Euwi - European Water Initiative

Small-scale finance for water and sanitation report

Submitted by Celine Dondeynaz on 27-April-2012 - 0 Comments | 1 files | 78 reads

Households in developing countries invest more than donors or governments in water and sanitation (WATSAN) services, but these investments are often 'sub-optimal', because of limited access to finance. WATSAN entrepreneurs, although they provide critical services particularly for the poor, often find that their financing needs fall in the 'missing middle' (estimated roughly at between USD 2000 and USD 100,000). The issues related to financing WATSAN small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are little understood at present. 

Linking Good Water Governance And Financing

Submitted by Alan William Hall on 05-April-2012 - 0 Comments | 2 files | 176 reads

Until recently it was rare for water professionals to consider financing issues. Water advocacy and plans were often aspirational – neglecting to show where the money would come from, how activities would be financed or who would pay for them. It was as if finance was somebody else’s problem. Likewise, people from the finance sector have not given great importance to water related issues.

Report from the "EU-Africa Dialogue on Development Cooperation" at 6th World Water Forum

Submitted by Johanna Sjödin on 26-March-2012 - 0 Comments | 1 files | 484 reads

On 15 March 2012, at the 6th  World Water Forum, the EUWI Africa Working Group and the AMCOW secretariat co-convened a side event entitled "EU-Africa Dialogue on Development Cooperation in Water for Growth".

Please find below a summary report from the event, to download.

Newsletter Update #3. Summary of 2011 and plans for 2012

Submitted by Elina Mirzoeva on 19-March-2012 - 0 Comments | 2 files | 72 reads

Starting from 2012 the newsletter Update on National Policy Dialogues in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia will be produced jointly by UNECE and OECD. The Newsletter is available in both English and Russian languages.

Water Project Toolkit

Submitted by Giorgia Donin on 09-March-2012 - 0 Comments | 0 file | 284 reads

The JRC and EuropeAid (the European Commission's Directorate General for development and cooperation) have published a toolkit to improve water resources management in developing countries. It is available both as a report and an interactive online tool and will be launched in Marseille on March 13 in the context of the World Water Forum.

Find the Water Project Toolkit here.

The Water Project Toolkit has been reviewed by the members of the European Union Water Initiative