🌟 Partner-led event applications for #WUF13 are open! 📍 Baku, Azerbaijan | 17–22 May 2026 💡 Lead a session 🌍 Share solutions 🤝 Connect globally 🗓️ Deadline: 27 Jan 2026 🔗 Apply: https://t.co/q5YODRPc3L 🎥

Dear Members and Partners, As we draw to the end of 2025, we take this opportunity to express our appreciation of your ongoing support for GWOPA, and to our partnerships and valued collaboration this year. The GWOPA's Secretariat wishes you a nice festive season and a happy 2026.

📬 The GWOPA/ @UNHABITAT Dec 2025 Newsletter is out! Catch up on peer learning, utility leadership, new partnerships and key insights shaping the global water operators’ community. 💧👥 👉 https://t.co/W7IDUrsMy2 #SDG6 #WaterForAll #SanitationForAll

💧 At @IWAHQ #WaterDevelopmentCongress, GWOPA & WaterWorX hosted “Water Operator Partnerships and Their Tangible Results.” Great insights from @ADB_HQ, @ihedelft, Ghana Water Ltd & @PERPAMSI on skills, balance & impact in WOPs.🌍✨ #WOPs #WASH

💧 At @IWAHQ #WaterDevelopmentCongress, GWOPA's Gender Toolkit session shared examples from South Asia & across Africa. Tools from WASH providers, sanitation workers + the AMCOW Toolkit showed progress. Let’s continue working together toward a gender-inclusive WASH sector.💙

🌍 Applications are open for partner-led events at WUF13 (17–22 May 2026, Baku)! Showcase solutions, connect with global urban leaders & shape the future of cities. 🗓️ Deadline: 27 January 2026 🔗 https://t.co/q5YODRPJTj

A new GWOPA/@UNHABITAT report launched at @IWAHQ Congress in Bangkok spotlights the world relies on at least 285,000 water & sanitation utilities to achieve #SDG6, setting out 7 Pathways to strengthen services and accelerate progress. Read more https://t.co/P2zXvLY6GH @IRCWASH

🎉 Who Wants to WOP? | GWOPA social 🤝 Join us for a networking social! 📍 El Mercado, 490 Phai Singto Alley, Bangkok 🗓️ Thurs, 11 Dec | 🕕 18:15 We’re challenging every attendee to bring a +1! 🌍 See you there! 🤝

🚀 Day 1 at #WaterDevelopmentCongress! GWOPA workshop: on Scaling Peer Learning Partnerships in Water & Sanitation, with insights from ADB and mentor Indah Water Konsortium, Malaysia.🤝 A strong start to the week, reinforcing collaboration, mentorship & capacity development.

🌏 We’re at the @IWAHQ #WaterDevelopmentCongress, championing #WOPs & #SWOPs! Spotlight sessions: Scaling up Peer Learning Partnerships & Water Operators’ Partnerships Results. 💡 Plus: Global Outlook launch, gender-responsive toolkits & Who wants to WOP? Networking Session!

On #IVD2025 we recognise our incredible UN Volunteers whose work supports partnerships, knowledge exchange and better water services globally. Thank you for driving change! 💙 #UNVolunteers

On #IDPD2025, GWOPA/UN-Habitat celebrates utilities as key actors in “Fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress.” Inclusive service design, communication and workplaces help ensure water and sanitation for all. #InclusiveCities #SDG6 @UNHABITAT @ilo

On #WorldToiletDay, and with 3.5 billion people lacking safely managed sanitation, Sanitation Operators’ Partnerships play a vital role in expanding access and strengthening resilience. Their practical experience is helping shape the 2026 UN Water Conference #SanitationForAll

At #COP30, GWOPA Head Åsa Jonsson and Lígia da Paz from Mandí underline a clear message: climate adaptation starts with strong water & sanitation services. With 3/4 of #NDCs now highlighting water, utilities and communities are on the frontline of resilience. 🎥Watch more #SDG6

💧 Strengthening sanitation data systems across Africa Join the launch of two new tools helping utilities, regulators & municipalities move from fragmented data to integrated, decision-ready systems. 📅 13 Nov | 09:00 GMT 🔗 https://t.co/4ISTPZtXqE #WASH #SDG6 @UNHABITAT

💧 Water & Sanitation for Climate Adaptation in Fragile Environments At #COP30 in Belém, governments, utilities & communities discuss how water & sanitation can anchor climate resilience & equity. 📅 14 Nov | 11:30–12:30 (UTC-3) 👉 https://t.co/rnYlfZRVRV

🔥 From Neglect to Action: Ending Open Waste Burning🌍 At #COP30, @UNHabitat & partners will explore multilevel solutions to eliminate open waste burning in a hybrid session at the SDG Pavilion, moderated by Åsa Jonsson from GWOPA/UN-Habitat 🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/7TAkxUBjOG

Financing & Learning – Stronger Together At the #6GlobalWOPs Congress, @AFD_France, @ADB_HQ, @EBRD, @WorldBank, @EU_Commission & @KfW_int explored how finance & peer learning can reinforce each other to strengthen public water & sanitation services. 👉 https://t.co/8CDefGOeoy

🌟 Join the GWOPA Team! 🌟 UN-Habitat’s Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance is hiring a Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Planning Expert (home-based). 🗓 Deadline: 19 Nov 2025 🔗 https://t.co/bgTbCdPuSq #SDG6 #WaterForAll #SanitationForAll #Vacancy @UNHABITAT

💧 Only 2 days left to apply for the EU–WOP Programme! Funded by the 🇪🇺 & implemented by @UNHABITAT through #GWOPA, it supports peer partnerships between water & sanitation utilities worldwide. Mentor utilities especially encouraged to apply! 👉 https://t.co/16E2oNrfOK #SDG6