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Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management Project for Pacific Island Countries
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Welcome to the Integrated Water Resources Management Programme
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Fourteen Pacific Island Countries working with SOPAC have successfully submitted the Project Identification Form (PIF) to the Global Environment Facility for the Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) project.
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement with SOPAC to develop an innovative programme on Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Pacific. The project has been developed by Pacific Island Countries, UNDP, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and SOPAC through the Pacific Water Partnership.
The aim of the regional project is to assist Pacific Island Countries to implement applicable and effective Integrated Water Resource Management and Water Use Efficiency (WUE) plans based on best practices and demonstrations. It will support the implementation of the Pacific Regional Action Plan on Sustainable Water Management that aims to improve the assessment and monitoring of water resources, reduce water pollution, improve access to technologies, strengthen institutional agreements, and leverage additional financial resources in supporting IWRM.
We are currently coming to the end of the Project Development Facility (PDF) -B phase of the process which has lasted almost two years. Final consultations with countries on the design of their national Demonstration Projects, and completion of Regional Components is ongoing and project management documents for UNDP and UNEP are being prepared. Further information on this project will follow as we wait to hear from GEF on the funding of this US$12 million project which will start full implementation later this year and run for five years.
Complementing this GEF project is an EU Water Facility project which will support the Pacific Region in the development of national IWRM and Water Use Efficiency plans through establishing a regional IWRM Resource Centre and support in-country national consultations to improve Pacific Island water governance.
We acknowledge the support provided by the GEF and our project partners UNDP and UNEP, as well as the EU Water Facility in the support provided for IWRM activities in the Pacific. Together these two projects combine to provide a flagship programme dealing with the cross-sectoral management of water resources in the Pacific.
For more information please contact:
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James Dalton
Project Adviser IWRM
Pacific Islands Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC)
Private Mail Bag
GPO, Suva
Fiji
E-mail: jamesd@sopac.org
Rhonda Bower
Project Adviser IWRM
Pacific Islands Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC)
Private Mail Bag
GPO, Suva
Fiji
E-mail: rhondar@sopac.org
Ulrika Gunnartz
Project Adviser IWRM
Pacific Islands Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC)
Private Mail Bag
GPO, Suva
Fiji
E-mail: ulrika@sopac.org
Fane Waqa
Assistant Project Officer
Pacific Islands Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC)
Private Mail Bag
GPO, Suva
Fiji
E-mail: fane@sopac.org
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