of cooperative management frameworks.

Finding common ground for water cooperation is often a step-by-step process. Through the Shared Waters Partnership, SIWI facilitates dialogues, offers advice on trust-building mechanisms, and supports engagements that enhance the enabling environment for transboundary cooperation.

The opportunity that Shared Waters Partnership provides for senior negotiators to share experience in an informal environment provides an important tool to water diplomacy processes across the world.
— H.E. Dr Hassan Janabi, Former Minister of Water, Republic of Iraq

The challenge

Across the world, people experience increasing water scarcity. Rapidly growing populations, rising demand, expanding industries and unsustainable land use all contribute to putting water resources under pressure.

Our approach

The Shared Waters Partnership (SWP) is a global programme designed to improve cooperation over transboundary waters.

Our impact

The Shared Waters Partnership works to support water diplomacy processes, engaging a wide range of stakeholders. Here are some voices from participants.