Netherlands: Koenders to launch Association of Water Boards projects

On 22 March, World Water Day, development minister Bert Koenders will give the starting signal for the first three international water projects to be run by the Association of Water Boards. The projects are being launched in Nicaragua, South Africa and Hungary with the aim of ensuring better water management and greater access to clean drinking water and sanitation.

The projects are being financed from the solidarity fund of the Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB), the public sector bank that funds the water boards and other government agencies. With the NWB fund, the Dutch water boards may implement projects in the field of water and sanitation and put their knowledge and expertise at the disposal of other countries.