International Water

Four links to international water organizations quickly turn into the pile below with a little looking.  If you include UN-Water’s members and partners and UNESCO-IHP’s Water Centres, we probably have before us what could be called most of the border pieces of the water puzzle.

• UN-Water (+ Partners)
  • UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development
  • Water for Life 2005-2015
  • UNESCO – Water
    • World Water Assessment Programme
    • UNESCO-IHP – International Hydrological Programme (+ Water-related Centres)
    • UNESCO-IHE – Institute for Water Education
  • WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation
  • Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Water
• World Health Organization (WHO) – Water
  • Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS)
• UNICEF – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
• World Bank – Water
  • Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
• Sanitation and Water for All
• International Water Association
• International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID)
• Global Water Partnership
• World Water Council
• International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – Water Programme

Now the question becomes, is that too many organizations or not enough?  No, wait.  What’s the problem again?