The GWP South Asia is represented in six countries in the region including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The operations in these six countries are managed by the Country Water Partnerships (CWP).
The CWPs are autonomous entities but accredited to GWP under the basic conditions of accreditation. The CWP in Bangladesh – named as Bangladesh Water Partnership was established in 1998; the oldest and established just two years after creating the GWP Network. All other CWPs in the region were established in 1999 while the Regional Water Partnership started in 2002.
The CWPs are well anchored organisations in the respective countries. The majority of activities are country based other than few regional initiatives such as Water and Climate Resilience Programme (WACREP), Youth and Young Water Professionals’ Platform (YYPP) South Asia and the South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS). Some of the CWPs have involved in establishing of basin level partnerships known as Area Water Partnerships (AWPs), created with collaboration and union of local level Community Based Organisations. These AWPs assist the CWPs to carry out activities effectively at the local level by providing the representation and local institutional base. In South Asia, nearly 400 Partners are working very closely with the CWPs. The partner-base consists of Ministries, Government Institutes, Universities, UN agencies, International Agencies, local NGOs and Research Institutes.
All the water partnerships were accredited to GWP network umbrella in 2011 except the water partnership in Bhutan – the Bhutan Water Partnership was accredited in 2018.
