Join For Water partnership call 2025

Join For Water is looking for inspiring partnerships from 2027 onwards in its current partner countries. If you have a visionary approach to water resource management, we want to hear from you!

Background

• Vision and mission: Join For Water is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) focused on ensuring the right to water for present and future generations through sustainable water resource management and access. To achieve this vision, Join For Water promotes a systemic and collaborative approach. We support projects in Belgium, Benin, Burundi, DR Congo, Mali, Uganda, Ecuador, and Peru.Our mission is to collaborate with partners to inspire, guide, support and bring together citizens, communities and other stakeholders (1) to facilitate water and nature management actions, (2) to develop, integrate and share scientific and local/indigenous knowledge and (3) through a shared strategy, we aim to influence policies that promote the sustainable use and conservation of water, thus ensuring a just and resilient water future for all. By supporting pilot projects based on strategic partnerships (existing and new), we seek to develop innovative solutions, ensuring resilient ecosystems and equitable access to water. With our partners, we promote co-creation, empowering local stakeholders to take ownership of water management solutions.

• Partnership strategy: Join For Water's partnership strategy is based on commitment, collaboration, equality, and integrity. We believe in long-term cooperation with diverse stakeholders to ensure sustainable water management. Partnerships are built around mutual capacity development, shared decision-making, and co-ownership, which helps reduce inequalities and strengthen local institutions. Join For Water can play a facilitating role by connecting actors and stakeholders. Rather than directly implementing projects, we stimulate shared strategic development, capacity building, and collaboration among partners.

• Call for partnership ideas: To stimulate equal partnerships and develop innovative ideas for future programs, Join For Water is launching a call for partnership ideas. The objective of the call is to identify existing and new network and consortium partners who can contribute to a shared mission.

• Next steps:  Organisations that meet the eligibility criteria and objectives of the call will be notified and invited to provide more detailed information. This may be done through individual conversations and/or during a workshop to further explore collaboration opportunities. An invitation to a conversation or workshop does not automatically lead to funding, but it is a step in exploring a future partnership. We also invite our current partners to share their ideas for potentially giving new life to our partnership – a great basis for an open and constructive dialogue.

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