About the SWA Global partnership

SWA is the United Nations-hosted global multi-stakeholder partnership of governments and their partners from civil society, the private sector, United Nations agencies, research and learning institutions, development banks and the donor community, for achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

The mission of the SWA partnership is to eliminate inequalities in realizing the human rights to water and sanitation – by raising political will, ensuring good governance, and helping to optimize financing. The partnership focuses on the hardest to reach and most vulnerable individuals, communities, countries and regions, and puts women and girls at the center, not just as passive recipients, but as dynamic agents of change. SWA works by harnessing the collective power of its partners, to support government-led, multi-stakeholder action at national, regional, and global levels

SWA 2020-2030 Strategic Objectives

The following three high-level, mutually reinforcing strategic objectives will guide the partnership to fulfill its mission as we head towards 2030. The strategic objectives are designed in a way that allows all partners, especially SWA partner countries and regions, to adopt and adapt as needed to maximize the added value of the SWA partnership to their own context.

1. Build and sustain political will to eliminate inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene
2. Champion multi-stakeholder approaches towards achieving universal access to service
3. Rally stakeholders to strengthen system performance and attract new investments