This outcome note captures the highlights of the 2026 GWOPA Assembly, held on 17 May 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of the 13th World Urban Forum, the first time the Assembly featured within the official WUF programme. Convening members and partners at a pivotal moment for the Alliance, the Assembly took stock of 17 years of work to strengthen utility capacities, reflected on the achievements of the 2019-2025 Strategy, and shaped strategic orientations for 2026-2029 in alignment with the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan.
The GWOPA Annual Report 2025 presents the Alliance’s work to strengthen water and sanitation operators through solidarity-based, peer-to-peer cooperation. The report highlights how Water Operators’ Partnerships are helping utilities address operational challenges, improve service delivery and contribute to more inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities.
The 2024 GWOPA Annual Report fact sheet provides an overview of the year’s main achievements, highlighting progress in strengthening utilities, expanding access to services and advancing inclusive, resilient and sustainable water and sanitation systems worldwide.
UN-Habitat’s 2024 Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance Annual Report highlights global efforts to strengthen public water and sanitation utilities through solidarity-based peer support. The report showcases how Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) are helping utilities deliver better, more inclusive services – advancing sustainable urbanization and the human right to water and sanitation.
The report provides an overview of the proceedings of the GWOPA Assembly held in Cairo on 2 and 3 November 2024.
This Annual Report gives an overview of the activities and achievements of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance in 2023.
This Annual Report reflects the activities and achievements of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance in 2022.
This Annual Report showcases the activities and achievements of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance in 2021.
The Charter of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA), version dated 9 May 2022.
Worldwide, 2.1 billion people are still without safe water, available whenever they need it. Figures relating to sanitation are even more alarming with 4.5 billion still lacking safe services that protect them from disease.
For most of the world’s population, local public utilities are their lifeline to water and sanitation services. These services are human rights, and access to them underpins virtually every SDG.