Geneva Water Hub
Acronym: GWH
General Information
Identification Code: 683245048528-85
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Entity Form: Center of Competence of the University of Geneva
Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions
Registration Date: 1/24/2023
Last Update: 1/29/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Geneva Water Hub aims, through research, education and advocacy, at developing the hydropolitics agenda to help prevent water conflicts at intersectoral and transboundary levels at an early stage and to promote water as an instrument of peace and cooperation. At the interface between Science and Diplomacy, the GWH leverages resources available within the International Geneva to develop the hydro-politics agenda. It also offers a hydro-diplomacy platform providing facilitation, conciliation and mediation services.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Climate action
- Education and training
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- External relations
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Humanitarian aid and civil protection
- International co-operation and development
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Blue Deal (2023)
Council's conclusion on water in the EU external action (2021)
Council's conclusion on water diplomacy (2018)
EU Water Framework Directive (2000)
Communication Activities: Participation to events organized by the Presidency, the Council, the Commission (DG ENV / DG INTPA / DG ECHO), the Parliament or the consultative organs of the EU with regards to the development of water policies and of water diplomacy activities.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development,Green new deal
Head Office
Address: Institute for Environmental Sciences66 boulevard Carl-Vogt
Post Code: 1205
City: Geneva
Country: SWITZERLAND
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EU Office
Address: Geneva Water Hub, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)7bis Avenue de la Paix
Post Code: 1211
City: Geneva
Country: SWITZERLAND
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: The EU, through DG INTPA, contributes to a project supported by the Geneva Water Hub (the Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin), but through a contribution to UNECE.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.10000000149011612
Info Members: The Geneva Water Hub works with the EU on an ad-hoc basis.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: The Universities Partnership for Water Cooperation and Diplomacy coordinated by the Geneva Water Hub.
- Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, for which the Geneva Water Hub acts as the Secretariat.
- Group of Friends on Water and Peace, for which the Geneva Water Hub acts as the Secretariat.
- Art for Water and Peace
- Hydro-Hub, the Global Hydrometry Support Facility, developing the Global Hydrometry Support Facility of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- Youth for Water and Peace, Geneva Water Hub, International Secretariat for Water - Solidarity Water Europe (ISW-SWE) and the World Youth Parliament for Water (WYPW) collaboration.
- Global Observatory for water and peace, for which the Geneva Water Hub act as Secretariat
Organisation Members: - Swiss Water Partnership
- Blue Peace movement
- Environmental Peacebuilding Association