Evaluation of the implementation of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Strategy 2020-2025

Volume II (this document) provides additional evaluative chapters, namely the case studies, survey results and assessment of learning and adaptive management:
Section I: Water Solutions for the SDGs – Deep Dives – Nepal, Tanzania, The Mediterranean
Section II: Climate Resilience through Water – Deep Dives – Zanzibar and Zambia
Section III: Transboundary Cooperation – Deep Dive – Drin Basin
Section IV: Survey Results
Section V: Assessment of the Theory of Change
Section VI: Learning and Adaptive Management- From Knowledge to Strategic Adaptation

Purpose and Use

The evaluation independently assessed the Global Water Partnership’s (GWP) performance against its 2020–2025 Strategy, focusing on effectiveness, relevance, coherence, and sustainability. It aimed to inform strategic decisions, strengthen accountability, and guide GWP’s 2026–2030 strategy.

Conclusions

GWP has delivered on its vision of a water-secure world, driving systemic change in water governance, climate resilience, and transboundary cooperation. Its decentralised model and convening role proved highly relevant and coherent with national priorities. Sustainability is strongest where reforms are legally and institutionally embedded, though uneven capacity and finance pathways remain challenges. Greater integration of gender, youth, and learning into formal systems is needed.

Recommendations

Refine the Theory of Change; codify and scale successful models; strengthen investment mobilisation and financial structuring; deepen institutional learning; accelerate inclusion of women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples; reinforce decentralised delivery; and secure predictable core funding. Sweden is encouraged to maintain strategic engagement through thematic collaboration, knowledge partnerships, and global fora