Presented by Yvan Altchenko at the 6th Africa Water Week held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on July 18, 2016

1. 6th AFRICA WATER WEEK:
“Achieving the SDGs on Water Security and Sanitation”
Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, 18-22 July 2016
Yvan Altchenko
Senior Researcher
IWMI
South Africa
Karen G. Villholth
Principal Researcher
IWMI
South Africa

2. GRIPP objective
Securing groundwater resources for livelihoods, food security, climate resilience
and economic growth while sustaining the resource for future generations

3. The toxic groundwater cocktail
Why this initiative?
• The strategic importance of groundwater is
increasingly being acknowledged
• Groundwater is a lifeline for communities
• Groundwater underpins most terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems
• Groundwater supports global food security, and
contributes to public health and economic
growth
The base of GRIPP
• The Global Framework for Action Groundwater
Governance Project (GEF-funded and
implemented by FAO, UNESCO-IHP, IAH and
World Bank)
• IWMI’s three decades of research and
partnerships

4. HOW GRIPP WORKS:
• Creating long-term partnerships
• Sharing transferable solutions
• Scaling-up successes
• Filling knowledge gaps
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5. Understanding progress

6. Impact pathways of GRIPP

7. Long-term horizon
(10 - 15 years)
Added advantage of GRIPP
Interdisciplinary and
multi-partnership approach
Documentation and easy access to cases and tools
Solution oriented
Integrated (conjunctive use,
climate change adaptation,
SDGs, water quality, land use,……)
Demand driven
No one-size-fits-all approach

8. Number of completed projects (1 to 8)*
Number of ongoing projects (1 to 8)*
*Only for those projects mapped to specific
countries in their description
IWMI project Portfolio on groundwater (2005 – 2019)

9. Region Ongoing projects Completed projects
Asia (Central, South,
South East)
7,801,269 5,572,510
Africa (Western, Eastern,
SSA)
5,358,512 4,979,363
Others (*) 1,863,219
Total 15,023,000 10,551,873
(*) projects with global scope not mapped to a particular country
Level of investment per region in groundwater projects
(or projects with a groundwater component)
IWMI project Portfolio on groundwater (2005 – 2019)

10. GRIPP Partners, June 2016

11. GRIPP represented at major events in 2016
South Asia Groundwater Forum, Jaipur, India
01 - 03 June 2016
ISMAR9, Mexico City, Mexico
20 - 24 June 2016
Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture, San Francisco, USA
28 - 30 June 2016
Africa Water Week, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
18 - 22 July 2016
World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden
28 August - 2 September 2016
35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, RSA
27 August - 4 September 2016
IAH-60, Montpellier, France
25 - 29 September 2016
Groundwater in Earth system Models, Paris, France
3 - 5 October 2016
Picture: NASA

12. Join the GRIPP to:
• Advance the agenda of sustainable groundwater
management at a global scale to achieve the SDG’s
• Be part of a network of partners with the critical
mass to confront today’s groundwater issues for
the benefits of future generation
• Assist with recording and dissemination of proven
technologies and approaches
• Provide a platform for guiding groundwater
research and management
• Capitalize on funding opportunities
Join the GRIPP

13. Thank You
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