{"id":80605,"date":"2019-06-11T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/\/?p=80605"},"modified":"2019-07-18T18:15:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:15:39","slug":"new-step-toward-a-mediterranean-partnership-for-climate-resilience-water-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/ar\/new-step-toward-a-mediterranean-partnership-for-climate-resilience-water-project\/","title":{"rendered":"New steps towards a Mediterranean partnership for climate resilience water project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels, 11 June 2019.<\/strong>\u00a0The UfM organized on 11 June 2019 its first technical Workshop on Project Preparation for Transformational Climate Resilience Water Projects in the Mediterranean Region for the Green Climate Fund. The\u00a0Mediterranean is one of the 25 climate change hotspot cuasing water scarcity, demographic change including concentration of economic activities and population in coastal areas, changing consumption patterns with growing energy needs and reliance on climate-sensitive agriculture, etc. The region is expected to face even more severe climate\u2011related vulnerabilities, such as extreme weather events like droughts and floods, increase of soil erosion and desert areas, sea level rise, etc., resulting to a range of negative economic, social and environmental impacts.<\/p>\n

In response to these, the Mediterranean countries, both from Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Southeastern Europe (SEE), and in accordance to the UfM Water Policy Framework of Action 2030<\/a> have requested strengthening capacity of responsible national authorities and entities to access international climate financing instruments and to be assisted preparing climate resilience water projects, including to address challenges in the mainland and the coastal areas.<\/p>\n

Vangelis Constantianos, CEO of GWP-Med, had stated that this activity is part of the Med Water Matchmaker Project Making Water Cooperation Happen in the Mediterranean\u2019 and contributes to the GEF UN Environment\/MAP Project on \u2018Enhancing regional climate change adaptation in the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Areas\u2019. And is an integral part of the Implementation of the UfM Water Policy Framework of Action 2030. The Workshop is organized by UfM, GWP-Med and GWP, with financial support by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the GWP-O Water.<\/p>\n

Almotaz Abadi, Managing Director of Water at the UfM stressed that the Workshop responds to the needs from MENA and SEE countries and expressed demand for strengthening capacity of Water Ministries as well as the National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Direct Access Entities (DAEs), to prepare climate-resilient water projects that can access GCF financing. The activity is financially supported by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida.<\/p>\n

Specifically, Abadi also announced that the Workshop aims to present the GCF, its mandate, investment criteria, and its operational modalities and procedures for delivering climate finance to water initiatives through different windows; to discuss GCF financing instruments, along with fit-for-purpose\u00a0 examples of climate rationale, paradigm shift, project design, and financing instrument selection in the Mediterranean context, tackling priorities of MENA and SEE countries; to discuss methodologies for articulating incremental costs of climate-proofing water projects; to review challenges and constraints, and explore solutions for DAEs to coordinate with NDAs, and ministries in charge of water and water-related sectors in the preparation of GCF projects and identify opportunities and follow-up activities for GCF Project Concept Note preparation in line to the objective\u00a0 10\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Financial\u00a0 Strategy\u00a0 of the\u00a0 UfM\u00a0 Water\u00a0 Agenda<\/a>\u00a0 focuses\u00a0 on\u00a0 \u2018Use resources\u00a0 from\u00a0 international\u00a0 financial partners\u00a0 strategically\u00a0 to\u00a0 leverage\u00a0 other sources of finance<\/em>\u2019 and suggests ways to mobilize these. Furthermore, responding to Thematic priorities, UfM\u00a0 countries\u00a0 have\u00a0 encouraged the development\u00a0 of W-CCA projects presenting mitigation-adaptation co-benefits, including through the\u00a0 implementation of WEFE Nexus approaches and as a contribution of addressing WEM challenges.<\/p>\n

The Workshop brought around the table participant from eleven countries of the UfM member states including Albania, Algeria, Egypt, Jordania, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia- collectively discuss their priority project ideas and had concretely requested to put in place a partnership to assist the country to develop water projects from the Climate resilience portfolios specifically the Med region is the least country benefiting from these portfolios.<\/p>\n

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