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Global Water Partnership (GWP) is an international non-profit action network created in 1996 to foster the implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM): the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources by maximising economic and social welfare without compromising the sustainability of ecosystems and the environment. The GWP Network currently comprises 13 Regional Water Partnerships and more than 70 Country Water Partnerships and includes 3,000+ Partners in 150 countries. Our vision is to create a water secure world. Our mission is to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels.
In November 2021, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved a proposal for Sri Lanka under the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme to, among other objectives, enhance strategic frameworks for strengthening the country’s project pipeline. The Global Water Partnership Organization (GWPO) is supporting Sri Lanka as a Delivery Partner for this Readiness project and is responsible for overall supervision of its implementation. The Readiness project activities are executed under the technical advisory & guidance and financial management of GWP South Asia Regional Water Partnership (GWP SAS RWP), based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Activities on the ground are executed by a dedicated Project Management Unit (PMU) hosted at GWP SAS. The PMU is comprised of three national experts – a national project coordinator, a policy expert, and a gender and social inclusion expert.
It is in the context of this Readiness project that GWPO is seeking a qualified and experienced consulting firm or consortium for an assignment to develop a climate-smart green growth strategy for Sri Lanka.
1. OBJECTIVE
The objective of this assignment is twofold:
1. To develop a strategic framework for Sri Lanka – in terms of a climate-smart green growth strategy – for addressing priorities of the country’s central highlands and lower watersheds, including the coastal regions, specifically taking integrated approaches to water management
2. Develop training material on GCF project financial structuring, and deliver training to relevant national stakeholders in Sri Lanka, in order to hone understanding of fit-for-purpose financing sources for the integrated investments identified by the climate-smart green growth strategy


The Global Water Partnership is an intergovernmental organisation comprised of 13 Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs) and 86 Country Water Partnerships (CWPs), with the mission to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development. GWP is a global network including over 3000 partners ranging from government institutions (national, regional and local), intergovernmental organisations, international and national non-governmental organisations, academic and research institutions, companies, and service providers in the public sector. Together with the partners, GWP helps countries to connect water resources planning and operations at different scales – transboundary, regional, basin, national, and local – so that actions are coherent and sustainable.
The Global Water Partnership's vision is for a water secure world. Its mission is to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels.
GWP was founded in 1996 to foster integrated water resource management (IWRM).
IWRM is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximise economic and social welfare without compromising the sustainability of ecosystems and the environment.
The network is open to all organisations involved in water resources management: developed and developing country government institutions, agencies of the United Nations, bi- and multi-lateral development banks, professional associations, research institutions, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector.
Focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, promoting sustainable resource management, enhancing climate resilience, and mitigating the impacts of climate change through conservation, adaptation, and low-carbon initiatives.