Geneva Water Hub

Acronym: GWH

General Information

Identification Code: 683245048528-85

Website: https://www.genevawaterhub.org/

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

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

Phone:

Indic Phone: 41

Phone Number: 223790769

EU Office

Address: Geneva Water Hub, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)7bis Avenue de la Paix

Post Code: 1211

City: Geneva

Country: SWITZERLAND

Phone:

Indic Phone: 41

Phone Number: 227308640

Financial Data

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Currency: €
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1: 64
2: 60
3: 172
4: 158
5: 212
6: 182
7: 32
8: 86
9: 89
10: 230
11: 116

Total Budget: 6268848

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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

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