Finance Working Group (FWG)
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This group has representatives from the public, private and civil society and is focused on providing instruments for strategic financial planning.
Formed in 2003, this group has representatives from the public, private and civil society and is focused on providing instruments for strategic financial planning of water and sanitation.
The Secretariat moved to Stockholm in 2006 and is co-located with the Global Water Partnership Organisation.
Our Partners:
- Department for International Development (DFID) UK
- Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Global Water Partnership (Global Water Partnership)
1) To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing and future EU aid flows to water including encouraging innovation, the development of institutional and regulatory frameworks and capacity building; and
2) To enable the use of development funding as a catalyst to leverage other forms of finance, including donor, user and private finance, to improve access of the poor to water and sanitation services.
So, the EUWI finance component:
* Provides technical assistance to develop country level WSS finance strategy
* Develops guidance on approach, tools and methodologies to develop WSS finance strategies
* Organizes meetings, seminars and workshops
A country project was launched in Lesotho 2008 in partnership with OECD using the FEASIBLE methodology. A second country project is expected to be launched during 2009.
* Working with EUWI AWG on country dialogue processes to engage with national governements.
* Support to financial planning as part of the EUWI country dialogue with Ethiopie.
* Providing support to the WSP in Africa to implement the Sector Wide Financing and Investment tool in Mozambique.
* Providing support to OECD to apply FEASIBLE model in Moldova.
* Co-financing a series of workshops on water sector finance together with GWP and their regional water partnerships in West Africa, Eastern Africa, EECCA and Central America.
Highlighted Documents
- Strategic Financial Planning for water supply and sanitation in Africa 2010
May 2010 - By Euwi Finance Group Table of Content 1. Strategic Financial Planning for water supply and sanitation in Africa 1.1. Strategic Financial Planning in a nutshell 1.2. The funding challenge for WSS 1.3. Overview of African WSS fi nancing status and ...
- Agenda EUWI FWG annual meeting 19 August 2009
Agenda EUWI FWG annual meeting 19 August 2009
- DFID Project Memorandum on EUWI FWG 2009-2012
Group events
Last News
The EUWI MULTISTAKEHOLDER FORUM
Submitted by Celine Dondeynaz on 12-June-2009 - 0 Comments | 3 files | 1339 readsWORLD WATER WEEK - Stockholm - August 09The annual EUWI MSF takes place in Stockholm on the 20th August, during the World Water Week. At the MSF the results of the EUWI is presented and participants are invited to discuss its strategic choices.