A Handbook for

Integrated Water Resources

Management in Basins
 THE GWP AND THE INBO

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is an The International Network of Basin

international network whose vision is for a water-
secure world. The GWP mission is to support the
sustainable development and management of
water resources at all levels.
GWP was created in 1996 to foster integrated
water resources management (IWRM), and to
ensure the co-ordinated development and
management of water, land and related
resources by maximising economic and social
welfare without compromising the sustainability
of vital environmental systems.
The GWP global 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.
More information about the GWP and access to
the handbook, Policy and
Technical Briefs, and TEC Background Papers is
available at www.gwpforum.org. The ToolBox on
IWRM can be accessed at www.gwptoolbox.org.
Organizations (INBO), established in 1994, is
an international network that supports the
implementation of integrated water resources
management in river and lake basins and
aquifers. It links basin organisations and other
government agencies responsible for basin
management in order to promote the exchange
of experiences and develop suitable tools for
better basin management at transboundary,
national and local levels.
INBO is organised by regional networks of basin
organisations, in Africa, Latin America, Central
and Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean. It is
also co-ordinating the Network of International
Commissions and Transboundary Basin
Organisations and the Europe-INBO group of
European Basin Organisations to facilitate the
implementation of the EU Water Framework
Directive.
INBO is managing a multi-year action plan to
support the creation and strengthening of basin
organisations around the world.
More information about INBO activities and
members is available at www.inbo-news.org.

Published 2009 by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO).

Boxes 2.B, 8.C, Example 6.1 and Figure 1 are reprinted from B.P. Hooper (2005)
, pages 52, 67–68 and 120, with permission from the copyright holders,
International Water Association, London UK.

Design and layout by Scriptoria, www.scriptoria.co.uk

Printed by Elanders, Sweden, 2009.
ISBN: 978-91-85321-72-8

Preparation of this handbook has been supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France
as part of their support to GWP and INBO.

A HANDBOOK FOR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN BASINS

2 www.inbo-news.org | www.gwpforum.org