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UNDP Shared Waters Partnership

UNDP Shared Waters Partnership Regional Peace, Security and Economic Development through Cooperation on Transboundary Waters Prepared for the Woodrow Wilson seminar, 10 April, 2013, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC. Dr. Anders Jägerskog, Project Manager SWP

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UNDP Shared Waters Partnership

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  1. UNDP Shared Waters Partnership Regional Peace, Security and Economic Development through Cooperation on Transboundary Waters Prepared for the Woodrow Wilson seminar, 10 April, 2013, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC. Dr. Anders Jägerskog, Project Manager SWP UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI

  2. Current support programmes in TWM • Often a lack of political analysis • Focus on development – leaving out political process support • Process financing often absent, or at least clearly underfinanced • What is needed?

  3. Moreholisticapproach • Politics is key – betteranalysis and support ofpolitical processes needed • Betteranalysisofpower relations is imperative in order topromote the ”right things” • Developing and supporting transboundary river basin management are long term processes and requires process financing. • Donors and international actors can usefully support weaker parties as a means to ‘level the playing field’ in shared basins.

  4. Shared Waters Partnership– UNDP • Helping to build robust, responsive institutions for cooperative management of shared waters • Building donor-riparian partnerships and supporting donor-donor cooperation • Respond quickly to fill gaps, link activities and facilitate interventions where requested • Strengthen relationships between development and diplomatic efforts

  5. Why UNDP? • Continuationof the Transboundary River Basin (TRIB) programme. • Nilecase an example – process support leading to donor consortia • Coordinatedto UNDP/GEF International Waters Programme. Possibleleveraging GEF or CIWA funding • Building on UNDP strengths as trustedbroker, facilitator, country presence; UNDP’s 20+ years experience on freshwater and marine transboundary waters governance, UNDP coordination role in UN system

  6. Partners • US State Department • Sweden • Othermechanisms for support ( GEF, NBI, WB incl CIWA, Regional Development Banks etc) • Other partners – open approach

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