ACP-EU WATER FACILITY: €200 million call for proposals planned for beginning 2010

The European Commission (EC) has announced phase two of the ACP-EU Water
Facility, setting aside €200 million to help to tackle water and
sanitation problems in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
It will launch a call for proposals at the beginning of 2010.

Between 2004 and 2006, the Water Facility financed 175 proposals,
contributing €414.5 million out of the total project costs of €788
million.

European institutions have doubled their support to the water and
sanitation sector since 2002 . They are also spending more on basic water
supply and sanitation for the poor - up from 22% of the aid in 2007 to 37%
in 2009, and relatively less on large water supply and sanitation systems.
EU donors give on average €1 billion every year to the water and
sanitation sector, according to EUWI, the EU Water Initiative.

Web sites:

 * ACP-EU Water Facility [http://www.irc.nl/url/33912]
 * EC - Water and Sanitation [http://www.irc.nl/url/33913]
 * EU Water Initiative (EUWI) [http://www.irc.nl/url/12114]
 * Aquaknow [http://www.irc.nl/url/33914]

Contact: EUWI - contact form [http://www.irc.nl/url/33915]

Source: EUWI [http://www.irc.nl/url/33916], 26 Aug 2009