A partnership for improved water resources management and water service delivery

The Water Partnership Program (WPP) is a multi-donor trust fund established in 2009 and administered by the World Bank’s Water Unit in the Sustainable Development Network. The WPP consolidates two previous programs, the Bank-Netherlands Water Program in Supply and Sanitation (BNWP) and the Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership Program in Water Resource (BNWPP) into an improved realignment and restructuring of these programs. The Program is funded by the governments of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Denmark, for a total contribution of $23.7 million. The WPP aims to strengthen the World Bank’s efforts in reducing poverty through improved water resources management and water service delivery. More specifically, it helps enhance the design and implementation of World Bank operations through analytical work, capacity building, innovation and knowledge dissemination. It can fund activities in all World Bank client countries and on all water areas, such as Water Resources Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, Irrigation and Drainage, Water for Energy, and Environmental Services. These activities directly support Bank projects through mobilizing strategic and practical expertise and implementing innovative approaches that strengthen project quality. They also emphasize sharing best practices and lessons learned that could stimulate innovative performance in water-related operations. [authors abstract]