{"id":2651,"date":"2016-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/news\/gwp-launches-paper-on-water-and-the-sdgs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:13:20","slug":"gwp-launches-paper-on-water-and-the-sdgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/archive\/gwp-launches-paper-on-water-and-the-sdgs\/","title":{"rendered":"GWP Launches Paper on Water and the SDGs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The title of the paper is <a href=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/assets\/legacy\/globalassets\/global\/toolbox\/publications\/background-papers\/gwp_tec22_web.pdf\">\u201cIncreasing water security: the key to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals\u201d<\/a>. Tushaar Shah wrote the paper while he was a member of the GWP Technical Committee. He reviews <a href=\"~\/link\/50c4cba6b82940a7ac375018fbcc5dc7.aspx\">the IWRM approach<\/a> and its evolution over the past 25 years towards increasing water security \u2013 its successes and disappointments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIWRM is essentially a simple idea which gradually gained international acceptance, yet putting it into practice has not proved easy. IWRM is not without its critics. Those who have tried to operationalise it have often applied a \u2018one-size-fits-all package\u2019 which does not recognise the unique nature of physical, social, economic, political, and environmental circumstances which determine how a country puts IWRM into practice,\u201d explains Dr. Mohamed Ait-Kadi \u2013 former Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwp.org\/en\/About\/who\/GWP-Technical-Committee\/GWP-Technical-Committee-old\/\">GWP Technical Committee<\/a> \u2013 in the foreword.<\/p>\n<p>This review suggests we should learn from the disappointments rather than abandoning the application of IWRM. The first lesson is that implementation of an integrated approach must be gradual and nuanced and not pushed upon countries as an \u2018IWRM package\u2019. The second is that countries at different stages of socio-economic evolution have different needs and capabilities and it is essential that this context is taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>The paper is now available online or through the GWP web shop.<\/p>\n<p>\n<object width=\"396\" height=\"264\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vsrI8V6Jn1M\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\">\n<param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vsrI8V6Jn1M\">\n<param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vsrI8V6Jn1M\">\n<\/object>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inclusion of a water goal in the the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\u00a0puts the responsibility for linking water to other development sectors\u00a0firmly\u00a0in the hands of water policy makers and practitioners. 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