6th Annual Conference on Water Finance and Investment – Water finance: regional priorities and the role of banks

13–14 October 2025, Cairo (Egypt) – The 6th Annual Conference on Water Finance and Investment will take place in Cairo on 13-14 October 2025. It is co-organized by the UfM and the European Union Delegation in Cairo in the framework of Cairo Water Week. Our partners include African Development Bank, GWP-Mediterranean, Ministry of Water Resource and Irrigation of Egypt, OECD, and Union of Arab Banks.

The topic of this year’s Conference is “Regional Priorities and the Role of Banks”. The new UfM Recommendations on Water Finance (in phase of final approval) will provide a thread throughout the Conference. The Conference will include:

• a High-Level Panel;
• three sessions focused respectively on the role of domestic commercial banks (with UAB), national public development banks (with OECD), and international development banks;
• a session focused on EU policies and actors; and
• a session discussing the integration of water finance in international water processes.

Please register here for the Conference, indicating whether you wish to attend online or in person.

The UfM can facilitate the presence in Cairo of selected representatives of UfM member states.

Agenda

Presentations

Session 2 – High Level Panel The UfM Recommendations on Water Finance

• Roberto Martin Hurtado – UfM Recommendations on Water Finance

Session 4 – Engaging national public development banks in financing WASH and WEFE

• Amir Nashed Head of Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Finance
• Lucretia Letourneur The Water Program of Banque des territoires
• PRES. NG-CDC Tunisia
• Sophie Tremolet PDBforWater Union for Mediterranean session 13 Oct 2025

Session 5 – Engaging international development banks in financing WASH and WEFE

• EIB_Christian WALDER
• Marwan bardwil – INVESTMENT IN WASH- PALESTINE-GAZA

Session 6 – Finance for water resilience EU policies and instruments

• Erjona Bela session 6
• Henriette – Global – short -Cairo
• Octavi Quintana Prima Cairo Water Week 14th_UfM_EU Delegation new version
• Paolo Enrico Sertoli The Italian Development Cooperation Approach

Session 7 – Water finance in international processes for water

• Ikram Benchbani – Head of Service Economic Studies and Impacts

Supporting documents:

UfM Recommendations on Water Finance

UfM Financial Strategy for Water

Public Private Partnerships and the financial sustainability of the Mediterranean water sector – Water Finance and PPPs #2

Water, Investments and Finance: Strengthening water investment policies in the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean – UfM Water Finance Series #3

Water, Climate and Finance: Strengthening water finance and investment policies to address the climate emergency in the Mediterranean region – UfM Water Finance Series #4

Applying a Water-Energy-Food-Environment nexus approach to water finance and investments – Water, the WEFE Nexus and Finance #5

WASH Finance – Making finance work for wash services – UfM Water Finance Series #6

UfM side event at UN 2023 Water Conference