Shared Global Vision for Groundwater Governance 2030 and A Call for Action

Five international organisations cooperated in the project ‘Groundwater Governance: A Global Framework for Action’ (2011-2016): Global Environment Fund (GEF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization International Hydrological Program (UNESCO IHP), International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) The present document presents the Vision resulting of a consultative process and the definition of ‘Groundwater Governance’ and its components. It provides a synthetic overview of the enabling frameworks and guiding principles of the Framework for Action prepared by the project. Conscious of the need to raise political awareness at global level and to act with urgency to improve groundwater governance, the five institutions make an urgent call to action if trends in the state of this resource are to be reversed. Governance Groundwater