Extranet
UN-Water’s extranet contains information relating to UN-Water Meetings, including meeting reports, briefings, and background papers. The extranet is password protected and accessible only to UN-Water Members, Partners with Special Status, Partners, and Observers.
UN-Water Members and Partners with Special Status
The Members of UN-Water are the UN agencies, funds, programmes and conventions that include water as part of their mandate. In addition to their steering function for UN-Water as a whole, Members are the primary means of implementation of UN-Water’s mandate.
Other UN connected entities such as Special Rapporteurs, panels and advisory boards are Partners with Special Status.
UN-Water Partners and Observers
The Partners to UN-Water are organizations from the public and private sectors and civil society that are active in UN-Water’s scope of work. Partners take an active role in UN-Water Meetings, engage in Expert Groups and Task Forces and provide support to specific activities. Their collaboration with UN-Water is guided by a set of Guidelines on UN-Water Partners.
Expert Groups and Task Forces
UN-Water’s Expert Groups and Task Forces bring together experts to drive progress on a certain theme or towards a specific goal.