The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) is an independent foundation established in 1999 to provide a connected platform for public and private sector water organisations to meet and create opportunities together.At the World Water Forum in Morocco in 1997, Dutch organisations and the Dutch Government saw the need for greater collaboration and a stronger united voice in the international arena, and for better collaboration to collectively achieve more as a sector. This led to the establishment of NWP.Since then, fostering collaboration in the Dutch water sector in the Netherlands and abroad has remained at the core of NWP’s mission to: facilitate the Dutch Water Sector to solve global water challenges in a societally, just, and environmentally resilient way, while growing its global reach and business success.’NWP implements programmes that promote cross-sector collaboration and innovation by building coalitions around themes or regions to enhance collective impact; raising the water organisations’ international profile, and joining forces to positively influence policy and jointly contribute to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.NWP maintains strong connections throughout the sector and, through its wide network, can link organisations and individuals in the water sector who may not always find each other in their immediate circles.