The workshop will be organized under the leadership of the Government of the Finland, with the support of the UNECE secretariat of the Water Convention. Funding for the workshop and the nexus assessments under the Convention is provided by Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland.    
 
The following organizations are partners in organizing this workshop: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the European Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the GEF Project International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN), Global Water Partnership,  and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).