Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector

2007-02-12T00:00:00Z

International Finance and Development

2007-02-17T00:00:00Z

As most recent international private capital flows have been unlikely to significantly enhance new productive investments in the developing countries, it is necessary to design appropriate mechanisms to ensure they contribute to development. However, recent trends in official development financing offer some grounds for optimism, although much more needs to be done. The present publication offers a comprehensive survey of the major financing issues influencing economic development since the historic Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development in 2002.

The NWB Fund: a result of the Gurria Task Force on Financing Water for All

2007-03-15T00:00:00Z

Financing Water for Agriculture - Progress Report n°1 Working Group on Financing Water for Agriculture

2007-03-15T00:00:00Z

The Progress Report was presented and discussed at a meeting of the Gurria Task Force on Financing Water for All, held in Paris on February 2-3, 2006 and a summary of the key points included in the Task Force Report.

Task Force on Financing Water for All - report 1: Enhancing access to finance for local governments - Financing water for agriculture

2007-03-15T00:00:00Z

2007-04-04T00:00:00Z

REGULATION (EC) No 1905/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation

2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

REGULATION (EC) No 1638/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 24 October 2006 laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)

2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

The European Investment Bank and the water and sanitation sector

2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

The European Investment Bank (EIB) supports capital projects that in a practical concrete way promote the objectives of the European Union (EU). Environmental protection and improving people’ s welfare are one of the Bank’s key priorities, for which it earmarks between 25% and 35% of its annual lending in the Member Countries of the Union. In 2005, the environment accounted for 33% of individual lending for major projects in the EU-25, 56% in the Acceding and Accession Countries and 22% in other partner countries.

The EIB’s individual direct loans for capital investment in the water and sanitation sector in 2005 amounted to EUR 2 113 million, of which EUR 1 882 million in the EU-25, EUR 43 million in the Acceding and Accession Countries and EUR 189 million in the partner countries.

Financial aspects of water supply and sanitation in transboundary waters of South-Eastern Europe

Stefan Speck, Vierthalergasse 6, 1120 Vienna, Austria — 2006-04-30T00:00:00Z

The countries of South-Eastern Europe (SEE)3 face daunting water resources challenges as the needs for investments into water supply, sanitation, irrigation and hydroelectricity grow; as water quality is often described as not adequate coupled with an increase in environmental and social concerns; and as the threats posed by floods and droughts are exacerbated by climate change which was illustrated by the most recent floods in Bulgaria and Romania during the summer of 2005. Although the SEE region can be broadly characterised as water abundant, the water resources are unevenly distributed among the countries thereby leading to water shortages in some countries and during dry periods (i.e. an uneven spatial and temporal distribution of water flows) causing water shortages in localities throughout the SEE region. Moreover, surface as well as groundwater resources shared among a variety of users from different South-Eastern European countries are under a range of natural but also man-made
pressures.

The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the current situation of the reform process regarding water legislation and the institutional arrangements prevailing in the seven South-Eastern European countries. The study also discusses the use of economic instruments in the countries of the SEE region and highlights the investments needs for water infrastructure programmes although this information is not available in a comprehensive and consistent format. Furthermore, it presents a
concept developed by the German bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) as a tool for
funding water investment based on transparent selection criteria.

EU Funding Guides for NGOs

2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

ECAS is a large cross-sectoral European NGO whose mission is to enable other NGOs and individuals to make their voice heard within the EU by providing advice on how to lobby, fundraise, and defend European citizenship rights. With over 17 years experience in Brussels, our multilingual and expert staff are well equipped to assist other NGO?s in gaining access to funding.

It is on this basis that we produce two funding guides on how to access funding from the world's largest donor; the EU institutions and associations. There are two volumes;
1) 2007 Guide to European Union Funding, Volume 1 - Funding within the EU
2) 2007 Guide to European Union Funding, Volume 2 - Funding outside of the EU

There is a budget for practically any project which has a genuine European dimension; the issue of attaining funding is more about having a good strategy to accessing the EU budget. Therefore our guides run through step by step on how to gain funding from the EU institutions for programmes in every policy area. It also gives advice on how to get through the rigid and bureaucratic systems, practical information on the time that you will need to invest, and the advantages and disadvantages of doing so.

Being written upon a library of resources and personal contacts it brings together information that is scattered and difficult to find without years of experience. The guides have been designed to be easy to read and understand with as little 'EU jargon terms' used as possible, making it accessible for those who know little about funding from the EU.

Click here to see the table of contents of the guides, and an order form (scroll to bottom of the page). The guides are priced at 30 Euros for Vol-1, and 25 Euro for Vol-2, or 50 Euros for both. This is priced very competively in comparison to other guides on the market.

Funding Available for Conferences: Climate change adaptation

2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

Consistent with its objectives for capacity development, the CCAA program now offers financial assistance to institutions that facilitate African attendance at meetings or conferences related to climate change adaptation.

An application form and more information about funding criteria are available below.

Applications must be submitted by April 15, 2008 to mjdiouf@idrc.org.sn.

International Financial Institutions and the Middle East & North Africa: A primer for NGOs

2008-04-07T00:00:00Z

The Bank Information Center (BIC) partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) in the interest of social and economic justice and ecological sustainability. BIC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that advocates for the protection of rights, participation, transparency and public accountability in the governance and operations of IFIs.
BIC is supported by private foundations and organizations that work in the fields of environment and development. Although based in Washington, D.C., in proximity to the headquarters of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), BIC is neither affiliated with nor funded by any of the IFIs or the United States government.

Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook: 2007 - 2008 - The essential guide to the water industry from leading infrastructure law firm Pinsent Masons.

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

Pinsent Mason’s Water Yearbook once again tells the story of the world water markets other industry reference works cannot do with the same authority and panache. It remains a remarkable joint enterprise between Pinsent Masons, the major international law firm which boasts, almost uniquely amongst law firms, a dedicated Water- Sector Group, and Dr David Lloyd Owen of Envisager, the specialist consultancy in environmental services for the water, wastewater and renewable energy sectors. As always, it is an incomparable market reference; they are again to be congratulated on its comprehensive analysis and insights.