17. 世界水评估方案是“十年”开始前不久于 2003 年设立的，管理者为联合国教育、科学及文化组织(教科文组织)，负责监测世界水资源。评估方案汇集了联合国水机制成员和合作伙伴以及来自世界各地的专家，经常提出建议，进行案例研究，加强国家一级的评估能力，并为决策进程提供参考。世界水评估方案定期发布各种出版物。自 2014 年以来，每年制作一期联合国水机制重点出版物——《世界水事发展报告》，深入研究与水有关的具体问题，就可持续水管理方面的关键问题为决策者提供参考。
17. The World Water Assessment Programme, which was created shortly before the start of the Decade, in 2003, and is hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is charged with monitoring the world’s water resources. Bringing together members and partners of UN-Water as well as experts hailing from around the world, the Assessment Programme regularly contributes recommendations, develops case studies, enhances assessment capacity at the national level and informs the decision-making process. WWAP regularly disseminates a variety of publications. Each issue of the World Water Development Report, a UN-Water flagship publication which, since 2014, has been produced yearly, provides an in-depth examination of a specific water-related subject to help inform decision makers on key issues of sustainable water management.