GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR WATER
SECURITY IN THE 21st CENTURY
Alan Hurdus - USAID
• Brief Chronology
• Major Elements
• Associated Programs
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
MAJOR ALLIANCE ELEMENTS
• Coordinated Transboundary River Basin
Approach
• Development and Political Sides Working
Together
• Strong Donor Coordination/Collaboration
• Riparian-led Interventions
ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS
• UNDP’s Transboundary River Basin Initiative
• State’s Environmental Diplomacy Fund
• USAID’s Transboundary River Basin Work
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
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Nile
Niger
San Juan
Central Asia
Upper Paraguay
Mekong
Okavango
$500,000
$175,000
$180,000
$350,000
$200,000
$150,000
$ 75,000
USAID’S TRANSBOUNDARY WATER
INITIATIVES
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Caucasus (Araks and Kura)
Central Asia (Amu and Syr Darya)
Southern Africa (Limpopo and Okavango)
Middle East/Africa (Nile)
Europe (Danube)