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Green Energy and Waste Management Forum for South-East Europe - a very successful business mixture

viaexpo — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:38 +0200

Despite the difficulties in these sectors, the organizer reported 20% growth in the number of exhibitors. 'Impressive was the share of the foreign companies - over 60% of the participants. This fact confirms that the South-East Europen region is an attractive market for investors.' - says Maya Kristeva, CEO of Via Expo.

Visitors had the opportunity to see the latest products, provided by 412 direct exhibitors and represented companies from 33 countries in 4 halls.

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EuropeAid Interactive world map-ACP-EU Water Facility

Giorgia Donin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:19:54 +0100

The ACP-EU Water Facility is one of the first results of the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI). The initiative, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is an international policy partnership that has successfully helped to improve access to water across the world and to put water at the heart of development policies.

An interactive map on the ACP-EU Water Facility shows a sample of projects funded by the facility to provide access to safe drinking water and improve sanitation and hygiene practices.

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OECD official approval of EUWI AWG guidance note

johannasjodin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:35:30 +0100

In 2011, the EUWI Africa Working Group published the document "OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System: Guidance for the use of Water Supply and Sanitation Purpose Codes".

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15 march 2012- EU-AFRICA DIALOGUE at the WORLD WATER FORUM 6

Celine.JRC — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:10:35 +0100

EU-Africa dialogue on development cooperation regarding water for growth

Side event at 6th World Water Forum, Marseille, France

Conveners: AWG and AMCOW
Room: Europa 7 (PEU7)
Info is also available on the World Water Forum website.

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New ACP-EU Water Facility call for proposals // Facilité ACP-UE pour l’Eau – nouvel appel à propositions

johannasjodin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:18:03 +0100

A new call for proposals of the ACP-EU Water Facility has been published, with a focus on sanitation in poor peri-urban and urban areas in ACP countries.

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News update on EUWI during World Water Week 2011

andre liebaert — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:02:04 +0200

The EU Water Initiative (EUWI) recently highlighted some of its main achievements from the last 12 months to an international audience of some 2,000+ water sector professionals attending World Water Week (WWW) in Stockholm from 21 – 26 August. In particular, some of the EUWI’s successes e.g. strengthening political commitment to support the water sector in EU Member States and in developing countries, promoting water governance and capacity building, gained specific mention.

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Southeast European Green Market Development

viaexpo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:43:37 +0200

Held annually since 2004 in the city of Sofia in Bulgaria, the SE European EE & RES Congress and Exhibition is the premier event in the Region, providing a unique opportunity for the industry professionals to discuss renewable energy and energy efficient technologies, implementation, manufacturing developments and strategies, financing, latest trends, government policies and various business opportunities.

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AWG Briefing Note on Aid Effectiveness published online

johannasjodin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:30:40 +0200

High-level political declarations have called for accelerated progress to meet the water and sanitation targets. However, such global commitments need to translate into concrete results at the country level. Recent assessments show that enormous challenges still exist for recipient countries to access and make effective use of aid.

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Note de synthèse GTA sur l'efficacité de l'aide publiée en ligne

johannasjodin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:23:30 +0200

Les déclarations politiques de haut niveau réclament l’accélération du progrès vers les cibles en matière d’eau et d’assainissement. Or, les engagements mondiaux doivent se traduire par des résultats concrets au niveau national. Des évaluations récentes ont montré que les pays bénéficiaires ont toujours de grandes difficultés pour accéder à l’aide et pour l’utiliser de façon efficace.

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Recent AWG publications available online

johannasjodin — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:42:42 +0200

Publications on EU aid to water and sanitation and the effectiveness of this aid, produced by the Africa Working Group during 2010 and 2011, can now be found under documents on the EUWI AWG website.

The publications are the following:

Improving Aid Effectiveness for Water and Sanitation in Africa - policy brief

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