ACP-EU Water Partnerships attracting attention – news letter and website

(24 August 2010) In 2010 the EU earmarked €40 million of the ACP-EU Water Facility to support water partnership projects. These are not-for-profit partnerships intended to: “develop capacity in the ACP water & sanitation sector, leading to better water and sanitation governance and management, and to the sustainable development and maintenance of infrastructure”. The European Commission is awarding grants to partnerships in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. EPSU/PSI and several other organisations have supported this initiative and are encouraging its use.

PSIRU at the University of Greenwich has created the www.acp-eu-waterpartnerships.org website to support the ACP-EU water partnerships. The www.acp-eu-waterpartnerships.org website helps water utilities, local authorities and civil society organisations access and use EU aid to build not-for-profit ACP-EU water partnerships. It is funded under a contract from the European Commission. Please find attached a briefing and a news letter.

Other articles linking to this effort:

- Global Water Partnerships

- EPSU and water activists asking for support for Public public partnerships