1. GWP’s core operational network consists of its accredited 13 Regional Water Partnerships and 77 Country Water Partnerships, not the thousands of organisations who have chosen to register themselves in our partner database. The SvD article misrepresents this central fact regarding how the organisation works.

 
2. Applying to become a registered partner is open to all organisations who agree to support the principles of Integrated Water Resource Management.

3. GWP has been engaged in a process of cleaning and updating our database of registered partners (as we do periodically).

4. According to the Statutes governing our intergovernmental organisation, no partner organisation may be expunged from our list of partners before a decision to do so is formally approved by the annual meeting of the Network of Partners. We are working to update and modernise these Statutes.

5. To provide a more accurate picture, we have begun reporting publicly on the number of partners whom we consider to be “active”.

6. GWP also practices many other forms of partnership in pursuit of our goal: a water-secure world for all.