World Water Forum in the Hague in March Side Meeting with Donors to Broach the Subject Secretary of State’s Earth Day Speech Follow-up Donor Meeting in Washington Development of Regional Action Plans
Second Follow-up Donor Meeting in Germany.
Global Alliance for Water Security in the 21st Century
1. GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR WATER
SECURITY IN THE 21st CENTURY
Alan Hurdus - USAID
• Brief Chronology
• Major Elements
• Associated Programs
2. CHRONOLOGY - GLOBAL WATER
ALLIANCE
World Water Forum in the Hague in March
– Side Meeting with Donors to Broach the Subject
Secretary of State’s Earth Day Speech
Follow-up Donor Meeting in Washington
Development of Regional Action Plans
Second Follow-up Donor Meeting in
Germany
3. MAJOR ALLIANCE ELEMENTS
• Coordinated Transboundary River Basin
Approach
• Development and Political Sides Working
Together
• Strong Donor Coordination/Collaboration
• Riparian-led Interventions
4. ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS
• UNDP’s Transboundary River Basin Initiative
• State’s Environmental Diplomacy Fund
• USAID’s Transboundary River Basin Work
5. UNDP TRIB INITIATIVE
• To provide policy and instutional support to riparian
countries in their efforts to achieve the effective and
equitable management of their transboundary river
basins
– Nile $500,000
– Niger $175,000
– San Juan $180,000
– Central Asia $350,000
– Upper Paraguay $200,000
– Mekong $150,000
– Okavango $ 75,000
6. USAID’S TRANSBOUNDARY WATER
INITIATIVES
• Caucasus (Araks and Kura)
• Central Asia (Amu and Syr Darya)
• Southern Africa (Limpopo and Okavango)
• Middle East/Africa (Nile)
• Europe (Danube)
7. USAID’S TRANSBOUNDARY WATER
INITIATIVES
• Caucasus (Araks and Kura)
• Central Asia (Amu and Syr Darya)
• Southern Africa (Limpopo and Okavango)
• Middle East/Africa (Nile)
• Europe (Danube)